This is a list of butterflies of Bhutan . About 670 species are known from Bhutan, [1] but it is estimated that a total of 800-900 species occurs. [2]
Scientific name | Author | Common name | |
Superfamily: Papilionoidea | |||
Family: Papilionidae | |||
Subfamily: Papilioninae | |||
Tribe: Leptocircini | |||
1 | Graphium cloanthus cloanthus | Westwood, 1841 | Glassy bluebottle |
2 | Graphium sarpedon sirkari | Page & Treadaway, 2013 | Common bluebottle |
3 | Graphium doson axionides | Page & Treadaway, 2014 | Common jay |
4 | Graphium eurypylus acheron | Moore, 1885 | Great jay |
5 | Graphium chironides chironides | Honrath, 1884 | Veined jay |
6 | Graphium agamemnon agamemnon | Linnaeus, 1758 | Tailed jay |
7 | Graphium macareus indicus | Rothschild, 1895 | Lesser zebra |
8 | Graphium xenocles phrontis | de Nicéville, 1897 | Great zebra |
9 | Graphium mandarinus paphus | de Nicéville, 1886 | Spectacled swordtail |
10 | Graphium agetes agetes | Westwood, 1843 | Four bar swordtail |
11 | Graphium antiphates pompilius | Fabricius, 1787 | Five bar swordtail |
12 | Graphium eurous sikkimica | Heron, 1899 | Six bar swordtail |
13 | Graphium nomius nomius | Esper, 1799 | Spot swordtail |
14 | Graphium aristeus anticrates | Doubleday, 1846 | Chain swordtail |
Tribe Teinopalpini | |||
15 | Teinopalpus imperialis himalaicus | Rothschild, 1898 | Kaiser-i-hind |
16 | Meandrusa lachinus lachinus | Fruhstorfer, 1902 | Brown gorgon |
17 | Meandrusa payeni evan | Doubleday, 1845 | Yellow gorgon |
Tribe Papilionini | |||
18 | Papilio memnon agenor | Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Mormon |
19 | Papilio bootes janaka | Moore, 1857 | Tailed redbreast |
20 | Papilio alcmenor alcmenor | C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Redbreast |
21 | Papilio protenor euprotenor | Fruhstorfer, 1908 | Spangle |
22 | Papilio bianor | Cramer, 1777 | Common peacock |
23 | Papilio paris paris | Linnaeus, 1758 | Paris peacock |
24 | Papilio arcturus arcturus | Westwood, 1842 | Blue peacock |
25 | Papilio krishna krishna | Moore, 1858 | Krishna peacock |
26 | Papilio castor polias | Jordan, 1909 | Common raven |
27 | Papilio helenus helenus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Red Helen |
28 | Papilio nephelus chaon | Westwood, 1844 | Yellow Helen |
29 | Papilio polytes | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Mormon |
30 | Papilio demoleus demoleus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Lime swallowtail |
31 | Papilio machaon hookeri | Goankar, 1999 | Yellow swallowtail |
32 | Papilio agestor agestor | Gray, 1831 | Tawny mime |
33 | Papilio epycides epycides | Hewitson, 1864 | Lesser mime |
34 | Papilio slateri slateri | Hewitson, 1859 | Blue-striped mime |
35 | Papilio paradoxa telearchus | Hewitson, 1852 | Great blue mime |
36 | Papilio clytia clytia | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common mime |
Tribe Troidini | |||
37 | Atrophaneura aidoneus | Doubleday, 1845 | Lesser batwing |
38 | Atrophaneura varuna astorion | Westwood, 1842 | Common batwing |
39 | Atrophaneura alcinous | Klug, 1836 | Chinese windmill |
40 | Pachliopta hector | Linnaeus, 1758 | Crimson rose |
41 | Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae | Fabricius, 1775 | Common rose |
42 | Byasa latreillei latreillei | Donovan, 1826 | Rose windmill |
43 | Byasa polyeuctes polyeuctes | Doubleday, 1842 | Common windmill |
44 | Byasa polla | de Nicéville, 1897 | de Nicéville's windmill |
45 | Byasa dasarada dasarada | Moore, 1858 | Great windmill |
46 | Byasa plutonius pembertoni | Moore, 1902 | Chinese windmill |
47 | Troides helena cerbus | C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Common birdwing |
48 | Troides aeacus aeacus | C. & R. Felder, 1860 | Golden birdwing |
Subfamily Parnassiinae | |||
Tribe Parnassini | |||
49 | Parnassius epaphus | Oberthur, 1879 | Common red Apollo |
50 | Parnassius hardwickii | Gray, 1831 | Common blue Apollo |
51 | Parnassius hunnyngtoni | Avinoff, 1916 | Hunnyngton's Apollo |
52 | Parnassius acdestis pundit | Avinoff, 1922 | Apollo |
53 | Parnassius delphius | Eversmann, 1843 | Banded Apollo |
Tribe Zerynthini | |||
54 | Bhutanitis lidderdalii lidderdalii | Atkinson, 1873 | Bhutan glory |
55 | Bhutanitis ludlowi | Gabriel, 1942 | Ludlow's Bhutan glory |
Family Pieridae | |||
Subfamily Pierinae | |||
Tribe Pierini | |||
56 | Aporia harrietae harrietae | de Nicéville, 1892 | Bhutan blackvein |
57 | Aporia agathon agathon | Gray, 1831 | Great blackvein |
58 | Pieris brassicae nepalensis | Doubleday, 1846 | Large cabbage white |
59 | Pieris canidia indica | Evans, 1926 | Indian cabbage white |
60 | Pieris extensa bhutya | Talbot, 1939 | Bhutan white |
61 | Pieris erutae montana | Verity, 1908 | Grey-veined white |
62 | Pieris napi | Linnaeus 1758 | Green-veined white |
63 | Pontia daplidice moorei | Rober, 1907 | Bath white |
64 | Cepora nadina nadina | Lucas, 1852 | Lesser gull |
65 | Cepora nerissa phryne | Fabricius, 1775 | Common gull |
66 | Delias lativitta parva | Talbot, 1937 | Broadwing Jezebel |
67 | Delias sanaca bhutya | Talbot, 1937 | Pale Jezebel |
68 | Delias belladonna | Fabricius, 1793 | Hill Jezebel |
69 | Delias pasithoe pasithoe | Linnaeus, 1767 | Red-base Jezebel |
70 | Delias acalis pyramus | Wallace, 1867 | Red-breast Jezebel |
71 | Delias descombesi leucaeantha | Fruhstorfer, 1910 | Red-Spot Jezebel |
72 | Delias agostina agostina | Hewitson, 1852 | Yellow Jezebel |
73 | Delias eucharis | Drury, 1773 | Common Jezebel |
74 | Delias berinda | Moore 1872 | Dark Jezebel |
75 | Delias hyparete hierte | Hubner 1818 | Painted Jezebel |
76 | Prioneris thestylis thestylis | Doubleday, 1842 | Spotted sawtooth |
77 | Appias libythea | Fabricius, 1775 | Striped albatross |
78 | Appias lyncida eleonora | Boisduval, 1836 | Chocolate albatross |
79 | Appias albina darada | C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Common albatross |
80 | Appias paulina adamsoni | Moore, 1905 | Lesser albatross |
81 | Appias lalage lalage | Doubleday, 1842 | Spot puffin |
82 | Appias indra | Moore, 1857 | Plain puffin |
83 | Appias nero | Wallace, 1867 | Orange albatross |
84 | Leptosia nina nina | Fabricius, 1793 | Psyche |
Tribe Teracolini | |||
