List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)

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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.

1 Morphinae
2 Notes
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Morphinae

Common Faun Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787)^[1]
Common Faun Faunis canens Hübner, 1826^[2]^[3]
Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858) (Khasia-Jaintia Hills)
Large Faun Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) (Assam)
Yellow Dryad Aemona amathusia (Hewitson, 1867)^[2]
Aemona lena Atkinson, 1872 (Karen hills)
Blue Caliph Enispe cycnus Westwood, 1851^[2]
Red Caliph Enispe euthymius (Doubleday, 1845)^[2]
Enispe intermedia Rothschild, 1916
Enispe lunatus Leech
Discophora deo de Nicéville, 1898 ^[4]
Souther Duffer Discophora lepida (Moore, 1857)
Common Duffer Discophora sondaica Boisduval, 1836
Great Duffer Discophora timora Westwood, 1850^[2]
Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Andaman Is.)
Palmking Amathusia phidippus Linnaeus, 1763
Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904
Koh-i-noor Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847)^[2]
Jungle Glory Thaumantis diores Doubleday, 1845^[2]
Jungleking Thauria lathyi Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Manipur)
Northern Jungle Queen Stichophthalma camadeva (Westwood, 1848)^[2]
Chocolate Jungle Queen Stichophthalma nourmahal (Westwood, 1851)^[2]
Manipur Jungle Queen Stichophthalma sparta de Nicéville, 1889

[edit] Notes

^ Assam per Markku Saavela
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
^ Marrku Saavela gives Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933. (Ed.) Needs check with previous species.
^ de Nicéville, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1): 137 (Manipur)

[edit] References

Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] [accessed 14 Oct 2006]
Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.