This is a list of butterflies of Eritrea. About 13 species are known from Eritrea,African Butterfly Database one of which is endemic Charaxes figini.Afrotropical Butterflies

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865 Papilio dardanus figinii Storace, 1962

Pieridae

Coliadinae Eurema brigitta (Stoll, ) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Colias electo meneliki Berger, 1940 Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884

Pierinae Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)

Pierini Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois creona boguensis (Felder & Felder, 1865)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Miletini Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini Amauris echeria abessinica Schmidt, 1921 Amauris ochleides Staudinger, 1896

Satyrinae

Satyrini Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982

See also Geography of Eritrea

References

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates