List of butterflies of Mali

Location of Mali

This is a list of butterflies of Mali. About 59 species are known from Mali,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]

## Papilionidae

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### Papilioninae

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#### Papilionini

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* Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874

#### Leptocercini

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* Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
* Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932)
* Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
* Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)

## Pieridae

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### Coliadinae

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* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Pierinae

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* 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

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* Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

## Lycaenidae

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### Aphnaeinae

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* Cigaritis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
* Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
* Axiocerses harpax harpax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
* Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905

### Theclinae

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* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

### Polyommatinae

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#### Lycaenesthini

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* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)

#### Polyommatini

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* 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, [1923])

## Nymphalidae

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### Danainae

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#### Danaini

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* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

### Satyrinae

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#### Melanitini

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* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanitis libya Distant, 1882

#### Satyrini

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* Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
* Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
* Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
* Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982

### Charaxinae

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#### Charaxini

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* Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
* Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850

### Nymphalinae

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#### Nymphalini

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* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Limenitinae

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#### Adoliadini

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* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae

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#### Acraeini

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* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

## Hesperiidae

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### Coeliadinae

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* Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
* Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

### Pyrginae

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#### Celaenorrhinini

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* Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)

#### Carcharodini

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* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

### Hesperiinae

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#### Baorini

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* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)

## See also

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* Geography of Mali
* Wildlife of Mali
* South Saharan steppe and woodlands
* West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
* List of moths of Mali

## References

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1. ^ Mali at the African Butterfly Database
2. ^ 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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recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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