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List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe

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List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Location of São Tomé and Príncipe

This is a partial list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. More than 60 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe, 19 of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

  • Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983 (endemic)
  • Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
  • Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798

Leptocercini

  • Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
  • Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
  • Graphium leonidas leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Graphium leonidas santamarthae (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
  • Graphium leonidas thomasius (Le Cerf, 1924)
  • Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

Pierini

  • Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
  • Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
  • Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
  • Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972 (endemic)

Lycaenidae

Poritiinae

  • Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)

Theclinae

  • Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
  • Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
  • Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
  • Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)

Polyommatinae

  • Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
  • Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

  • Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

Danainae

Danaini

  • Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758

Satyrinae

Melanitini

  • Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

  • Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
  • Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

  • Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
  • Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)
  • Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
  • Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892 (endemic)
  • Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
  • Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (endemic)
  • Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1886 (endemic)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

  • Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
  • Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
  • Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764
  • Hypolimnas anthedon Doubleday, 1845
  • Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910

Cyrestinae

Cyrestini

  • Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

Biblidinae

Epicaliini

  • Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)

Limenitinae

Limenitidini

  • Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927

Neptidini

  • Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
  • Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

  • Acraea annobona d'Abrera, 1980
  • Acraea medea (Cramer, 1775) (endemic)
  • Acraea niobe Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
  • Acraea alcinoe racaji (Pyrcz, 1991)
  • Acraea insularis Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
  • Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Acraea newtoni Sharpe, 1893 (endemic)
  • Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

  • Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
  • Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

  • Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928

Baorini

  • Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
  • Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

References

References

  1. [https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Sao%20Tome%20and%20Principe?oid=45 Sao Tome and Principe at the African Butterfly Database]
  2. [http://atbutterflies.com/saotome.htm Endemic butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe Afrotropical Butterflies]
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