List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo

Location of the Republic of the Congo

This is a list of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo. About 892 species are known from the Republic of the Congo,^[1] 20 of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
• Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
• Papilio sosia pulchra Berger, 1950
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
• Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
• Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
• Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843

Leptocercini

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984)
• Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
• Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915)
• Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
• Graphium fulleri fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
• Graphium fulleri boulleti (Le Cerf, 1912)
• Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)
• Graphium hachei hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Graphium hachei moebii (Suffert, 1904)
• Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
• Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)
• Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899)

Pieridae

Pseudopontiinae

• Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871)
• Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, [1782])
• Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)

Pierini

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
• Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
• Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris alcuana Grünberg, 1910
• Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris continua maxima Berger, 1981
• Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
• Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879)
• Dixeia cebron (Ward, 1871)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888
• Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981
• Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini

• Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890
• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga confusa Libert, 1994
• Aslauga kallimoides Schultze, 1912
• Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890
• Aslauga vininga (Hewitson, 1875)

Miletini

• Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
• Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851)
• Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
• Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892
• Lachnocnema nigrocellularis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910
• Lachnocnema jolyana Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895
• Lachnocnema albimacula Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890
• Lachnocnema congoensis Libert, 1996 (endemic)

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila bitje Druce, 1910
• Pentila christina Suffert, 1904
• Pentila cloetensi aspasia Grünberg, 1910
• Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910
• Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) (endemic)
• Pentila pauli leopardina Schultze, 1923
• Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
• Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887)
• Pentila umangiana prodita Schultze, 1923
• Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Telipna aurivillii Rebel, 1914
• Telipna albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910
• Telipna ja Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Telipna cameroonensis Jackson, 1969
• Telipna cuypersi Libert, 2005
• Telipna atrinervis Hulstaert, 1924
• Telipna villiersi Stempffer, 1965
• Telipna acraeoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Telipna hollandi exsuperia Hulstaert, 1924
• Telipna citrimaculata Schultze, 1916
• Telipna transverstigma Druce, 1910
• Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880)
• Telipna nyanza katangae Stempffer, 1961
• Telipna ruspinoides Schultze, 1923
• Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius. 1895)
• Ornipholidotos ugandae goodi Libert, 2000
• Ornipholidotos bitjeensis Stempffer, 1957
• Ornipholidotos gabonensis Stempffer, 1947
• Ornipholidotos bakotae Stempffer, 1962
• Ornipholidotos etoumbi Stempffer, 1967
• Ornipholidotos katangae kelle Stempffer, 1967
• Ornipholidotos annae Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos amieti Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos dowsetti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos overlaeti fontainei Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos congoensis Stempffer, 1964
• Ornipholidotos likouala Stempffer, 1969 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos jacksoni occidentalis Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos sylpha (Kirby, 1890)
• Ornipholidotos nbeti Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos henrii Libert, 2000
• Ornipholidotos tirza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Ornipholidotos nancy Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic)
• Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910)
• Ornipholidotos perfragilis (Holland, 1890)
• Torbenia aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1967)
• Torbenia stempfferi cuypersi Libert, 2005
• Mimacraea abriana Libert & Collins, 2000
• Mimacraea apicalis gabonica Libert, 2000
• Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
• Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
• Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
• Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895
• Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890)
• Mimeresia debora debora (Kirby, 1890)
• Mimeresia debora deborula (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Mimeresia drucei (Stempffer, 1954)
• Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910)
• Mimeresia pseudocellularis Stempffer, 1968 (endemic)
• Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)
• Liptena amabilis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena batesana Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Liptena congoana Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena decipiens etoumbi Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena decipiens leucostola (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena durbania Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Liptena fatima (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena flavicans praeusta Schultze, 1917
• Liptena inframacula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961
• Liptena ochrea Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Liptena opaca centralis Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena orubrum (Holland, 1890)
• Liptena ouesso ouesso Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena ouesso mayombe Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena perobscura Druce, 1910
• Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923
• Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena undularis Hewitson, 1866
• Liptena xanthostola (Holland, 1890)
• Obania tullia (Staudinger, 1892)
• Kakumia ferruginea (Schultze, 1923)
• Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887)
• Tetrarhanis ilala etoumbi (Stempffer, 1964)
• Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
• Tetrarhanis nubifera (Druce, 1910)
• Tetrarhanis okwangwo Larsen, 1998
• Tetrarhanis rougeoti (Stempffer, 1954)
• Tetrarhanis simplex (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Tetrarhanis souanke (Stempffer, 1962) (endemic)
• Tetrarhanis stempfferi (Berger, 1954)
• Falcuna hollandi nigricans Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Falcuna lybia (Staudinger, 1892)
• Falcuna margarita (Suffert, 1904)
• Falcuna synesia gabonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866)
• Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874)
• Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, 1892)
• Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila brunnea centralis Bennett, 1966
• Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910
• Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila kelleana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic)
• Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina likouala Stempffer, 1962 (endemic)
• Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresiomera campbelli Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera clenchi (Stempffer, 1961)
• Eresiomera isca (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresiomera magnimacula (Rebel, 1914)
• Eresiomera nancy Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera osheba (Holland, 1890)
• Eresiomera ouesso (Stempffer, 1962)
• Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917)
• Eresiomera phaeochiton (Grünberg, 1910)
• Eresiomera phillipi Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961)
• Eresiomera rutilo (Druce, 1910)
• Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
• Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887)
• Citrinophila terias Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892

