This is a partial list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. More than 60 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe,[1] 19 of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae edit
Papilioninae edit
Papilionini edit
- Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983 (endemic)
- Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
- Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798
Leptocercini edit
- 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 edit
Coliadinae edit
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae edit
Pierini edit
- Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
- Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
- Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
- Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972 (endemic)
Lycaenidae edit
Poritiinae edit
- Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)
Theclinae edit
- Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
- Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
- Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
Polyommatinae edit
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Nymphalidae edit
Libytheinae edit
- Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851
Danainae edit
Danaini edit
- Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Satyrinae edit
Melanitini edit
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini edit
- Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
- Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)
Charaxinae edit
Charaxini edit
- 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 edit
Nymphalini edit
- Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
- Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
- Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764
- Hypolimnas anthedon Doubleday, 1845
- Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910
Cyrestinae edit
Cyrestini edit
- Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)
Biblidinae edit
Epicaliini edit
- Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
Limenitinae edit
Limenitidini edit
- Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Neptidini edit
- Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (endemic)
- Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997 (endemic)
Heliconiinae edit
Acraeini edit
- 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 edit
Coeliadinae edit
- Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) (endemic)
- Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
Hesperiinae edit
Aeromachini edit
- Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928
Baorini edit
- Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
- Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
See also edit
References edit
- 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)
- Luis F. Mendes & Bivar de Sousa, New account on the butterflies (Lepidoptera:Rhopalocera) of São Tomé e Príncipe, Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 51 (31/12/2012): 157‒186.