List of butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. About 2,040 species are known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo,The Democratic Republic of the Congo at the African Butterfly Database 181 of which are endemic.Endemic butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at Afrotropical Butterflies The majority of species occur in the Congolese rainforest - Western Congolian swamp forests, Eastern Congolian swamp forests, Central Congolian lowland forests, Northeastern Congolian lowland forests and it's transitions to forest-savanna mosaic, savannas, and grasslands. Others, many rare, are found in the Albertine Rift montane forests. The miombo woodlands in the southern portion of the country are home for many species.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini Papilio antimachus antimachus Drury, 1782 Papilio antimachus parva Jackson, 1956 Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864 Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Papilio chrapkowskoides chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952 Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983 Papilio sosia pulchra Berger, 1950 Papilio thuraui occidua Storace, 1951 Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793 Papilio plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898 Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776 Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896 Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775 Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904 Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879 Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881 Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885 Papilio echerioides homeyeri Plötz, 1880 Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945 Papilio echerioides nioka (Hancock, 1989) Papilio jacksoni hecqui Berger, 1954 Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843 Papilio lormieri lormieri Distant, 1874 Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908 Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891 Papilio mackinnoni theodori Riley, 1921

Leptocercini Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775) Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984) Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892) Graphium junodi (Trimen, 1893) Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889) Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873) Graphium illyris hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911) Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) Graphium angolanus angolanus (Goeze, 1779) Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932) Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886) Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927) Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873) Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842) Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913) Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi Berger, 1950 (endemic) Graphium olbrechtsi tongoni Berger, 1969 (endemic) Graphium almansor almansor (Honrath, 1884) Graphium almansor escherichi (Gaede, 1915) Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906) Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876) Graphium fulleri boulleti (Le Cerf, 1912) Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884) Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884) Graphium hachei hachei (Dewitz, 1881) Graphium hachei moebii (Suffert, 1904) Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896) (endemic) Graphium ucalegon ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865) Graphium ucalegon fonteinei Berger, 1981 Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950 Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899)

Pieridae

Pseudopontiinae Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)

Coliadinae Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892) Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876) Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836) Eurema upembana (Berger, 1981) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Colias electo hecate Strecker, 1905 Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940 Colias mukana Berger, 1981

Pierinae Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852) Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883) Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852) Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956 Colotis euippe euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) Colotis euippe mediata Talbot, 1939 Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819) Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855) Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863) Colotis vesta princeps Talbot, 1939 Colotis vesta rhodesinus (Butler, 1894) Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891) Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940 Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia thalassina verulanus (Ward, 1871) Leptosia alcesta alcesta (Stoll, ) Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959 Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959 Leptosia hybrida hybrida Bernardi, 1952 Leptosia hybrida somereni Bernardi, 1959 Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890) Leptosia nupta pseudonupta Bernardi, 1959 Leptosia wigginsi wigginsi (Dixey, 1915) Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

