List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Hesperiinae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete list of butterflies of India. A total of 133 species of 48 genera belonging to this subfamily are found in India.

1 Checklist
2 Cited references
3 References
4 See also

Checklist

Actinor - The Veined Dart

Veined Dart Actinor radians (Moore, 1878)^[1]

Aeromachus - The Scrub Hoppers

Veined Scrub Hopper Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878)^[2]
Dingy Scrub Hopper, Aeromachus dubius (Elwes & Edwards , 1897)^[2]
Pygmy Scrub Hopper, Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)^[2]
Grey Scrub Hopper Aeromachus jhora (de Nicéville, 1885)^[2]
Blue-spotted Scrub Hopper Aeromachus kali (de Nicéville, 1885)^[2]

Ampittia - The Bush Hopper

Bush Hopper, Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)^[3]

Ancistroides - The Chocolate Demon

Chocolate Demon, Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, 1824)^[4]

Arnetta - The Bobs

Coorg Forest Hopper, Arnetta mercara (Evans, 1932)^[5]
Vindhyan Bob, Arnetta vindhiana (Moore, 1883)^[5]
Atkinson's Bob Arnetta atkinsoni (Moore, 1878)^[5]

Astictopterus - Forest Hopper

Forest Hopper, Astictopterus jama C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860^[6]

Baoris - The Swifts

Paintbrush Swift, Baoris farri (Moore , 1878)^[7]
Swift Baoris penicillata (Moore, 1878)^[7]
Figure-of-8 Swift Baoris pagana de Nicéville, 1887^[7]
Small Paintbrush Swift Baoris unicolor Moore 1873^[7]

Baracus - The Hedge-Hopper

Hampson's Hedge-Hopper, Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)^[8]
Hampson's Hedge-Hopper, Baracus hampsoni Elwes & Edwards 1897^[8]^[9]

Borbo - The Swift

Rice Swift, Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)^[10]

Caltoris - The Swifts

Blank Swift, Caltoris kumara (Moore , 1878)^[11]
Yellow-fringed Swift Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)^[11]
Colon Swift Caltoris cahira (Moore, 1877)^[11]
- Austen's Swift Caltoris cahira austeni (Moore, 1883)^[11]
Full Stop Swift Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876)^[11]
Purple Swift Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, 1884)^[11]
Philippine Swift, Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)^[11]
Tufted Swift Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887)^[11]
Kanara Swift, Caltoris canaraica (Moore , 1883)^[11]

Cephrenes - The Palm Darts

Plain Palm Dart, Cephrenes chrysozona (Plötz, 1883)^[12]

Creteus - The Nonsuch Palmer

Nonsuch Palmer Creteus cyrina Hewitson, 1876^[13]

Cuphita - The Wax Dart

Wax Dart, Cupitha purreea (Moore , 1877)^[14]

Erionota - The Redeyes

Palm Redeye Erionota hiraca (Moore, 1881)^[15]
Palm Redeye, Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)^[15]
Banana Skipper Erionota torus Evans, 1941^[15]^[16]

Gangara - The Giant Redeyes

Giant Redeye Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius , 1775)^[17]
Banded Redeye Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886)^[17]

Gegenes - The Dingy Swift

Dingy Swift, Gegenes nostradomus (Fabricius, 1793)^[18]
Pigmy Skipper Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)^[18]

Halpe - The Aces

Ceylon Ace Halpe egena (Felder)^[19]
Indian Ace, Halpe homolea (Hewitson, 1868)^[19]
Sikkim Ace Halpe sikkima Moore, 1882^[19]
Banded Ace Halpe zema (Hewitson, 1877)^[19]
Moore's Ace Halpe porus (Mabille , 1876)^[19]
Confusing Ace Halpe wantona Swinhoe, 1893^[19]
Madras Ace Halpe honorei (de Nicéville, 1887)^[19]
Halpe arcuata Evans, 1937^[19]
Halpe filda Evans, 1949^[19]
Halpe knyvetti Elwes & Edwards, 1897^[19]
Halpe kumara de Nicéville, 1885^[19]
Halpe scissa Cantlie, 1961^[19]

Hyarotis - The Flitters

Tree Flitter, Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, 1780)^[20]
Brush Flitter, Hyarotis microsticta (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887)^[20]

Iambrix - The Chestnut Bob

Chestnut Bob, Iambrix salsala (Moore, 1866)^[21]

Iton -The Common Wight

Common Wight Iton semamora (Moore, 1866)^[22]

Koruthaialos - The Velvet Bobs

Narrow-banded Velvet Bob Koruthaialos rubecula (Plötz, 1882)^[23]
Bright Red Velvet Bob Koruthaialos sindu (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)^[23]
Dark Velvet Bob Koruthaialos butleri (de Nicéville, 1884)^[23]

Matapa - The Redeyes

Common Redeye Matapa aria (Moore, 1866)^[24]
Fringed Redeye Matapa cresta Evans, 1949^[24]
Grey-brand Redeye Matapa druna (Moore, 1865)^[24]
Black-veined Redeye Matapa sasivarna (Moore, 1866)^[24]

