This is a list of butterflies of Botswana. About 252 species are known from Botswana, none of which are endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
Papilio dardanus cenea Stoll, 1790
Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Leptocercini
Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779) Graphium morania (Angas, 1849) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)
Pierinae
Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775) Colotis antevippe gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852) Colotis celimene amina (Hewitson, 1866) Colotis celimene pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) Colotis danae annae (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897) Colotis euippe omphale (Godart, 1819) Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836) Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis ione (Godart, 1819) Colotis lais (Butler, 1876) Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855) Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863) Colotis vesta mutans (Butler, 1877) Colotis eris (Klug, 1829) Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833) Colotis agoye agoye (Wallengren, 1857) Colotis agoye bowkeri (Trimen, 1883) Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) Pinacopterix eriphia (Godart, [1819]) Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia thalassina (Suffert, 1904)
Pierini
Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888) Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779) Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois creona severina (Stoll, 1781) Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793) Lachnocnema durbani Trimen & Bowker, 1887 Thestor basutus capeneri Dickson, 1972
Poritiinae
Liptenini
Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976
Baliochila singularis Stempffer and Bennett, 1953
Cnodontes pallida (Trimen, 1898) Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954
Aphnaeinae
Chloroselas mazoensis (Trimen, 1898) Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857) Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969) Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865) Cigaritis natalensis (Westwood, 1851) Cigaritis phanes (Trimen, 1873) Zeritis sorhagenii (Dewitz, 1879) Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857) Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881) Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) Aloeides molomo krooni Tite & Dickson, 1973 Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen & Bowker, 1887 Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868)
Theclinae
Myrina silenus ficedula Trimen, 1879
Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793) Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855) Hemiolaus caeculus tsodiloensis (Pinhey, 1969) Leptomyrina hirundo (Wallengren, 1857) Leptomyrina henningi Dickson, 1976 Iolaus mimosae rhodosense (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959) Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928) Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959) Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857) Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875 Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885 Stugeta bowkeri tearei Dickson, 1980 Stugeta subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910 Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855) Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881) Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937) Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894) Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893) Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893) Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936