List of butterflies of Lesotho

Location of Lesotho

This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho,^[1] one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.^[2]

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)

Theclinae

Aphnaeini

• 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

Theclini

• 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
• Chilades 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)

See also

• Geography of Lesotho

References

• 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)