# Butterflies and moths of Somalia: all 372 species on record > Every butterfly and moth species with a record from Somalia in GBIF, with family, Red List category and number of records. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia/ Last checked: 2026-11-13 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## In short On 12 November 2026 the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the international open database of species records, held records of 372 butterfly and moth species with Somalia as the country, in 26 families ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The largest families by number of species on record are ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)): - Noctuidae: 103 - Erebidae: 56 - Geometridae: 47 - Sphingidae: 29 - Pieridae: 23 - Nymphalidae: 17 - Crambidae: 13 - Lasiocampidae: 12 - Lycaenidae: 11 - Saturniidae: 9 ## Most often recorded The species with the most GBIF records from Somalia are *Campimoptilum smithii* (24), African Emigrant (18), Banded Scarlet Tip (17), *Hippotion pentagramma* (16), Cesa waggae (11), Dancing Acraea (11) ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). 170 of the 372 species have a single record from Somalia (same source). ## Named after Somali places 11 species on this list carry Somalia or a Somali place in their scientific name, for example *Prionapteryx somala*, *Anereuthina somaliensis*, *Galtara somaliensis*, *Laelia somalica*, *Metoponrhis somaliana*, *Thiacidas somaliensis*, *Chiasmia somalica*, *Acontarache somaliensis*, *Somalibrya minuta*, *Pseudoclanis somaliae*, *Eucosma somalica* ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)). ## How to read this list A species is on this list when GBIF holds at least one record of it from Somalia. A record can be a museum specimen more than a century old, a sighting shared by an observer, or a specimen cited in a scientific paper. Some records are old and a few may be misidentified, so this is a list of records, not of what lives in Somalia today. Names follow the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, which can lag behind the newest research. ## Red List summary - Critically Endangered (CR): 0 - Endangered (EN): 0 - Vulnerable (VU): 0 - Near Threatened (NT): 0 - Least Concern (LC): 39 - Data Deficient (DD): 0 - Not Evaluated (NE): 333 Categories are from the IUCN Red List as published through GBIF ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)). ## Largest families - Noctuidae: 103 species - Erebidae: 56 species - Geometridae: 47 species - Sphingidae: 29 species - Pieridae: 23 species - Nymphalidae: 17 species - Crambidae: 13 species - Lasiocampidae: 12 species - Lycaenidae: 11 species - Saturniidae: 9 species ## Full list (372 species) Each name links to its Calankii page where one exists, otherwise to its GBIF species page. "Records in Somalia" is the number of GBIF occurrence records with Somalia as the country, counted on 12 November 2026 ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The same rows, with Wikidata ids and more columns, are in the open data file [species-recorded-in-somalia.csv](/data/nature/species-recorded-in-somalia.csv). This list is in 3 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia-2/) · [3](/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia-3/) | Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia | |---|---|---|---|---| | [Achthina ctenodes](/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia/) | *Achthina ctenodes* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Aethalopteryx elf](https://www.gbif.org/species/9189720) | *Aethalopteryx elf* | Cossidae | NE | 1 | | [Aethalopteryx politzari](https://www.gbif.org/species/9092772) | *Aethalopteryx politzari* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Aethalopteryx simillima](https://www.gbif.org/species/9129419) | *Aethalopteryx simillima* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Aethalopteryx steniptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/8762891) | *Aethalopteryx steniptera* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Aethalopteryx tristis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6122540) | *Aethalopteryx tristis* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Camellocossus osmanya](https://www.gbif.org/species/9082570) | *Camellocossus osmanya* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Nomima prophanes](https://www.gbif.org/species/1731405) | *Nomima prophanes* | Cossidae | NE | 2 | | [Calamoschoena ascriptalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1883697) | *Calamoschoena ascriptalis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Calamotropha janusella](https://www.gbif.org/species/1890193) | *Calamotropha janusella* | Crambidae | NE | 1 | | [Cornifrons albidiscalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1878990) | *Cornifrons albidiscalis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Crambicybalomia similis](https://www.gbif.org/species/12243557) | *Crambicybalomia similis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Ground-moss Grey](https://www.gbif.org/species/1879630) | *Eudonia truncicolella* | Crambidae | NE | 1 | | [Mimudea melanostictalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1885299) | *Mimudea melanostictalis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Mimudea rubritinctalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1885377) | *Mimudea rubritinctalis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Noctuelia globuliferalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1886798) | *Noctuelia globuliferalis* | Crambidae | NE | 1 | | [Prionapteryx banaadirensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9004998) | *Prionapteryx banaadirensis* | Crambidae | NE | 1 | | [Prionapteryx somala](https://www.gbif.org/species/8857038) | *Prionapteryx somala* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Pyrausta conistrotalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1890680) | *Pyrausta conistrotalis* | Crambidae | NE | 1 | | [Pyrausta sthenialis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1890994) | *Pyrausta sthenialis* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Thesaurica ocellata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1888841) | *Thesaurica ocellata* | Crambidae | NE | 2 | | [Alpenus diversata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1805836) | *Alpenus diversata* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Amata romeii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1808529) | *Amata romeii* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Amsacta paolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1810397) | *Amsacta paolii* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Anereuthina somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/11878279) | *Anereuthina somaliensis* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Anoba trigonosema](https://www.gbif.org/species/5112607) | *Anoba trigonosema* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Greyling](https://www.gbif.org/species/1812693) | *Apisa canescens* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Asplenia melanodonta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1772396) | *Asplenia melanodonta* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Auchenisa cerurodes](https://www.gbif.org/species/1761338) | *Auchenisa cerurodes* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Audea melanoptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/8882846) | *Audea melanoptera* | Erebidae | NE | 3 | | [Authadistis camptogramma](https://www.gbif.org/species/1772329) | *Authadistis camptogramma* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Beihania hyatti](https://www.gbif.org/species/1779289) | *Beihania hyatti* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Bertula grisea](https://www.gbif.org/species/11787511) | *Bertula grisea* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Two-spot Crescent](https://www.gbif.org/species/6116272) | *Brevipecten cornuta* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Brevipecten discolora](https://www.gbif.org/species/6116264) | *Brevipecten discolora* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Brevipecten mirifica](https://www.gbif.org/species/9088993) | *Brevipecten mirifica* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Brevipecten tessenei](https://www.gbif.org/species/6116259) | *Brevipecten tessenei* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Cerocala albimacula](https://www.gbif.org/species/6117015) | *Cerocala albimacula* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Cerocala grandirena](https://www.gbif.org/species/1780891) | *Cerocala grandirena* | Erebidae | NE | 3 | | [Cerocala illustrata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1780893) | *Cerocala illustrata* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Cerocala munda](https://www.gbif.org/species/1780899) | *Cerocala munda* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Cerocala oppia](https://www.gbif.org/species/1780876) | *Cerocala oppia* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Cropera confalonierii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1819550) | *Cropera confalonierii* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Croperoides negrottoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1820202) | *Croperoides negrottoi* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Marginal Drab](https://www.gbif.org/species/1771456) | *Ctenusa varians* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Cyana squalida](https://www.gbif.org/species/8838521) | *Cyana squalida* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Drasteria yerburii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5110307) | *Drasteria yerburii* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Drasteriodes eurytaenia](https://www.gbif.org/species/1770610) | *Drasteriodes eurytaenia* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Epharmottomena gorgonula](https://www.gbif.org/species/1791689) | *Epharmottomena gorgonula* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Estigmene griseata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1813399) | *Estigmene griseata* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Galtara somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1813473) | *Galtara somaliensis* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Grammodes monodonta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1786961) | *Grammodes monodonta* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Heteropalpia robusta](https://www.gbif.org/species/6116979) | *Heteropalpia robusta* | Erebidae | NE | 4 | | [Hypotacha bubo](https://www.gbif.org/species/1778323) | *Hypotacha bubo* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Laelia somalica](https://www.gbif.org/species/5118162) | *Laelia somalica* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Lymantria finitorum](https://www.gbif.org/species/1820354) | *Lymantria finitorum* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Lyncestis diascota](https://www.gbif.org/species/1776150) | *Lyncestis diascota* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Metoponrhis somaliana](https://www.gbif.org/species/11432353) | *Metoponrhis somaliana* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Micralarctia toulgoeti](https://www.gbif.org/species/1811412) | *Micralarctia toulgoeti* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Myana sopora](https://www.gbif.org/species/6115863) | *Myana sopora* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Naarda nigripalpis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6116604) | *Naarda nigripalpis* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Paralacydes fiorii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1803588) | *Paralacydes fiorii* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Paralacydes minorata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1803585) | *Paralacydes