List of butterflies of Kenya

This is a list of butterflies of Kenya. About 559 species are known from Kenya,^[1] 34 of which are endemic.^[2]

• Papilio chrapkowskii Ernst Suffert, 1904
• Papilio desmondi desmondi van Someren, 1939
• Papilio desmondi teita van Someren, 1960
• Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
• Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
• Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996
• Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
• Papilio echerioides kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
• Papilio echerioides nyiro Carcasson, 1962
• Papilio echerioides wertheri Karsch, 1898
• Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
• Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
• Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
• Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
• Papilio phorcas roscoei Cramer, 1775

• Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)
• Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)
• Graphium polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium porthaon porthaon (Hewitson, 1865)
• Graphium porthaon mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Graphium philonoe philonoe (Ward, 1873)
• Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929)

• Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)

• Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890)
• Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
• Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
• Colotis eunoma flotowi (Suffert, 1904)
• Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis evenina sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Colotis evenina xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
• Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
• Colotis hetaera hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
• Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
• Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)
• Colotis phisadia rothschildi (Sharpe, 1898)
• Colotis phisadia vagus d'Abrera, 1980
• Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
• Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
• Colotis rogersi (Dixey, 1915)
• Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
• Colotis vesta catachrysops (Butler, 1878)
• Colotis vesta hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
• Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
• Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
• Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)

• Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886)
• Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
• Pontia helice johnstonii (Crowley, 1887)
• Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779)
• Mylothris jacksoni jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Mylothris jacksoni cephisus Talbot, 1946
• Mylothris jacksoni sagitta Clifton, 1980
• Mylothris kilimensis Kielland, 1990
• Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944
• Mylothris sagala narcissus Butler, 1888
• Mylothris sagala neumanni Sharpe, 1896
• Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
• Dixeia charina liliana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Dixeia charina pulverulenta (Dixey, 1929)
• Dixeia doxo costata Talbot, 1943
• Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900)
• Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
• Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
• Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
• Belenois margaritacea margaritacea Sharpe, 1891
• Belenois margaritacea somereni (Talbot, 1928)
• Belenois margaritacea kenyensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927)
• Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900
• Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921)
• Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)

• Aslauga orientalis Cottrell, 1981
• Aslauga purpurascens Holland, 1890

• Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)
• Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
• Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
• Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996

• Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Alaena johanna johanna Sharpe, 1890
• Alaena johanna tsavoa Jackson, 1966
• Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
• Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
• Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888
• Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879
• Pentila tropicalis chyulu van Someren, 1939
• Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
• Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
• Ornipholidotos amieti angulata Libert, 2005
• Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
• Mimacraea marshalli marshalli Trimen, 1898
• Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
• Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
• Liptena kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Tetrarhanis ilma (Hewitson, 1873)
• Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956)
• Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
• Eresina crola Talbot, 1935
• Teriomima subpunctata Kirby, 1887
• Teriomima micra (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Teriomima parva Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
• Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila minima (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
• Baliochila lipara Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila confusa Henning & Henning, 2004
• Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Cnodontes vansomereni Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
• Eresinopsides bichroma jefferyi Stempffer, 1950

• Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
• Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)
• Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954)
• Deloneura ochrascens ochrascens (Neave, 1904)
• Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935
• Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910
• Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997

• Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)
• Chloroselas azurea Butler, 1900
• Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
• Chloroselas minima Jackson, 1966
• Chloroselas pseudozeritis pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873)
• Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966
• Chloroselas trembathi Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Chloroselas vansomereni Jackson, 1966
• Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley, 1932)
• Cigaritis apelles (Oberthür, 1878)
• Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, 1850)
• Cigaritis nairobiensis (Sharpe, 1904)
• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)
• Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
• Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)
• Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)
• Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836
• Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)
• Axiocerses collinsi Henning & Henning, 1996
• Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
• Aloeides conradsi angoniensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
• Aloeides conradsi talboti Tite & Dickson, 1973
• Aphnaeus coronae littoralis Carcasson, 1964
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
• Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964

• Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935
• Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
• Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980
• Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
• Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis Stempffer, 1954
• Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857)
• Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935
• Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
• Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
• Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953
• Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
• Iolaus arborifera (Butler, 1901)
• Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
• Iolaus diametra diametra (Karsch, 1895)
• Iolaus diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
• Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
• Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
• Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
• Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
• Iolaus mimosae haemus (Talbot, 1935)
• Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
• Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
• Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
• Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889
• Iolaus tajoraca tajoraca Walker, 1870
• Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916
• Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
• Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
• Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980)
• Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1901)
• Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
• Iolaus crawshayi nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
• Iolaus maritimus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
• Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
• Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Stugeta bowkeri kedonga van Someren, 1939
• Stugeta bowkeri mombasae Butler, 1901
• Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911
• Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
• Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934
• Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
• Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
• Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
• Pilodeudorix congoana (Aurivillius, 1923)
• Paradeudorix ituri ugandae (Talbot, 1935)
• Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
• Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
• Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
• Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
• Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
• Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
• Capys catharus rileyi Stempffer, 1967
• Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
• Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
• Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
• Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
• Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988

