List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe
This is a list of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe. About 50 species are known from São Tomé and Príncipe,[1] 19 of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio nerminae Koçak, 1983
- Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
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
Pierinae
Pierini
- Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
- Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
- Dixeia piscicollis Pinhey, 1972
Lycaenidae
Lipteninae
Liptenini
- Liptena evanescens (Kirby, 1887)
Theclinae
Theclini
- Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928)
- Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
- Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926
- Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes terrenus (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
- Chilades sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893)
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae
- Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851
Satyrinae
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
- Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964
- Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, 1873)
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes defulvata Joicey & Talbot, 1926
- Charaxes thomasius Staudinger, 1886
- Charaxes lemosi Joicey & Talbot, 1927
- Charaxes odysseus Staudinger, 1892
- Charaxes antiquus Joicey & Talbot, 1926
- Charaxes barnsi Joicey & Talbot, 1927
- Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1886
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912)
- Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
- 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
- Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
- Acraea annobona d'Abrera, 1980
- Acraea medea (Cramer, 1775)
- Acraea niobe Sharpe, 1893
- Acraea alcinoe racaji (Pyrcz, 1991)
- Acraea insularis Sharpe, 1893
- Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
- Acraea newtoni Sharpe, 1893
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893)
- Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
Hesperiinae
Aeromachini
- Andronymus neander thomasi Riley, 1928
Baorini
- Borbo fatuellus thomea (Evans, 1937)
- Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)