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This is a list of butterflies of Somaliland. About 131 species are known from Somaliland, five of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
• Papilio dardanus byatti Poulton, 1926
• Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
• Papilio microps Storace, 1952

Leptocercini

• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, )
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

• Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis celimene praeclarus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
• Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
• Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
• Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis fausta mijurteina Carpenter, 1951
• Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
• Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
• Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819)
• Colotis phisadia somalica Storace, 1948
• Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) – yellow splendour tip
• Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
• Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
• Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1850)
• Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
• Colotis agoye zephyrus (Marshall, 1897)
• Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
• Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
• Euchloe belemia abyssinica Riley, 1928
• Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)

Pierini

• Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
• Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
• Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois creona benadirensis (Storace, 1948)
• Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
• Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943

Lycaenidae

Poritiinae

Liptenini

• Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
• Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

Aphnaeinae

• Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
• Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
• Chloroselas ogadenensis Jackson, 1966 (endemic)
• Cesa waggae (Sharpe, 1898) (endemic)
• Cigaritis acamas bellatrix (Butler, 1886)
• Cigaritis gilletti (Riley, 1925) (endemic)
• Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
• Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
• Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Theclinae

• Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
• Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
• Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
• Iolaus mimosae berbera (Bethune-Baker, 1924)
• Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
• Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
• Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
• Stugeta bowkeri albeza (Koçak, 1996)
• Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
• Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
• Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
• Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
• Anthene pitmani somalina Stempffer, 1936

Polyommatini

• Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886)
• Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
• Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
• Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
• Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
• Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946 (endemic)
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
• Lepidochrysops fumosa (Butler, 1886)
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, )

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
• Tirumala formosa neumanni (Rothschild, 1902)
• Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888
• Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Satyrinae

Satyrini

• Lasiommata maderakal (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
• Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima simplicia Butler, 1876
• Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
• Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
• Neocoenyra rufilineata Butler, 1894 (endemic)
• Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes jasius pagenstecheri Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes hansali Felder, 1867
• Charaxes etesipe patrizii Storace, 1949
• Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, )

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
• Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
• Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
• Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)

Limenitinae

Adoliadini

• Bebearia orientis (Karsch, 1895)
• Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
• Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
• Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
• Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
• Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, )
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Tagiadini

• Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

Carcharodini

• Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
• Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
• Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

• Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)

Heteropterinae

• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)

See also

• List of moths of Somaliland
• Wildlife of Somaliland

References

1. Somaliland at the African Butterfly Database
2. Endemic butterflies of Somaliland at Afrotropical Butterflies
3. "PIERIDAE: Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829): Yellow splendour".

• Mrs. E. Lort Phillips List of Lepidoptera collected in Somali‐land
• This butterfly was collected in Mandera, Somaliland, by Walter Feather in November 1908
• CAPT. CHAS. G. NURSE AND COL. J. W. YERBURY IN 1894 AND 1895 ON THE BUTTERFLIES OBTAINED IN ARABIA AUD SOINALILAND
• 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)
• Butler,A.G., 1896, On the butterflies obtained in Arabia and Somaliland by Capt. Chas. G. Nurse and Col. J.W. Yerbury in 1894 and 1895. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 242-256, Pl.10.
• Holland,W.J., 1895, List of the Lepidoptera collected in Somaliland, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. von Hoehnel. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 18: 259-264.
• Pagenstecher,A., 1902, Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Tagfalter. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 55: 113-204, Taf.II.
• Pagenstecher,A., 1903, Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Sphingiden und Bombyciden. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 56: 3-28, Taf.I.

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