List of butterflies of South Africa

Location of South Africa

Table Mountain beauty
Aeropetes tulbaghia
mounted specimen

This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic.[1]

## Family Nymphalidae

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### Subfamily Danainae

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Male Amauris ochlea

* Amauris albimaculata
* Amauris echeria
* Amauris niavius
* Amauris ochlea
* Danaus chrysippus
* Tirumala petiverana

### Subfamily Satyrinae

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Bicyclus safitza

Dingana alaedeus

Melanitis leda

Physcaeneura panda

Stygionympha wichgrafi

Tarsocera cassus

Tarsocera dicksoni

Tarsocera fulvina

Tarsocera namaquensis

Ypthima asterope

* Aeropetes tulbaghia
* Bicyclus anynana
* Bicyclus ena
* Bicyclus safitza
* Cassionympha camdeboo
* Cassionympha cassius
* Cassionympha detecta
* Coenyra aurantiaca
* Coenyra hebe
* Coenyra rufiplaga
* Coenyropsis natalii
* Dingana alaedeus
* Dingana alticola
* Dingana angusta
* Dingana bowkeri
* Dingana clara
* Dingana clarki
* Dingana dingana
* Dingana fraterna
* Dingana jerinae
* Dingana kammanassiensis
* Dira clytus
* Dira jansei
* Dira oxylus
* Dira swanepoeli
* Gnophodes betsimena
* Heteropsis perspicua
* Melampias huebneri
* Melanitis leda
* Neita durbani
* Neita extensa
* Neita lotenia
* Neita neita
* Paralethe dendrophilus
* Physcaeneura panda
* Pseudonympha gaika
* Pseudonympha hippia
* Pseudonympha loxophthalma
* Pseudonympha machacha
* Pseudonympha magoides
* Pseudonympha magus
* Pseudonympha narycia
* Pseudonympha paludis
* Pseudonympha paragaika
* Pseudonympha penningtoni
* Pseudonympha poetula
* Pseudonympha southeyi
* Pseudonympha swanepoeli
* Pseudonympha trimenii
* Pseudonympha varii
* Stygionympha curlei
* Stygionympha dicksoni
* Stygionympha geraldi
* Stygionympha irrorata
* Stygionympha robertsoni
* Stygionympha scotina
* Stygionympha vansoni
* Stygionympha vigilans
* Stygionympha wichgrafi
* Tarsocera cassina
* Tarsocera cassus
* Tarsocera dicksoni
* Tarsocera fulvina
* Tarsocera imitator
* Tarsocera namaquensis
* Tarsocera southeyae
* Torynesis hawequas
* Torynesis magna
* Torynesis mintha
* Torynesis orangica
* Torynesis pringlei
* Ypthima antennata
* Ypthima asterope
* Ypthima condamini
* Ypthima granulosa
* Ypthima impura

### Subfamily Heliconiinae

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Male Acraea horta

Male Acraea petraea

Hyalites eponina

Lachnoptera ayresii

Telchinia esebria

* Acraea acara
* Acraea acrita
* Acraea aglaonice
* Acraea anemosa
* Acraea axina
* Acraea barberi
* Acraea boopis
* Acraea caldarena
* Acraea horta
* Acraea lygus
* Acraea machequena
* Acraea natalica
* Acraea neobule
* Acraea nohara
* Acraea oncaea
* Acraea petraea
* Acraea rabbaiae
* Acraea satis
* Acraea stenobea
* Acraea trimeni
* Acraea violarum
* Bematistes aganice
* Hyalites cerasa
* Hyalites eponina
* Hyalites obeira
* Lachnoptera ayresii
* Pardopsis punctatissima
* Phalanta eurytis
* Phalanta phalantha
* Telchinia alalonga
* Telchinia anacreon
* Telchinia cabira
* Telchinia encedon
* Telchinia esebria
* Telchinia igola
* Telchinia induna
* Telchinia rahira
* Telchinia serena

