Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Mycalesis patnia, the glad-eye bushbrown, is a satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Mycalesis oculus, the red-disc bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in southern India. It is similar in markings to Mycalesis adolphei but distinguished by the reddish band around the large apical spots on the upper forewings.
Caprona ransonnetii, commonly known as the golden angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It was first described by Baron Cajetan von Felder in 1868.
Junonia hierta, the yellow pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Palaeotropics. It is usually seen in open scrub and grassland habitats.
Neptis soma, the sullied sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
Kaniska canace, the blue admiral, is a nymphalid butterfly, the only species of the genus Kaniska. It is found in south and southeast Asia.
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings; the dry-season form has few markings, while the wet-season form has additional eyespots and lines.It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
Lethe rohria, the common treebrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia.
Lethe drypetis, the Tamil treebrown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in south India and Sri Lanka.
Cirrochroa thais, also known as the Tamil yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical Sri Lanka and India.. It is the state butterfly of the Indian state of Tamilnadu.
Neptis nata, the clear sailer or dirty sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
Neptis clinia, the southern sullied sailer or clear sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Cigaritis elima, the scarce shot silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Sri Lanka and India. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1877.
Rapala lankana, the Malabar flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in South India and Sri Lanka. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1879.
Tapena is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae. Its single species is Tapena thwaitesi, the black angle, found in Indomalayan realm. The species was described by Frederic Moore in 1881 and is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites, the director of the botanical garden at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka between 1849 and 1880.
Auzatellodes is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae.
Macrauzata is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae.
Auzatellodes theafundum is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1998. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.
Dichomeris rubiginosella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Mexico, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.