85 | Ixias marianne | Cramer, 1779 | White orangetip |
86 | Ixias pyrene pirenassa | Wallace, 1867 | Yellow orangetip |
88 | Colotis danae | Fabricius, 1775 | Crimsontip |
89 | Colotis etrida | Boisduval, 1836 | Small orangetip |
Tribe Anthocharini | |||
87 | Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe | Linnaeus, 1758 | Great orangetip |
Tribe Nepheroniini | |||
90 | Pareronia avatar avatar | Moore, 1858 | Pale wanderer |
91 | Pareronia valeria hippa | Fabricius, 1787 | Common wanderer |
Subfamily Coliadinae | |||
92 | Catopsilia pomona pomona | Fabricius, 1775 | Common/lemon emigrant |
93 | Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe | Linnaeus, 1758 | Mottled emigrant |
94 | Dercas verhuelli doubledayi | Moore, 1905 | Tailed sulphur |
95 | Dercas lycorias | Doubleday 1842 | Plain sulphur |
96 | Gonepteryx rhamni nepalensis | Doubleday, 1847 | Common brimstone |
97 | Gonepteryx mahaguru mahaguru | Gistel, 1857 | Lesser brimstone |
98 | Gandaca harina assamica | Moore, 1906 | Tree yellow |
99 | Eurema brigitta rubella | Wallace, 1867 | Small grass yellow |
100 | Eurema laeta sikkima | Moore, 1906 | Spotless grass yellow |
101 | Eurema andersonii andersonii | Moore, 1886 | One-spot grass yellow |
102 | Eurema sari | Horsfield, 1829 | Chocolate grass yellow |
103 | Eurema blanda silhetana | Wallace, 1867 | Three-spot grass yellow |
104 | Eurema hecabe hecabe | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common grass yellow |
105 | Colias fieldii fieldii | Menetris, 1855 | Dark clouded yellow |
106 | Colias erate | Esper 1805 | Pale clouded yellow |
Family Riodinidae | |||
107 | Zemeros flegyas indicus | Cramer, 1780 | Punchinello |
108 | Dodona dipoea dipoea | Hewitson, 1865 | Lesser Punch |
109 | Dodona eugenes venox | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Tailed Punch |
110 | Dodona egeon | Westwood, 1851 | Orange Punch |
111 | Dodona ouida ouida | Moore, 1865 | Mixed Punch |
112 | Dodona adonira adonira | Hewitson, 1865 | Striped Punch |
113 | Dodona durga | Kollar, 1844 | Common Punch |
114 | Abisara fylla | Westwood, 1851 | Dark Judy |
115 | Abisara neophron neophron | Hewitson, 1861 | Tailed Judy |
116 | Abisara chela chela | de Nicéville, 1886 | Spot Judy |
117 | Abisara echerius | Stoll, 1790 | Plum Judy |
118 | Stiboges nymphidia | Butler, 1876 | Columbine |
Family Lycaenidae | |||
Subfamily Poritiinae | |||
Tribe Poritiini | |||
119 | Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni | Moore, 1865 | Common gem |
Subfamily Miletinae | |||
Tribe Miletini | |||
120 | Miletus chinensis assamensis | Doherty, 1891 | Common brownie |
121 | Allotinus drumila drumila | Moore, 1865 | Great darkie |
122 | Logania distanti massalia | Doherty, 1891 | Dark mottle |
Tribe Tarakini | |||
123 | Taraka hamada | Druce, 1875 | Forest pierrot |
Tribe Spalgini | |||
124 | Spalgis epeus epeus | Westwood, 1851 | Apefly |
125 | Curetis bulis bulis | Westwood, 1851 | Bright sunbeam |
126 | Curetis acuta naga | Evans,1954 | Angled sunbeam |
127 | Curetis dentata dentata | Moore, 1879 | Toothed sunbeam |
Subfamily Polyommatinae | |||
128 | Phengaris atroguttata | Oberthur, 1876 | Great spotted blue |
129 | Orthomiella pontis | Elwes, 1887 | Straightwing blue |
130 | Petrelaea dana | de Nicéville, 1883 | Dingy lineblue |
131 | Nacaduba pactolus continentalis | Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Large four-lineblue |
132 | Nacaduba hermus nabo | Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Pale four-lineblue |
133 | Nacaduba kurava euplea | Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Transparent six-lineblue |
134 | Nacaduba beroe gythion | Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Opaque six-lineblue |
135 | Prosotas aluta coelestis | Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1886 | Barred lineblue |
136 | Prosotas nora ardates | Moore, 1874 | Common lineblue |
137 | Prosotas bhutea bhutea | de Nicéville, 1883 | Bhutya lineblue |
138 | Prosotas dubiosa indica | Evans, 1925 | Tailless lineblue |
139 | Ionolyce helicon merguiana | Moore, 1884 | Pointed lineblue |
140 | Caleta decidia | Hewitson, 1876 | Angled pierrot |
141 | Caleta elna noliteia | Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Elbowed pierrot |
142 | Jamides bochus bochus | Stoll, 1782 | Dark cerulean |
143 | Jamides celeno celeno | Cramer, 1775 | Common cerulean |
144 | Jamides elpis | Godart, 1824 | Glistening cerulean |
145 | Jamides alecto | Felder, 1860 | Metallic cerulean |
146 | Jamides pura | Moore, 1886 | White cerulean |
147 | Catochrysops strabo | Fabricius, 1793 | Forget-me-not |
148 | Catochrysops panormus | Felder, 1860 | Silver forget-me-not |
149 | Lampides boeticus | Linnaeus, 1767 | Pea blue |
150 | Leptotes plinius | Fabricius, 1793 | Zebra blue |
151 | Castalius rosimon rosimon | Fabricius, 1775 | Common pierrot |
152 | Tarucus ananda | de Nicéville, 1883 | Dark pierrot |
153 | Zizeeria karsandra | Moore, 1865 | Dark grass blue |
154 | Pseudozizeeria maha maha | Kollar, 1884 | Pale grass blue |
155 | Zizina otis | Fabricius, 1787 | Lesser grass blue |
156 | Zizula hylax | Fabricius, 1775 | Tiny grass blue |
157 | Everes argiades tibetanus | Lorkovié, 1943 | Chapman's cupid |
158 | Everes lacturnus assamica | Tytler, 1915 | Indian cupid |
159 | Neopithecops zalmora zalmora | Butler, 1870 | Quaker |
160 | Pithecops corvus | Fruhtorfer, 1919 | Forest quaker |
161 | Azanus ubaldus | Stoll, 1782 | Bright babul blue |
162 | Azanus jesous | Guerin & Mineville, 1847 | African babul blue |
163 | Megisba malaya sikkima | Moore, 1884 | Malayan |
164 | Celastrina argiolus jynteana | de Nicéville, 1883 | Hill hedge blue |
165 | Celastrina huegelii oreoides | Evans, 1925 | Large hedge blue |
166 | Celastrina lavendularis limbata | Moore, 1879 | Plain hedge blue |
167 | Celastrina albidisca carna | Moore, 1883 | White-disc hedge blue |
168 | Lestranicus transpectus | Moore, 1879 | White-banded hedge blue |
169 | Celatoxia marginata | de Nicéville, 1884 | Margined hedge blue |
170 | Acytolepis puspa gisca | Fruhstorfer, 1910 | Common hedge blue |
171 | Udara dilecta | Moore, 1879 | Pale hedge blue |
172 | Udara albocaerulea | Moore, 1879 | Albocerulean |
