List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.
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[edit] Libytheinae
- Common Beak Libythea lepita (Moore, 1857)
- Whitespotted Beak Libythea narina (rohini) (Marshall, 1880)
- Club Beak Libythea myrrha, (Godart, 1819)
- Blue Beak Libythea geoffroy (alompra) (Moore, 1901/03)
[edit] Danainae
See List of butterflies of India (Danainae)
[edit] Charaxinae
[edit] Charaxes - The Rajahs
- Chestnut Rajah Charaxes durnfordi Distant, 1884
- Tawny Rajah Charaxes bernardus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Scarce Tawny Rajah Charaxes aristogiton C. Felder, 1867
- Yellow Rajah Charaxes marmax (Westwood, 1847)
- Variegated Rajah Charaxes kahruba Moore
- Black Rajah Charaxes solon (Fabricius, 1793)
[edit] Polyura - The Nawabs
- Stately Nawab (formerly Rajah) Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1848)
- Blue Nawab Polyura schreiberi (Godart, 1819)
- Common Nawab Polyura athamas (Drury, 1773)
- Pallid Nawab Polyura arja (C.Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
- Malayan Nawab Polyura moori (Distant, 1883)
- Great Nawab Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday, 1843)
- Jewelled Nawab Polyura delphis (Doubleday, 1843)
- Anomalous Common Nawab Polyura agraria
[edit] Prothoe - The Blue Begum
- Blue Begum Prothoe franck (Godart, 1824)
[edit] Agatasa - The Glorious Begum
- Glorious Begum Agatasa calydonia (Hewitson, 1854)
[edit] Morphinae
Please see List of butterflies of India (Morphinae).
[edit] Satyrinae
Please see List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae).
[edit] Calinaginae
- Freak Calinaga buddha Moore, 1857
- Calinaga gautama Moore, 1896 (Sikkim, Bhutan)
- Calinaga aborica Tyler, 1915 (Abor Hills)
[edit] Heliconiinae
- Cruiser Vindula erota Fabricius, 1793
- Large Yeoman, Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday, 1847
- Cirrochroa nicobarica Wood-Mason, 1881 (Nicobar Is)
- Tamil Yeoman Cirrochroa thais (Fabricius, 1787)
- Common Yeoman Cirrochroa tyche Felder & Felder, 1861
- Rustic Cupha erymanthis (Drury, 1773)
- Vagrans egista (Stoll, 1780)
- Small Leopard Phalantha alcippe Stoll, 1782
- Leopard Phalantha phalantha Drury, 1773
- Indian Fritillary Argynnis hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763
- Tawny Coster Acraea terpsicore (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Red Lacewing Cethosia biblis Drury, 1773
- Leopard Lacewing Cethosia cyane (Drury, 1773)
- Tamil Lacewing Cethosia nietneri Felder & Felder, 1867
[edit] Limenitidinae
- Indian White Admiral Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864
- Limenitis calidosa Moore,? (Ceylon)
- Green Commodore, Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, 1848)
- Scarce White Commodore Sumalia zulema (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1848)
- Commander Limenitis procris (Cramer, 1777)
- White Commodore Parasarpa dudu (Doubleday, 1848)
- Bicolour Commodore Parasarpa zayla (Doubleday, 1848)
- Commodore, Auzakia (=Limenitis) danava (Moore, 1858)
- Unbroken Sergeant Athyma pravara Moore, 1857
- Bhutan Sergeant Athyma jina Moore, 1858
- Common Sergeant Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Studded Sergeant Athyma asura Moore, 1858
- Great Sergeant Athyma larymna (Doubleday, 1848)
- Dot-dash Sergeant Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858
- Malay Staff Sergeant Athyma reta Moore, 1858
- Blackvein Sergeant Athyma ranga Moore, 1857
- Himalayan Sergeant, Athyma opalina (Kollar, 1844)
- Staff Sergeant, Athyma selenophora (Kollar, 1844)
- Small Staff Sergeant, Athyma zeroca Moore, 1872
- Orange Staff Sergeant, Athyma cama Moore, 1858
- Colour Sergeant, Athyma nefte (Cramer, 1780)
- Athyma rufula de Nicéville, 1889 (Andamans)
- Athyma sulpitia (Cramer, 1779) (Assam)
- Pantoporia assamica Moore, 1881
- Tytler's Lascar Pantoporia bieti (Oberthür, 1894)
- Common Lascar Pantoporia hordonia (Stoll, 1790)
- Extra Lascar Pantoporia sandaka (Butler, 1892)
- Perak Lascar Pantoporia paraka (Butler, 1879) (Assam)
- Pantoporia karwara Fruhstorfer, (Kanara, Western India) (?)
