List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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.
Danainae (26 spp)
See List of butterflies of India (Danainae).
Morphinae (20 spp)
Please see List of butterflies of India (Morphinae).
Satyrinae (176 spp)
Please see List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae).
Limenitidinae (99 spp)
Please see List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)
Libytheinae
Charaxinae
Charaxes - The Rajahs
Polyura - The Nawabs
Prothoe - The Blue Begum
Agatasa - The Glorious Begum
Calinaginae
Heliconiinae
Acraea - The Tawny Coster
Cethosia - The Lacewings
Clossiana - The Fritillaries
Issoria - The Queen of Spain Fritillaries
Kuekenthaliella - The Fritillaries
- Kuekenthaliella gemmata (Butler, 1881)
- Kuekenthaliella altissima (Elwes, 1882)
- Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)
Fabriciana - The Silverstripes
- Common Silverstripe Fabriciana kamala (Moore, 1857)
- Fabriciana argyrospilata (Kotsch, 1938)
Argyreus - The Indian Fritillary
Childrena - The Large Silverstripe
Speyeria - The Fritillaries
- Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844)
- Speyeria claudia (Fawcett 1904)
Argyronome - The Eastern Silverstripe
Phalanta - The Leopards
Vindula - The Cruiser
Cirrochroa - The Yeomans
- Large Yeoman Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday, 1847
- Tamil Yeoman Cirrochroa thais (Fabricius, 1787)
- Nicobar Yeoman Cirrochroa nicobarica Wood-Mason, 1881 (Nicobar Is)
- Common Yeoman Cirrochroa tyche Felder & Felder, 1861
Cupha - The Rustic
Vagrans - The Vagrant
Cyrestinae
Cyrestis - The Maps
- Marbled Map Cyrestis cocles (Fabricius, 1787)
- Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas Boisduval, 1836
- Nicobar Map Cyrestis tabula de Nicéville, 1883.
- Straight Line Map Cyrestis nivea (Zinken-Sommer, 1831)
- Andaman Map Cyrestis andamanensis Staudinger
Chersonesia - The Maplets
- Common Maplet, Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, 1848)
- Intermediate Maplet Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895
- Wavy Maplet Chersonesia rahria (Moore, 1858)
Dichorragia - The Constable
Stibochiona - The Popinjay
Pseudergolinae
Biblidinae
Ariadne - The Castors
Laringa
- The Banded Dandy Laringa horsfieldii (Boisduval, 1833) (Andamans)
Byblia - The Joker
Apaturinae
Mimathyma - The Purple Emperors
- Sergeant Emperor Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1866) (Sikkim)
- Indian Purple Emperor, Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, 1844)
Chitoria - The Emperors
Dilipa - The Golden Emperor
Eulacera - Tytler's Emperor
- Tytler's Emperor Eulaceura manipurensis Tytler, 1915
Rohana - The Princes
- Black Prince Rohana parisatis (Westwood, 1850)
- Brown Prince Rohana parvata (Moore, 1857)
Euripus - The Courtesans
- Painted Courtesan Euripus consimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Courtesan Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)
Helcyra - The White Emperors
Herona - The Pasha
Hestina - The Circe
- Circe, Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1845)
- Siren Hestina persimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Hestina jermyni Druce, 1911 (Himalayas)
Sephisa - The Courtiers
Nymphalinae
Araschnia - The Mongol
- Mongol Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871)
Symbrenthia - The Jesters
- Common Jester, Symbrenthia lilaea Hewitson, 1864 (= Symbrenthia hippoclus in part)
- Spotted Jester, Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, 1824)
- Himalayan Jester Symbrenthia brabira Moore, 1872
- Tytler's Jester Symbrenthia doni Tytler, 1940 (= dalailama Huang, 1998)
- Blue-Tail Jester Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
- Scarce Jester Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville
Vanessa - The Indian Red Admiral
Nymphalis - The Tortoiseshells
Junonia - The Pansies
Hypolimnas - The eggflies
Kallima - The Oakleafs
Doleschallia - The Autumn Leaf
Rhinopalpa - The Wizard
Melitaea
Cited references
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Libythea genus.
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. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
See also
Butterflies and moths of India
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