173 | Udara placidula | Druce, 1895 | Narrow-bordered hedge blue |
174 | Euchrysops cnejus cnejus | Fabricius, 1798 | Gram blue |
175 | Albulina asiatica | Elwes, 1882 | Azure mountain blue |
176 | Chilades lajus lajus | Stoll, 1780 | Lime blue |
177 | Luthrodes pandava pandava | Horsfield, 1829 | Plains cupid |
178 | Freyeria putli | Kollar, 1844 | Small grass jewel |
179 | Anthene emolus emolus | Godart, 1823 | Ciliate blue |
180 | Anthene lycaenina lycambes | Hewitson, 1878 | Pointed ciliate blue |
Subfamily Lycaeninae | |||
181 | Lycaena phlaeas flavens | Ford, 1924 | Common copper |
182 | Lycaena pavana | Kollar, 1848 | White-bordered copper |
183 | Heliophorus epicles indicus | Fruhstorfer, 1908 | Common purple sapphire |
184 | Heliophorus oda | Hewitson, 1865 | Eastern blue sapphire |
185 | Heliophorus brahma brahma | Moore, 1857 | Golden sapphire |
186 | Heliophorus moorei | Hewitson, 1865 | Azure sapphire |
187 | Heliophorus androcles | Westwood, 1851 | Green sapphire |
188 | Heliophorus tamu tamu | Kollar, 1844 | Powdery green sapphire |
Subfamily Aphnaeinae | |||
189 | Cigaritis vulcanus vulcanus | Fabricius, 1777 | Common silverline |
190 | Cigaritis nipalicus | Moore, 1884 | Silver-grey silverline |
191 | Cigaritis rukma | de Nicéville, 1888 | Silver-red silverline |
192 | Cigaritis syama peguanus | Moore, 1884 | Club silverline |
193 | Cigaritis lohita himalayanus | Moore, 1884 | Long-banded silverline |
Subfamily Theclinae | |||
194 | Esakiozephyrus icana | Moore, 1874 | Dull-green hairstreak |
195 | Esakiozephyrus mandara dohertyi | de Nicéville, 1889 | Indian purple hairstreak |
196 | Esakiozephyrus camurius camurius | Murayama, 1986 | Crooked hairstreak |
197 | Chrysozephyrus intermedius | Tytler, 1915 | Intermediate hairstreak |
198 | Chrysozephyrus bhutanensis | Howart, 1957 | Bhutan hairstreak |
199 | Chrysozephyrus triloka | Hannyngton, 1910 | Kumaon hairstreak |
200 | Chrysozephyrus assamicus | Tytler, 1915 | Assamese hairstreak |
201 | Chrysozephyrus assamica | Tytler, 1915 | Silver hairstreak |
202 | Chrysozephyrus duma | Hewitson, 1869 | Metallic green hairstreak |
203 | Neozephyrus suroia | Tytler, 1915 | Cerulean hairstreak |
204 | Neozephyrus syla | Kollar, 1844 | Silver hairstreak |
205 | Arhopala abseus indicus | Riley, 1923 | Aberrant bushblue |
206 | Arhopala pseudocentaurus | Doubleday, 1847 | Western centaur oakblue |
207 | Arhopala oenea | Hewitson, 1869 | Hewitson's dull oakblue |
208 | Arhopala atrax | Hewitson, 1862 | Indian oakblue |
209 | Arhopala amantes paella | Swinhoe, 1886 | Large oakblue |
210 | Arhopala singla | de Nicéville, 1885 | Yellow-disc oakblue |
211 | Arhopala bazalus | Hewitson, 1862 | Powdered oakblue |
212 | Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus | Cramer, 1780 | Green oakblue |
213 | Arhopala centaurus | Fabricius, 1775 | Centaur oakblue |
214 | Arhopala paramuta paramuta | de Nicéville, 1883 | Hooked oakblue |
215 | Arhopala rama rama | Kollar, 1842 | Dark Himalayan oakblue |
216 | Arhopala curiosa | Evans, 1957 | Bhutan oakblue |
217 | Arhopala fulla ignara | Riley & Godfrey, 1921 | Spotless oakblue |
218 | Arhopala ganesa | Moore, 1857 | Tailless bushblue |
219 | Arhopala paraganesa | de Nicéville, 1882 | Dusky bushblue |
220 | Arhopala birmana birmana | Moore, 1883 | Burmese bushblue |
221 | Arhopala comica | de Nicéville, 1900 | Comic oakblue |
222 | Flos fulgida | Hewitson, 1865 | Shining plushblue |
223 | Flos adriana | de Nicéville, 1883 | Variegated plushblue |
224 | Flos asoka | de Nicéville, 1883 | Spangled plushblue |
225 | Flos chinensis | C. & R. Felder,1865 | Chinese plushblue |
226 | Flos areste | Hewitson, 1862 | Tailless plushblue |
227 | Mota massyla | Hewitson, 1869 | Saffron |
228 | Surendra quercetorum quercetorum | Moore, 1857 | Common acacia blue |
229 | Zinaspa todara distorta | de Nicéville, 1887 | Silverstreak acacia blue |
230 | Iraota timoleon timoleon | Stoll, 1790 | Silverstreak blue |
231 | Catapaecilma major major | Druce, 1895 | Common tinsel |
232 | Loxura atymnus continentalis | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Yamfly |
233 | Yasoda tripunctata | Hewitson, 1863 | Branded yamfly |
234 | Horaga onyx onyx | Moore, 1857 | Common onyx |
235 | Cheritra freja evansi | Cowan, 1965 | Common imperial |
236 | Cheritrella truncipennis | de Nicéville, 1887 | Truncate imperial |
237 | Ticherra acte | Moore, 1857 | Blue imperial |
238 | Pratapa deva lila | Moore, 1883 | White royal |
239 | Pratapa icetas extensa | Evans, 1925 | Dark blue royal |
240 | Tajuria cippus cippus | Fabricius, 1798 | Peacock royal |
241 | Tajuria illurgis | Hewitson, 1869 | White royal |
242 | Tajuria illurgoides | de Nicéville 1890 | Scarce white royal |
243 | Tajuria maculata | Hewitson, 1865 | Spotted royal |
244 | Dacalana cotys | Hewitson, 1865 | White-banded royal |
245 | Creon cleobis | Godart, 1824 | Broadtail royal |
246 | Rachana jalindra indra | Moore, 1883 | Banded royal |
247 | Charana mandarinus | Hewitson, 1863 | Mandarin blue |
248 | Remelana jangala ravata | Moore, 1865 | Chocolate royal |
249 | Ancema ctesia ctesia | Hewitson, 1865 | Bi-spot royal |
250 | Ancema blanka minturna | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Silver royal |
251 | Hypolycaena erylus avantus | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Common tit |
252 | Chliaria othona | Hewitson, 1865 | Orchid tit |
253 | Chliaria kina kina | Hewitson, 1869 | Blue tit |
254 | Zeltus amasa amasa | Hewitson, 1865 | Fluffy tit |
255 | Deudorix epijarbas amatius | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Cornelian |
256 | Virachola isocrates | Fabricius, 1793 | Common guava blue |
257 | Virachola perse | Hewitson, 1863 | Large guava blue |
258 | Artipe eryx eryx | Linnaeus, 1771 | Green flash |
259 | Sinthusa nasaka | Horsfield, 1829 | Narrow spark |
260 | Bindahara phocides phocides | Fabricius, 1793 | Plane |
261 | Rapala varuna orseis | Hewitson, 1863 | Indigo flash |
262 | Rapala manea | Hewitson, 1863 | Slate flash |
263 | Rapala pheretima petosiris | Hewitson, 1863 | Copper flash |
264 | Rapala iarbus | Fabricius, 1787 | Indian red flash |
265 | Rapala buxaria | de Nicéville, 1889 | Short flash |
266 | Bidaspa nissa ranta | Swinhoe, 1897 | Common flash |
