List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)
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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself forms part of the complete list of butterflies of India.
A total of 176 species belonging to 22 genera are found in India.
[edit] Cyllogenes - The Evening Browns
- Scarce Evening Brown Cyllogenes janetae de Nicéville, 1887 (Bhutan, Naga Hills.)[1]
- Branded Evening Brown Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore, 1857) (N.India, Sikkim - Bhutan.)[1][2]
[edit] Melanitis - The Evening Browns
- Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Dark Evening Brown Melanitis phedima (Cramer, 1780)[3]
- Great Evening Brown Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796)[2][3]
[edit] Parantorrhoea -The Travancore Evening Brown
- Travancore Evening Brown Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, 1880[4]
[edit] Lethe - The Treebrowns
- Bamboo Treebrown Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775)[5]
- Common Treebrown Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787)[2][5]
- Tamil Treebrown Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, 1863)[5]
- Banded Treebrown Lethe confusa Aurivillius, [1898][5]
- Common Red Forester Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858])[5]
- Angled Red Forester Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858)[2][5]
- Pallid Forester Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880[5][6]
- Scarce Red Forester Lethe distans Butler, 1870[2][5]
- Naga Treebrown Lethe naga Doherty, 1889 [5]
- Bhutan Treebrown Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882)[2][5]
- Common Forester Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844)[5]
- Brown Forester Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876)[5][7]
- Blue Forester, Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857)[5]
- Black Forester, Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859)[5]
- Bamboo Forester Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857)[2][5]
- Tailed Red Forester Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863)[2][5]
- Pale Forester Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863[2][5]
- Dull Forester Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887[5]
- Rusty Forester Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857)[2][5]
- Straight-Banded Treebrown, Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844)[5]
- White-edged Woodbrown Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865)[2][5]
- Scarce Woodbrown Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880[2][5]
- Common Woodbrown, Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863)[2][5]
- Small Woodbrown Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887[2][5]
- Barred Woodbrown Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880[2][5]
- Yellow Woodbrown Lethe nicetas Hewitson, ?1868[5]
- Manipur Goldenfork Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914[5][8]
- Small Silverfork Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880)[5][9]
- Moeller's Silverfork Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887)[9]
- Large Goldenfork Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865)[5][9]
- Lilacfork Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849)[5][9]
- Treble Silverstripe Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886)[5][9]
- Small Goldenfork Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876[5][9]
- Single Silverstripe Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887)[5][9]
- Manipur Woodbrown Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884)[5]
- Spotted Mystic Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887[2][5]
- Tytler's Treebrown Lethe gemina Leech, 1891[5][10]
- Chinese Labyrinth Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881[5]
- Anderson's Labyrinth Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871)[5][11]
- Dismal Mystic Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885[2][5]
- Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939 [5][12]
- Scarce Lilacfork Lethe dura, (Marshall, 1882)[5][9]
[edit] Neope - The Labyrinths
- Chinese Labyrinth Neope armandii (Oberthür, 1879) (Khasi hills)[13]
- Veined Labyrinth Neope pulaha (Moore, 1857)[13][2]
- Indo-Chinese Labyrinth Neope pulahoides (Moore, 1892) (Karen hills)[13]
- Scarce Labyrinth Neope pulahina (Evans, 1923)[2][13][14]
- Dusky Labyrinth Neope yama (Moore, 1857)[13][15]
- Tailed Labyrinth Neope bhadra (Moore, 1857)[2][13]
[edit] Chonala - The Chumbi Wall
[edit] Lasiommata - The Walls
- Large Wall Lasiommata maera(Linnaeus, 1758)[17]
- Common Wall Lasiommata schakra (Kollar, [1844])[17]
- Kashmir Wall Lasiommata maerula C. & R. Felder, 1867[17]
- Dark Wall Lasiommata menava Moore, 1865[17]
[edit] Orinoma - The Tigerbrown
[edit] Rhapicera - The Tawny Walls
- Small Tawny Wall Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867[19]
- Large Tawny Wall Rhaphicera satricus (Doubleday, [1849])[19]
[edit] Penthema - The Kaisers
[edit] Ethope - The Dusky Diadem
- Dusky Diadem, Ethope himachala (Moore, 1857)[21] syn. Anadebis himachala.
[edit] Neorina - The Owl
- Yellow Owl Neorina hilda Westwood, 1850[22]
- White Owl Neorina patria Leech, 1891[22]
[edit] Elymnias -The Palmflies
- South Indian Palmfly Elymnias caudata Butler, 1872 [23]( Appears that Elymnias hypermnestra caudata is raised to status of 'species'.)
