This is a list of butterflies of Somaliland . About 131 species are known from Somaliland,[1] five of which are endemic .[2]
Location of the Republic of Somaliland
Pierinae
Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
Colotis celimene praeclarus (Butler, 1886)
Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865)
Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
Colotis danae pseudacaste (Butler, 1876)
Colotis euippe complexivus (Butler, 1886)
Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Colotis fausta mijurteina Carpenter, 1951
Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939
Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896)
Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819)
Colotis phisadia somalica Storace, 1948
Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886)
Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) – yellow splendour tip[3]
Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)
Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1850)
Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884)
Colotis agoye zephyrus (Marshall, 1897)
Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886)
Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
Euchloe belemia abyssinica Riley, 1928
Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
Aphnaeinae
Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
Chloroselas ogadenensis Jackson, 1966 (endemic)
Cesa waggae (Sharpe, 1898) (endemic)
Cigaritis acamas bellatrix (Butler, 1886)
Cigaritis gilletti (Riley, 1925) (endemic)
Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948
Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887
Theclinae
Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935
Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
Iolaus mimosae berbera (Bethune-Baker, 1924)
Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954
Stugeta bowkeri albeza (Koçak, 1996)
Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini
Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886)
Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955
Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948
Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946 (endemic)
Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
Chilades naidina (Butler, 1886)
Lepidochrysops fumosa (Butler, 1886)
Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Mrs. E. Lort Phillips List of Lepidoptera collected in Somali‐land
This butterfly was collected in Mandera, Somaliland, by Walter Feather in November 1908
CAPT. CHAS. G. NURSE AND COL. J. W. YERBURY IN 1894 AND 1895 ON THE BUTTERFLIES OBTAINED IN ARABIA AUD SOINALILAND
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)
Butler,A.G., 1896, On the butterflies obtained in Arabia and Somaliland by Capt. Chas. G. Nurse and Col. J.W. Yerbury in 1894 and 1895. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 242-256, Pl.10.
Holland,W.J., 1895, List of the Lepidoptera collected in Somaliland, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. von Hoehnel. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 18: 259-264.
Pagenstecher,A., 1902, Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Tagfalter. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 55: 113-204, Taf.II.
Pagenstecher,A., 1903, Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Süd-Schoa, die Galla und Somaliländer in 1900 und 1901. Sphingiden und Bombyciden. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 56: 3-28, Taf.I.