Family Nymphalidae | |||
Subfamily Danainae | |||
Tribe Danaini | |||
267 | Parantica aglea melanoides | Moore, 1883 | Glassy tiger |
268 | Parantica agleoides | Moore, 1883 | Dark glassy tiger |
269 | Parantica sita | Kollar, 1844 | Chestnut tiger |
270 | Parantica pedonga | Talbot, 1943 | Talbot's chestnut tiger |
271 | Parantica melaneus plantenston | Fruhstorfer, 1910 | Chocolate tiger |
272 | Tirumala limniace | Moore, 1880 | Blue tiger |
273 | Tirumala septentrionis | Butler, 1874 | Dark blue tiger |
274 | Danaus genutia | Cramer, 1779 | Common tiger |
275 | Danaus melanippus | Cramer, 1777 | White tiger |
276 | Danaus chrysippus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Plain tiger |
277 | Ideopsis similis | Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue glassy tiger |
Tribe Euploeini | |||
278 | Euploea sylvester | C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Double-branded crow |
279 | Euploea mulciber mulciber | Cramer, 1777 | Striped blue crow |
280 | Euploea midamus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Spotted blue crow |
281 | Euploea klugii | Horsfield & Moore, 1857 | King crow |
282 | Euploea radamanthus | Fabricius, 1793 | Magpie crow |
283 | Euploea doubledayi | C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Striped black crow |
284 | Euploea algea deione | Westwood, 1848 | Long-branded blue crow |
285 | Euploea core core | Cramer, 1780 | Common Indian crow |
Subfamily Libytheinae | |||
286 | Libythea lepita lepita | Moore, 1857 | Common beak |
287 | Libythea myrrha sanguinalis | Fruhstorfer, 1898 | Club beak |
288 | Libythea celtis | Laicharting 1782 | European beak |
Subfamily Satyrinae | |||
Tribe Satyrini | |||
289 | Melanitis leda ismene | Cramer, 1775 | Common evening brown |
290 | Melanitis phedima bela | Moore, 1857 | Dark evening brown |
291 | Melanitis zitenius zitenius | Herbst, 1796 | Great evening brown |
292 | Cyllogenes janetae | de Nicéville, 1887 | Scarce evening brown |
293 | Elymnias hypermnestra undularis | Drury, 1773 | Common palmfly |
294 | Elymnias malelas | Hewitson, 1863 | Spotted palmfly |
295 | Elymnias patna | Westwood, 1851 | Blue-striped palmfly |
296 | Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva | Moore, 1857 | Jezebel palmfly |
297 | Mycalesis anaxias aemate | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Whitebar bushbrown |
298 | Mycalesis francisca sanatana | Moore, 1857 | Lilacine bushbrown |
299 | Mycalesis perseus blasieus | Fabricius, 1798 | Common bushbrown |
300 | Mycalesis mineus | Linnaeus, 1767 | Darkbrand bushbrown |
301 | Mycalesis visala visala | Moore, 1857 | Longbrand bushbrown |
302 | Mycalesis suaveolens | Wood Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 | Wood-Mason's bushbrown |
303 | Mycalesis mestra | Hewitson, 1862 | White-edged bushbrown |
304 | Mycalesis heri | Moore, 1857 | Moore's bushbrown |
305 | Mycalesis malsara | Moore, 1857 | Whiteline bushbrown |
306 | Mycalesis mamerta | Stoll, 1780 | Blindeye bushbrown |
307 | Mycalesis lepcha lepcha | Moore, 1880 | Lepcha bushbrown |
308 | Mycalesis nicotia | Westwood, 1850 | Bright-eyed bushbrown |
309 | Penthema lisarda | Doubleday, 1845 | Yellow kaiser |
310 | Lethe sidonis | Hewitson, 1863 | Common woodbrown |
311 | Lethe nicetella | de Nicéville, 1887 | Small woodbrown |
312 | Lethe maitrya | de Nicéville, 1880 | Barred woodbrown |
313 | Lethe nicetas | Hewitson, 1863 | Yellow woodbrown |
314 | Lethe tristigmata | Elwes, 1887 | Spotted mystic |
315 | Lethe ocellata lyneus | de Nicéville, 1897 | Dismal mystic |
316 | Lethe jalaurida | de Nicéville, 1880 | Small silverfork |
317 | Lethe moelleri | Elwes, 1887 | Moeller's silverfork |
318 | Lethe atkinsonia | Hewitson, 1876 | Small goldenfork |
319 | Lethe goalpara gana | Talbot, 1947 | Large goldenfork |
320 | Lethe sura | Doubleday, 1849 | Lilacfork |
321 | Lethe dura gammiei | Moore, 1892 | Scarce lilacfork |
322 | Lethe baladeva | Moore, 1865 | Treble silverstripe |
323 | Lethe ramadeva | de Nicéville, 1888 | Single silverstripe |
324 | Lethe confusa confusa | Aurivillius, 1898 | Banded treebrown |
325 | Lethe europa niladana | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Bamboo treebrown |
326 | Lethe rohria rohria | Fabricius, 1787 | Common treebrown |
327 | Lethe mekara mekara | Moore, 1857 | Common red forester |
328 | Lethe chandica | Moore, 1857 | Angled red forester |
329 | Lethe margaritae | Elwes, 1882 | Bhutan treebrown |
330 | Lethe isana dinarbus | Hewitson, 1863 | Common forester |
331 | Lethe brisanda | de Nicéville, 1886 | Dark forester |
332 | Lethe serbonis bhutya | Talbot, 1947 | Brown forester |
333 | Lethe vindhya | C. Felder, 1859 | Black forester |
334 | Lethe kansa | Moore, 1857 | Bamboo forester |
335 | Lethe sinorix | Hewitson, 1863 | Tailed red forester |
336 | Lethe scanda | Moore, 1857 | Blue forester |
337 | Lethe latiaris | Hewitson, 1863 | Pale forester |
338 | Lethe gulnihal gulnihal | de Nicéville, 1887 | Dull forester |
339 | Lethe bhairava | Moore, 1857 | Rusty forester |
340 | Lethe verma sintica | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Straight-banded treebrown |
341 | Neope pulaha | Moore, 1865 | Veined labyrinth |
342 | Neope pulahoides | Moore, 1892 | Assam veined labyrinth |
343 | Neope pulahina | Evans, 1924 | Scarce labyrinth |
344 | Neope bhadra | Moore, 1865 | Tailed labyrinth |
345 | Neope yama yama | Moore, 1857 | Dusky labyrinth |
346 | Chonala masoni | Moore, 1892 | Chumbi wall |
347 | Rhaphicera satricus | Doubleday, 1849 | Large tawny wall |
348 | Rhaphicera moorei | Butler, 1867 | Small tawny wall |
349 | Orinoma damaris | Gray, 1846 | Tigerbrown |
350 | Ethope himachala | Moore, 1857 | Dusky diadem |
351 | Neorina hilda | Westwood, 1850 | Yellow owl |
352 | Orsotriaena medus meudus | Fabricius, 1775 | Nigger |
353 | Ragadia crisilda | Hewitson, 1862 | Striped ringlet |
354 | Ypthima nareda | Kollar, 1844 | Large three-ring |
355 | Ypthima newara | Elwes & Edwards, 1893 | Newar three-ring |
356 | Ypthima asterope | Klug, 1832 | Common three-ring |
357 | Ypthima huebneri | Kirby, 1871 | Common four-ring |
358 | Ypthima avanta | Moore, 1882 | Jewel four-ring |
