title: List of butterflies of Malawi
text: # List of butterflies of Malawi
  
  This is a list of butterflies of Malawi. About 488 species are known from Malawi, 16 of which are endemic.
  
  ## Papilionidae
  
  ### Papilioninae
  
  **Papilionini**
  
  * Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
  * Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980)
  * Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900
  * Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  * Papilio thuraui heathi (Hancock, 1984)
  * Papilio thuraui occidua Storace, 1951
  * Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880
  * Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
  * Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  * Papilio echerioides shirensis (Hancock, 1987)
  * Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
  * Papilio jacksoni nyika Cottrell, 1963
  * Papilio pelodurus pelodurus Butler, 1896
  * Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924
  * Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961
  * Papilio ophidicephalus niassicola Storace, 1955
  * Papilio mackinnoni isokae (Hancock, 1984)
  
  **Leptocercini**
  
  * Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
  * Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775)
  * Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  * Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
  * Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
  * Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
  * Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
  * Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
  * Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Graphium philonoe (Ward, 1873)
  
  ## Pieridae
  
  ### Coliadinae
  
  * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
  * Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
  * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Colias electo hecate Strecker, 1905
  * Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940
  * Colias mukana jolyi Verhulst, 2006
  
  ### Pierinae
  
  * Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
  * Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
  * Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)
  * Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819)
  * Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
  * Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
  * Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
  * Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877)
  * Colotis subfasciatus ducissa (Dognin, 1891)
  * Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819])
  * Nepheronia argia mhondana (Suffert, 1904)
  * Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
  
  **Pierini**
  
  * Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  * Appias sabina phoebe (Butler, 1901)
  * Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897)
  * Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
  * Mylothris crawshayi Butler, 1896
  * Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944
  * Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921
  * Mylothris sagala dentatus Butler, 1896
  * Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906
  * Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897
  * Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943
  * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894
  * Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781)
  * Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943
  * Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890
  * Belenois zochalia agrippinides (Holland, 1896)
  
  ## Lycaenidae
  
  ### Miletinae
  
  **Liphyrini**
  
  * Aslauga latifurca Cottrell, 1981
  * Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899
  
  **Miletini**
  
  * Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
  * Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
  * Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  * Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996
  
  ### Poritiinae
  
  **Liptenini**
  
  * Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
  * Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965
  * Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877
  * Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965
  * Alaena picata interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933
  * Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896
  * Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
  * Pentila pauli nyassana Aurivillius, 1899
  * Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994
  * Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)
  * Cooksonia aliciae Talbot, 1935
  * Mimacraea costleyi Druce, 1912
  * Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
  * Teriomima puella Kirby, 1887
  * Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894)
  * Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  * Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
  * Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  * Baliochila nyasae Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  * Baliochila woodi (Riley, 1943)
  * Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  
  **Epitolini**
  
  * Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
  * Deloneura subfusca Hawker-Smith, 1933
  
  ### Aphnaeinae
  
  * Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916)
  * Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
  * Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
  * Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
  * Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)
  * Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851)
  * Cigaritis nyassae (Butler, 1884)
  * Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873)
  * Cigaritis trimeni (Neave, 1910)
  * Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
  * Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Axiocerses nyika Quickelberge, 1984
  * Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996
  * Axiocerses karinae Henning & Henning, 1996
  * Axiocerses bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1996
  * Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)
  * Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  * Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
  * Aloeides molomo handmani Tite & Dickson, 1973
  * Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909
  * Aphnaeus flavescens Stempffer, 1954
  * Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  
  ### Theclinae
  
  * Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
  * Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
  * Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874
  * Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921
  * Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967
  * Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
  * Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Leptomyrina handmani Gifford, 1965
  * Iolaus alienus Trimen, 1898
  * Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928)
  * Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985)
  * Iolaus handmani (Gifford, 1965)
  * Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  * Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
  * Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
  * Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
  * Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
  * Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
  * Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  * Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
  * Stugeta bowkeri nyasana Talbot, 1935
  * Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910)
  * Pilodeudorix camerona katanga (Clench, 1965)
  * Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
  * Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
  * Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
  * Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
  * Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
  * Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
  * Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
  * Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966
  * Deudorix magda Gifford, 1963
  * Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985)
  * Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
  * Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
  * Capys catharus Riley, 1932
  * Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
  
