Checklist of Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
for Chad (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 187
1189
2393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 186
1188
2392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 178
1169
2353 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 111
874
1872 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 19
176
281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 19
176
281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 19
176
281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
148
244 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
140
234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
35
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Chad
4 Families width 76 Species and 15 Subspecies
Genera for Chad
35 Genera with 76 Species
| Acraea Fabricius, 1781 | Acraeas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apharitis Riley, 1865 | Tawny Silverline | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aphnaeus Hübner, 1865 | Silver Spots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axiocerses Hübner, 1935 | Scarlets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1782 | Babul Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1793 | Caper Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calopieris Aurivillius, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1865 | Emperors | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1888 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cigaritis Donzel, 1865 | Barred Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1792 | Clouded yellows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1876 | Arabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1827 | Milkweeds | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1834 | Cornelians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1819 | Small Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchloe Hübner, 1867 | Dappled whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1780 | Grass yellow | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 1884 | Bluebottles and Jays | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1764 | Diadems | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iolaus Hübner, 1905 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnocnema Trimen & Bowker, 1996 | Woolly Legs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1882 | Evening Browns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melitaea Fabricius, 1758 | Small Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrina Fabricius, 1775 | Fig Tree Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1883 | Chilasa | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1829 | Checkered Whites | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spindasis Wallengren, 1916 | Silverlines | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1944 | Blue pierrots | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tirumala Moore, 1826 | Blue Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Chad
76 Species and 15 Subspecies | Acraea caecilia Fabricius, 1781 | Pink Acraea | | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Apharitis buchanani Rothschild, 1921 | | | Apharitis nilus (Hewitson, 1865) | ⇒ Cigaritis nilus Hewitson, 1865 | | Aphnaeus nilus (Hewitson, 1865) | ⇒ Cigaritis nilus Hewitson, 1865 | | Axiocerses harpax Fabricius, 1775 | Common Scarlet | | Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935 | | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus ubaldus Stoll, 1782 | Bright Babul Blue | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Calopieris eulimene Klug, 1829 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Charaxes chiron (Butler, 1866) | ⇒ Charaxes etheocles Cramer, 1777 | | Charaxes etheocles Cramer, 1777 | Demon charaxes | | Charaxes hamatus (Grose-Smith, 1883) | ⇒ Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883 | | Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883 | Manx Charaxes | | Charaxes nichetes leopardinus Plantrou, 1974 | | | Charaxes ogovensis (Grose-Smith, 1883) | ⇒ Charaxes nichetes Grose-Smith, 1883 | | Charaxes viola Butler, 1865 | Savanna Demon Charaxes | | Chilades eleusis Demaison, 1888 | Sky-blue Cupid | | Cigaritis baghirmii Stempffer, 1946 | | | Cigaritis buchanani Rothschild, 1921 | | | Cigaritis nilus Hewitson, 1865 | Saharan Leopard Butterfly | | Colias croceus Fourcroy, 1785 | Clouded Yellow | | Colias heos Herbst, 1792 | | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis aurora evarne Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae eupompe Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Colotis) ephyia Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis euippe euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Colotis euippe mirei Bernardi, 1960 | | | Colotis (Colotis) fausta Olivier, 1804 | Large Salmon Arab | | Colotis (Colotis) liagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) phisadia Godart, 1819 | Blue Spotted Arab | | Colotis (Colotis) pleione Klug, 1829 | Orange Patch Tip | | Colotis pleione nilus Talbot, 1942 | | | Colotis (Colotis) protomedia (Klug, 1829) | ⇒ Colotis protractus Butler, 1876 | | Colotis evarne Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis protractus Butler, 1876 | Blue-spotted Arab | | Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 | African Monarch | | Danaus chrysippus alcippus Cramer, 1777 | | | Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827 | | | Deudorix livia Klug, 1834 | Pomegranate butterfly | | Dixeia doxo Godart, 1819 | African Small White | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Euchloe (Euchloe) falloui Allard, 1867 | Scarce Green Striped White | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema hecabe solifera Butler, 1875 | | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Graphium (Arisbe) angolanus Goeze, 1779 | Angola White Lady | | Graphium angolanus baronis Ungemach, 1932 | Northern Angola White Lady | | Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883 | Riley's graphium | | Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus Godart, 1819 | Coppery Swordtail | | Graphium latreillianus theorini Aurivillius, 1881 | | | Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793 | Common Graphium | | Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843 | Acraea Swordtail | | Graphium ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884 | | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Iolaus (Epamera) sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 | Sudanian Sapphire | | Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996 | | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Melanitis libya Distant, 1882 | Violet-eyed Evening Brown | | Melitaea cinxia Linnaeus, 1758 | Glanville fritellary | | Myrina silenus Fabricius, 1775 | Amber Fig-tree Blue | | Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798 | African lime swallowtail | | Papilio aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colias heos Herbst, 1792 | | Papilio foersterius (Grose-Smith, 1883) | ⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883 | | Papilio sanganoides (Grose-Smith, 1883) | ⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883 | | Papilio sanganus (Grose-Smith, 1883) | ⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883 | | Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia Klug, 1829 | | | Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia Klug, 1829 | | | Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Pontia edusa Fabricius, 1777 | | Pontia edusa Fabricius, 1777 | Bath White | | Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829 | Desert Bath White | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Spindasis baghirmii (Stempffer, 1946) | ⇒ Cigaritis baghirmii Stempffer, 1946 | | Spindasis buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) | ⇒ Apharitis buchanani Rothschild, 1921 | | Spindasis kaduglii (Bethune-Baker, 1916) | ⇒ Cigaritis nilus Hewitson, 1865 | | Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948 | Le Gras´ Pierrot | | Tarucus mediterraneae (Austaut, 1885) | ⇒ Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | | Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | Balochistan Pierrot | | Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1944 | Ungemach´s Pierrot | | Tirumala hamata MacLeay, 1826 | Blue Tiger |
Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Chad | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Coppers and Blues, Gossamer Winged Butterflies, Gossamer-wing butterflies, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamer-Winged Butterfly, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Hairstreaks & Coppers & Blues, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies | 12
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies, Brush-footed butterflies, Brush-Footed Butterfly, Brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, Checker-spots, Crescent-spots, Four-footed butterflies, Fritillaries, Mourningclocks, Nymphalids, Purples | 8
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Papilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Parnassians and Swallowtails, Swallotails, Swallowtail Butterflies, Swallowtail Butterfly, Swallowtails, Swallowtails and apollos, Swallowtails And Parnassians | 2
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Whites and Sulphurs, Whites and Yellows, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows, Yellows & Whites & Sulphurs | 13
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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