359 | Ypthima baldus baldus | Fabricius, 1775 | Common five-ring |
360 | Ypthima sakra sakra | Moore, 1858 | Himalayan five-ring |
361 | Ypthima parasakra | Eliot, 1987 | Himalayan four-ring |
362 | Ypthima lisandra | Cramer, 1782 | Straight five-ring |
363 | Ypthima persimilis | Elwes & Edwards, 1893 | Manipur fivering |
364 | Ypthima nikaea | Moore, 1874 | West Himalayan five-ring |
365 | Ypthima ceylonica | Hewitson, 1865 | White four-ring |
366 | Ypthima confusa | Shirozu & Shima 1977 | Confusing three-ring |
367 | Ypthima lycus | de Nicéville, 1889 | Plain three-ring |
368 | Ypthima narasingha | Moore, 1857 | Mottled argus |
369 | Callerebia nirmala | Moore, 1882 | Common argus |
370 | Callerebia scanda opima | Moore, 1882 | Pallid argus |
371 | Callerebia annada annada | Seitz, 1908 | Ringed argus |
372 | Callerebia hybrida | Butler, 1880 | Hybrid argus |
373 | Paroeneis pumilus bicolor | Seitz, 1908 | Mountain satyr |
374 | Aulocera brahminus | Blanchard, 1844 | Narrow-banded satyr |
375 | Aulocera padma chumbica | Moore, 1892 | Great satyr |
376 | Aulocera loha loha | Doherty, 1886 | Doherty's satyr |
377 | Aulocera swaha swaha | Kollar, 1844 | Common satyr |
378 | Aulocera saraswati | Moore, 1892 | Striated satyr |
379 | Aulocera sybillina | Oberthur, 1890 | |
Subfamily Calinaginae | |||
380 | Calinaga buddha | Moore, 1857 | Freak |
Subfamily Amathusiinae | |||
Tribe Faunidini | |||
381 | Faunis canens | Hubner, 1826 | Common faun |
382 | Faunis eumeus | Drury, 1773 | Large faun |
383 | Melanocyme faunula faunoloides | de Nicéville, 1895 | Pallid faun |
384 | Aemona amathusia | Hewitson, 1867 | Yellow dryad |
385 | Stichophthalma nourmahal | Westwood, 1851 | Chocolate jungle-queen |
386 | Stichophthalma camadeva | Westwood, 1848 | Northern jungle-queen |
Tribe Amathusiini | |||
387 | Amathuxidia amythaon | Doubleday, 1847 | Kohinoor |
388 | Thaumantis diores | Doubleday, 1845 | Jungle-glory |
Tribe Discophorini | |||
389 | Discophora sondaica zal | Westwood, 1851 | Common duffer |
390 | Discophora timora | Westwood, 1850 | Great duffer |
391 | Enispe cycnus | Westwood, 1851 | Blue caliph |
392 | Enispe euthymius | Doubleday, 1845 | Red caliph |
Subfamily Acraeinae | |||
Tribe Acraeini | |||
393 | Acraea violae | Fabricius, 1793 | Tawny coster |
394 | Acraea issoria issoria | Hubner, 1819 | Yellow coster |
Tribe Cethosiini | |||
395 | Cethosia biblis tisamena | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Red lacewing |
396 | Cethosia cyane cyane | Drury, 1770 | Leopard lacewing |
Subfamily Nymphalinae | |||
Tribe Biblidini | |||
397 | Ariadne ariadne pallidor | Fruhstorfer,1899 | Angled castor |
398 | Ariadne merione | Cramer, 1777 | Common castor |
Tribe Argynnini | |||
399 | Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius | (Linnaeus, 1763) | Indian fritillary |
400 | Argynnis childreni childreni | Gray, 1831 | Large silverstripe |
401 | Issoria lathonia isaea | Doubleday, 1846 | Queen of Spain fritillary |
402 | Issoria gemmata | Butler, 1881 | Gem silverspot |
403 | Issoria altissima | (Elwes, 1882) | Mountain silverspot |
Tribe Heliconiinae | |||
404 | Phalanta phalantha phalantha | Drury, 1773 | Common leopard |
405 | Cupha erymanthis lotis | Sulzer, 1776 | Rustic |
406 | Vagrans egista sinha | Kollar, 1844 | Vagrant |
407 | Vindula erota erota | Fabricius, 1793 | Cruiser |
408 | Cirrochroa aoris aoris | Doubleday, 1847 | Large yeoman |
409 | Cirrochroa tyche mithila | Moore, 1872 | Common yeoman |
Tribe Nymphalini | |||
410 | Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis | Moore, 1901 | Blackvein fritillary |
411 | Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana | Moore, 1875 | Common jester |
412 | Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda | Moore, 1874 | Spotted jester |
413 | Symbrenthia niphanda niphanda | Moore, 1872 | Bluetail jester |
414 | Symbrenthia brabira sivokana | Moore, 1899 | Himalayan jester |
415 | Symbrenthia hippocles | Hewitson, 1864 | Common jester |
416 | Nymphalis antiopa | Linnaeus, 1758 | Camberwell beauty |
417 | Aglais ladakensis | Moore, 1878 | Ladak tortoiseshell |
418 | Aglais urticae | Linnaeus, 1758 | Small tortoiseshell |
419 | Aglais caschmiriensis aesis | Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Indian tortoiseshell |
420 | Kaniska canace canace | Linnaeus, 1763 | Blue admiral |
421 | Polygonia egea | Cramer, 1775 | Eastern comma |
422 | Polygonia c-album | Linnaeus, 1758 | Nepal comma |
423 | Vanessa cardui | Linnaeus, 1758 | Painted lady |
424 | Vanessa indica indica | Herbst, 1794 | Indian red admiral |
425 | Junonia hierta hireta | Fabricius, 1798 | Yellow pansy |
426 | Junonia orithya ocyla | Hubner, 1819 | Blue pansy |
427 | Junonia lemonias lemonias | Linnaeus, 1758 | Lemon pansy |
428 | Junonia almana almana | Linnaeus, 1758 | Peacock pansy |
429 | Junonia atlites atlites | Linnaeus, 1763 | Grey pansy |
430 | Junonia iphita iphita | Cramer, 1779 | Chocolate pansy |
431 | Kallima horsfieldii | Kollar, 1844 | Blue oakleaf |
432 | Kallima inachus inachus | Boisduval, 1836 | Orange oakleaf |
433 | Kallima knyvetti | de Nicéville, 1886 | Scarce blue oakleaf |
434 | Doleschallia bisaltide indica | Moore, 1899 | Autumn leaf |
435 | Hypolimnas misippus | Linnaeus, 1764 | Danaid eggfly |
436 | Hypolimnas bolina | Linnaeus, 1758 | Great eggfly |
Tribe Marpesiini | |||
437 | Cyrestis cocles | Fabricius, 1787 | Marbled map |
438 | Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas | Doyere, 1840 | Common map |
439 | Chersonesia risa | Doubleday, 1848 | Common maplet |
Tribe Limenitidini | |||
440 | Neptis clinia susruta | Moore, 1872 | Clear sailer |
441 | Neptis sappho astola | Moore, 1872 | Pallas's sailer |
442 | Neptis hylas | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common sailer |
443 | Neptis soma soma | Moore, 1858 | Creamy sailer |
444 | Neptis jumbah | Moore, 1857 | Chestnut-streaked sailer |
445 | Neptis pseudovikasi | Moore, 1899 | False dingy sailer |
446 | Neptis miah miah | Moore, 1857 | Small yellow sailer |
447 | Neptis sankara | Kollar, 1844 | Broad-banded sailer |
448 | Neptis cartica cartica | Moore, 1872 | Plain sailer |
449 | Neptis magadha | C. & R. Felder, 1867 | Spotted sailer |