Pierini Appias epaphia (Cramer, ) Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898) Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948 Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, ) Appias sylvia sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897) Appias sylvia zairiensis Berger, 1981 Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887) Mylothris agathina agathina (Cramer, 1779) Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904 Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940 Mylothris alcuana alcuana Grünberg, 1910 Mylothris alcuana binza Berger, 1981 Mylothris alcuana shaba Berger, 1981 Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888 Mylothris basalis Aurivillius, 1906 Mylothris bernice albescens Berger, 1981 Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896 Mylothris bernice nigrovenosa Berger, 1981 Mylothris bernice overlaeti Berger, 1981 Mylothris celisi Berger, 1981 (endemic) Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris citrina holochroma Talbot, 1944 Mylothris continua continua Talbot, 1944 Mylothris continua maxima Berger, 1981 Mylothris croceus croceus Butler, 1896 Mylothris croceus ituriensis Berger, 1981 Mylothris ducarmei Hecq, 2001 (endemic) Mylothris elodina diva Berger, 1954 Mylothris elodina pelenge Berger, 1981 Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981 Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 Mylothris kahusiana Hecq, 2001 (endemic) Mylothris kiwuensis kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910 Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944 Mylothris kiwuensis marielouisae Berger, 1979 Mylothris mafuga Berger, 1981 Mylothris nubila canescens Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Mylothris nubila fontainei Berger, 1952 Mylothris ochrea Berger, 1981 (endemic) Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981 Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880) Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775) Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909 Mylothris rubricosta rubricosta (Mabille, 1890) Mylothris rubricosta pulchra Berger, 1981 Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921 Mylothris sagala albissima Talbot, 1944 Mylothris schoutedeni Berger, 1952 (endemic) Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944 Mylothris schumanni zairiensis Berger, 1981 Mylothris similis dollmani Riley, 1921 Mylothris similis noel Talbot, 1944 Mylothris sjostedti sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895 Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952 Mylothris subsolana Hecq, 2001 Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 Dixeia cebron (Ward, 1871) Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904) Dixeia doxo alberta (Grünberg, 1912) Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900) Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888 Belenois calypso marlieri Berger, 1981 Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894 Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781) Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894 Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852) Belenois ogygia bongeya Berger, 1981 Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) Belenois rubrosignata (Weymer, 1901) Belenois solilucis solilucis Butler, 1874 Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921) Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865) Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981 Belenois sudanensis mayumbana Berger, 1981 Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 Belenois theora laeta (Weymer, 1903) Belenois theora ratheo (Suffert, 1904) Belenois theuszi (Dewitz, 1889) Belenois thysa thysa (Hopffer, 1855) Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 Belenois victoria hecqi Berger, 1953 Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953 Belenois welwitschii welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890 Belenois welwitschii shaba Berger, 1981 Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Liphyrini Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890 Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874) Aslauga aura Druce, 1913 Aslauga imitans Libert, 1994 Aslauga kallimoides Schultze, 1912 Aslauga katangana (Romieux, 1937) (endemic) Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914 Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899 Aslauga pandora Druce, 1913 Aslauga prouvosti Libert & Bouyer, 1997 Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890 Aslauga vininga (Hewitson, 1875)

Miletini Megalopalpus angulosus Grünberg, 1910 Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893 Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886 Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, 1851) Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890 Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793) Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793) Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887 Lachnocnema intermedia Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema ducarmei Libert, 1996 (endemic) Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872) Lachnocnema katangae Libert, 1996 (endemic) Lachnocnema regularis Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema obscura Libert, 1996 (endemic) Lachnocnema overlaeti Libert, 1996 (endemic) Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915 Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri Holland, 1892 Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910 Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996 Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895 Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890 Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935

Poritiinae

Liptenini Alaena amazoula congoana Aurivillius, 1914 Alaena maculata Hawker-Smith, 1933 (endemic) Alaena nyassa marmorata Hawker-Smith, 1933 Alaena oberthuri Aurivillius, 1899 (endemic) Alaena unimaculosa Hawker-Smith, 1926 Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873) Ptelina subhyalina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (endemic) Pentila maculata pardalena Druce, 1910 Pentila maculata subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886 Pentila amenaidoides (Holland, 1893) Pentila christina Suffert, 1904 Pentila cloetensi cloetensi Aurivillius, 1898 Pentila cloetensi catauga Rebel, 1914 Pentila cloetensi latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila cloetensi lucayensis Schultze, 1923 Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893) Pentila hewitsoni limbata (Holland, 1893) Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910 Pentila landbecki Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (endemic) Pentila pauli alberta Hulstaert, 1924 Pentila pauli elisabetha Hulstaert, 1924 Pentila pauli leopardina Schultze, 1923 Pentila pauli multiplagata Bethune-Baker, 1908 Pentila subfuscata Hawker-Smith, 1933 (endemic) Pentila tachyroides tachyroides Dewitz, 1879 Pentila tachyroides isiro Berger, 1981 Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887) Pentila umangiana umangiana Aurivillius, 1898 Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924 Pentila umangiana fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila umangiana meridionalis Berger, 1981 Liptenara batesi Bethune-Baker, 1915 Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887) Liptenara schoutedeni (Hawker-Smith, 1926) (endemic) Telipna acraea nigrita Talbot, 1935 Telipna sulpitia Hulstaert, 1924 Telipna albofasciata albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910 Telipna albofasciata laplumei Devos, 1917 Telipna cuypersi Libert, 2005