Ghana

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Ghana 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

For a checklist of endemic butterfly species see (Afrotropical Butterflies WM).

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

Euphaedra ignota  (Nymphalidae) Ghana Ceres Forester

Heteropsis decira  (Nymphalidae) Ghana Patroller

Junonia hadrope  (Nymphalidae) Volta Pansy

The following species were not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Bebearia clotho  (Nymphalidae) Rough Jeweled Dryad   

Euriphene proxima  (Nymphalidae) Ghana Blue Nymph