### Subfamily Charaxinae

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Charaxes candiope

Charaxes jasius

Charaxes xiphares

* Charaxes achaemenes
* Charaxes bohemani
* Charaxes brutus
* Charaxes candiope
* Charaxes castor
* Charaxes cithaeron
* Charaxes druceanus
* Charaxes etesipe
* Charaxes ethalion
* Charaxes guderiana
* Charaxes jahlusa
* Charaxes jasius
* Charaxes karkloof
* Charaxes marieps
* Charaxes pelias
* Charaxes phaeus
* Charaxes pondoensis
* Charaxes protoclea
* Charaxes vansoni
* Charaxes varanes
* Charaxes violetta
* Charaxes xiphares
* Charaxes zoolina
* Euxanthe wakefieldi

### Subfamily Limenitidinae

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Neptis saclava

Pseudacraea boisduvalii

Eurytela hiarbas

Sevenia boisduvali form monteironis

Protogoniomorpha parhassus

* Cymothoe alcimeda
* Cymothoe coranus
* Euphaedra neophron
* Euryphura achlys
* Hamanumida daedalus
* Neptis goochi
* Neptis jordani
* Neptis kiriakoffi
* Neptis laeta
* Neptis saclava
* Neptis trigonophora
* Pseudacraea boisduvali
* Pseudacraea eurytus
* Pseudacraea lucretia

### Subfamily Cyrestinae

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* Cyrestis camillus

### Subfamily Biblidinae

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* Byblia anvatara
* Byblia ilithyia
* Eurytela dryope
* Eurytela hiarbas
* Sevenia boisduvali
* Sevenia morantii
* Sevenia natalensis
* Sevenia rosa

### Subfamily Nymphalinae

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* Antanartia schaeneia
* Catacroptera cloanthe
* Hypolimnas anthedon
* Hypolimnas deceptor
* Hypolimnas misippus
* Junonia hierta
* Junonia natalica
* Junonia oenone
* Junonia orithya
* Junonia terea
* Junonia tugela
* Precis antilope
* Precis archesia
* Precis ceryne
* Precis octavia
* Protogoniomorpha parhassus
* Salamis anacardii
* Vanessa cardui
* Vanessa dimorphica
* Vanessa hippomene

* Catacroptera cloanthe

* Junonia terea

* Precis archesia

* Precis ceryne, winter form

* Precis octavia, winter form

### Subfamily Libytheinae

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* Libythea labdaca

## Family Hesperiidae

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### Subfamily Coeliadinae

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* Coeliades anchises
* Coeliades forestan
* Coeliades keithloa
* Coeliades libeon
* Coeliades lorenzo
* Coeliades pisistratus

### Subfamily Pyrginae

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Abantis bicolor

Leucochitonea levubu

Metisella willemi

Sarangesa phidyle

Sarangesa seineri

Tagiades flesus

* Abantis bicolor
* Abantis paradisea
* Abantis tettensis
* Abantis venosa
* Alenia namaqua
* Alenia sandaster
* Astictopterus inornatus
* Calleagris kobela
* Calleagris krooni
* Caprona pillaana
* Celaenorrhinus mokeezi
* Eagris nottoana
* Eretis djaelaelae
* Eretis umbra
* Gomalia elma
* Leucochitonea levubu
* Metisella aegipan
* Metisella malgacha
* Metisella meninx
* Metisella metis
* Metisella syrinx
* Metisella willemi
* Netrobalane canopus
* Sarangesa motozi
* Sarangesa phidyle
* Sarangesa ruona
* Sarangesa seineri
* Spialia agylla
* Spialia asterodia
* Spialia colotes
* Spialia confusa
* Spialia delagoae
* Spialia depauperata
* Spialia diomus
* Spialia dromus
* Spialia mafa
* Spialia nanus
* Spialia paula
* Spialia sataspes
* Spialia secessus
* Spialia spio
* Tagiades flesus
* Tsitana dicksoni
* Tsitana tsita
* Tsitana tulbagha
* Tsitana uitenhaga

