This is a list of butterflies of Lesotho. About 93 species are known from Lesotho, one of which, Torynesis pringlei, is endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper,
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, )
- 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)
Aphnaeinae
- 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
Theclinae
- Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
- Leptomyrina lara (Linnaeus, 1764)
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
- Lycaena clarki Clark & Dickson, 1971
Polyommatini
- Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, )
- 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
- Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, )
- 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, )
- 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
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)
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