Cnodontes vansomereni, Van Someren’s Buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in south-western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (from Lusaka northwards), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lualaba and Haut-Shaba) and Angola. The habitat consists of deciduous woodland, thorn-bush and Brachystegia woodland.