Ethiopia

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Ethiopia is based on the taxonomy used in Lepidoptera Mundi (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Jonko, C. (2020), Lepidoptera Mundi, https://lepidoptera.eu, accessed 12 January 2020. The current version of the website is at Lepidoptera Mundi

If additional species are recognized in the lists at Markku Savela or in recent taxonomic papers they are listed seperately following the main list.

For additional species of butterflies endemic to Ethiopia see (Afrotropical Butterflies WM). A list indicating all moths and butterflies endemic to Ethiopia is at (ZooKeys).

Acraea guichardi  (Nymphalidae)  Ethiopian Marsh Amber

Acraea necoda  (Nymphalidae)   Ghost Mimic Amber

Acraea oscari  (Nymphalidae)   Ethiopian Acraea

Acraea safie  (Nymphalidae)   Barred Amber

Acraea ungemachi  (Nymphalidae)   Orange and Black Amber

Acraea zoumi  (Nymphalidae)   Ethiopian Orange Acraea

Charaxes figini  (Nymphalidae)   Thornbush Black Prince

Charaxes galawadiwosi  (Nymphalidae)  Ethiopian Black Prince

Charaxes larseni  (Nymphalidae)   Lost Black Prince

Charaxes phoebus  (Nymphalidae)   Ethiopian Emperor

Charaxes sidamo  (Nymphalidae)   Pointed Black Prince

Papilio arnoldiana  (Papilionidae)  Ethiopian Mimetic Swallowtail

The following species were not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Telchinia bankoides  (Nymphalidae)   Abyssinian Amber