Provisional Checklist of the Butterflies of Mpala Ranch, Laikipia District, Kenya

Scientific name / Common Name
1.  / Papilio nireus / Narrow green-banded swallowtail
2.  / Papilio demodocus / Citrus swallowtail
3.  / Graphium policenes / Small striped swordtail
4.  / Colias electo / African Clouded Yellow
5.  / Catopsilia florella / African emigrant
6.  / Eurema brigitta / Small grass yellow
7.  / Eurema hecabe / Common grass yellow
8.  / Eurema desjardinsi / Angled grass yellow
9.  / Pinacopteryx eriphia / Zebra white
10.  / Nepheronia thalassina / Blue vagrant
11.  / Eronia leda / Orange-and-lemon
12.  / Colotis ione / Purple tip
13.  / Colotis chrysonome / Golden arab
14.  / Colotis daira / Black-marked orange tip
15.  / Colotis eucharis / Sulphur orange tip
16.  / Colotis euippe / Orange tip
17.  / Belenois aurota / Brown-veined white
18.  / Belenois creona / Common white
19.  / Belenois gidica / African veined white
20.  / Dixeia orbona
21.  / Leptosia alcesta / African wood white
22.  / Mylothris agathina / Eastern dotted border
23.  / Lachnocnema bibulus / Woolly legs
24.  / Myrina silenus / Fig tree blue
25.  / Paraphnaeus hutchinsoni / Hutchinson’s silver spot
26.  / Chloroselas pseudozeritis / Brilliant gem
27.  / Axiocerces harpax / Common scarlet
28.  / Leptomyrina gorgias / Common black-eye
29.  / Hypolycaena philippus / Common hairstreak
30.  / Hypolycaeana pachalica
31.  / Deudorix antalus / Brown playboy
32.  / Lycaena phlaeas abboti / Small copper
33.  / Anthene definita / Ciliate blue
34.  / Anthene otacilia / Crawshay’s ciliate blue
35.  / Anthene hodsoni
36.  / Anthene amarah / Leaden ciliate blue
37.  / Cupidopsis iobates / Tailed meadow blue
38.  / Lampides boeticus / Pea blue
39.  / Cacyreus lingeus / Common bush blue
40.  / Leptotes pirithous / Common zebra blue
41.  / Zizeeria knysna / African grass blue
42.  / Zizina antanossa / Dark grass blue
43.  / Zizula hylax / Tiny grass blue
44.  / Actizera stellata / Clover blue
45.  / Azanus ubaldus / Desert babul blue
46.  / Azanus jesous / African babul blue
47.  / Eicochrysops hippocrates / White-tipped blue
48.  / Euchrysops malathana / Smoky bean cupid
49.  / Chilades kedonga / Kedong cupid
50.  / Euchrysops osiris / African cupid
51.  / Freyeria trochylus / Grass jewel
52.  / Libythea labdaca / African snout
53.  / Danaus chrysippus / African queen
54.  / Bicyclus safitza / Common bush brown
55.  / Henotesia perspicua / Swamp patroller
56.  / Ypthima asterope / Common three-ring
57.  / Charaxes varanes / Pearl charaxes
58.  / Charaxes candiope / Green-veined charaxes
59.  / Charaxes castor / Giant charaxes
60.  / Charaxes hansali / Cream-banded charaxes
61.  / Neptis saclava / Small spotted sailer
62.  / Byblia antavarta / African joker
63.  / Eurytela dryope / Golden piper
64.  / Hypolimnas misippus / Diadem
65.  / Junonia oenone / Dark blue pansy
66.  / Junonia hierta / Yellow pansy
67.  / Junonia sophia / Little commodore
68.  / Junonia terea / Soldier commodore
69.  / Precis octavia / Gaudy commodore
70.  / Precis antilope / Darker commodore
71.  / Precis archesia / Garden inspector
72.  / Catacroptera cloanthe / Pirate
73.  / Vanessa cardui / Painted lady
74.  / Phalanta phalanta / Common leopard fritillary
75.  / Acraea encedon / Encedon acraea
76.  / Acraea encedana / Pierre’s acraea
77.  / Acraea eponina / Orange acraea
78.  / Acraea cerasa / Tree top acraea
79.  / Acraea neobule / Wandering donkey
80.  / Coeliades forestan / Striped policeman
81.  / Coeliades pisistratus / Two pip policeman
82.  / Eretis lugens / Elf
83.  / Sarangesa phidyle / Small elfin
84.  / Abantis paradisea / Paradise skipper
85.  / Spialia dromus / Dromus grizzled skipper
86.  / Metisella midas / Golden sylph
87.  / Borbo fatuellus / Foolish swift
88.  / Borbo borbonica / Olive haired swift
89.  / Gegenes niso / Plain hottentot
90.  / Gegenes hottentota / Common hottentot