- Burmese Lascar Lasippa heliodore (Fabricius, 1787)
- Burmese Lascar Lasippa tiga (Moore, 1858)
- Yellowjack Sailer Lasippa viraja (Moore, 1872)
- Common Sailer Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758
- Shortbanded Sailer Neptis (Phaedyma) columella (Cramer, 1780)
- Chestnut-Streaked Sailer Neptis jumbah
- Yellowback Sailer Neptis viraja
- Sullied Sailer Neptis soma
- Clear Sailer Neptis nata
- Rich Sailer, Neptis nashona=Neptis anjana
- Southern Sullied Sailer Neptis clinia
- Small Yellow Sailer, Neptis miah
- Great Hockeystick Sailer Phaedyma aspasia (Leech, 1890)
- Clipper Parthenos sylvia (Cramer, 1775)
- Knight, Lebadea martha (Fabricius, 1787)
- Grey Commodore Bhagadatta austenia (Moore, 1872)
- White-tipped Baron Euthalia merta (Moore, 1859) (Assam)
- Euthalia eriphylae de Nicéville, 1891 (ssp. raya - Assam)
- White-Edged Blue Baron, Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, 1848)
- Common Baron Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, 1777)
- Euthalia alpheda (Godart, 1824) ssp. numerica (Sikkim, Assam)
- Streaked Baron, Euthalia alpheda jamaC. & R. Felder, 1867
- Euthalia anosia (Moore, 1858) (Sikkim)
- Euthalia malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Assam)
- Gaudy Baron Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, 1777)
- Baronet Euthalia nais (Forster, 1771)
- Blue Duchess Euthalia duda (Staudinger, 1855) (Sikkim)
- French Duke Euthalia franciae (Gray, 1846)
- Baron, Euthalia aconthea
- Powdered Baron, Euthalia kesava (Moore,?)
- Naga Duke Euthalia khama Alphéraky, 1898
- Bronze Duke Euthalia nara Moore, 1859
- Grand Duchess Euthalia patala (Kollar, 1844)
- Green Duke Euthalia sahadeva (Moore, ?1861)
- Blue Baron Euthalia telchinia (Ménétriés, 1857)
- Tanaecia cibaritis Hewitson, 1874 (Andamans)
- Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868)
- Lavender Count Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Common Earl Tanaecia julii (Lesson, 1837)
- Plain Earl, Tanaecia jahnu (Moore, 1857)
- Panther, Neurosigma siva (=Neurosigma doubledai) (Westwood, 1850)
- Abrota ganga Moore, 1857 (Sikkim, Bhutan)
- Redspot Duke Dophla evelina (Stoll, 1790)
- Great Archduke Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, 1869) (Assam)
- Archduke Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793)
- Dark Archduke Lexias khasiana (Swinhoe,
- Banded Marquis Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, 1848)
- Blue Duke Bassarona durga (Moore, 1857)
- Grand Duke Bassarona iva Moore, 1857
- Redtail Marquis Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886)
[edit] Cyrestinae
- Marbled Map Cyrestis cocles (Fabricius, 1787)
- Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas Boisduval, 1836
- Cyrestis tabula de Nicéville, 1883 (Nicobar)
- Cyrestis nivea (Zinken-Sommer, 1831) (Assam)
- Cyrestis andamanensis Staudinger, (Species status?)
- Common Maplet, Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, 1848)
- Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895
- Wavy Maplet Chersonesia rahria Moore, 1858
- Tabby, Pseudergolis wedah (Kollar, 1844)
- Constable Dichorragia nesimachus (Doyere, 1840)
- Popinjay, Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846)
[edit] Biblidinae
- Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne Linnaeus, 1763
- Common Castor Ariadne merione
- Laringa horsfieldii (Boisduval, 1833) (Andamans)
- Joker Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
[edit] Apaturinae
- Sergeant Emperor Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1866) (Sikkim)
- Indian Purple Emperor, Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, 1844)
- Sordid Emperor Chitoria sordida (Moore, 1866)
- Tawny Emperor Chitoria ulupi (Doherty, 1889)
- Chitoria cooperi Tytler, ?1940 (Maymo, Burma) [1]
- Golden Emperor Dilipa morgiana (Westwood, 1850)
- Tytler's Emperor Eulaceura manipurensis Tytler, 1915
- Black Prince Rohana parisatis (Westwood, 1850)
- Brown Prince Rohana parvata (Moore, 1857)
- Painted Courtesan Euripus consimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Courtesan Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)
- White Emperor Helcyra heminea Hewitson, 1864
- Pasha Herona marathus Doubleday, 1848
- Circe, Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1845)
- Siren Hestina persimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Hestina jermyni Druce, 1911 (Himalayas)
- Western Courtier Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, 1844)
- Eastern Courtier Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1858)
[edit] Nymphalinae
- Indian Tortoiseshell, Aglais cashmirensis (Kollar, 1844)
- Common Jester, Symbrenthia lilaea Hewitson, 1864
- Himalayan Jester, Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, 1824)
- Symbrenthia hippoclus (Cramer, 1779)
- Symbrenthia brabira Moore, 1872
- Symbrenthia dalailama Huang, 1998 (=S. doni)
- Blue-Tail Jester Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
- Scarce Jester Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville
- Mongol Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871)
- Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794)
- Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
- Blue Admiral Kaniska canace (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Gray Pansy Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Peacock Pansy Junonia (Precis) almana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Yellow Pansy Junonia (Precis) hierta (Fabricius, 1798)
- Chocolate Pansy, Junonia (Precis) iphita (Cramer, 1779)
- Lemon Pansy Junonia (Precis) lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blue Pansy Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Wizard Rhinopalpa polynice (Cramer, 1779)
- Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Orange Oakleaf Kallima inachus (Boisduval, 1846)
- Kallima albofasciata Moore, 1877 (Andaman Is.)
- Scarce Blue Oak Leaf Kallima alompra Moore, 1879 (Sikkim)
- South Indian Blue Oakleaf Kallima horsfieldi Kollar, 1844
- Kallima knyvetti de Nicéville, 1886 (Bhutan, Assam)
- Kallima philarchus (Westwood, 1848) Ceylon Blue Oak Leaf (Ceylon)
- Autumleaf Doleschallia bisaltide malabarica (Cramer, 1777)
[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 June 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.
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