This is a list of butterflies of Niger. About 54 species are known from Niger,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae edit
Papilioninae edit
Papilionini edit
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Leptocercini edit
- Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
Pieridae edit
Coliadinae edit
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae edit
- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis celimene angusi Rothschild, 1921
- Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
Pierini edit
- Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
- Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Lycaenidae edit
Aphnaeinae edit
- Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
Theclinae edit
- Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
- Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
Polyommatinae edit
Lycaenesthini edit
- Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
Polyommatini edit
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
- Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Nymphalidae edit
Danainae edit
Danaini edit
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Satyrinae edit
Melanitini edit
- Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
Satyrini edit
- Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982
Charaxinae edit
Charaxini edit
- Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
- Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
- Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978
Nymphalinae edit
Nymphalini edit
- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae edit
Adoliadini edit
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae edit
Acraeini edit
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae edit
Coeliadinae edit
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae edit
Celaenorrhinini edit
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini edit
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae edit
Aeromachini edit
- Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)