- Andaman Palmfly Elymnias cottonis Hewitson, 1874 (Andamans)[23]
- Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763)[23]
- Spotted Palmfly Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1865[2][23]
- Tiger Palmfly Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764)[2][23]
- Tawny Palmfly Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787)[23] (Nicobars)
- Blue Striped Palmfly Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851)[2][23]
- Peal's Palmfly Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, ?1883 [23][24]
- Pointed Palmfly Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851)[23][25]
- Jezebel Palmfly Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857[2][23]
[edit] Rhapicera - The Walls
- Large Tawny Wall Rhaphicera satricus (=Rhaphicera satrica) (Doubleday, 1849)[2][19]
- Small Tawny Wall Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867[2][19]
[edit] Mycalesis - The Bushbrowns
- Whitebar Bushbrown Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862[26]
- Lilacine Bushbrown, Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, 1780)[26]
- Watson's Bushbrown Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1897[26][27]
- Chinese Bushbrown Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857[26][28]
- Purple Bushbrown Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864[26]
- Dingy Bushbrown Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775)[26]
- Dark-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758)[26]
- Small Long-brand Bushbrown Mycalesis igilia Fruhstorfer, 1911[26]
- Long-Brand Bushbrown Mycalesis visala Moore, 1858[26]
- Tamil Bushbrown Mycalesis visala subdita Moore[26]
- Tytler's Bushbrown Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914 [26][29]
- Red-Disc Bushbrown Mycalesis oculus Marshall, 1880[26]
- Plain Bushbrown Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868[26]
- Moore's Bushbrown Mycalesis heri Moore, 1857[26]
- White-edged Bushbrown Mycalesis mestra Hewitson, 1862[26]
- Wood-Mason's Bushbrown Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason, 1883[26]
- Brighteye Bushbrown Mycalesis nicotia Hewitson, 1850[26]
- Salmon-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis misenus de Nicéville, 1901[2][26]
- Blind-eye Bushbrown Mycalesis mamerta (Stoll, 1780)[26]
- Palni Bushbrown Mycalesis mamerata davisoni Moore[26]
- Whiteline Bushbrown Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857[26]
- Annam Bushbrown Mycalesis annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1906[26]
- Mycalesis watsoni Evans, 1912 is correctly Mycalesis annamitica lepcha[26]
- Lepcha Bushbrown Mycalesis lepcha (Moore, 1880)[26]
- Gladeye Bushbrown, Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857[26]
- Many-tufted Bushbrown Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891[26][30]
- Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1858[26]
- Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886 [26][31]
- Mycalesis mnasicles Hewitson, 1864[26]
- Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969[26]
- Mycalesis radza Moore, 1878 [26][32]
- Intermediate Bushbrown Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, 1892) [26][33]
- Pachmarhi Bushbrown Mycalesis mercea Evans[26](nomen nudum ?)
[edit] Heteropsis - The Red-eye Bushbrown
- Red-eye Bushbrown Heteropsis adolphei ( Guérin-Ménéville, 1843)[34]
[edit] Orsotriaena -The Nigger
- Nigger Orsotriaena medus (Fabricius, 1775)[35]
[edit] Coelites - The Catseye
- Scarce Catseye Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850 (Assam)[36]
[edit] Erites - The Cyclops
[edit] Ragadia - The Ringlets
- Striped Ringlet Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, 1862[39]
- Ringlet Ragadia crito de Nicéville, 1890[40][39]
[edit] Coenonympha - Heath
- Tibetan Heath Coenonympha sinica Alphéraky, 1888[41]
[edit] Zipoetis - The Catseye
- Dark Catseye Zipoetis scylax Hewitson, 1863[2][42]
- Tamil Catseye Zipoetis saitis Hewitson, 1863[42]
[edit] Hyponephele - The Meadowbrowns
- Oriental or Branded Meadowbrown Hyponephele lupina (Costa, 1836)
- White-ringed Meadowbrown Hyponephele davendra (Moore, 1865)
- Hyponephele brevistigma (Moore, 1893)
- Hyponephele tenuistigma (Moore, 1893)
- Hyponephele narica (Hübner), [1808-1813])
- Hyponephele pulchella (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Tawny Meadowbrown Hyponephele pulchra (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
[edit] Aulocera - The Satyrs
- Great Satyr, Aulocera padma (Kollar, 1844)[43]
- Narrow-banded Satyr Aulocera brahminus (Blanchard, 1853)[43]
- Narrow-banded Satyr Aulocera brahminoides (Moore, 1901)[43][44]
- Common Satyr Aulocera swaha (Kollar, [1844])[43]
- Striated Satyr Aulocera saraswati (Kollar, [1844])[43]
[edit] Callerebia - The Arguses
- Pallid Argus Callerebia scanda (Kollar, 1844)[45][45][46]
- Ringed Argus Callerebia annada (Moore, 1858)[47]
[edit] Chazara - The Rockbrowns
- Shandur Rockbrown Chazara heydenreichi (Lederer, 1853)[48]
[edit] Karanasa
- Karanasa modesta Moore, 1893-96[49]
- Karanasa astorica Tytler, 1926[49]
- Karanasa huebneri (C. & R. Felder, [1867])[49]
- Karanasa rohtanga Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951[49]
[edit] Loxerebia - The Mottled Argus
[edit] Paralasa -
[edit] Paroeneis - The Mountain Arguses
- Mountain Argus Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)[53][54]
- Arctic Argus Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889)[53][55]
[edit] Pesudochazara - The Tawny Rockbrown
- Tawny Rockbrown Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])[56]
- Pseudochazara baldiva (Moore, 1865)[56]
- Pseudochazara lehana (Moore, 1878)[56]
[edit] Satyrus - The Satyrs
- Black Satyr Satyrus actaea (Esper, [1780])[57]
- Great Sooty Satyr Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)[57]
- Satyrus pimpla C. & R. Felder, [1867][57]
[edit] Ypthima - The Rings
- Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58][59]
- Common Threering Ypthima asterope[58]
- Jewel Fourring Ypthima avanta Moore, 1875[58]
- Common Fivering Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775)[58]
- Ypthima cantlei Norman, 1958[58][60]
- White Fourring Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1865[58]
