List of butterflies of Sierra Leone

This is a list of butterflies of Sierra Leone. About 710 species are known from Sierra Leone,^[1] four of which are endemic.^[2]

• Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
• Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
• Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
• Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
• Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
• Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
• Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)
• Graphium illyris (Hewitson, 1873)
• Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
• Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium tynderaeus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Graphium latreillianus (Godart, 1819)
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

• Pseudopontia paradoxa (Felder & Felder, 1869)

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898)
• Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
• Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)
• Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
• Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
• Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

• Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
• Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952
• Leptosia marginea (Mabille, 1890)
• Leptosia medusa (Cramer, 1777)
• Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965

• Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779])
• Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)
• Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865])
• Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris poppea (Cramer, 1777)
• Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mylothris dimidiata Aurivillius, 1898
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
• Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776])
• Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842)
• Belenois hedyle rhena (Doubleday, 1846)

• Euliphyra hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899
• Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874)
• Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Aslauga marginalis Kirby, 1890

• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

• Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
• Pentila abraxas (Westwood, 1851)
• Pentila condamini Stempffer, 1963
• Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
• Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
• Pentila petreoides Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Pentila preussi Staudinger, 1888
• Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
• Ornipholidotos tiassale Stempffer, 1969
• Ornipholidotos onitshae Stempffer, 1962
• Ornipholidotos issia Stempffer, 1969
• Ornipholidotos nympha Libert, 2000
• Torbenia wojtusiaki Libert, 2000
• Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872
• Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
• Mimeresia debora catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Mimeresia issia Stempffer, 1969
• Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
• Mimeresia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Liptena albicans Cator, 1904
• Liptena catalina (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)
• Liptena helena (Druce, 1888)
• Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)
• Liptena bia Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2008
• Liptena septistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Liptena similis (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena simplicia Möschler, 1887
• Liptena submacula liberiana Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
• Liptena xanthostola coomassiensis Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Kakumia otlauga (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Tetrarhanis baralingam (Larsen, 1998)
• Tetrarhanis diversa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Falcuna campimus (Holland, 1890)
• Falcuna leonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
• Larinopoda eurema (Plötz, 1880)
• Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)
• Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903
• Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
• Eresina fontainei Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina fusca (Cator, 1904)
• Eresina jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
• Eresina maesseni Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina rougeoti Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina saundersi Stempffer, 1956
• Eresina theodori Stempffer, 1956
• Eresiomera bicolor (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
• Eresiomera isca occidentalis Collins & Larsen, 1998
• Eresiomera petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
• Citrinophila erastus (Hewitson, 1866)
• Citrinophila marginalis Kirby, 1887
• Citrinophila similis (Kirby, 1887)
• Argyrocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892

• Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964
• Teratoneura isabellae Dudgeon, 1909
• Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranioides occidentalis Libert, 1999
• Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
• Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
• Geritola albomaculata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Geritola virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Stempfferia baoule Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia cercene (Hewitson, 1873)
• Stempfferia ciconia (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892)
• Stempfferia dorothea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Stempfferia kholifa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Stempfferia leonina (Staudinger, 1888)
• Stempfferia michelae Libert, 1999
• Stempfferia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Stempfferia staudingeri (Kirby, 1890)
• Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)
• Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890)
• Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954)
• Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
• Epitolina dispar (Kirby, 1887)
• Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)
• Epitolina collinsi Libert, 2000
• Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Hypophytala hyettina (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Phytala elais catori Bethune-Baker, 1903
• Aethiopana honorius divisa (Butler, 1901)
• Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
• Hewitsonia occidentalis Bouyer, 1997

• Pseudaletis zebra subangulata Talbot, 1935
• Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)
• Pseudaletis antimachus (Staudinger, 1888)
• Lipaphnaeus aderna (Plötz, 1880)
• Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
• Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)
• Cigaritis iza (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
• Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880
• Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)

