This is a list of butterflies of Ethiopia. About 376 species are known from Ethiopia, 33 of which are endemic.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Papilio nireus pseudonireus Felder & Felder, 1865
Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
Papilio arnoldiana Vane-Wright, 1995
Papilio dardanus antinorii Oberthür, 1883
Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995
Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928
Papilio echerioides leucospilus Rothschild, 1902
Papilio echerioides oscari Rothschild, 1902
Papilio microps Storace, 1952
Leptocercini
Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium colonna (Ward, 1873) Graphium angolanus baronis (Ungemach, 1932) Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793) Graphium philonoe whalleyi (Talbot, 1929) Graphium almansor birbiri (Ungemach, 1932)
Pieridae
Pseudopontiinae
Pseudopontia mabira Mitter & Collins, 2010
Coliadinae
Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898) Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876) Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Colias electo meneliki Berger, 1940 Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940 Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884
Pierinae
Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852) Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) Colotis celimene celimene (Lucas, 1852) 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 exole (Reiche, 1850) Colotis evenina casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) Colotis halimede halimede (Klug, 1829) Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939 Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932) Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896) Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829) Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819) Colotis phisadia ocellatus (Butler, 1886) Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886) Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829) Colotis rogersi (Dixey, 1915) Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922) Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885) Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1850) Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884) Colotis agoye zephyrus (Marshall, 1897) Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) Pinacopterix eriphia melanarge (Butler, 1886) Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829) Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) Nepheronia thalassina sinalata (Suffert, 1904) Euchloe belemia abyssinica Riley, 1928 Leptosia alcesta inalcesta Bernardi, 1959 Leptosia alcesta pseudonuptilla Bernardi, 1959
Pierini
Appias epaphia contracta (Butler, 1888) Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948 Appias sabina (Felder & Felder, [1865]) Appias sylvia abyssinica Talbot, 1932 Pieris brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1848 Pontia daplidice aethiops (de Joannis & Verity, 1913) Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829 Mylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779) Mylothris erlangeri Pagenstecher, 1902 Mylothris jacksoni nagichota Talbot, 1944 Mylothris mortoni mortoni Blachier, 1912 Mylothris mortoni balkis Ungemach, 1932 Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890) Mylothris rueppellii (Koch, 1865) Mylothris sagala swaynei Butler, 1899 Mylothris yulei amhara Ungemach, 1932 Dixeia charina septentrionalis Bernardi, 1958 Dixeia dixeyi (Neave, 1904) Dixeia doxo venatus (Butler, 1871) Dixeia orbona vidua (Butler, 1900) Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836) Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Belenois creona creona (Cramer, [1776]) Belenois creona boguensis (Felder & Felder, 1865) Belenois gidica abyssinica (Lucas, 1852) Belenois gidica hypoxantha (Ungemach, 1932) Belenois raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878) Belenois solilucis loveni (Aurivillius, 1921) Belenois subeida hailo (Ungemach, 1932) Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943 Belenois zochalia galla (Ungemach, 1932)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
Miletini
Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890
Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996
Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872) Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915
Poritiinae
Liptenini
Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890
Pentila pauli ras Talbot, 1935
Aphnaeinae
Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886
Chloroselas pseudozeritis (Trimen, 1873) Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893) Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886) Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935 Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881) Axiocerses maureli Dufrane, 1954 Axiocerses argenteomaculata Pagenstecher, 1902 Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948