Butterflies of Taiwan

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At least 377 species of butterfly have been recorded in Taiwan, with some reports putting the number at over 400. Of these, 56 species are endemic to the island.

Following is a list of all butterflies found in Taiwan.

Contents

[edit] Family Hesperiidae

[edit] Subfamily Coeliadinae

  1. Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
  2. Burara(Bibasis) jaina formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  3. Choaspes benjaminii formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  4. Choaspes xanthopogon chrysopterus (Hsu, 1988)
  5. Hasora anura (Hsu, Tsukiyama & Chiba, 2005)
  6. Hasora badra (Moore, 1858)
  7. Hasora chromus(Cramer, 1782)
  8. Hasora taminatus vairacana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

[edit] Subfamily Hesperiinae

  1. Aeromachus bandaishanus (Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968) (Endemic)
  2. Aeromachus inachus formosana (Matsumura, 1931)
  3. Aeromachus matsudai (Murayama, 1943) (Endemic)
  4. Ampittia dioscorides etura (Mabille, 1891)
  5. Ampittia virgata miyakei (Matsumura, 1910)
  6. Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
  7. Caltoris bromus yanuca (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  8. Caltoris cahira austeni (Moore, 1883)
  9. Erionota torus (Evans, 1941)
  10. Halpe gamma (Evans, 1937)
  11. Isoteinon lamprospilus formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  12. Notocrypta curvifascia (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  13. Notocrypta feisthamelii (Boisduval, 1832)
    1. N. f. alinkara (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
    2. N. f. arisana (Sonan, 1930)
  14. Ochlodes bouddha yuchingkinus (Matsuyama & Shimonoya, 1963)
  15. Ochlodes formosanus (Matsumura, 1919) (Endemic)
  16. Onryza maga takeuchii (Matsumura, 1929)
  17. Parnara bada (Moore, 1878)
  18. Parnara guttata (Bremer & Grey, 1852)
  19. Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1866)
  20. Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  21. Pelopidas mathias oberthueri (Evans, 1937)
  22. Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)
  23. Polytremis eltola tappana (Matsumura, 1919)
  24. Polytremis(Pelopidas) kiraizana (Sonan, 1938) (Endemic)
  25. Polytremis lubricans taiwana (Matsumura, 1919) (Endemic)
  26. Polytremis theca asahinai (Shirozu, 1952)
  27. Polytremis zina taiwana (Murayama, 1981)
  28. Potanthus confucius angustatus (Matsumura, 1910)
  29. Potanthus diffusus (Hsu, Tsukiyama & Chiba, 2005)
  30. Potanthus motzui (Hsu, Li, & Li, 1990) (Endemic)
  31. Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  32. Potanthus wilemanni (Evans, 1934) (Endemic)
  33. Pseudoborbo bevani (Moore, 1878)
  34. Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798)
  35. Telicota bambusae horisha (Evans, 1934)
  36. Telicota colon bayashikeii (Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997)
  37. Telicota ohara formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  38. Thoressa horishana (Matsumura, 1910) (Endemic)
  39. Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)

[edit] Subfamily Pyrginae

  1. Abraximorpha davidii ermasis (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
  2. Celaenorrhinus chihhsiaoi (Hsu, 1990) (Endemic)
  3. Celaenorrhinus horishanus (Shirozu, 1960) (Endemic)
  4. Celaenorrhinus kurosawai (Shirozu, 1960) (Endemic)
  5. Celaenorrhinus maculosus taiwanus (Mastumura, 1919)
  6. Celaenorrhinus osculus major (Hsu, 1990)
  7. Celaenorrhinus pulomaya formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  8. Celaenorrhinus ratna (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  9. Coladenia(Pseudocoladenia) pinsbukana (Shimonoya & Murayama, 1976) (Endemic)
  10. Daimio tethys niitakana (Matsumura, 1907)
  11. Lobocla bifasciata kodairai (Sonan, 1936)
  12. Pseudocoladenia dan sadakoe (Sonan & Mitono, 1936)
  13. Satarupa formosibia (Strand, 1927) (Endemic)
  14. Satarupa majasra (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
  15. Seseria formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Endemic)
  16. Tagiades cohaerens (Mabille, 1914)
  17. Tagiades trebellius martinus (Plotz, 1884)