• Myrina silenus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
• Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)
• Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
• Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
• Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
• Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
• Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957
• Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)
• Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
• Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
• Iolaus leonis (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
• Iolaus moyambina (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902)
• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
• Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
• Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
• Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
• Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
• Iolaus laonides Aurivillius, 1898
• Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
• Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Stugeta occidentalis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958 (endemic)
• Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix catori (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Pilodeudorix leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Pilodeudorix otraeda (Hewitson, 1863)
• Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
• Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
• Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
• Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
• Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
• Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Paradeudorix eleala viridis (Stempffer, 1964)
• Paradeudorix moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Paradeudorix petersi (Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
• Hypomyrina mimetica Libert, 2004
• Hypomyrina fournierae Gabriel, 1939
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966
• Deudorix galathea (Swainson, 1821)
• Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
• Deudorix odana Druce, 1887

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
• Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
• Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)
• Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
• Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)
• Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
• Anthene scintillula aurea (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
• Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
• Anthene lusones fulvimacula (Mabille, 1890)
• Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
• Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
• Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
• Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005
• Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005 (endemic)

• Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824])
• Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997
• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
• Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895
• Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)
• Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929
• Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
• Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi d'Abrera, 1980
• Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
• Thermoniphas micylus (Cramer, 1780)
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)
• Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lepidochrysops synchrematiza (Bethune-Baker, [1923])

• Abisara gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)

• Libythea labdaca Westwood, 1851

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
• Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
• Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876
• Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

• Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])

• Gnophodes betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849
• Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)
• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

• Bicyclus abnormis (Dudgeon, 1909)
• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus dekeyseri (Condamin, 1958)
• Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)
• Bicyclus ephorus Weymer, 1892
• Bicyclus evadne (Cramer, 1779)
• Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Bicyclus ignobilis (Butler, 1870)
• Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
• Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
• Bicyclus mandanes Hewitson, 1873
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
• Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)
• Bicyclus sambulos unicolor Condamin, 1971
• Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
• Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961
• Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965
• Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)
• Hallelesis halyma (Fabricius, 1793)
• Heteropsis elisi (Karsch, 1893)
• Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880
• Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)

• Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876)
• Charaxes fulvescens senegala van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes candiope (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes protoclea Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850
• Charaxes cynthia Butler, 1866
• Charaxes lucretius Cramer, [1775]
• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes brutus (Cramer, 1779)
• Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes eudoxus (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes numenes (Hewitson, 1859)
• Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes smaragdalis butleri Rothschild, 1900
• Charaxes imperialis Butler, 1874
• Charaxes ameliae doumeti Henning, 1989
• Charaxes pythodoris davidi Plantrou, 1973
• Charaxes hadrianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes zingha (Stoll, 1780)
• Charaxes etesipe (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes eupale (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes anticlea (Drury, 1782)
• Charaxes hildebrandti gillesi Plantrou, 1973
• Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes plantroui Minig, 1975
• Charaxes angelae Minig, 1975
• Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
• Charaxes pleione (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872)
• Charaxes nichetes bouchei Plantrou, 1974
• Charaxes lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Charaxes zelica Butler, 1869
• Charaxes porthos gallayi van Someren, 1968
• Charaxes doubledayi Aurivillius, 1899
• Charaxes mycerina (Godart, 1824)
• Charaxes carteri Butler, 1881

• Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)

• Palla publius Staudinger, 1892
• Palla ussheri (Butler, 1870)
• Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)
• Palla violinitens (Crowley, 1890)

• Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)

• Kallimoides rumia (Doubleday, 1849)
• Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

• Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782)
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)
• Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
• Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
• Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)
• Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)
• Precis coelestina Dewitz, 1879
• Precis frobeniusi Strand, 1909
• Precis octavia (Cramer, 1777)
• Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)
• Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
• Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
• Hypolimnas dinarcha (Hewitson, 1865)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
• Catacroptera cloanthe ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

• Cyrestis camillus (Fabricius, 1781)

• Byblia anvatara crameri Aurivillius, 1894
• Mesoxantha ethosea (Drury, 1782)
• Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)
• Neptidopsis ophione (Cramer, 1777)
• Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
• Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

• Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
• Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