### Subfamily Hesperiinae

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Afrogegenes letterstedti

Kedestes callicles

Kedestes lenis

Kedestes macomo

Parosmodes morantii

Platylesches neba

Zophopetes dysmephila

* Acada biseriata
* Acleros mackenii
* Andronymus caesar
* Andronymus neander
* Artitropa erinnys
* Borbo borbonica
* Borbo detecta
* Borbo fallax
* Borbo fatuellus
* Borbo ferruginea
* Borbo gemella
* Borbo holtzii
* Borbo lugens
* Borbo micans
* Fresna nyassae
* Gegenes hottentota
* Gegenes niso
* Gegenes pumilio
* Kedestes barberae
* Kedestes callicles
* Kedestes chaca
* Kedestes lenis
* Kedestes lepenula
* Kedestes macomo
* Kedestes mohozutza
* Kedestes nerva
* Kedestes niveostriga
* Kedestes sarahae
* Kedestes wallengrenii
* Moltena fiara
* Parnara monasi
* Parosmodes morantii
* Pelopidas mathias
* Pelopidas thrax
* Platylesches ayresii
* Platylesches dolomitica
* Platylesches galesa
* Platylesches moritili
* Platylesches neba
* Platylesches picanini
* Platylesches robustus
* Platylesches tina
* Zenonia zeno
* Zophopetes dysmephila

## Family Lycaenidae

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### Subfamily Poritiinae

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Alaena amazoula

* Alaena amazoula
* Alaena margaritacea
* Baliochila aslanga
* Baliochila lipara
* Cnodontes penningtoni
* Deloneura immaculata
* Deloneura millari
* Durbania amakosa
* Durbania limbata
* Durbaniella clarki
* Durbaniopsis saga
* Ornipholidotos peucetia
* Pentila tropicalis
* Teriomima zuluana

### Subfamily Miletinae

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* Aslauga australis
* Lachnocnema bibulus
* Lachnocnema durbani
* Lachnocnema laches
* Lachnocnema regularis

Thestor basutus basutus

Thestor protumnus aridus

* Thestor barbatus
* Thestor basutus
* Thestor brachycerus
* Thestor braunsi
* Thestor calviniae
* Thestor camdeboo
* Thestor claassensi
* Thestor compassbergae
* Thestor dicksoni
* Thestor dryburghi
* Thestor holmesi
* Thestor kaplani
* Thestor montanus
* Thestor murrayi
* Thestor overbergensis
* Thestor penningtoni
* Thestor petra
* Thestor pictus
* Thestor pringlei
* Thestor protumnus
* Thestor rileyi
* Thestor rooibergensis
* Thestor rossouwi
* Thestor stepheni
* Thestor strutti
* Thestor vansoni
* Thestor yildizae

### Subfamily Aphnaeinae

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Male Crudaria leroma

* Aloeides almeida
* Aloeides apicalis
* Aloeides aranda
* Aloeides arida
* Aloeides bamptoni
* Aloeides barbarae
* Aloeides barklyi
* Aloeides braueri
* Aloeides caffrariae
* Aloeides caledoni
* Aloeides carolynnae
* Aloeides clarki
* Aloeides damarensis
* Aloeides dentatis
* Aloeides depicta
* Aloeides dicksoni
* Aloeides dryas
* Aloeides egerides
* Aloeides gowani
* Aloeides henningi
* Aloeides juana
* Aloeides kaplani
* Aloeides lutescens
* Aloeides macmasteri
* Aloeides maluti
* Aloeides margaretae
* Aloeides mbuluensis
* Aloeides merces
* Aloeides molomo
* Aloeides monticola
* Aloeides nollothi
* Aloeides nubilus
* Aloeides oreas
* Aloeides pallida
* Aloeides penningtoni
* Aloeides pierus
* Aloeides pringlei
* Aloeides quickelbergei
* Aloeides rileyi
* Aloeides rossouwi
* Aloeides simplex
* Aloeides stevensoni
* Aloeides susanae
* Aloeides swanepoeli
* Aloeides taikosama
* Aloeides thyra
* Aloeides titei
* Aloeides trimeni
* Aloeides vansoni
* Aphnaeus hutchinsonii
* Argyraspodes argyraspis
* Axiocerses amanga
* Axiocerses coalescens
* Axiocerses croesus