• Lycaena phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892)

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
• Anthene butleri galla Stempffer, 1947
• Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954
• Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937)
• Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene hobleyi hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
• Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Anthene hobleyi teita Stempffer, 1961
• Anthene hodsoni hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene hodsoni usamba (Talbot, 1937)
• Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
• Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Anthene lemnos loa (Strand, 1911)
• Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893)
• Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
• Anthene otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902)
• Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
• Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936
• Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
• Anthene staudingeri obsoleta (Stempffer, 1947)
• Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

• Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
• Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
• Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
• Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
• Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
• Phlyaria cyara (Hewitson, 1876)
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst, 1804)
• Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, 1892)
• Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
• Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
• Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
• Tuxentius calice gregorii (Butler, 1894)
• Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Butler, 1876)
• Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904)
• Tuxentius melaena (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
• Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
• Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942
• Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
• Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
• Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
• Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
• Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, 1824)
• Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)
• Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)
• Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops horus (Stoneham, 1938)
• Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
• Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Thermoniphas colorata (Ungemach, 1932)
• Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895
• Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
• Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
• Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
• Lepidochrysops kitale (Stempffer, 1936)
• Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
• Lepidochrysops elgonae elgonae Stempffer, 1950
• Lepidochrysops elgonae moyo van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
• Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
• Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops neonegus neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops neonegus borealis van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops peculiaris peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Lepidochrysops peculiaris hypoleucus (Butler, 1893)
• Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops pterou pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
• Lepidochrysops pterou suk van Someren, 1957
• Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

• Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845)
• Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897
• Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936
• Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896
• Amauris ochlea ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
• Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

• Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894)
• Aphysoneura scapulifascia collinsi Kielland, 1989

• Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
• Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
• Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963
• Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963
• Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910)
• Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
• Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
• Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis teratia (Karsch, 1894)
• Heteropsis peitho (Plötz, 1880)
• Ypthima condamini Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) - common three ring
• Ypthima impura paupera Ungemach, 1932
• Ypthima jacksoni Kielland, 1982
• Ypthima pupillaris Butler, 1888
• Ypthima rhodesiana Carcasson, 1961
• Ypthima yatta Kielland, 1982
• Neocoenyra duplex Butler, 1886
• Neocoenyra fulleborni Thurau, 1903
• Neocoenyra masaica Carcasson, 1958
• Coenyropsis carcassoni Kielland, 1976
• Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Neita victoriae (Aurivillius, 1899)

• Charaxes varanes (Cramer, 1777)
• Charaxes acuminatus kulalae van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes acuminatus oreas Talbot, 1932
• Charaxes acuminatus shimbanus van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes acuminatus teitensis van Someren, 1963
• Charaxes protoclea azota (Hewitson, 1877)
• Charaxes macclounii Butler, 1895
• Charaxes lasti Grose-Smith, 1889
• Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850
• Charaxes jasius harrisoni Sharpe, 1904
• Charaxes jasius saturnus Butler, 1866
• Charaxes hansali baringana Rothschild, 1905
• Charaxes hansali kulalae van Someren, 1975
• Charaxes ansorgei ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
• Charaxes ansorgei jacksoni Poulton, 1933
• Charaxes ansorgei loita Plantrou, 1982
• Charaxes eudoxus amaurus Poulton, 1929
• Charaxes overlaeti Schouteden, 1934
• Charaxes bohemani Felder & Felder, 1859
• Charaxes xiphares desmondi van Someren, 1939
• Charaxes xiphares kulal van Someren, 1962
• Charaxes xiphares walwandi Collins, 1989
• Charaxes nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
• Charaxes cithaeron kennethi Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes cithaeron nairobicus van Son, 1953
• Charaxes violetta maritima van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes violetta meru van Someren, 1966
• Charaxes ameliae victoriae van Someren, 1972
• Charaxes achaemenes achaemenes Felder & Felder, 1867
• Charaxes achaemenes monticola van Someren, 1970
• Charaxes jahlusa ganalensis Carpenter, 1937
• Charaxes jahlusa kenyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1925
• Charaxes dilutus ngonga van Someren, 1974
• Charaxes baumanni baumanni Rogenhofer, 1891
• Charaxes baumanni bamptoni van Someren, 1974
• Charaxes baumanni nyiro Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Charaxes baumanni tenuis van Someren, 1971
• Charaxes blanda kenyae Poulton, 1926
• Charaxes ethalion littoralis van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes ethalion marsabitensis van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes ethalion nyanzae van Someren, 1967
• Charaxes viola Butler, 1866
• Charaxes chanleri Holland, 1896
• Charaxes kirki Butler, 1881
• Charaxes aubyni aubyni van Someren & Jackson, 1952
• Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957
• Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969
• Charaxes guderiana rabaiensis Poulton, 1929
• Charaxes paphianus Ward, 1871
• Charaxes zoolina (Westwood, [1850])