[edit] Family Lycaenidae

[edit] Subfamily Curetinae

  1. Curetis acuta formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  2. Curetis brunnea (Wileman, 1909) (Endemic)

[edit] Subfamily Lycaeninae

  1. Heliophorus ila matsumurae (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Miletinae

  • Tribe Spalgini
  1. Spalgis epeus dilama (Moore, 1878)
  • Tribe Tarakini
  1. Taraka haimada thalaba (Fruhstorfer, 1922)

[edit] Subfamily Polyommatinae

  • Tribe Polyommatini
  1. Acytolepsis puspa myla (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  2. Callenya melaena shonen (Esaki, 1932)
  3. Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)
  4. Catochrysops strabo luzonensis (Tite, 1959)
  5. Catopyrops ancyra almora (Druce, 1873) (Exotics)
  6. Celatoxia(Celastrina) argiolus caphis (Fruhstorfer, 1922)
  7. Celatoxia(Celastrina) lavendularis himilcon (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  8. Celatoxia(Celastrina) oreas arisana (Matsumura, 1910)
  9. Celatoxia(Celastrina) sugitanii shirozui (Hsu, 1987)
  10. Celatoxia marginata (de Niceville, 1884)
  11. Chilades laius koshunensis (Matsumura, 1919)
  12. Chilades pandava peripatria (Hsu, 1989)
  13. Danis schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Vagrants)
  14. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)
  15. Everes argiades hellotia (Menetries, 1857)
  16. Everes lacturnus rileyi (Godfrey, 1916)
  17. Famegana alsulus taiwana (Sonan, 1938) (Extinct)
  18. Freyeria putli formosanus (Matsumura, 1919)
  19. Jamides alecto dromicus (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
  20. Jamides bochus formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  21. Jamides celeno (Cramer, 1775)
  22. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  23. Megisba malaya sikkima (Moore, 1884)
  24. Nacaduba berenice leei (Hsu, 1990)
  25. Nacaduba beroe asakusa (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
  26. Nacaduba kurava therasia (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
  27. Nacaduba pactolus hainani (Bethune-Baker, 1914)
  28. Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, 1869)
  29. Orthomiella(Una) rantaizana (Wileman, 1910)
  30. Phengaris astroguttata formosana (Matsumura, 1926)
  31. Phengaris daitozana (Wileman, 1908) (Endemic)
  32. Pithecops corvus cornix (Cowan, 1965)
  33. Pithecops fulgens urai (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  34. Prosotas nora formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
  35. Shijimia moorei (Leech, 1889)
  36. Syntarucus plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
  37. Tongeia filicaudis mushanus (Tanikawa, 1940)
  38. Tongeia hainani (Bethune-Baker, 1914) (Endemic)
  39. Udara(Celastrina) albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)
  40. Udara dilecta (Moore, 1879)
  41. Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
  42. Zizeeria maha okinawana (Matsumura, 1929)
  43. Zizina otis riukuensis (Matsumura, 1929)
  44. Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

[edit] Subfamily Riodininae

  1. Abisara burnii etymander (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  2. Dodona eugenes (Guerin, 1843)
    1. D. e. esakii (Shirozu, 1952)
    2. D. e. formosana (Matsumura, 1919)