  ### Polyommatinae
  
  **Lycaenesthini**
  
  * Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881)
  * Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  * Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
  * Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
  * Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
  * Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
  * Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878)
  * Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
  * Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874)
  * Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  * Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868)
  * Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905)
  * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
  * Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)
  
  **Polyommatini**
  
  * Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934)
  * Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989
  * Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895
  * Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
  * Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
  * Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896)
  * Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  * Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980
  * Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
  * Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961
  * Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
  * Harpendyreus hazelae Stempffer, 1973
  * Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897)
  * Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907)
  * Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  * Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
  * Actizera stellata (Trimen, 1883)
  * Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
  * Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
  * Euchrysops unigemmata (Butler, 1895)
  * Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
  * Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
  * Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops auratus Quickelberge, 1979
  * Lepidochrysops chalceus Quickelberge, 1979
  * Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
  * Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  * Lepidochrysops handmani Quickelberge, 1980
  * Lepidochrysops intermedia intermedia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954
  * Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
  * Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
  * Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
  * Lepidochrysops neavei neavei (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  * Lepidochrysops neavei nolani Williams, 2002
  * Lepidochrysops nyika Tite, 1961
  * Lepidochrysops pampolis (Druce, 1905)
  * Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
  * Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
  * Lepidochrysops plebeia (Butler, 1898)
  * Lepidochrysops solwezii (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  
  ## Riodinidae
  
  ### Nemeobiinae
  
  * Abisara delicata Lathy, 1901
  
  ## Nymphalidae
  
  ### Libytheinae
  
  * Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879
  
  ### Danainae
  
  **Danaini**
  
  * Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
  * Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847)
  * Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
  * Amauris tartarea damoclides Staudinger, 1896
  * Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940
  * Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
  * Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)
  * Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940
  * Amauris echeria whytei Butler, 1894
  * Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920)
  * Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
  * Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896
  
  ### Satyrinae
  
  **Melanitini**
  
  * Gnophodes betsimena diversa (Butler, 1880)
  * Melanitis libya Distant, 1882
  * Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919
  * Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923
  
  **Satyrini**
  
  * Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895)
  * Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
  * Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
  * Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
  * Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
  * Bicyclus simulacris Kielland, 1990
  * Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
  * Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)
  * Heteropsis simonsii (Butler, 1877)
  * Heteropsis ubenica (Thurau, 1903)
  * Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
  * Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
  * Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982
  * Neocoenyra bioculata bioculata Carcasson, 1964
  * Neocoenyra bioculata murphyi Collins, 1997
  * Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
  * Neocoenyra kivuensis Seydel, 1929
  * Neocoenyra paralellopupillata (Karsch, 1897)
  * Neocoenyra ypthimoides Butler, 1894
  * Coenyropsis bera (Hewitson, 1877)
  * Physcaeneura pione Godman, 1880
  * Neita extensa (Butler, 1898)
  
