List of butterflies of Meghalaya

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This is a tentative list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

Contents

Family Papilionidae
Family Pieridae
Family Nymphalidae
Family Riodinidae
Family Lycaenidae
Family Hesperiidae
References
See also

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2019)

Family Papilionidae

Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)^[1]
Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758^[1]
Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836^[1]
Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, [1775]^[1]
Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775^[1]
Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836^[1]
Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday, 1845^[1]
Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)^[1]
Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)^[1]
Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)^[1]

Family Pieridae

Aporia agathon (Gray)^[1]
Appias lyncida (Cramer)^[1]
Appias pandione (Geyer)^[1]
Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)^[1]
Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus)^[1]
Colias electo fieldi Menetries^[1]
Delias acalis (Godart)^[1]
Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)^[1]
Delias belladonna (Fabricius)^[1]
Delias descombesi (Boisduval)^[1]
Delias hyparete (Linnaeus)^[1]
Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace)^[1]
Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace)^[1]
Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus)^[1]
Eurema leata (Boisduval)^[1]
Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus)^[1]
Pieis brassicae nepalensis (Doubleday)^[1]
Pieis canidia (Sparrman)^[1]
Pieis napi (Linnaeus)^[1]
Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday)^[1]

Family Nymphalidae

Parantica aglea (Stoll)^[1]
Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus)^[1]
Danaus genutia (Cramer)^[1]
Danaus melaneus (Cramer)^[1]
Danaus sita (Kollar)^[1]
Euploea core (Cramer)^[1]
Euploea mulciber (Cramer)^[1]
Lethe confusa Aurivillius^[1]
Lethe verma (Kollar)^[1]
Lethe yama (Moore)^[1]
Lethe vindhya (C. Felder)^[1]
Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)^[1]
Melanitis phedima (Stoll)^[1]
Melanitis zitenius (Herbst)^[1]
Ypthima nareda (Kollar)^[1]
Ypthima sakra Moore^[1]
Elymnias hypermnestra Linnaeus^[1]
Elymnias malelas (Hewitson)^[1]
Ethope himachala (Moore)^[1]
Thaumantis diores Doubleday^[1]
Argynnis childreni Gray^[1]
Argynnis hyperbius (Johanssen)^[1]
Argynnis laodice (Pallas)^[1]
Cethosia biblis (Drury)^[1]
Cethosia cyane (Drury)^[1]
Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday^[1]
Cyrestis thyodamas (Boisduval)^[1]
Ergolis merione (Cramer)^[1]
Eriboea dolon (Westwood)^[1]
Eriboea arja (Felder)^[1]
Neptis hordonia Stoll^[1]
Neptis hylas Moore^[1]
Neptis nandina Moore^[1]
Neptis yeburyi Butler^[1]
Pantoporia perius (Linnaeus)^[1]
Pantoporia selanophora (Kollar)^[1]
Phalanta phalantha (Drury)^[1]
Junonia almana (Linnaeus)^[1]
Junonia atlites (Linnaeus)^[1]
Junonia hierta (Fabricius)^[1]
Junonia iphita (Cramer)^[1]
Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)^[1]
Junonia orithya (Linnaeus)^[1]
Kaniska canace (Linnaeus)^[1]
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)^[1]
Vanessa indica (Herbst)^[1]
Kallima inachus (Boisduval)^[1]
Cynthia erota (Fabricius)^[1]
Chersonesia risa (Doubleday)^[1]
Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart)^[1]
Hestina nama (Doubleday)^[1]
Apatura ambica (Kollar)^[1]
Stibochiona nicea (Gray)^[1]
Charaxes polyxena (Cramer)^[1]
Issoria sinha (Kollar)^[1]
Euthalia phemius (Doubleday)^[1]
Euthalia lepidea (Butler)^[1]
Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer)^[1]
Acraea issoria (Hübner)^[1]

Family Riodinidae

Abisara chela (de Nicéville)^[1]
Zemeros flegyas (Cramer)^[1]

Family Lycaenidae

Heliophorus androcles (Hewitson)^[1]
Heliophorus brahma (Moore)^[1]
Jamides alecto (Felder)^[1]
Zizeeria maha (Kollar)^[1]

Family Hesperiidae

References

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