Epitolini

• Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
• Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
• Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranioides uranoides Libert, 1999
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999
• Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
• Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877)
• Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Geritola amieti Libert, 1999
• Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
• Geritola larae Collins & Libert, 1999
• Geritola mirifica (Jackson, 1964)
• Geritola nitidica Libert & Collins, 1999
• Stempfferia carcassoni Jackson, 1962
• Stempfferia alba (Jackson, 1962)
• Stempfferia annae Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia badura (Kirby, 1890)
• Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
• Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890)
• Stempfferia cinerea (Berger, 1981)
• Stempfferia coerulea (Jackson, 1962)
• Stempfferia congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia flavoantennata (Roche, 1954)
• Stempfferia gordoni (Druce, 1903)
• Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Stempfferia iturina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Stempfferia magnifica (Jackson, 1964)
• Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887)
• Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia similis Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia sylviae Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia tumentia (Druce, 1910)
• Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola catuna (Kirby, 1890)
• Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola ghesquierei (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
• Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola ouesso (Jackson, 1962)
• Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Batelusia zebra Druce, 1910
• Pseudoneaveia jacksoni Stempffer, 1964 (endemic)
• Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000
• Epitolina larseni Libert, 2000
• Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
• Hypophytala henleyi (Kirby, 1890)
• Hypophytala hyetta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Hypophytala reducta (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
• Phytala elais Westwood, 1851
• Neoepitola barombiensis (Kirby, 1890)
• Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hewitsonia bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Hewitsonia beryllina Schultze, 1916
• Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879
• Hewitsonia similis (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908

Aphnaeinae

• Pseudaletis michelae Libert, 2007
• Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
• Pseudaletis batesi Druce, 1910
• Lipaphnaeus leonina (Druce, 1910)
• Cigaritis apuleia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Cigaritis dufranei (Bouyer, 1991)
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
• Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
• Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880
• Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
• Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oxylides gloveri Hawker-Smith, 1929
• Syrmoptera bonifacei Stempffer, 1961
• Syrmoptera melanomitra Karsch, 1895
• Dapidodigma demeter Clench, 1961
• Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
• Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
• Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
• Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolycaena naara Hewitson, 1873
• Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
• Iolaus agnes Aurivillius, 1898
• Iolaus aurivillii Röber, 1900
• Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus coelestis Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Iolaus creta Hewitson, 1878
• Iolaus cytaeis Hewitson, 1875
• Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
• Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus hemicyanus barnsi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Iolaus kelle Stempffer, 1967 (endemic)
• Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
• Iolaus neavei (Druce, 1910)
• Iolaus nolaensis (Stempffer, 1951)
• Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
• Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902)
• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
• Iolaus parasilanus (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
• Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
• Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus caesareus cleopatrae Collins & Larsen, 2000
• Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pilodeudorix mimeta (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix ula (Karsch, 1895)
• Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Pilodeudorix angelita (Suffert, 1904)
• Pilodeudorix aruma (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pilodeudorix azurea (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix leonina indentata Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba (Hewitson, 1875)
• Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
• Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
• Pilodeudorix deritas (Hewitson, 1874)
• Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas (Stempffer, 1964)
• Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Paradeudorix cobaltina (Stempffer, 1964)
• Paradeudorix ituri (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Paradeudorix marginata (Stempffer, 1962)
• Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Paradeudorix petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
• Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
• Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
• Deudorix odana Druce, 1887

