This is a list of butterflies of Mali. About 59 species are known from Mali, none of which are endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper,
- Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
Leptocercini
- Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
- Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
- Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, )
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
Pierini
- Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
Lycaenidae
Aphnaeinae
- Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
- Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Axiocerses harpax harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
Theclinae
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
Polyommatini
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
- Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
- Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, )
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Satyrinae
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Satyrini
- Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
- Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
- Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
- Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
Adoliadini
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
- Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
- Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, )
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
- Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
Carcharodini
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae
Baorini
- Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
See also
- Geography of Mali
- Wildlife of Mali
- South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- List of moths of Mali
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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