450 | Neptis anjana | Moore, 1881 | Rich sailer |
451 | Neptis ananta ochracea | Evans, 1924 | Yellow sailer |
452 | Neptis zaida bhutanica | Tytler, 1926 | Pale green sailer |
453 | Neptis armandia melba | Evans, 1912 | Variegated sailer |
454 | Neptis radha | Moore, 1857 | Great yellow sailer |
455 | Neptis narayana | Moore, 1858 | Broadstick sailer |
456 | Neptis manasa manasa | Moore, 1858 | Pale hockeystick sailer |
457 | Neptis nycteus | de Nicéville, 1890 | Hockeystick sailer |
458 | Neptis yerburyi | Butler, 1886 | Yerbury's sailer |
459 | Phaedyma aspasia | Leech, 1890 | Great hockeystick sailer |
460 | Phaedyma columella ophiana | Moore, 1872 | Short-banded sailer |
461 | Lassipa viraja viraja | Moore, 1872 | Yellow jack sailer |
462 | Pantoporia hordonia hordonia | Stoll, 1790 | Common lascar |
463 | Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni | Eliot, 1969 | Broad-striped lascar |
464 | Athyma perius perius | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common sergeant |
465 | Athyma asura asura | Moore, 1857 | Studded sergeant |
466 | Athyma pravara | Moore, 1857 | Unbroken sergeant |
467 | Athyma jina jina | Moore, 1858 | Bhutan sergeant |
468 | Athyma kanwa | Moore, 1858 | Dot-dash sergeant |
469 | Athyma ranga ranga | Moore, 1857 | Blackvein sergeant |
470 | Athyma opalina opalina | Kollar, 1844 | Hill sergeant |
471 | Athyma selenophora selenophora | Kollar, 1844 | Staff sergeant |
472 | Athyma zeroca | Moore, 1872 | Small staff sergeant |
473 | Athyma cama cama | Moore, 1858 | Orange staff sergeant |
474 | Athyma nefte inara | Doubleday, 1850 | Colour sergeant |
475 | Moduza procris procris | Cramer, 1777 | Commander |
476 | Parasarpa zayla zayla | Doubleday, 1848 | Bicolour commodore |
477 | Parasarpa dudu dudu | Doubleday, 1848 | White commodore |
478 | Sumalia zulema | Doubleday, 1848 | Scarce white commodore |
479 | Sumalia daraxa | Doubleday, 1848 | Green commodore |
480 | Auzakia danava | Moore, 1857 | Commodore |
481 | Lebadea martha martha | Fabricius, 1787 | Knight |
482 | Neurosigma siva siva | Westwood, 1850 | Panther |
483 | Abrota ganga ganga | Moore, 1857 | Sergeant-major |
484 | Tanaecia julii appiades | Ménétriés, 1857 | Common earl |
485 | Tanaecia jahnu | Moore, 1857 | Plain earl |
486 | Tanaecia lepidea lepidea | Butler, 1868 | Grey count |
487 | Dophla evelina derna | Kollar, 1848 | Red-spot duke |
488 | Euthalia durga durga | Moore, 1857 | Blue duke |
489 | Euthalia monina kesava | Moore, 1859 | Powdered baron |
490 | Euthalia telchinia | Ménétriés, 1857 | Blue baron |
491 | Euthalia aconthea | Cramer, 1777 | Common baron |
492 | Euthalia phemius | Doubleday, 1848 | White-edged blue baron |
493 | Euthalia lubentina | Cramer, 1777 | Gaudy baron |
494 | Euthalia franciae | Gray, 1846 | French duke |
495 | Euthalia duda | Staudinger, 1886 | Blue duchess |
496 | Euthalia nara nara | Moore, 1859 | Bronze duke |
497 | Euthalia sahadeva | Moore, 1859 | Green duke |
498 | Euthalia patala | Kollar, 1844 | Grand duchess |
499 | Euthalia amphifascia | Tytler, 1940 | |
500 | Euthalia alpheda jama | C & R Felder, 1867 | Streaked baron |
501 | Lexias cyanipardus | Butler, 1868 | Great archduke |
502 | Lexias dirtea khasiana | Swinhoe, 1893 | Dark archduke |
503 | Lexias pardalis | Moore, 1878 | Yellow-tipped archduke |
Tribe Pseudergolini | |||
504 | Pseudergolis wedah wedah | Kollar, 1844 | Tabby |
505 | Stibochiona nicea nicea | Gray, 1846 | Popinjay |
506 | Dichorragia nesimachus | Doyère, 1840 | Constable |
Tribe Apaturini | |||
507 | Rohana parvata | Moore, 1857 | Brown prince |
508 | Rohana parisatis parisatis | Westwood, 1850 | Black prince |
509 | Chitoria sordida | Moore, 1865 | Sordid emperor |
510 | Chitoria ulupi ulupi | Doherty, 1889 | Tawny emperor |
511 | Mimathyma ambica namouna | Doubleday, 1845 | Indian purple emperor |
512 | Mimathyma bhavana | Moore, 1881 | Restricted purple emperor |
513 | Mimathyma chevana | Moore, 1865 | Sergeant emperor |
514 | Dilipa morgiana | Westwood, 1850 | Golden emperor |
515 | Sephisa dichroa | Kollar, 1844 | Western courtier |
516 | Sephisa chandra chandra | Moore, 1858 | Eastern courtier |
517 | Helcyra hemina | Hewitson, 1864 | White emperor |
518 | Herona marathus marathus | Doubleday, 1848 | Pasha |
519 | Euripus consimilis | Westwood, 1850 | Painted courtesan |
520 | Euripus nyctelius | Doubleday, 1845 | Courtesan |
521 | Hestina persimilis | Westwood, 1850 | Siren |
522 | Hestina nama nama | Doubleday, 1844 | Circe |
Tribe Charaxini | |||
523 | Polyura athamas athamas | Drury, 1770 | Common nawab |
524 | Polyura arja | C. & R. Felder, 1866 | Pallid nawab |
525 | Polyura eudamippus | Doubleday, 1843 | Great nawab |
526 | Polyura dolon | Westwood, 1848 | Stately nawab |
527 | Polyura narcaea | Hewitson 1854 | Chinese nawab |
528 | Charaxes bernardus | Fabricius, 1793 | Tawny rajah |
529 | Charaxes marmax | Westwood, 1847 | Yellow rajah |
530 | Charaxes kahruba | Moore, 1895 | Variegated rajah |
531 | Charaxes solon | Fabricius, 1793 | Black rajah |
Family Hesperiidae | |||
Subfamily Coeliadinae | |||
532 | Burara oedipodea | Swainson, 1882 | Branded orange awlet |
533 | Burara jaina jaina | Moore, 1865 | Orange awlet |
534 | Burara amara | Moore, 1865 | Small green awlet |
535 | Burara harisa harisa | Mabille 1876 | Bengal harisa orange awlet |
536 | Burara vasutana | Mabille 1876 | Green awlet |
537 | Bibasis sena sena | Moore, 1865 | Orangetail awl |
538 | Hasora anura anura | de Nicéville, 1889 | Slate awl |
539 | Hasora chromus | Cramer, 1780 | Common banded awl |
540 | Hasora taminatus bhavara | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | White-banded awl |
541 | Hasora badra badra | Moore, 1857 | Common awl |
542 | Hasora vitta indica | Evans, 1932 | Plain banded awl |
543 | Badamia exclamationis | Fabricius, 1775 | Brown awl |
544 | Choaspes benjaminii japonicas | Murry, 1875 | Indian awlking |
545 | Choaspes xanthopogon | Kollar, 1844 | Similar awlking |
546 | Choaspes furcata | Evans, 1932 | Hooked awlking |
Subfamily Pyrginae | |||
Tribe Celaenorrhinini | |||
547 | Capila lidderdali | Elwes, 1888 | Lidderdale's dawnfly |
548 | Capila zennara | Moore, 1865 | Pale striped dawnfly |
549 | Capila jayadeva | Moore, 1865 | Striped dawnfly |
