This is a list of butterflies of Burkina Faso. About 156 species are known from Burkina Faso, none of which are endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
Leptocercini
Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836) Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) Colotis celimene sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829) Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829) Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836) Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852) Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
Pierini
Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779]) Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775) Dixeia doxo (Godart, 1819) Dixeia orbona (Geyer, [1837]) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773) Belenois creona (Cramer, [1776]) Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819) Belenois subeida (Felder & Felder, 1865)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996
Aphnaeinae
Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893) Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865) Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836 Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905 Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903
Theclinae
Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903
Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775) Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986 Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793) Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834) Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851) Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866) Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890) Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855) Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887 Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834) Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1862)
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899) Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780) Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894) Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) Anthene starki Larsen, 2005 Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773) Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905) Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
Polyommatini
Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824]) Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857) Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782) Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958) Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935) Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883) Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976 Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948 Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885) Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793) Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1942 Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877) Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833) Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904) Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855) Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924 Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001 Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888) Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843]) Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775) Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777) Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, 1847) Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876 Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864) Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876) Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877) Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868) Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) Ypthima condamini nigeriae Kielland, 1982 Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)
Charaxinae
Charaxini
Charaxes varanes vologeses (Mabille, 1876) Charaxes boueti Feisthamel, 1850 Charaxes jasius Poulton, 1926 Charaxes epijasius Reiche, 1850 Charaxes legeri Plantrou, 1978 Charaxes castor (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777) Charaxes virilis van Someren & Jackson, 1952 Charaxes viola Butler, 1866 Charaxes northcotti Rothschild, 1899