• Harma theobene Doubleday, 1848
• Cymothoe adela Staudinger, 1890
• Cymothoe althea (Cramer, 1776)
• Cymothoe caenis (Drury, 1773)
• Cymothoe egesta (Cramer, 1775)
• Cymothoe euthalioides albomarginata Neustetter, 1921
• Cymothoe fumana (Westwood, 1850)
• Cymothoe hartigi Belcastro, 1990
• Cymothoe herminia gongoa Fox, 1965
• Cymothoe jodutta (Westwood, 1850)
• Cymothoe mabillei Overlaet, 1944
• Cymothoe sangaris (Godart, 1824)
• Pseudoneptis bugandensis ianthe Hemming, 1964
• Pseudacraea boisduvalii (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea hostilia (Drury, 1782)
• Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, [1775])
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, 1779)
• Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
• Neptis loma Condamin, 1971
• Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
• Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
• Neptis metella (Doubleday, 1848)
• Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892
• Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
• Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nysiades Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis paula Staudinger, 1896
• Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
• Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912
• Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978

• Catuna angustatum (Felder & Felder, 1867)
• Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
• Catuna niji Fox, 1965
• Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894
• Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
• Euryphurana nobilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
• Cynandra opis (Drury, 1773)
• Euriphene amicia gola Fox, 1965
• Euriphene aridatha (Hewitson, 1866)
• Euriphene taigola Sáfián & Warren-Gash, 2009
• Euriphene aridatha feronia (Staudinger, 1891)
• Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euriphene coerulea Boisduval, 1847
• Euriphene gambiae vera Hecq, 2002
• Euriphene incerta (Aurivillius, 1912)
• Euriphene leonis (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Euriphene lomaensis Belcastro, 1986
• Euriphene simplex (Staudinger, 1891)
• Euriphene veronica (Stoll, 1780)
• Euriphene doriclea (Drury, 1782)
• Bebearia osyris (Schultze, 1920)
• Bebearia carshena (Hewitson, 1871)
• Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
• Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Bebearia oxione (Hewitson, 1866)
• Bebearia abesa (Hewitson, 1869)
• Bebearia barce (Doubleday, 1847)
• Bebearia mardania (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia paludicola blandi Holmes, 2001
• Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)
• Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia arcadius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia laetitia (Plötz, 1880)
• Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)
• Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)
• Bebearia maledicta (Strand, 1912)
• Bebearia cutteri harleyi (Fox, 1968)
• Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
• Euphaedra gausape (Butler, 1866)
• Euphaedra judith Weymer, 1892
• Euphaedra melpomene Hecq, 1981
• Euphaedra hastiri polymnie Hecq, 1981
• Euphaedra xypete (Hewitson, 1865)
• Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976
• Euphaedra crockeri (Butler, 1869)
• Euphaedra eusemoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)
• Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)
• Euphaedra themis (Hübner, 1807)
• Euphaedra dubreka Collins & Larsen, 2005
• Euphaedra laboureana laboureana de Toulgëot, 1957
• Euphaedra laboureana eburnensis Hecq, 1979
• Euphaedra minuta Hecq, 1982
• Euphaedra laguerrei Hecq, 1979
• Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)
• Euphaedra vetusta (Butler, 1871)
• Euphaedra aberrans Staudinger, 1891
• Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)
• Euphaedra afzelii (Felder & Felder, 1867) (endemic)
• Euphaedra inanum (Butler, 1873)
• Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983
• Euphaedra villiersi Condamin, 1964
• Euphaedra francina (Godart, 1824)
• Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)
• Euphaedra zampa (Westwood, 1850)
• Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)
• Euphaedra perseis (Drury, 1773)
• Euphaedra harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
• Euphaedra eupalus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Euphaedra normalis Staudinger, 1891
• Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Euptera zowa Fox, 1965
• Pseudathyma neptidina Karsch, 1894
• Pseudathyma plutonica sibyllina (Staudinger, 1890)

• Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
• Acraea egina (Cramer, 1775)
• Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
• Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873
• Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865
• Acraea consanguinea sartina (Jordan, 1910)
• Acraea macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea umbra (Drury, 1782)
• Acraea vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865
• Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874
• Acraea alciope Hewitson, 1852
• Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea circeis (Drury, 1782)
• Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
• Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819
• Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871
• Acraea polis Pierre, 1999
• Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871
• Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890
• Acraea parrhasia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847

• Lachnoptera anticlia (Hübner, 1819)
• Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

• Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
• Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Drury, 1773)

• Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
• Katreus johnstoni (Butler, 1888)
• Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Celaenorrhinus leona Berger, 1975
• Celaenorrhinus meditrina (Hewitson, 1877)
• Celaenorrhinus ovalis Evans, 1937
• Celaenorrhinus plagiatus Berger, 1976
• Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976
• Celaenorrhinus rutilans (Mabille, 1877)
• Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
• Sarangesa bouvieri (Mabille, 1877)
• Sarangesa brigida (Plötz, 1879)
• Sarangesa majorella (Mabille, 1891)
• Sarangesa tertullianus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Sarangesa thecla (Plötz, 1879)
• Sarangesa tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

• Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
• Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)
• Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890)
• Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892)
• Calleagris lacteus dannatti (Ehrmann, 1893)
• Calleagris landbecki (Druce, 1910)
• Procampta rara Holland, 1892
• Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
• Abantis elegantula (Mabille, 1890)
• Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)
• Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909
• Abantis pseudonigeriana Usher, 1984

• Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
• Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879)
• Prosopalpus debilis (Plötz, 1879)
• Prosopalpus styla Evans, 1937
• Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901
• Gorgyra aburae (Plötz, 1879)
• Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909
• Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)
• Gorgyra bina Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra diversata Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra heterochrus (Mabille, 1890)
• Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra pali Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra sara Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra sola Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra subfacatus (Mabille, 1890)
• Gyrogra subnotata (Holland, 1894)
• Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
• Teniorhinus watsoni Holland, 1892
• Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925
• Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
• Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891
• Pardaleodes edipus (Stoll, 1781)
• Pardaleodes incerta murcia (Plötz, 1883)
• Pardaleodes sator (Westwood, 1852)
• Pardaleodes tibullus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)
• Xanthodisca rega (Mabille, 1890)
• Rhabdomantis galatia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Rhabdomantis sosia (Mabille, 1891)
• Osmodes adon (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes adosus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osmodes costatus Aurivillius, 1896
• Osmodes distincta Holland, 1896
• Osmodes laronia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Osmodes lindseyi occidentalis Miller, 1971
• Osmodes lux Holland, 1892
• Osmodes omar Swinhoe, 1916
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Parosmodes lentiginosa (Holland, 1896)
• Paracleros biguttulus (Mabille, 1890)
• Osphantes ogowena (Mabille, 1891)
• Acleros mackenii olaus (Plötz, 1884)
• Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea atrio (Mabille, 1891)
• Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
• Semalea sextilis (Plötz, 1886)
• Hypoleucis tripunctata Mabille, 1891
• Meza cybeutes volta Miller, 1971
• Meza elba (Evans, 1937)
• Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)
• Meza leucophaea (Holland, 1894)
• Meza mabea (Holland, 1894)
• Meza mabillei (Holland, 1893)
• Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)
• Paronymus budonga (Evans, 1938)
• Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)
• Andronymus caesar (Fabricius, 1793)
• Andronymus evander (Mabille, 1890)
• Andronymus helles Evans, 1937
• Andronymus hero Evans, 1937
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)
• Gamia buchholzi (Plötz, 1879)
• Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)
• Gretna balenge zowa Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Gretna cylinda (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna lacida (Hewitson, 1876)
• Gretna waga (Plötz, 1886)
• Pteroteinon caenira (Hewitson, 1867)
• Pteroteinon ceucaenira (Druce, 1910)
• Pteroteinon concaenira Belcastro & Larsen, 1996
• Pteroteinon iricolor (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laterculus (Holland, 1890)
• Pteroteinon laufella (Hewitson, 1868)
• Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
• Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879)
• Leona meloui (Riley, 1926)
• Leona luehderi (Plötz, 1879)
• Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)
• Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)
• Caenides otilia Belcastro, 1990
• Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925
• Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)
• Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896
• Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)
• Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965
• Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)
• Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
• Melphina melphis (Holland, 1893)
• Melphina statira (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)
• Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)
• Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)
• Fresna carlo Evans, 1937
• Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)
• Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)
• Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
• Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
• Platylesches batangae (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)
• Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
• Platylesches iva Evans, 1937
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
• Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
• Platylesches rossii Belcastro, 1986

• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
• Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
• Borbo liana (Evans, 1937) (endemic)
• Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)
• Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
• Parnara monasi (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
• Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)

• List of moths of Sierra Leone
• Wildlife of Sierra Leone

• 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)