- Nilgiri Fourring Ypthima chenui (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)[58]
- Great Five-Ring Ypthima dohertyi (Moore, 1893)[58]
- Common Fourring Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871[58]
- Brown Argus Ypthima hyagriva Moore, 1857[58]
- Western Five-Ring Ypthima indecora Moore, 1883[58]
- Lesser Three-Ring Ypthima inica Hewitson, 1865[58]
- Ypthima lisandra (Cramer, 1780) [58](Ypthima avanta bara Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 786, 797, No. D. 14/12b)
- Variegated Five-Ring, Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1865[58]
- Plain Three-Ring Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889[58][61]
- Looped Three-Ring Ypthima watsoni (Moore, 1893)[58]
- Large Three-Ring Ypthima nareda (Kollar, 1844)[58]
- Ypthima hannyngtoni Eliot, 1967[58]
- Eastern Fivering Ypthima persimilis Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
- Baby Fivering Ypthima philomela (Linnaeus, 1763)[58]
- Himalayan Five-Ring, Ypthima sakra (Moore, 1857)[58]
- Ypthima parasakra Eliot, 1987[58]
- Ypthima nikaea Moore, 1875 [58][62]
- Pallid Five-Ring Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887[58]
- Eastern Five-Ring Ypthima similis Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
- Ypthima sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
- Ypthima striata Hampson, 1888[58]
- Palni Fourring Ypthima ypthimoides Moore, 1881[58]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Cyllogenes genus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Haribal, Meena (1994) The butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their natural history.
- ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Melanitis genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Parantirrhoea genus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Lethe genus.
- ^ de Nicéville, 1880; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 49 (4): 246
- ^ Haribal (1994) mentions L. s. serbonis and L. s. teesta
- ^ Tytler, 1914²; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23:
- ^ a b c d e f g h Haribal, 1994:Noted under Zophoessa
- ^ Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 3
- ^ (Atkinson, 1871); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 215
- ^ Tytler, 1939; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41 (2): 245
- ^ a b c d e f Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Neope genus.
- ^ Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 536 (or ?531)
- ^ Meena Haribal, 1994:138.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Chonala genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Lasiommata genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Orinoma genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Rhapicera genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Penthema genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ethope genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Neorina genus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Elymnias genus.
- ^ Assam. Wood-Mason, ?1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11: 62
- ^ Assam. Khasi hills
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Mycalesis genus.
- ^ Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 650, pl. A, f. 1
- ^ Haribal, 1994:143 M. g. charaka
- ^ Tytler, 1914; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 224
- ^ de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 343, pl. F, f. 1-2
- ^ Doherty, 1886; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (3): 257
- ^ Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 583
- ^ Moore, [1892]; Lepidoptera Indica, 1 (9): 187, TL: Sylhet, Tenasserim
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Heteropsis genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Orsotriaena genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Coelites genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Erites genus.
- ^ Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 237, TL: Cachar
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ragadia genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Coenonympha genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Zipaetis genus.
- ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Aulocera genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994" Gives as A. brahminus brahminoides (Moore), 1892. Markku Savela splits A. brahminus and A. brahminoides.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Callerebia genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994: Notes C. scanda scanda and C. s. opima
- ^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia ananda with ssp. caeca and ananda
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Chazara genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Karanasa genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Loxerebia genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia narasingha(sic). Marrku Savela gives Loxerebia narasingha dohertyi and gives reference to Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 785
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Paralasa genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Paroeneis genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis pumilus bicolor (Seitz, 1908)
- ^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis palaearcticus sikkimensis (Staudinger) 1889
- ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Pseudochazara genus.
- ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Satyrus genus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ypthima genus.
- ^ Elwes & Edwards, 1893²; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893: f. 30
- ^ Norman, 1958; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 55 (1): 180
- ^ de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 165
- ^ Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 567
[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
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [2].
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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