[edit] Subfamily Theclinae

  • Tribe Aphnaeini
  1. Spindasis kuyanianus (Matsumura, 1919) (Endemic)
  2. Spindasis lohita formosana (Moore, 1877)
  3. Spindasis syama (Horsfield,1829)
  • Tribe Arhopalini
  1. Arhopala(Narathura) bazalus turbata (Butler, 1881)
  2. Arhopala(Panchala) birmana asakurae (Matsumura, 1910)
  3. Arhopala(Panchala) ganesa formosana (Kato, 1930)
  4. Arhopala(Narathura) japonica (Murray, 1875)
  5. Arhopala(Narathura) paramuta horishana (Matsumura, 1910)
  6. Mahathala ameria hainani (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
  • Tribe Catapaecilmatini
  1. Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908)
  • Tribe Deudorigini
  1. Artipe(Deudorix) eryx horiella (Matsumura, 1929)
  2. Deudorix epijarbas menesicles (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  3. Deudorix rapaloides (Naritomi, 1911)
  4. Deudorix repercussa sankakuhonis (Matsumura, 1938)
  5. Rapala caerulea liliacea (Nire, 1920)
  6. Rapala nissa hirayamana (Matsumura, 1926)
  7. Rapala takasagonis (Matsumura, 1929) (Endemic)
  8. Rapala varuna formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  9. Sinthusa chandrana kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919)
  • Tribe Eumaeini
  1. Fixsenia(Strymonidia) watarii (Matsumura, 1927) (Endemic)
  2. Satyrium(Strymonidia) austrinum (Murayama, 1943)
  3. Satyrium(Strymonidia) esakii (Shirozu, 1942) (Endemic)
  4. Satyrium(Strymonidia) eximium mushanum (Matsumura, 1929)
  5. Satyrium(Strymonidia) formosanum (Matsumura, 1910)
  6. Satyrium(Strymonidia) inouei (Shirozu, 1959)
  7. Satyrium(Strymonidia) tanakai (Shirozu, 1943) (Endemic)
  • Tribe Horagini
  1. Horaga albimacula triumphalis (Murayama & Sibatani, 1943)
  2. Horaga onyx moltrechti (Matsumura, 1919)
  3. Horaga rarasana (Sonan, 1936) (Endemic)
  • Tribe Hypolycaenini
  1. Hypolycaena(Chliaria) othona (Hewitson, 1865) (Extinct)
  2. Hypolycaena(Chliaria) kina inari (Wileman, 1908)
  • Tribe Iolaini
  1. Tajuria caeruela (Nire, 1920) (Endemic)
  2. Tajuria dioeus karenkonis (Matsumura, 1929)
  3. Tajuria(Cophanta) illurgis tattaka (Araki, 1949)
  • Tribe Remelanini
  1. Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  • Tribe Theclini
  1. Amblopala avidiena y-fasciata (Sonan, 1929)
  2. Antigius attila obsoletus (Takeuchi, 1923)
  3. Araragi enthea morisonensis (M. Inoue, 1942)
  4. Chrysozephyrus ataxus lingi (Okano & Okura, 1969)
  5. Chrysozephyrus disparatus pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)
  6. Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940)
  7. Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928)
  8. Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938)
  9. Chrysozephyrus nishikaze (Araki & Sibatani, 1886) (Endemic)
  10. Chrysozephyrus rarasanus (Matsumura, 1939)
  11. Chrysozephyrus splendidulus (Murayama, 1965) (Endemic)
  12. Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus (Murayama & Shimonoya, 1965) (Endemic)
  13. Cordelia comes wilemaniella (Matsumura, 1929)
  14. Euaspa forsteri (Esaki & Shirozu, 1943)
  15. Euaspa milionia formosana (Nomura, 1931)
  16. Euaspa tayal (Esaki & Shirozu, 1943)
  17. Iratsume orsedice suzukii (Sonan, 1940)
  18. Japonica patungkoanui (Matsumura, 1956) (Endemic)
  19. Leucantigius atayalicus (Shirozu & Murayama, 1943)
  20. Neozephyrus taiwanus (Wileman, 1908) (Endemic)
  21. Ravenna nivea (Nire, 1920)
  22. Sibataniozephyrus kuafui (Hsu & Lin, 1994) (Endemic)
  23. Teratozephyrus arisanus (Wileman, 1909)
  24. Teratozephyrus elatus (Hsu & Lu, 2005)
  25. Teratozephyrus yugaii (Kano, 1928) (Endemic)
  26. Ussuriana michaelis takarana (Araki & Hirayama, 1941)
  27. Wagimo sulgeri insularis (Shirozu, 1957)

[edit] Family Nymphalidae

[edit] Subfamily Acraeinae

  1. Acraea issoria formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

[edit] Subfamily Amathusiinae

  1. Discophora sondaica tulliana (Stichel, 1905) (Exotics)
  2. Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) (Exotics)
  3. Stichophthalma howqua formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Apaturinae

