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List of butterflies of Lesotho

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List of butterflies of Lesotho

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Location of Lesotho

This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho, one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)

Pierinae

  • Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
  • Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)

Pierini

  • Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini

  • Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857)

Aphnaeinae

  • Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864)
  • Chrysoritis turneri amatola (Dickson & McMaster, 1967)
  • Chrysoritis pelion (Pennington, 1953)
  • Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
  • Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides pierus (Cramer, 1779)
  • Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983
  • Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973
  • Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870)
  • Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968
  • Aloeides dentatis maseruna (Riley, 1938)
  • Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976
  • Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968

Theclinae

  • Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Leptomyrina lara (Linnaeus, 1764)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

  • Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
  • Lycaena clarki Clark & Dickson, 1971

Polyommatini

  • Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
  • Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
  • Harpendyreus tsomo (Trimen, 1868)
  • Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
  • Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
  • Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Oraidium barberae (Trimen, 1868)
  • Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
  • Eicochrysops messapus messapus (Godart, 1824)
  • Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Orachrysops nasutus remus Henning & Henning, 1994
  • Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
  • Lepidochrysops lerothodi (Trimen, 1904)
  • Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870)
  • Lepidochrysops loewensteini (Swanepoel, 1951)
  • Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
  • Lepidochrysops ortygia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)

Satyrini

  • Neita lotenia (van Son, 1949)
  • Pseudonympha magoides van Son, 1955
  • Pseudonympha varii van Son, 1955
  • Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938
  • Pseudonympha paludis Riley, 1938
  • Pseudonympha penningtoni Riley, 1938
  • Pseudonympha machacha Riley, 1938
  • Paternympha narycia (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Stygionympha vigilans (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  • Stygionympha scotina Quickelberge, 1977
  • Stygionympha wichgrafi williami Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Serradinga bowkeri (Trimen, 1870)
  • Torynesis pringlei Dickson, 1979

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
  • Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
  • Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

  • Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
  • Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
  • Acraea anacreon Trimen, 1868

Vagrantini

  • Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  • Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae

Carcharodini

  • Spialia agylla (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
  • Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
  • Spialia diomus ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
  • Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)
  • Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864)

Baorini

  • Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heteropterinae

  • Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868)
  • Metisella malgacha orina Vári, 1976
  • Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868)
  • Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Lesotho?oid=51 Lesotho at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/lesotho.htm Afrotropical Butterflies]
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