Male Axiocerses tjoane

* Axiocerses tjoane
* Chloroselas mazoensis
* Chloroselas pseudozeritis
* Chrysoritis adonis
* Chrysoritis aethon
* Chrysoritis aridus
* Chrysoritis aureus
* Chrysoritis azurius
* Chrysoritis beaufortius
* Chrysoritis beulah
* Chrysoritis blencathrae
* Chrysoritis braueri
* Chrysoritis brooksi
* Chrysoritis chrysantas
* Chrysoritis chrysaor
* Chrysoritis daphne
* Chrysoritis dicksoni
* Chrysoritis endymion
* Chrysoritis felthami
* Chrysoritis irene
* Chrysoritis lycegenes
* Chrysoritis lyncurium
* Chrysoritis midas
* Chrysoritis natalensis
* Chrysoritis nigricans
* Chrysoritis oreas
* Chrysoritis orientalis
* Chrysoritis palmus
* Chrysoritis pan
* Chrysoritis pelion
* Chrysoritis penningtoni
* Chrysoritis perseus
* Chrysoritis phosphor
* Chrysoritis plutus
* Chrysoritis pyramus
* Chrysoritis pyroeis
* Chrysoritis rileyi
* Chrysoritis swanepoeli
* Chrysoritis thysbe
* Chrysoritis trimeni
* Chrysoritis turneri
* Chrysoritis uranus
* Chrysoritis violescens
* Chrysoritis zeuxo
* Chrysoritis zonarius
* Cigaritis ella
* Cigaritis mozambica
* Cigaritis namaquus
* Cigaritis natalensis
* Cigaritis phanes
* Crudaria capensis
* Crudaria leroma
* Crudaria wykehami
* (Erikssonia acraeina)
* Erikssonia edgei

Phasis clavum clavum

* Phasis braueri
* Phasis clavum
* Phasis pringlei
* Phasis thero
* Trimenia argyroplaga
* Trimenia macmasteri
* Trimenia malagrida
* Trimenia wallengrenii
* Trimenia wykehami
* Tylopaedia sardonyx

### Subfamily Theclinae

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* Capys alphaeus
* Capys disjunctus
* Capys penningtoni
* Deudorix antalus
* Deudorix dariaves
* Deudorix dinochares
* Deudorix dinomenes
* Deudorix diocles
* Deudorix penningtoni
* Deudorix vansoni
* Hypolycaena buxtoni

Hypolycaena caeculus

Iolaus bowkeri

* Hypolycaena caeculus
* Hypolycaena lochmophila
* Hypolycaena philippus
* Iolaus aemulus
* Iolaus alienus
* Iolaus aphnaeoides
* Iolaus bowkeri
* Iolaus diametra
* Iolaus lulua
* Iolaus mimosae
* Iolaus nasisii
* Iolaus pallene
* Iolaus sidus
* Iolaus silarus
* Iolaus silas
* Iolaus subinfuscata
* Iolaus trimeni
* Leptomyrina gorgias
* Leptomyrina henningi
* Leptomyrina hirundo
* Leptomyrina lara
* Myrina dermaptera
* Myrina silenus

### Subfamily Lycaeninae

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* Lycaena clarki
* Lycaena orus