  ### Charaxinae
  
  **Charaxini**
  
  * Charaxes acuminatus acuminatus Thurau, 1903
  * Charaxes acuminatus mlanji van Someren, 1963
  * Charaxes acuminatus nyika van Someren, 1963
  * Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
  * Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
  * Charaxes saturnus Butler, 1866
  * Charaxes castor flavifasciatus Butler, 1895
  * Charaxes brutus natalensis Staudinger, 1885
  * Charaxes ansorgei levicki Poulton, 1933
  * Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900
  * Charaxes dowsetti Henning, 1989
  * Charaxes druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  * Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
  * Charaxes xiphares ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933
  * Charaxes xiphares woodi van Someren, 1964
  * Charaxes cithaeron nyasae van Someren, 1964
  * Charaxes violetta melloni Fox, 1963
  * Charaxes ameliae amelina Joicey & Talbot, 1925
  * Charaxes pythodoris ventersi Henning, 1982
  * Charaxes etesipe tavetensis Rothschild, 1894
  * Charaxes penricei Rothschild, 1900
  * Charaxes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
  * Charaxes jahlusa argynnides Westwood, 1864
  * Charaxes eupale veneris White & Grant, 1989
  * Charaxes dilutus dilutus Rothschild, 1898
  * Charaxes dilutus kasitu White & Grant, 1989
  * Charaxes baumanni whytei Butler, 1894
  * Charaxes nyikensis van Someren, 1975
  * Charaxes ethalion handmani Henning, 1982
  * Charaxes ethalion kitungulensis Strand, 1911
  * Charaxes chintechi van Someren, 1975
  * Charaxes phaeus Hewitson, 1877
  * Charaxes fionae Henning, 1977
  * Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957
  * Charaxes martini martini van Someren, 1966
  * Charaxes martini helenae Henning, 1982
  * Charaxes guderiana (Dewitz, 1879)
  * Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])
  * Charaxes nichetes leoninus Butler, 1895
  
  **Euxanthini**
  
  * Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
  
  ### Apaturinae
  
  * Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921
  
  ### Nymphalinae
  
  **Nymphalini**
  
  * Antanartia schaeneia dubia Howarth, 1966
  * Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
  * Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
  * Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
  * Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888
  * Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864
  * Salamis cacta eileenae Henning & Joannou, 1994
  * Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Drury, 1782)
  * Precis actia Distant, 1880
  * Precis cuama (Hewitson, 1864)
  * Precis sinuata Plötz, 1880
  * Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894)
  * Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
  * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  
  ### Cyrestinae
  
  **Cyrestini**
  
  * Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901
  
  ### Biblidinae
  
  **Biblidini**
  
  * Neptidopsis ophione nucleata Grünberg, 1911
  * Eurytela dryope angulata Aurivillius, 1899
  * Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  
  **Epicaliini**
  
  * Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
  * Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918)
  * Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
  
  ### Limenitinae
  
  **Limenitidini**
  
  * Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
  * Cymothoe coranus dowsetti Beaurain, 1988
  * Cymothoe coranus murphyi Beaurain, 1988
  * Cymothoe cottrelli Rydon, 1980
  * Cymothoe melanjae Bethune-Baker, 1926
  * Cymothoe zombana Bethune-Baker, 1926
  * Pseudacraea boisduvalii trimenii Butler, 1874
  * Pseudacraea deludens deludens Neave, 1912
  * Pseudacraea deludens murphyi Hecq, 1991
  * Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
  * Pseudacraea lucretia expansa (Butler, 1878)
  * Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  
  **Neptidini**
  
  * Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
  * Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
  * Neptis carcassoni Van Son, 1959
  * Neptis incongrua Butler, 1896
  * Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
  * Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
  * Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912
  * Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878
  
  **Adoliadini**
  
  * Catuna sikorana Rogenhofer, 1889
  * Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, 1819)
  * Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855
  * Bebearia orientis malawiensis Holmes, 2001
  * Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
  * Euphaedra nigrobasalis ceramica Hecq, 1991
  * Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
  * Euphaedra murphyi Hecq, 1991
  * Euphaedra neophron (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  
  ### Heliconiinae
  
