This is a list of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo. About 892 species are known from the Republic of the Congo,The Republic of the Congo at the African Butterfly Database 20 of which are endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782 Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864 Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983 Papilio sosia pulchra Berger, 1950 Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793 Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776 Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896 Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775 Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904 Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879 Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881 Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
Leptocercini Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775) Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984) Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892) Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873) Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932) Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913) Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915) Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876) Graphium fulleri fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883) Graphium fulleri boulleti (Le Cerf, 1912) Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884) Graphium hachei hachei (Dewitz, 1881) Graphium hachei moebii (Suffert, 1904) Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896) Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865) Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899)
Pieridae
Pseudopontiinae Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)
Coliadinae Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871) Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, ) Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) Leptosia nupta (Butler, 1873)
Pierini Appias epaphia (Cramer, ) Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898) Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, ) Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris alcuana Grünberg, 1910 Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888 Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris continua maxima Berger, 1981 Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981 Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904 Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879) Dixeia cebron (Ward, 1871) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888 Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Liphyrini Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890 Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874) Aslauga confusa Libert, 1994 Aslauga kallimoides Schultze, 1912 Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914 Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913 Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890 Aslauga vininga (Hewitson, 1875)
Miletini Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893 Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851) Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872) Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915 Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892 Lachnocnema nigrocellularis Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910 Lachnocnema jolyana Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895 Lachnocnema albimacula Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890 Lachnocnema congoensis Libert, 1996 (endemic)
Poritiinae
Liptenini Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873) Pentila bitje Druce, 1910 Pentila christina Suffert, 1904 Pentila cloetensi aspasia Grünberg, 1910 Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915 Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910 Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) (endemic) Pentila pauli leopardina Schultze, 1923 Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873 Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879 Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887) Pentila umangiana prodita Schultze, 1923 Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887) Telipna aurivillii Rebel, 1914 Telipna albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910 Telipna ja Bethune-Baker, 1926 Telipna cameroonensis Jackson, 1969 Telipna cuypersi Libert, 2005 Telipna atrinervis Hulstaert, 1924 Telipna villiersi Stempffer, 1965 Telipna acraeoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) Telipna hollandi exsuperia Hulstaert, 1924 Telipna citrimaculata Schultze, 1916 Telipna transverstigma Druce, 1910 Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880) Telipna nyanza katangae Stempffer, 1961 Telipna ruspinoides Schultze, 1923 Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius. 1895) Ornipholidotos ugandae goodi Libert, 2000 Ornipholidotos bitjeensis Stempffer, 1957 Ornipholidotos gabonensis Stempffer, 1947 Ornipholidotos bakotae Stempffer, 1962 Ornipholidotos etoumbi Stempffer, 1967 Ornipholidotos katangae kelle Stempffer, 1967 Ornipholidotos annae Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos amieti Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos dowsetti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic) Ornipholidotos overlaeti fontainei Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos congoensis Stempffer, 1964 Ornipholidotos likouala Stempffer, 1969 (endemic) Ornipholidotos jacksoni occidentalis Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos sylpha (Kirby, 1890) Ornipholidotos nbeti Libert, 2005 Ornipholidotos henrii Libert, 2000 Ornipholidotos tirza (Hewitson, 1873) Ornipholidotos nancy Collins & Larsen, 2000 (endemic) Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910) Ornipholidotos perfragilis (Holland, 1890) Torbenia aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1967) Torbenia stempfferi cuypersi Libert, 2005 Mimacraea abriana Libert & Collins, 2000 Mimacraea apicalis gabonica Libert, 2000 Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889 Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910 Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895 Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895 Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890) Mimeresia debora debora (Kirby, 1890) Mimeresia debora deborula (Aurivillius, 1899) Mimeresia drucei (Stempffer, 1954) Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910) Mimeresia pseudocellularis Stempffer, 1968 (endemic) Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910) Liptena amabilis Schultze, 1923 Liptena batesana Bethune-Baker, 1926 Liptena congoana Hawker-Smith, 1933 Liptena decipiens