List of butterflies of Chad
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This is a list of butterflies of Chad. About 46 species are known from Chad,[1] 1 of which is endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit | edit source]Papilioninae
[edit | edit source]Leptocercini
[edit | edit source]- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
- Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
- Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
- Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881)
- Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)
Pieridae
[edit | edit source]Coliadinae
[edit | edit source]- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Pierinae
[edit | edit source]- Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis euippe euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Colotis euippe mirei Bernardi, 1960
- Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1807)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis pleione nilus Talbot, 1942
- Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
- Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
- Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
Pierini
[edit | edit source]- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Dixeia doxo (Godart, 1819)
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
Lycaenidae
[edit | edit source]Miletinae
[edit | edit source]Miletini
[edit | edit source]- Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996
Aphnaeinae
[edit | edit source]- Cigaritis baghirmii (Stempffer, 1946)
- Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
- Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
Theclinae
[edit | edit source]- Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
- Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Polyommatinae
[edit | edit source]Polyommatini
[edit | edit source]- Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
- Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
- Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
Nymphalidae
[edit | edit source]Satyrinae
[edit | edit source]Melanitini
[edit | edit source]- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Charaxinae
[edit | edit source]Charaxini
[edit | edit source]- Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
- Charaxes nichetes leopardinus Plantrou, 1974
Nymphalinae
[edit | edit source]Nymphalini
[edit | edit source]- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Heliconiinae
[edit | edit source]Acraeini
[edit | edit source]- Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)