550 | Lobocla liliana | Atkinson, 1871 | Marbled flat |
551 | Celaenorrhinus flavocincta | de Nicéville, 1887 | Bhutan flat |
552 | Celaenorrhinus pyrrha | de Nicéville, 1889 | Double spotted flat |
553 | Celaenorrhinus pulomaya | Moore, 1865 | Multispotted flat |
554 | Celaenorrhinus plagifera | de Nicéville, 1889 | de Nicéville's spotted flat |
555 | Celaenorrhinus leucocera | Kollar, 1844 | Common spotted flat |
556 | Celaenorrhinus putra | Moore, 1865 | Bengal spotted flat |
557 | Celaenorrhinus munda munda | Moore, 1884 | Himalayan spotted flat |
558 | Celaenorrhinus nigricans | de Nicéville, 1885 | Small-banded flat |
559 | Celaenorrhinus badius | Bell, 1930 | Scarce banded flat |
560 | Celaenorrhinus dhanada | Moore, 1865 | Himalayan yellow-banded flat |
561 | Celaenorrhinus ratna tyleri | Evans, 1926 | Ratna flat |
562 | Celaenorrhinus maculicornis | Elwes & Edwards 1897 | Elwes spotted flat |
563 | Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus | Moore 1879 | Dark yellow-banded flat |
564 | Celaenorrhinus aurivittata aurivittata | Moore 1866 | Himalayan yellow-banded flat |
Tribe Tagiadini | |||
565 | Sarangesa dasahara dasahara | Moore, 1865 | Common small flat |
566 | Pseudocoladenia dan fabia | Evans, 1949 | Fulvous pied flat |
567 | Pseudocoladenia festa | Evans, 1949 | Naga pied flat |
568 | Pseudocoladenia fatua | Evans, 1949 | Sikkim pied flat |
569 | Coladenia indrani indrani | Moore, 1865 | Tricolour pied flat |
570 | Coladenia hoenei | Evans, 1931 | Large spot pied flat |
571 | Coladenia agni | Moore1884 | Brown pied flat |
572 | Seseria dohertyi dohertyi | Watson, 1893 | Himalayan white flat |
573 | Seseria sambara | Moore, 1865 | Sikkim white flat |
574 | Chamunda chamunda | Moore, 1865 | Olive flat |
575 | Gerosis phisara phisara | Moore, 1884 | Dusky yellow-breast flat |
576 | Gerosis bhagava bhagava | Moore, 1865 | Common yellow-breast flat |
577 | Gerosis sinica narada | Moore, 1884 | White yellow-breast flat |
578 | Tagiades japetus | Stoll, 1782 | Common snow flat |
579 | Tagiades gana athos | Plötz, 1884 | Suffused snow flat |
580 | Tagiades parra gala | Evans, 1949 | Large snow flat |
581 | Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa | Möschler, 1878 | Water snow flat |
582 | Tagiades menaka | Moore, 1865 | Spotted snow flat |
583 | Satarupa zulla zulla | Tytler 1915 | Himalayan equal white flat |
584 | Mooreana trichoneura | C & R Felder 1860 | Yellow flat |
585 | Odontoptilum angulata angulata | Felder, 1862 | Chestnut angle |
586 | Caprona agama | Moore, 1857 | Spotted angle |
587 | Dharpa hanria | Moore 1866 | Hairy angle |
588 | Ctenoptilum vasava vasava | Moore 1866 | Tawny angle |
589 | Apostictopterus fuliginosus curiosa | Swinhoe, 1917 | Naga giant hopper |
Tribe Pyrgini | |||
590 | Pyrgus cashmirensis cashmirensis | Moore, 1874 | Kashmir skipper |
591 | Spialia galba | Fabricius, 1793 | Indian skipper |
592 | Cartercephalus silvicola | de Nicéville, 1886 | Northern chequered skipper |
Subfamily Hesperiinae | |||
Tribe Heteropterini | |||
593 | Carterocephalus houangty bootia | Evans, 1949 | Bhutan hopper |
594 | Carterocephalus avanti avanti | de Nicéville, 1886 | Orange-and-silver hopper |
Tribe Astictopterini | |||
595 | Ochus subvittatus | Moore, 1878 | Tiger hopper |
596 | Baracus vittatus septentrionum | Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887 | Hedge hopper |
597 | Sebastonyma dolopia | Hewitson, 1868 | Tufted ace |
598 | Sovia grahami | Evans, 1926 | Graham's ace |
599 | Sovia lucasii separate | Moore, 1882 | Chequered ace |
600 | Pedesta masuriensis masuriensis | Moore, 1878 | Mussoorie bush bob |
601 | Pedesta pandita | de Nicéville, 1885 | Brown bush bob |
602 | Thoressa hyrie | de Nicéville, 1891 | Largespot plain ace |
603 | Thoressa cerata | Hewitson 1876 | Northern spotted ace |
604 | Thoressa aina aina | de Nicéville 1890 | Garhwal ace |
605 | Thoressa gupta | de Nicéville 1886 | Olive ace |
606 | Aeromachus kali | de Nicéville, 1885 | Blue-spotted scrub hopper |
607 | Aeromachus stigmatus stigmatus | Moore, 1878 | Veined scrub hopper |
608 | Halpe kumara | de Nicéville, 1885 | Plain ace |
609 | Halpe porus | Mabille, 1878 | Moore's ace |
610 | Halpe homolea filda | Evans 1937 | Absent ace |
611 | Halpe arcuata | Evans 1937 | Overlapped ace |
612 | Halpe sikkima | Mabille 1882 | Sikkim ace |
613 | Halpe zema zema | Hewitson 1877 | Banded ace |
614 | Pithauria stramineipennis | Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1886 | Light straw ace |
615 | Astictopterus jamaolivascens | Moore, 1878 | Forest hopper |
Tribe Ancistroidini | |||
616 | Iambrix salsala salsala | Moore, 1865 | Chestnut bob |
617 | Koruthaialos butleri butleri | Moore, 1882 | Dark velvet bob |
618 | Ancistroides nigrita diocles | Moore, 1865 | Chocolate demon |
619 | Notocrypta paralysos asawa | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Common banded demon |
620 | Notocrypta curvifascia | C. & R. Felder, 1862 | Restricted demon |
621 | Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos | Moore, 1866 | Spotted demon |
622 | Udaspes folus | Cramer, 1775 | Grass demon |
Tribe Plastingiini | |||
623 | Arnetta atkinsoni | Moore, 1878 | Atkinson's bob |
624 | Suastus gremius | Fabricius, 1798 | Indian palm bob |
625 | Suastus minuta aditia | Evans, 1943 | Small palm bob |
626 | Cupitha purreea | Moore, 1877 | Wax dart |
627 | Hyarotis adrastus praba | Moore, 1865 | Tree flitter |
628 | Zographetus satwa | de Nicéville 1884 | Purple and gold flitter |
629 | Matapa aria | Moore, 1865 | Common redeye |
630 | Matapa sasivarna | Moore, 1865 | Black-veined redeye |
631 | Matapa purpurescens | Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Purple redeye |
632 | Erionota thrax | Linnaeus, 1767 | Palm redeye |
633 | Creteus cyrina | Hewitson, 1876 | Nonsuch palmer |
Tribe Hesperiini | |||
634 | Ochlodes brahma | Moore, 1878 | Himalayan darter |
635 | Sancus fuligo | Mabille, 1876 | Coon |
Tribe Taractrocerini | |||
636 | Taractrocera danna | Moore, 1865 | Himalayan grass dart |
637 | Taractrocera maevius | Fabricius, 1793 | Common grass dart |
638 | Taractrocera luzonensis | Staudinger 1889 | Veined grass dart |
