List of butterflies of Niger

Location of Niger

This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger,^[1] none of which is endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Leptocercini

• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
• Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
• Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
• Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
• Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
• Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Aphnaeini

• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
• Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Theclini

• Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
• Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)

Polyommatini

• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
• Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

Satyrini

• Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Adoliadini

• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Carcharodini

• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)

References

1. African Butterfly Database
2. Afrotropical Butterflies

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text (in German)