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)
See also
References
- Sao Tome and Principe at the African Butterfly Database
- Endemic butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe 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)
- 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.
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