List of butterflies of Burundi

This is a list of butterflies of Burundi. About 150 species are known from Burundi,^[1] none of which are endemic.^[2]

• Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
• Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
• Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
• Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908
• Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984)
• Graphium gudenusi (Rebel, 1911)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium almansor uganda (Lathy, 1906)

• Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
• Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
• Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

• Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)

• Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
• Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896
• Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
• Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)
• Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952
• Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
• Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)

• Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

• Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema riftensis Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915

• Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

• Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)
• Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932
• Capys catharus Riley, 1932

• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
• Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961
• Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)

• Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
• Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
• Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
• Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
• Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967
• Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot, 1935)
• Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

• Abisara neavei Riley, 1932

• Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894)
• Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914
• Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904
• Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940
• Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895

• Gnophodes grogani Sharpe, 1901
• Aphysoneura scapulifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1922

• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, 1896)
• Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
• Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
• Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970
• Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
• Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
• Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994)
• Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
• Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
• Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955
• Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929

• Charaxes fulvescens monitor Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes acuminatus kigezia van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
• Charaxes alticola Grünberg, 1911
• Charaxes lucretius maximus van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes ansorgei ruandana Talbot, 1932
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914
• Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Charaxes eudoxus lequeuxi Plantrou, 1982
• Charaxes eudoxus raffaellae Plantrou, 1982
• Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936
• Charaxes xiphares burgessi van Son, 1953
• Charaxes montis Jackson, 1956
• Charaxes opinatus Heron, 1909
• Charaxes mafuga van Someren, 1969
• Charaxes zoolina mafugensis Jackson, 1956
• Charaxes schiltzei Bouyer, 1991
• Charaxes crossleyi ansorgei (Rothschild, 1903)

• Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904)

• Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
• Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
• Junonia natalica angolensis (Rothschild, 1918)
• Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Precis actia Distant, 1880
• Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847)
• Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

• Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)

• Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955

• Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
• Euriphene excelsior (Rebel, 1911)
• Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)
• Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
• Euphaedra diffusa Gaede, 1916
• Euphaedra phosphor Joicey & Talbot, 1921

• Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894
• Acraea alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Acraea persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
• Acraea quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892)
• Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
• Acraea amicitiae Heron, 1909
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
• Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
• Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902
• Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891

• Issoria baumanni baumanni (Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894)
• Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896)

• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

• Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)

• Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

• Brusa allardi Berger, 1967
• Zenonia crasta Evans, 1937

• Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)

• Geography of Burundi
• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands

• 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)