  1. Chitoria(Dravira) chrysolona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  2. Chitoria(Dravina) ulupi arakii (Naritomi, 1959)
  3. Helcyra plesseni (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Endemic)
  4. Helcyra superba takamukui (Matsumura, 1919)
  5. Hestina assimilis formosana (Moore, 1895)
  6. Sasakia charonda formosana (Shirozu, 1963)
  7. Sephisa chandra androdamas (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  8. Sephisa daimio (Matsumura, 1910) (Endemic)
  9. Timelaea albescens formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Calinaginae

  1. Calinaga buddha formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Charaxinae

  1. Polyura eudamippus formosana (Rothschild, 1899)
  2. Polyura narcaea meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Danainae

  • Tribe Danaini
  1. Danaus(Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Danaus(Salatura) genutia (Cramer, 1779)
  3. Danaus(Salatura) melanippus edmondii (Bougainville, 1837) (Vagrants)
  4. Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Extinct)
  5. Idropsis(Radena) similes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Parantica aglea maghaba (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  7. Parantica luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1863) (Vagrants)
  8. Parantica sita niphonica (Moore, 1883)
  9. Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883)
  10. Tirumala hamata orientalis (Semper, 1879) (Vagrants)
  11. Tirumala limniace (Cramer, 1775)
    1. T. l. limniace (Cramer, 1775)
    2. T. l. orestilla (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Vagrants)
  12. Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
  • Tribe Euploeini
  1. Euploea camaralzeman cratis (Butler, 1866) (Vagrants)
  2. Euploea core godartii (Lucas, 1853) (Vagrants)
  3. Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)
    1. E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877)
    2. E. e. kadu (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Vagrants)
  4. Euploea klugii (Moore, 1997) (Vagrants)
  5. Euploea mulciber barsine (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
  6. Euploea phacnareta juvia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Extinct)
  7. Euploea swainson (Godart, 1824) (Vagrants)
  8. Euploea sylvestor swinhoei (Wallace & Moore, 1866)
  9. Euploea tulliolus (Fabricius, 1793)
    1. E. t. koxinga (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
    2. E. t. pollita (Erichson, 1834) (Vagrants)
  10. Idea leuconoe (Erichson, 1834)
    1. I. l. clara (Butler, 1867)
    2. I. l. kwashotoensis (Sonan, 1928)

[edit] Subfamily Libytheinae

  1. Libythea celtis formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  2. Libythea geoffroy philippina (Staudinger, 1889) (Vagrants)

