List of butterflies of Somalia

Location of Somalia

This is a list of butterflies of Somalia. About 131 species are known from Somalia,[1] five of which are endemic.[2]

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, [1780])
  • Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  • Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940

Pierinae

Pierini

Lycaenidae

Poritiinae

Liptenini

Aphnaeinae

Theclinae

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

Polyommatini

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

Satyrinae

Satyrini

Charaxinae

Charaxini

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

Biblidinae

Biblidini

Limenitinae

Adoliadini

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

Tagiadini

Carcharodini

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

Heteropterinae

See also

References

  1. ^ Somalia at the African Butterfly Database
  2. ^ Endemic butterflies of Somalia at Afrotropical Butterflies
  • 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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