etoumbi Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena decipiens leucostola (Holland, 1890) Liptena durbania Bethune-Baker, 1915 Liptena fatima (Kirby, 1890) Liptena flavicans praeusta Schultze, 1917 Liptena inframacula Hawker-Smith, 1933 Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890) Liptena nigromarginata Stempffer, 1961 Liptena ochrea Hawker-Smith, 1933 Liptena opaca centralis Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena orubrum (Holland, 1890) Liptena ouesso ouesso Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena ouesso mayombe Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 Liptena perobscura Druce, 1910 Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923 Liptena turbata (Kirby, 1890) Liptena undularis Hewitson, 1866 Liptena xanthostola (Holland, 1890) Obania tullia (Staudinger, 1892) Kakumia ferruginea (Schultze, 1923) Kakumia ideoides (Dewitz, 1887) Tetrarhanis ilala etoumbi (Stempffer, 1964) Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873) Tetrarhanis nubifera (Druce, 1910) Tetrarhanis okwangwo Larsen, 1998 Tetrarhanis rougeoti (Stempffer, 1954) Tetrarhanis simplex (Aurivillius, 1895) Tetrarhanis souanke (Stempffer, 1962) (endemic) Tetrarhanis stempfferi (Berger, 1954) Falcuna hollandi nigricans Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 Falcuna lybia (Staudinger, 1892) Falcuna margarita (Suffert, 1904) Falcuna synesia gabonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 Larinopoda lircaea (Hewitson, 1866) Larinopoda tera (Hewitson, 1873) Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874) Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, 1892) Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic) Micropentila brunnea centralis Bennett, 1966 Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910 Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933 Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Micropentila kelleana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic) Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965 (endemic) Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873) Eresina bergeri Stempffer, 1956 Eresina likouala Stempffer, 1962 (endemic) Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956 Eresiomera campbelli Collins & Larsen, 1998 Eresiomera clenchi (Stempffer, 1961) Eresiomera isca (Hewitson, 1873) Eresiomera magnimacula (Rebel, 1914) Eresiomera nancy Collins & Larsen, 1998 Eresiomera osheba (Holland, 1890) Eresiomera ouesso (Stempffer, 1962) Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) Eresiomera phaeochiton (Grünberg, 1910) Eresiomera phillipi Collins & Larsen, 1998 Eresiomera rougeoti (Stempffer, 1961) Eresiomera rutilo (Druce, 1910) Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866) Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887) Citrinophila terias Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Citrinophila unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908 Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892
Epitolini Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890) Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961 Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898) Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793) Epitola urania Kirby, 1887 Epitola uranioides uranoides Libert, 1999 Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873) Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999 Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935) Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877) Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933) Geritola amieti Libert, 1999 Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964) Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878) Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890) Geritola larae Collins & Libert, 1999 Geritola mirifica (Jackson, 1964) Geritola nitidica Libert & Collins, 1999 Stempfferia carcassoni Jackson, 1962 Stempfferia alba (Jackson, 1962) Stempfferia annae Libert, 1999 Stempfferia badura (Kirby, 1890) Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873) Stempfferia cercenoides (Holland, 1890) Stempfferia cinerea (Berger, 1981) Stempfferia coerulea (Jackson, 1962) Stempfferia congoana (Aurivillius, 1923) Stempfferia flavoantennata (Roche, 1954) Stempfferia gordoni (Druce, 1903) Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923) Stempfferia iturina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Stempfferia magnifica (Jackson, 1964) Stempfferia marginata (Kirby, 1887) Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999 Stempfferia similis Libert, 1999 Stempfferia sylviae Libert, 1999 Stempfferia tumentia (Druce, 1910) Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873) Cephetola catuna (Kirby, 1890) Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873) Cephetola ghesquierei (Roche, 1954) Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926) Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola ouesso (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937) Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935) Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Batelusia zebra Druce, 1910 Pseudoneaveia jacksoni Stempffer, 1964 (endemic) Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962 Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887) Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888) Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000 Epitolina larseni Libert, 2000 Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890) Hypophytala henleyi (Kirby, 1890) Hypophytala hyetta (Hewitson, 1873) Hypophytala reducta (Aurivillius, 1923) Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999 Phytala elais Westwood, 1851 Neoepitola barombiensis (Kirby, 1890) Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793) Hewitsonia bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1915 Hewitsonia beryllina Schultze, 1916 Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869) Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997 Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879 Hewitsonia similis (Aurivillius, 1891) Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
Aphnaeinae Pseudaletis michelae Libert, 2007 Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888) Pseudaletis batesi Druce, 1910 Lipaphnaeus leonina (Druce, 1910) Cigaritis apuleia (Hulstaert, 1924) Cigaritis dufranei (Bouyer, 1991) Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887) Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890 Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880 Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963 Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)
Theclinae Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775) Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903 Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895)