[edit] Subfamily Nymphalinae

  • Tribe Argynniini
  1. Argynnis paphia formosicola (Matsumura, 1927)
  2. Argyreus hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)
  3. Boloria pales yangi (Hsu & Yen, 1997) (Extinct)
  4. Cupha erymanthis (Drury, 1773)
  5. Paduca fasciata (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860) (Vagrants)
  6. Phalanta phalantha (Drury, 1773) (Exotics)
  7. Vindula dejone (Erichson, 1834) (Vagrants)
  • Tribe Biblidini
  1. Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
  • Tribe Euthaliini
  1. Abrota ganga formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  2. Euthalia formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Endemic)
  3. Euthalia hebe kosempona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  4. Euthalia irrubescens fulguralis (Matsumura, 1909)
  5. Euthalia malapana (Shirozu & Chung, 1958) (Endemic)
  6. Euthalia insulae (Hall, 1930)
  • Tribe Limenitidini
  1. Athyma asura baelia (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  2. Athyma cama zoroastes (Butler, 1877)
  3. Athyma fortuna kodahirai (Sonan, 1938)
  4. Athyma jima sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
  5. Athyma opalina hirayamai (Matsumura, 1935)
  6. Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  7. Athyma(Tacoraea) selenophora laela (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  8. Limenitis(Ladoga) sulpitia tricula (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  9. Neptis hesione podarces (Nire, 1920)
  10. Neptis hylas luculenta (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
  11. Neptis ilos nirei (Nomura, 1935)
  12. Neptis nata lutatia (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  13. Neptis noyala ikedai (Shirozu, 1952)
  14. Neptis philyra splendens (Murayama, 1942)
  15. Neptis philyroides sonani (Murayama, 1942)
  16. Neptis pryeri jucundita (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  17. Neptis reducta (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Endemic)
  18. Neptis sankara shirakiana (Matsumura, 1929)
  19. Neptis sappho formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  20. Neptis soma tayalina (Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968)
  21. Neptis sylvana esakii (Nomura, 1935)
  22. Neptis taiwana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Endemic)
  23. Pantoporia hordonia rihodona (Moore, 1878)
  24. Parasarpa dudu jinamitra (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  • Tribe Marpesiini
  1. Cyrestis thyodamas formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
  • Tribe Nymphalini
  1. Doleschallia bisaltide philippensis (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Vagrants)
  2. Hypolimnas anomala (Wallace, 1869) (Exotics)
  3. Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
    1. H. b. jacintha (Drury, 1773) (Exotics)
    2. H. b. kezia (Butler, 1877)
  4. Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  5. Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1758) (Exotics)
  7. Junonia hedonia ida (Cramer, 1776) (Vagrants)
  8. Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779)
  9. Junonia lemonias aenaria (Tsukada & Kaneko, 1985)
  10. Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Kallima inachus formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
  12. Kaniska canace drilon (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  13. Nymphalis xanthomelas formosana (Matsumura, 1925)
  14. Polygonia c-album asakurai (Nakahara, 1920)
  15. Polygonia c-aureum lunulata (Esaki & Nakahara, 1923)
  16. Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  17. Symbrenthia liaea formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  18. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794)
  20. Yoma sabina podium (Tsukada, 1985)
  • Tribe Parthenini
  1. Parthenos sylla philippensis (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
  • Tribe Pseudoergolini
  1. Dichorragia nesimachus formosanus (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

[edit] Subfamily Satyrinae

  1. Elymnias hypermnestra hainana (Moore, 1878)
  2. Lethe bojonia (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  3. Lethe butleri periscelis (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  4. Lethe chandica ratnacri (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  5. Lethe christophi hanako (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  6. Lethe diana australis (Naritomi, 1943)
  7. Lethe europa pavida (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  8. Lethe gemina zaitha (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
  9. Lethe insane formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  10. Lethe mataja (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Endemic)
  11. Lethe rohria daemoniaca (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  12. Lethe verma cintamani (Fruhstorfer, 1848)
  13. Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
  14. Melanitis phedima polishana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  15. Minois nagasawae (Matsumura, 1906) (Endemic)
  16. Mycalesis francisca formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  17. Mycalesis gotama nanda (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  18. Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798)
  20. Mycalesis sangaica mara (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  21. Mycalesis suaveolens kagina (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  22. Mycalesis zonata (Matsumura, 1909)
  23. Neope armandii lacticolora (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  24. Neope bremeri taiwana (Matsumura, 1919)
  25. Neope muirheadi nagasawae (Matsumura, 1919)
  26. Neope pulaha didia (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  27. Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  28. Penthema formosanum (Rothschild, 1898)
  29. Ypthima akragas (Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Endemic)
  30. Ypthima angustipennis (Takahashi, 2000) (Endemic)
  31. Ypthima baldus zodina (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  32. Ypthima conjuncta yamanakai (Sonan, 1938)
  33. Ypthima esakii (Shirozu, 1960) (Endemic)
  34. Ypthima formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Endemic)
  35. Ypthima multistriata (Butler, 1883)
  36. Ypthima norma posticalis (Matsumura, 1909) (Extinct)
  37. Ypthima okurai (Okano, 1962)
  38. Ypthima praenubilia
    1. Y. p. kanonis (Matsumura, 1929)
    2. Y. p. neobilia (Murayama, 1980)
  39. Ypthima tappana (Matsumura, 1909)
  40. Ypthima wangi (Lee, 1998) (Endemic)
  41. Zophoessa(Lethe) dura neoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  42. Zophoessa(Lethe) niitakana (Matsumura, 1906) (Endemic)
  43. Zophoessa(Lethe) siderea kanoi (Esaki & Nomura, 1937)