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887)
• Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962
• Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
• Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893)
• Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
• Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962
• Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910
• Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966
• Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)
• Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895
• Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis cissus extensa Libert, 2003
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
• Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
• Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
• Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Thermoniphas alberici (Dufrane, 1945)
• Thermoniphas fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Thermoniphas fumosa Stempffer, 1952
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata Karsch, 1895
• Thermoniphas togara (Plötz, 1880)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Oboronia pseudopunctatus (Strand, 1912)
• Oboronia punctatus (Dewitz, 1879)

Riodinidae

Nemeobiinae

• Abisara tantalus caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
• Abisara caeca semicaeca Riley, 1932
• Abisara rutherfordii herwigii Dewitz, 1887
• Abisara gerontes gabunica Riley, 1932

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)

Satyrinae

Elymniini

• Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

Melanitini

• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)

Satyrini

• Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus ephorus bergeri Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus evadne elionias (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus hewitsoni (Doumet, 1861)
• Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus ignobilis eurini Condamin & Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)
• Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus sciathis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus sweadneri Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus technatis (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus trilophus (Rebel, 1914)
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneas (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
• Hallelesis asochis congoensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthima impura Elwes & Edwards, 1893
• Ypthima pulchra Overlaet, 1954
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891)
• Charaxes protoclea protonothodes van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes cynthia kinduana Le Cerf, 1923
• Charaxes lucretius intermedius van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes lactetinctus Karsch, 1892
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus angustus Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes druceanus brazza Turlin, 1987
• Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes richelmanni Röber, 1936
• Charaxes numenes aequatorialis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
• Charaxes bipunctatus ugandensis van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes mixtus Rothschild, 1894
• Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis Butler, 1866
• Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi Ghesquiére, 1933
• Charaxes imperialis dargei Collins, 1989
• Charaxes ameliae Doumet, 1861
• Charaxes pythodoris occidens van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes nobilis Druce, 1873
• Charaxes superbus Schultze, 1909
• Charaxes lydiae Holland, 1917
• Charaxes acraeoides Druce, 1908
• Charaxes fournierae Le Moult, 1930
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
• Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes penricei dealbata van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes eupale latimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Charaxes subornatus Schultze, 1916
• Charaxes anticlea proadusta van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes thysi Capronnier, 1889
• Charaxes hildebrandti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes catachrous van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes etheocles ochracea van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes cedreatis Hewitson, 1874
• Charaxes subrubidus van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes viola picta van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes pleione congoensis Plantrou, 1989
• Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes kahldeni Homeyer & Dewitz, 1882
• Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883
• Charaxes lycurgus bernardiana Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes zelica rougeoti Plantrou, 1978
• Charaxes porthos Grose-Smith, 1883
• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
• Charaxes mycerina nausicaa Staudinger, 1891
• Charaxes galleyanus Darge & Minig, 1984 (endemic)
• Charaxes matakall Darge, 1985
• Charaxes teissieri Darge & Minig, 1984 (endemic)

Euxanthini

• Charaxes crossleyi (Ward, 1871)
• Charaxes trajanus (Ward, 1871)

Pallini

• Palla publius centralis van Someren, 1975
• Palla ussheri dobelli (Hall, 1919)
• Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)
• Palla violinitens coniger (Butler, 1896)

Nymphalinae

• Kallimoides rumia jadyae (Fox, 1968)
• Vanessula milca buechneri Dewitz, 1887

Nymphalini

• Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
• Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Junonia gregorii Butler, 1896
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Junonia westermanni Westwood, 1870
• Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
• Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas dinarcha (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolimnas mechowi (Dewitz, 1884)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
• Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Mesoxantha ethosea ethoseoides Rebel, 1914
• Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
• Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
• Eurytela alinda Mabille, 1893

Epicaliini

• Sevenia amulia amulia (Cramer, 1777)
• Sevenia amulia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
• Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia consors (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
• Sevenia pechueli sangbae (Hecq & Peeters, 1992)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