639 | Oriens goloides | Moore, 1881 | Ceylon dartlet |
640 | Oriens gola | Moore, 1877 | Common dartlet |
641 | Potanthus rectifasciatus rectifasciatus | Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Branded dart |
642 | Potanthus pallida | Evans, 1932 | Pallid dart |
643 | Potanthus pseudomaesa clio | Evans, 1932 | Indian dart |
644 | Potanthus juno | Evans, 1932 | Burmese dart |
645 | Potanthus dara | Kollar, 1842 | Himalayan dart |
646 | Potanthus confucius dushta | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Chinese dart |
647 | Potanthus nesta nesta | Evans, 1934 | Sikkim dart |
648 | Potanthus palnia palnia | Evans, 1914 | Palni dart |
649 | Potanthus ganda ganda | Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Sumatran dart |
650 | Potanthus trachala | Mabille 1878 | Broad bident dart |
651 | Cephrenes acalle oceanica | Hopffer 1874 | Plain palm dart |
652 | Telicota colon colon | Fabricius, 1775 | Common palm dart |
653 | Telicota bambusae bambusae | Moore, 1878 | Dark palm dart |
Tribe Gegenini | |||
654 | Parnara guttatus guttatus | Bremer & Grey, 1853 | Straight swift |
655 | Parnara bada bada | Moore, 1878 | Grey swift |
656 | Parnara ganga | Evans 1937 | Continental swift |
657 | Borbo cinnara | Wallace, 1866 | Rice swift |
658 | Borbo bevani | Moore, 1878 | Bevan's swift |
659 | Pelopidas sinensis | Mabile, 1877 | Chinese swift |
660 | Pelopidas subochraceus subochraceus | Moore, 1878 | Large branded swift |
661 | Pelopidas mathias | Fabricius, 1798 | Small branded swift |
662 | Pelopidas assamensis | de Nicéville, 1882 | Great swift |
663 | Pelopidas conjuncta conjuncta | Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 | Conjoined swift |
664 | Pelopidas agna agna | Moore 1866 | Little branded swift |
665 | Polytremis lubricans lubricans | Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 | Contiguous swift |
666 | Polytremis eltola eltola | Hewitson, 1869 | Yellowspot swift |
667 | Baoris farri | Moore, 1878 | Paintbrush swift |
668 | Caltoris tulsi tulsi | de Nicéville, 1883 | Purple swift |
669 | Caltoris kumara moorei | Evans, 1926 | Blank swift |
670 | Caltoris brunnea caere | de Nicéville, 1876 | Dark branded swift |
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the superfamilies Hedyloidea and Papilionoidea. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though they may have originated earlier.
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.
The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across Asia, Europe and North America.
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of 38,394 square kilometres (14,824 sq mi), Bhutan ranks 133rd in land area and 160th in population. Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy with a king as the head of state and a prime minister as the head of government. Vajrayana Buddhism is the state religion and the Je Khenpo is the head of the state religion.
Buxa Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve and national park in northern West Bengal, India, covering an area of 760 km2 (290 sq mi). In altitude, it ranges from 60 m (200 ft) in the Gangetic Plains to 1,750 m (5,740 ft) bordering the Himalayas in the north. At least 284 bird species inhabit the reserve. Mammals present include Asian elephant, gaur, Sambar deer, clouded leopard, Indian leopard, and Asian golden cat.
Bhutanitis lidderdalii, the Bhutan glory, is a species of swallowtail butterfly, which is found in Bhutan, parts of northeastern India and of Southeast Asia. A spectacular insect much sought after by collectors, the species epithet is after Dr R. Lidderdale, from whose collection the butterfly was first described by William Stephen Atkinson in 1873. Listed under CITES Appendix II, the status of the butterfly has been recorded as rare by some authorities but as being of least concern in 2019 by the Red Book of the IUCN.
Troides aeacus, the golden birdwing, is a large tropical butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, Papilionidae.
Byasa plutonius, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.
Heliophorus epicles, commonly known as the purple sapphire, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1823.
Bhutanitis is a genus of swallowtail butterflies that contains four species.
The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. It is a biodiversity hotspot, with notable biocultural diversity.
The eastern jungle crow is a bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand. It is invasive to Sri Lanka.
Bhutanitis ludlowi, the Ludlow's Bhutan swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, endemic to Bhutan and recently recorded in India. It belongs to the subfamily Parnassiinae subfamily which also contains the Apollo butterflies.
Harish (Honnayya) S. Gaonkar is an Indian specialist on butterflies who contributed to the Zoological Museum at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and wrote a 1996 compilation of butterflies of Western Ghats, South India cataloguing 330 species. Gaonkar was born in Karwar district, India. Gaonkar earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dichorragia nesimachus, the constable, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. The genus was earlier considered to belong to the subfamily Cyrestinae and sometimes the Apaturinae, but is now considered as a sister of the genus Stibochiona in the subfamily Pseudergolinae. Several geographical forms with variations in colour are noted within the wide distribution range extending from India in the west to Japan in the east. In Vietnam, it is thought to show hill topping behaviour and is typically found in dense forest habitats. They may also be found mud puddling with other species.
Abrota is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its only species is Abrota ganga, the sergeant-major.
Byasa alcinous, the Chinese windmill, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.
Lethe margaritae, the Bhutan treebrown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm where it occurs in Bhutan and Sikkim
Raimona National Park is located in extreme western part of Assam, India. It is spread across Gossaigaon and Kokrajhar subdivisions of Kokrajhar district of Bodoland Territorial Region.