### Subfamily Polyommatinae

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Anthene amarah

Anthene definita

Azanus moriqua

Cacyreus lingeus

Cupidopsis jobates

Eicochrysops messapus

Lepidochrysops glauca

Lepidochrysops patricia

Lepidochrysops ortygia

Leptotes pirithous, male and female

Tarucus sybaris

Tuxentius calice

Zintha hintza

* Actizera lucida
* Actizera stellata
* Anthene amarah
* Anthene butleri
* Anthene contrastata
* Anthene crawshayi
* Anthene definita
* Anthene juanitae
* Anthene kersteni
* Anthene lemnos
* Anthene lindae
* Anthene liodes
* Anthene millari
* Anthene minima
* Anthene otacilia
* Anthene princeps
* Anthene talboti
* Azanus jesous
* Azanus mirza
* Azanus moriqua
* Azanus natalensis
* Azanus ubaldus
* Brephidium metophis
* Cacyreus dicksoni
* Cacyreus lingeus
* Cacyreus marshalli
* Cacyreus tespis
* Cacyreus virilis
* Cupidopsis cissus
* Cupidopsis jobates
* Eicochrysops hippocrates
* Eicochrysops messapus
* Euchrysops barkeri
* Euchrysops dolorosa
* Euchrysops malathana
* Euchrysops osiris
* Euchrysops subpallida
* Freyeria trochylus
* Harpendyreus noquasa
* Harpendyreus notoba
* Harpendyreus tsomo
* Lampides boeticus
* Lepidochrysops asteris
* Lepidochrysops australis
* Lepidochrysops bacchus
* Lepidochrysops badhami
* Lepidochrysops balli
* Lepidochrysops braueri
* Lepidochrysops dukei
* Lepidochrysops glauca
* Lepidochrysops grahami
* Lepidochrysops gydoae
* Lepidochrysops ignota
* Lepidochrysops irvingi
* Lepidochrysops jamesi
* Lepidochrysops jefferyi
* Lepidochrysops ketsi
* Lepidochrysops lerothodi
* Lepidochrysops letsea
* Lepidochrysops littoralis
* Lepidochrysops loewensteini
* Lepidochrysops lotana
* Lepidochrysops macgregori
* Lepidochrysops methymna
* Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni
* Lepidochrysops oreas
* Lepidochrysops ortygia
* Lepidochrysops outeniqua
* Lepidochrysops patricia
* Lepidochrysops penningtoni
* Lepidochrysops pephredo
* Lepidochrysops plebeia
* Lepidochrysops poseidon
* Lepidochrysops praeterita
* Lepidochrysops pringlei
* Lepidochrysops procera
* Lepidochrysops puncticilia
* Lepidochrysops quickelbergei
* Lepidochrysops robertsoni
* Lepidochrysops rossouwi
* Lepidochrysops southeyae
* Lepidochrysops swanepoeli
* Lepidochrysops swartbergensis
* Lepidochrysops tantalus
* Lepidochrysops titei
* Lepidochrysops trimeni
* Lepidochrysops vansoni
* Lepidochrysops variabilis
* Lepidochrysops victori
* Lepidochrysops wykehami
* Leptotes babaulti
* Leptotes brevidentatus
* Leptotes jeanneli
* Leptotes pirithous
* Leptotes pulchra
* Orachrysops ariadne
* Orachrysops brinkmani
* Orachrysops lacrimosa
* Orachrysops mijburghi
* Orachrysops montanus
* Orachrysops nasutus
* Orachrysops niobe
* Orachrysops regalis
* Orachrysops subravus
* Orachrysops violescens
* Orachrysops warreni
* Oraidium barberae
* Pseudonacaduba sichela
* Tarucus bowkeri
* Tarucus sybaris
* Tarucus thespis
* Tuxentius calice
* Tuxentius hesperis
* Tuxentius melaena
* Uranothauma nubifer
* Zintha hintza
* Zizeeria knysna
* Zizina antanossa
* Zizula hylax

## Family Pieridae

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### Subfamily Pierinae

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* Male Belenois aurota

* Male Colotis euippe

* Female Colotis evenina

* Colotis pallene

* Colotis regina

* Leptosia alcesta

* Appias epaphia
* Appias sabina
* Belenois aurota
* Belenois creona
* Belenois gidica
* Belenois thysa
* Belenois zochalia
* Colotis agoye
* Colotis amata
* Colotis antevippe
* Colotis auxo
* Colotis celimene
* Colotis danae
* Colotis doubledayi
* Colotis eris
* Colotis erone
* Colotis euippe
* Colotis evagore
* Colotis evenina
* Colotis ione
* Colotis lais
* Colotis pallene
* Colotis regina
* Colotis subfasciatus
* Colotis vesta
* Dixeia charina
* Dixeia doxo
* Dixeia pigea
* Dixeia spilleri
* Eronia cleodora
* Eronia leda
* Leptosia alcesta
* Mylothris agathina
* Mylothris rueppellii
* Mylothris trimenia
* Nepheronia argia
* Nepheronia buquetii
* Nepheronia thalassina
* Pieris brassicae
* Pinacopteryx eriphia
* Pontia helice

* Mylothris rueppellii haemus

* Male Nepheronia argia varia

* Male Nepheronia buquetii

### Subfamily Coliadinae

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* Catopsilia florella
* Colias electo
* Eurema brigitta
* Eurema desjardinsii
* Eurema hecabe

## Family Papilionidae

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### Subfamily Papilioninae

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* Graphium angolanus
* Graphium antheus
* Graphium colonna
* Graphium leonidas
* Graphium morania
* Graphium policenes
* Graphium porthaon
* Papilio constantinus
* Papilio dardanus
* Papilio demodocus
* Papilio echerioides
* Papilio euphranor
* Papilio nireus
* Papilio ophidicephalus

* Graphium angolanus

* Graphium antheus

* Papilio constantinus

* Papilio demodocus

## See also

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* List of moths of South Africa

## References

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1. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

* 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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List of butterflies of Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
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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