[edit] Family Papilionidae

[edit] Subfamily Papiliononae

  • Tribe Leptocircini
  1. Chilasa agestor matsumurae (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  2. Chilasa epycides melanoleucus (Ney, 1911)
  3. Graphium agamemnon (Linneaeus, 1758)
  4. Graphium cloanthus kuge (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  5. Graphium doson postianum (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  6. Graphium sarpedon connectens (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
  7. Pazala eurous asakurae (Matsumura, 1908)
  8. Pazala timur chungianum (Murayama, 1961)
  • Tribe Papilionini
  1. Agehana maraho (Shiraki & Sonan, 1934) (Endemic)
  2. Papilio bianor (Cramer, 1777)
    1. P. b. kotoensis (Sonan, 1927)
    2. P. b. thrasymedes (Fruhstorfer 1909)
  3. Papilio castor formosanus (Rothschild, 1896)
  4. Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Papilio dialis tatsuta (Murayama, 1970)
  6. Papilio helenus fortunius (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  7. Papilio hermosanus (Rebel, 1906)
  8. Papilio hopponis (Matsumura, 1907) (Endemic)
  9. Papilio machaon sylvina (Hemming, 1933)
  10. Papilio memnon heronus (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
  11. Papilio nephelus chaonulus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  12. Papilio paris nakaharai (Shirozu, 1960)
  13. Papilio polytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
    1. P. p. ledebouria (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Vagrants)
    2. P. p. pasikrates (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
    3. P. p. polytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (?)
  14. Papilio protenor (Cramer, 1775)
  15. Papilio rumanzovia (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Vagrants)
  16. Papilio thaiwanus (Rothschild, 1898) (Endemic)
  17. Papilio xuthus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tribe Troidini
  1. Atrophaneura horishana (Matsumura, 1910) (Endemic)
  2. Atrophaneura semperi (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Vagrants)
  3. Byasa alcinous mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901)
  4. Byasa impediens febanus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  5. Byasa polyeuctes termessus (Fruhstrorfer, 1908)
  6. Pachliopta aristolochiae interpositus (Fruhstorfer, 1901)
  7. Troides aeacus formosanus (Rothschild, 1899)
  8. Troides magellanus sonani (Matsumura, 1932)
  9. Troides plateni (Staudinger, 1889) (Vagrants)

[edit] Family Pieridae

[edit] Subfamily Coliadinae

  1. Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
  2. Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Fabricius, 1787) (Exotics)
  4. Colias erate formosana (Shirozu, 1955)
  5. Eurema alitha esakii (Shirozu, 1953)
  6. Eurema andersoni godana (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
  7. Eurema blanda arsakia (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
  8. Eurema brigitta formosana (Matsumura, 1878)
  9. Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Eurema laeta punctissima (Matsumura, 1909)
  11. Gonepteryx amintha formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  12. Gonepteryx taiwana (Paravicini, 1913) (Endemic)
  13. Hebomoia glaucippe formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

[edit] Subfamily Pierinae

  1. Aporia agathon moltrechti (Oberthür, 1909)
  2. Aporia gigantea cheni (Hsu & Chou, 1999)
  3. Aporia potanini insularis (Shirozu, 1959)
  4. Appias albina semperi (Moore, 1905)
  5. Appias indra aristoxemus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  6. Appias lyncida formosana (Wallace, 1866)
  7. Appias nero domitia (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Vagrants)
  8. Appias olferna peducaea (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Vagrants)
  9. Appias paulina minato (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
  10. Cepora aspasia olga (Eschscholtz, 1821) (Exotics)
  11. Cepora nandina eunama (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
  12. Cepora nerissa cibyra (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
  13. Delias hyparete luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  14. Delias lativitta formosana (Matsumura, 1909)
  15. Delias pasithoe curasena (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  16. Delias wilemani (Jordan, 1925)
  17. Ixias pyrene insignis (Butler, 1879)
  18. Leptosia nina niobe (Wallace, 1866)
  19. Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)
  20. Pieris rapae crucivora (Boisduval, 1836)
  21. Prioneris thestylis formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  22. Saletara panda nathalia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) (Vagrants)
  23. Talbotia naganum karumii (Ikeda, 1937)

[edit] References

  • Igarashi, S. & H. Fukuda. 1997. The life histories of Asian butterflies vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.

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