• Cymothoe altisidora (Hewitson, 1869)
• Cymothoe anitorgis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe aramis aramis (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cymothoe aramis schoutedeni Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe arcuata Overlaet, 1945
• Cymothoe beckeri (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe capella (Ward, 1871)
• Cymothoe caprina Aurivillius, 1897
• Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe distincta Overlaet, 1944
• Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
• Cymothoe eris Aurivillius, 1896
• Cymothoe excelsa Neustetter, 1912
• Cymothoe fontainei debauchei Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe fumana balluca Fox & Howarth, 1968
• Cymothoe fumana villiersi Fox, 1968
• Cymothoe haynae diphyia Karsch, 1894
• Cymothoe heliada (Hewitson, 1874)
• Cymothoe herminia (Grose-Smith, 1887)
• Cymothoe hesiodotus Staudinger, 1890
• Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (Hewitson, 1866)
• Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897
• Cymothoe indamora (Hewitson, 1866)
• Cymothoe jodutta ciceronis (Ward, 1871)
• Cymothoe lucasii binotorum Darge, 1985
• Cymothoe lucasii minigorum Darge, 1985
• Cymothoe lurida hesione Weymer, 1907
• Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952
• Cymothoe oemilius (Doumet, 1859)
• Cymothoe orphnina suavis Schultze, 1913
• Cymothoe reinholdi (Plötz, 1880)
• Cymothoe sangaris (Godart, 1824)
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea clarkii Butler & Rothschild, 1892
• Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865)
• Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea kuenowii gottbergi Dewitz, 1884
• Pseudacraea lucretia protracta (Butler, 1874)
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
• Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

Neptidini

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
• Neptis jamesoni Godman & Salvin, 1890
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis lermanni Aurivillius, 1896
• Neptis liberti Pierre & Pierre-Baltus, 1998
• Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
• Neptis metanira Holland, 1892
• Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
• Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
• Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978

Adoliadini

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
• Euryphura athymoides Berger, 1981
• Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura plautilla (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euryphura porphyrion grassei Bernardi, 1965
• Euryphurana nobilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909
• Cynandra opis bernardii Lagnel, 1967
• Euriphene splendida Collins & Larsen, 1997 (endemic)
• Euriphene abasa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euriphene amicia (Hewitson, 1871)
• Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene atropurpurea (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene atrovirens (Mabille, 1878)
• Euriphene barombina (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene gambiae gabonica Bernardi, 1966
• Euriphene glaucopis (Gaede, 1916)
• Euriphene grosesmithi (Staudinger, 1891)
• Euriphene incerta (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Euriphene karschi (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Euriphene milnei (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene mundula (Grünberg, 1910)
• Euriphene pinkieana Bernardi, 1975
• Euriphene lysandra (Stoll, 1790)
• Euriphene melanops (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
• Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia micans (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
• Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Bebearia oxione squalida (Talbot, 1928)
• Bebearia abesa (Hewitson, 1869)
• Bebearia partita (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia cocalioides Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia guineensis (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939)
• Bebearia paludicola Holmes, 2001
• Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia staudingeri (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bebearia plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia elpinice (Hewitson, 1869)
• Bebearia congolensis (Capronnier, 1889)
• Bebearia phranza phranza (Hewitson, 1865)
• Bebearia phranza fuscara Hecq, 1989
• Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
• Bebearia flaminia (Staudinger, 1891)
• Bebearia nivaria (Ward, 1871)
• Bebearia phantasia concolor Hecq, 1988
• Bebearia maledicta (Strand, 1912)
• Bebearia tessmanni kwiluensis Hecq, 1989
• Bebearia cutteri cognata (Grünberg, 1910)
• Bebearia eliensis (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bebearia barombina (Staudinger, 1896)
• Bebearia octogramma (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Bebearia chloeropis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Bebearia cinaethon (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bebearia intermedia (Bartel, 1905)
• Euphaedra lupercoides Rothschild, 1918
• Euphaedra medon celestis Hecq, 1986
• Euphaedra ombrophila Hecq, 1981 (endemic)
• Euphaedra clio Hecq, 1981
• Euphaedra zaddachii elephantina Staudinger, 1891
• Euphaedra mbamou Hecq, 1987
• Euphaedra hewitsoni Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra lata Hecq, 1980
• Euphaedra hollandi Hecq, 1974
• Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
• Euphaedra imitans Holland, 1893
• Euphaedra aureola Kirby, 1889
• Euphaedra splendens Hecq, 1992
• Euphaedra campaspe (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Euphaedra congo Hecq, 1985
• Euphaedra adonina spectacularis Hecq, 1997
• Euphaedra piriformis Hecq, 1982
• Euphaedra ceres electra Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra sarita (Sharpe, 1891)
• Euphaedra grilloti Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra rezia (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euphaedra jacksoni Hecq, 1980
• Euphaedra demeter Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra subprotea Hecq, 1986
• Euphaedra fascinata Hecq, 1984
• Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
• Euphaedra simplex Hecq, 1978
• Euphaedra asteria Hecq, 1993 (endemic)
• Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
• Euphaedra ruspina (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra losinga wardi (Druce, 1874)
• Euphaedra mambili Hecq, 2001
• Euptera choveti Amiet & Collins, 1998
• Euptera crowleyi centralis Libert, 1995
• Euptera elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)
• Euptera falsathyma Schultze, 1916
• Euptera mimetica Collins & Amiet, 1998
• Euptera mocquerysi Staudinger, 1893
• Euptera pluto (Ward, 1873)
• Pseudathyma callina (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Pseudathyma cyrili Chovet, 2002
• Pseudathyma martini Collins, 2002
• Pseudathyma michelae Libert, 2002
• Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea admatha Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea cepheus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea abdera Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
• Acraea consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Acraea elongata (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
• Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea excisa (Butler, 1874)
• Acraea tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea vestalis stavelia (Suffert, 1904)
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea circeis (Drury, 1782)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea oberthueri Butler, 1895
• Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900
• Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea odzalae Collins, 1997 (endemic)