  **Acraeini**
  
  * Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
  * Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
  * Acraea boopis choloui Pierre, 1979
  * Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
  * Acraea insignis Distant, 1880
  * Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887
  * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
  * Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
  * Acraea quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912
  * Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996
  * Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
  * Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
  * Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877
  * Acraea chaeribula Oberthür, 1893
  * Acraea chambezi Neave, 1910
  * Acraea egina areca Mabille, 1889
  * Acraea periphanes Oberthür, 1893
  * Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
  * Acraea punctellata Eltringham, 1912
  * Acraea atergatis Westwood, 1881
  * Acraea axina Westwood, 1881
  * Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
  * Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877
  * Acraea leucopyga Aurivillius, 1904
  * Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
  * Acraea aganice nicega (Suffert, 1904)
  * Acraea aganice nyassae (Carpenter, 1920)
  * Acraea epaea melina (Thurau, 1903)
  * Acraea scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
  * Acraea acuta Howarth, 1969
  * Acraea alicia (Sharpe, 1890)
  * Acraea baxteri Sharpe, 1902
  * Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
  * Acraea encedana Pierre, 1976
  * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
  * Acraea goetzei Thurau, 1903
  * Acraea johnstoni Godman, 1885
  * Acraea burni Butler, 1896
  * Acraea pentapolis epidica Oberthür, 1893
  * Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892
  * Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892
  * Acraea ventura Hewitson, 1877
  * Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
  * Acraea induna Trimen, 1895
  * Acraea parei orangica (Henning & Henning, 1996)
  * Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833
  * Acraea igola Trimen & Bowker, 1889
  * Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893
  
  **Argynnini**
  
  * Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895)
  
  **Vagrantini**
  
  * Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, 1847)
  * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  
  ## Hesperiidae
  
  ### Coeliadinae
  
  * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  * Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)
  
  ### Pyrginae
  
  **Celaenorrhinini**
  
  * Celaenorrhinus galenus biseriata (Butler, 1888)
  * Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
  * Celaenorrhinus zanqua Evans, 1937
  * Eretis djaelaelae (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Eretis melania Mabille, 1891
  * Eretis umbra nox (Neave, 1910)
  * Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894
  * Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907
  * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
  * Sarangesa lucidella (Mabille, 1891)
  * Sarangesa maculata (Mabille, 1891)
  * Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937
  * Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909
  
  **Tagiadini**
  
  * Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)
  * Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Eagris sabadius ochreana Lathy, 1901
  * Calleagris hollandi (Butler, 1897)
  * Calleagris jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890)
  * Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
  * Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
  * Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
  * Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901
  * Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
  * Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
  * Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889
  * Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)
  
  **Carcharodini**
  
  * Spialia confusa Evans, 1937
  * Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
  * Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
  * Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
  
  ### Hesperiinae
  
  **Aeromachini**
  
  * Astictopterus stellata mineni (Trimen, 1894)
  * Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
  * Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
  * Kedestes lema linka Evans, 1956
  * Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)
  * Kedestes fenestratus (Butler, 1894)
  * Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929
  * Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
  * Teniorhinus harona (Westwood, 1881)
  * Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Xanthodisca vibius (Hewitson, 1878)
  * Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
  * Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
  * Acleros mackenii (Trimen, 1868)
  * Acleros ploetzi Mabille, 1890
  * Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
  * Semalea pulvina (Plötz, 1879)
  * Meza larea (Neave, 1910)
  * Andronymus caesar philander (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Andronymus fenestrella Bethune-Baker, 1908
  * Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
  * Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)
  * Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
  * Artitropa erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925
  * Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
  * Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937
  * Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)
  * Monza punctata (Aurivillius, 1910)
  * Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)
  * Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1921
  * Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)
  * Platylesches lamba Neave, 1910
  * Platylesches langa Evans, 1937
  * Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)
  * Platylesches rasta Evans, 1937
  * Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910
  * Platylesches tina Evans, 1937
  
  **Baorini**
  
  * Zenonia anax Evans, 1937
  * Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)
  * Borbo holtzi (Plötz, 1883)
  * Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)
  * Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)
  
  ### Heteropterinae
  
  * Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
  * Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
  * Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
  * Metisella medea nyika Evans, 1937
  * Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)
  * Metisella perexcellens (Butler, 1896)
  * Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
  * Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
  