• Charaxes eurinome (Cramer, 1775)
• Charaxes wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
• Charaxes tiberius tiberius (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Charaxes tiberius meruensis (van Someren, 1936)

• Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)

• Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879)
• Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
• Vanessa abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
• Junonia artaxia Hewitson, 1864
• Junonia natalica (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Junonia ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
• Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)
• Salamis cacta amaniensis Vosseler, 1907
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)
• Precis actia Distant, 1880
• Precis archesia (Cramer, 1779)
• Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891
• Precis sinuata hecqui Berger, 1981
• Hypolimnas deceptor (Trimen, 1873)
• Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)
• Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
• Hypolimnas usambara (Ward, 1872)

• Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
• Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Eurytela dryope (Cramer, [1775])
• Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)

• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
• Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847)
• Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)

• Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892)
• Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968)
• Cymothoe coranus Grose-Smith, 1889
• Cymothoe teita van Someren, 1939
• Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941

• Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
• Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
• Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
• Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
• Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
• Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
• Neptis nemetes Hewitson, 1868
• Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
• Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
• Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
• Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
• Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921

• Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
• Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rbel, 1914)
• Bebearia orientis orientis (Karsch, 1895)
• Bebearia orientis dealbata (Carcasson, 1958)
• Bebearia orientis taveta Clifton, 1980
• Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Bebearia chriemhilda (Staudinger, 1896)
• Euphaedra zaddachii crawshayi Butler, 1895
• Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935
• Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
• Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904
• Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898
• Euphaedra neophron littoralis Talbot, 1929
• Euphaedra neophron ellenbecki Pagenstrecher, 1902
• Euphaedra neophron meruensis van Someren, 1935
• Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)
• Pseudathyma lucretioides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
• Pseudathyma nzoia van Someren, 1939

• Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea boopis ama Pierre, 1979
• Acraea chilo Godman, 1880
• Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928
• Acraea magnifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
• Acraea matuapa Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
• Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899
• Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873
• Acraea satis Ward, 1871
• Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acraea rudolfi Eltringham, 1929
• Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865
• Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885
• Acraea braesia Godman, 1885
• Acraea caecilia caecilia (Fabricius, 1781)
• Acraea caecilia kulal van Someren, 1936
• Acraea caecilia pudora Aurivillius, 1910
• Acraea caldarena caldarena Hewitson, 1877
• Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878
• Acraea equatorialis equatorialis Neave, 1904
• Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea lygus Druce, 1875
• Acraea mirabilis Butler, 1886
• Acraea miranda Riley, 1920
• Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847
• Acraea pudorella Aurivillius, 1899
• Acraea sykesi Sharpe, 1902 xx
• Acraea adrasta Weymer, 1892
• Acraea aganice montana (Butler, 1888)
• Acraea aganice ugandae (van Someren, 1936)
• Acraea epaea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea epaea paragea (Grose-Smith, 1900)
• Acraea umbra hemileuca (Jordan, 1914)
• Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924
• Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898
• Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933
• Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855
• Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861
• Acraea excelsior Sharpe, 1891
• Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871
• Acraea rangatana rangatana Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea rangatana ecketti Jackson, 1951
• Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896
• Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939
• Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889
• Acraea wigginsi Neave, 1904
• Acraea aubyni Eltringham, 1912
• Acraea parrhasia kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926
• Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904

• Issoria hanningtoni jeanneli (Bernardi, 1968)

• Lachnoptera ayresii Trimen, 1879
• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

• Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)
• Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)
• Coeliades keithloa kenya Evans, 1937
• Coeliades keithloa merua Evans, 1947
• Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

• Celaenorrhinus handmani Collins & Congdon, 1998
• Celaenorrhinus lourentis de Jong, 1976
• Eretis umbra (Trimen, 1862)
• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
• Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896
• Sarangesa thecla mabira Evans, 1956

• Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891
• Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
• Leucochitonea hindei Druce, 1903
• Abantis meru Evans, 1947
• Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)
• Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855
• Abantis venosa Trimen & Bowker, 1889

• Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
• Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen & Bowker, 1889)
• Spialia confusa obscura Evans, 1937
• Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
• Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
• Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
• Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
• Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
• Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

• Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891)
• Prosopalpus saga Evans, 1937
• Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)
• Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)
• Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991
• Kedestes nerva paola Plötz, 1884
• Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907
• Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)
• Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937
• Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1894)
• Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896
• Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896
• Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Acada biseriata (Mabille, 1893)
• Osmodes thora (Plötz, 1884)
• Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)
• Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)
• Andronymus neander (Plötz, 1884)
• Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)
• Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)
• Artitropa erinnys ehlersi Karsch, 1896
• Artitropa erinnys radiata Riley, 1925
• Artitropa erinnys vansomereni Riley, 1925
• Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925
• Gretna carmen carmen Evans, 1937
• Gretna carmen capra Evans, 1937
• Leona halma Evans, 1937
• Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)
• Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

• Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)
• Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)

• Metisella abdeli abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
• Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938
• Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937
• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)
• Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)

• Geography of Kenya
• List of ecoregions in Kenya
• Kakamega Forest

• 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)