Vagrantini

• Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
• Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus aureus Collins & Larsen, 2005 (endemic)
• Celaenorrhinus beni Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Celaenorrhinus boadicea (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus chrysoglossa (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus homeyeri (Plötz, 1880)
• Celaenorrhinus illustris (Mabille, 1891)
• Celaenorrhinus illustroides Miller, 1971
• Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
• Celaenorrhinus rutilans (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)

Tagiadini

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris decastigma fuscosa (Holland, 1893)
• Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)
• Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927)
• Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)
• Calleagris lacteus (Mabille, 1877)
• Calleagris landbecki (Druce, 1910)
• Procampta rara Holland, 1892
• Abantis contigua Evans, 1937
• Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896
• Abantis ja Druce, 1909
• Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)
• Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971
• Abantis rubra Holland, 1920

Carcharodini

• Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
• Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
• Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra kalinzu Evans, 1949
• Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra rubescens Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra sara Evans, 1937
• Gyrogra subnotata (Holland, 1894)
• Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
• Teniorhinus watsoni Holland, 1892
• Ceratrichia argyrosticta (Plötz, 1879)
• Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910
• Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937
• Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878
• Ceratrichia phocion camerona Miller, 1971
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
• Pardaleodes bule Holland, 1896
• Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
• Pardaleodes sator pusiella Mabille, 1877
• Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pardaleodes xanthopeplus Holland, 1892
• Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
• Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Rhabdomantis sosia (Mabille, 1891)
• Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes banghaasii Holland, 1896
• Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
• Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
• Osmodes hollandi Evans, 1937
• Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
• Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Osphantes ogowena (Mabille, 1891)
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
• Hypoleucis ophiusa (Hewitson, 1866)
• Hypoleucis tripunctata truda Evans, 1937
• Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)
• Meza elba (Evans, 1937)
• Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
• Meza mabea (Holland, 1894)
• Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)
• Paronymus xanthioides (Holland, 1892)
• Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
• Andronymus evander (Mabille, 1890)
• Andronymus gander Evans, 1947
• Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
• Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
• Andronymus marcus Usher, 1980
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
• Gamia shelleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Artitropa cama Evans, 1937
• Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Mopala orma (Plötz, 1879)
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna lacida (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Gretna zaremba (Plötz, 1884)
• Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
• Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
• Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
• Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
• Pteroteinon iricolor (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laterculus (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
• Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
• Leona binoevatus (Mabille, 1891)
• Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
• Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896
• Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
• Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)
• Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)
• Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
• Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921

Baorini

• Borbo binga (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

See also

• List of moths of the Republic of the Congo
• Congolian forests
• Forest-savanna mosaic
• Albertine Rift montane forests
• List of ecoregions in the Republic of the Congo
• Geography of the Republic of the Congo

References

1. The Republic of the Congo at the African Butterfly Database
2. "Endemic butterflies of the Republic of the Congo at Afrotropical Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

• 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)