minorata* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Plecoptera polymorpha](https://www.gbif.org/species/5110485) | *Plecoptera polymorpha* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Polydesma smithii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1789810) | *Polydesma smithii* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Porthesaroa nicotrai](https://www.gbif.org/species/1820706) | *Porthesaroa nicotrai* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Rhabdophera rosacea](https://www.gbif.org/species/8860298) | *Rhabdophera rosacea* | Erebidae | NE | 5 | | [Rhynchina albiscripta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1786142) | *Rhynchina albiscripta* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Rhynchina perangulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1786184) | *Rhynchina perangulata* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Rhypopteryx inconspicua](https://www.gbif.org/species/1818900) | *Rhypopteryx inconspicua* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Sundowner moth](https://www.gbif.org/species/1772352) | *Sphingomorpha chlorea* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Teracotona rhodophaea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1807924) | *Teracotona rhodophaea* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Thiacidas somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6117350) | *Thiacidas somaliensis* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Trisulana acronictoides](https://www.gbif.org/species/1774766) | *Trisulana acronictoides* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Tytroca leucoptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/1784259) | *Tytroca leucoptera* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Cream Lichen Underwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1780094) | *Ulotrichopus tinctipennis* | Erebidae | NE | 1 | | [Zekelita endoleuca](https://www.gbif.org/species/1785269) | *Zekelita endoleuca* | Erebidae | NE | 2 | | [Hoplojana politzari](https://www.gbif.org/species/9092491) | *Hoplojana politzari* | Eupterotidae | NE | 2 | | [Phiala punctulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5125150) | *Phiala punctulata* | Eupterotidae | NE | 1 | | [Eutelia grisescens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1777526) | *Eutelia grisescens* | Euteliidae | NE | 2 | | [Streaked Twirler](https://www.gbif.org/species/1850184) | *Symmetrischema striatella* | Gelechiidae | NE | 1 | | [Acidaliastis subbrunnescens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1958194) | *Acidaliastis subbrunnescens* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Aetheometra iconoclasis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1969612) | *Aetheometra iconoclasis* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Antharmostes papilio](https://www.gbif.org/species/1987053) | *Antharmostes papilio* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Chiasmia assimilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5880699) | *Chiasmia assimilis* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Variable Peacock](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119475) | *Chiasmia brongusaria* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Chiasmia butaria](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119283) | *Chiasmia butaria* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Chiasmia calvifrons](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119254) | *Chiasmia calvifrons* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Chiasmia puerilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119384) | *Chiasmia puerilis* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Chiasmia somalica](https://www.gbif.org/species/9036506) | *Chiasmia somalica* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Green Vestal](https://www.gbif.org/species/1978017) | *Chlorerythra rubriplaga* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Coenina collenettei](https://www.gbif.org/species/5143859) | *Coenina collenettei* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Coenina tergimacula](https://www.gbif.org/species/5143855) | *Coenina tergimacula* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Pale Dusty Brindle](https://www.gbif.org/species/1976833) | *Colocleora proximaria* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Cyclophora imperialis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119132) | *Cyclophora imperialis* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Ectropis oleitincta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1980829) | *Ectropis oleitincta* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Epigynopteryx lioloma](https://www.gbif.org/species/5143895) | *Epigynopteryx lioloma* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Eucrostes astigmatica](https://www.gbif.org/species/1968847) | *Eucrostes astigmatica* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Eupithecia profuga](https://www.gbif.org/species/1983221) | *Eupithecia profuga* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Scopula disparata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1985752) | *Glossotrophia disparata* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Double-striped Pug](https://www.gbif.org/species/1992066) | *Gymnoscelis rufifasciata* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Hierochthonia featheri](https://www.gbif.org/species/1960795) | *Hierochthonia featheri* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Idaea aperta](https://www.gbif.org/species/5146924) | *Idaea aperta* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Idaea subtorrida](https://www.gbif.org/species/5146613) | *Idaea subtorrida* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Isturgia netta](https://www.gbif.org/species/6118524) | *Isturgia netta* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Isturgia prionogyna](https://www.gbif.org/species/6118510) | *Isturgia prionogyna* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Neromia manderensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1987173) | *Neromia manderensis* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Oospila ciliaria](https://www.gbif.org/species/1973672) | *Oospila ciliaria* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Common Tan Wave](https://www.gbif.org/species/1968942) | *Pleuroprucha insulsaria* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Prasinocyma ocyptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/1955202) | *Prasinocyma ocyptera* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Prasinocyma perpulverata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1955056) | *Prasinocyma perpulverata* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Psilocerea hypermetra](https://www.gbif.org/species/1961286) | *Psilocerea hypermetra* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Scopula africana](https://www.gbif.org/species/5145124) | *Scopula africana* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Scopula horiochroea](https://www.gbif.org/species/8928159) | *Scopula horiochroea* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Scopula minoa](https://www.gbif.org/species/5145513) | *Scopula minoa* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Scopula nepheloperas](https://www.gbif.org/species/5144813) | *Scopula nepheloperas* | Geometridae | NE | 4 | | [Scopula nephotropa](https://www.gbif.org/species/5144790) | *Scopula nephotropa* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Scopula pyrrhochra](https://www.gbif.org/species/5145613) | *Scopula pyrrhochra* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Scopula timia](https://www.gbif.org/species/5144708) | *Scopula timia* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Sesquialtera audens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1955759) | *Sesquialtera audens* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Small Wisp Wing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1955757) | *Sesquialtera ridicula* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Tricentroscelis protrusifrons](https://www.gbif.org/species/1976050) | *Tricentroscelis protrusifrons* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Victoria sematoperas](https://www.gbif.org/species/5144013) | *Victoria sematoperas* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Zamarada melasma](https://www.gbif.org/species/1962014) | *Zamarada melasma* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Zamarada mesotaenia](https://www.gbif.org/species/1961969) | *Zamarada mesotaenia* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Zeuctoboarmia syntropha](https://www.gbif.org/species/6119632) | *Zeuctoboarmia syntropha* | Geometridae | NE | 3 | | [Scopula tornisecta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1977809) | *Zygophyxia tornisecta* | Geometridae | NE | 2 | | [Zygophyxia transmeata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1977801) | *Zygophyxia transmeata* | Geometridae | NE | 1 | | [Coeliades ernesti](https://www.gbif.org/species/1947123) | *Coeliades ernesti* | Hesperiidae | NE | 3 | | [Netted Sylph](https://www.gbif.org/species/5142151) | *Metisella willemi* | Hesperiidae | LC | 1 | | [Orange Elfin](https://www.gbif.org/species/1942790) | *Sarangesa phidyle* | Hesperiidae | LC | 3 | | [Desert Grizzled Skipper](https://www.gbif.org/species/1945611) | *Spialia doris* | Hesperiidae | NE | 3 | | [Mafa Sandman](https://www.gbif.org/species/1945535) | *Spialia mafa* | Hesperiidae | LC | 1 | | [Spialia mangana](https://www.gbif.org/species/1945554) | *Spialia mangana* | Hesperiidae | NE | 3 | | [Mountain Sandman](https://www.gbif.org/species/1945571) | *Spialia spio* | Hesperiidae | LC | 2 | | [Anadiasa colenettei](https://www.gbif.org/species/1735048) | *Anadiasa colenettei* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Anadiasa nicotrai](https://www.gbif.org/species/1735045) | *Anadiasa nicotrai* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Anadiasa simplex](https://www.gbif.org/species/1735047) | *Anadiasa simplex* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Beralade fulvostriata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1732999) | *Beralade fulvostriata* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Beralade sabrina](https://www.gbif.org/species/9131115) | *Beralade sabrina* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Bufoidia hyatti](https://www.gbif.org/species/11894631) | *Bufoidia hyatti* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 2 | | [Chionopsyche grisea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1732920) | *Chionopsyche grisea* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Gonometa negrottoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1732954) | *Gonometa negrottoi* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 2 | | [Odontocheilopteryx politzari](https://www.gbif.org/species/6114080) | *Odontocheilopteryx politzari* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 2 | | [Stoermeriana collenettei](https://www.gbif.org/species/6113994) | *Stoermeriana collenettei* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 2 | | [Streblote acaciae](https://www.gbif.org/species/1733673) | *Streblote acaciae* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 1 | | [Streblote finitorum](https://www.gbif.org/species/1733777) | *Streblote finitorum* | Lasiocampidae | NE | 2 | | [Coenobasis chloronoton](https://www.gbif.org/species/1753621) | *Coenobasis chloronoton* | Limacodidae | NE | 2 | | [Featheria obvia](https://www.gbif.org/species/1753618) | *Featheria obvia* | Limacodidae | NE | 3 | This list is in 3 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia-2/) · [3](/en/nature/butterflies-and-moths-of-somalia-3/) ## Sources - [GBIF occurrence search, country Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO) - [GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei) - [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/) --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.