Notocrypta - The Demons

Restricted Demon, Notocrypta curvifascia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)^[25]
Spotted Demon, Notocrypta feisthamelii (Boisduval, 1832)^[25]
Common Banded Demon, Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)^[25]

Ochlodes - The Darters

Subhyaline Darter Ochlodes subhyalina (Bremer & Grey, 1853)^[26]
Assam Darter Ochlodes siva Moore, 1878^[26]

Ochus - The Tiger Hopper

Tiger Hopper Ochus subvittatus (Moore, 1878)^[27]

Oriens - The Dartlets

Tamil Dartlet, Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)^[28]
Common Dartlet Oriens gola (Moore, 1881)^[28]
Common Dartlet Oriens goloides (Moore, 1881)^[28]^[29]

Parnara - The Swifts

Straight Swift Parnara guttatus (Bremer & Grey, [1852])^[30]

Pelopidas - The Dark Branded Swift

Great Swift, Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882)^[31]
Conjoined Swift, Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)^[31]
Chinese Swift or Large Branded Swift Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)^[31]
Bengal Swift, Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1866)^[31]
Large Branded Swift, Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878)^[31]
Dark Small-Branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, Lesser Millet Skipper or Black Branded Swift Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)^[31]
Millet Skipper or White Branded Swift Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)

Pithauria - The Straw Aces

Dark Straw Ace Pithauria murdava (Moore, 1866)^[32]
Banded Straw Ace Pithauria marsena (Hewitson, 1866)^[32]
Light Straw Ace Pithauria stramineipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887^[32]

Plastingia - The Spotted Lancers

Silver Spotted Lancer Plastingia naga (de Nicéville, 1884)^[33]

Polytremis - The Swifts

Contiguous Swift, Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)^[34]
Yellow Spot Swift Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)^[34]
Himalayan Swift, Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)^[34]

Potanthus - The Darts

Indian Dart or Common Dart, Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)^[35]
Himalayan Dart Potanthus dara (Kollar, 1844)^[35]
Palni Dart, Potanthus palnia (Evans, 1914)^[35]
Pallied Dart, Potanthus pallidus (Evans, 1932)^[35]
Branded Dart Potanthus rectifasciata (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)^[35]
Detached Dart Potanthus trachala (Mabille, 1878)^[35]
Burmese Dart Potanthus juno (Evans, 1932)^[35]
Confucian/Chinese Dart, Potanthus confucius (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)^[35]
Sikkim Dart Potanthus mara Evans, 1932^[35]

Pseudoborbo - The Swift

Beavan's Swift, Pseudoborbo bevani (Moore, 1878)^[36]

Psolos - The Coons

Coon, Psolos fuligo (Mabille, 1876)^[37]
Coon, Psolos puligo (Mabille, 1876)^[37]

Pudicitia - The Spotted Redeyes

Spotted Redeye Pudicitia pholus (de Nicéville, 1889)^[38]

Quedara - The Dubious Flitter

Dubious Flitter Quedara monteithi (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887)^[39]

Salanoemia

Spotted Yellow Lancer Salanoemia noemi (de Nicéville, 1885)^[40]
Maculate Lancer Salanoemia sala (Hewitson, 1866)^[40]

Scobura - The Forest Bob

Forest Bob Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876)^[41]
Malay Forest Bob Scobura phiditia (Hewitson, [1866])^[41]
Forest Bob Scobura isota (Swinhoe, 1893)^[41]
Large Forest Bob Scobura cephaloides (de Nicéville, 1889)^[41]

Sebastonyma

Sebastonyma dolopia (Hewitson, 1868)^[42]

Sovia - The Bicolour Ace

Bicolour Ace Sovia hyrtacus (de Nicéville, 1897)^[43]
Chequered Ace Sovia separata (Moore, 1882)^[43]
Graham's Ace Sovia grahami (Evans, 1926)^[43]

Stimula

Watson's Demon Stimula swinhoei (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)^[44]

Suada - The Grass Bob

Grass Bob Suada swerga (de Nicéville, 1883)

Suastus - The Palm Bobs

Indian Palm Bob, Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798)^[45]
Small Palm Bob, Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877)^[45]

Taractrocera - The Grass Darts

Tamil Grass Dart, Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868)^[46]
Common Grass Dart, Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793)^[46]
Himalayan Dark Dart Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1865)^[46]

Telicota - The Palm Darts

Common Palm Dart, Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)^[47]
Pale Palm Dart Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)^[47]
Linna Palm Dart Telicota linna Evans, 1949^[47]
Dark Palm Dart Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878)^[47]
Dark Palm Dart Telicota pythias Mabille^[47]

Thoressa - The Spotted Aces

Thoressa aina (de Nicéville, 1890)^[48]
Thoressa cerata (Hewitson, 1876)^[48]
Thoressa fusca (Elwes, [1893])^[48]
Thoressa gupta (de Nicéville, 1886)^[48]
Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville, 1891)^[48]
Thoressa masuriensis (Moore, 1878)^[48]
Thoressa pandita (de Nicéville, 1885)^[48]
Southern Spotted Ace or Unbranded Ace, Thoressa astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890)^[49]
Evershed's Ace, Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910)^[50]
Tamil Ace or Sitala Ace, Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885)^[51]

Udaspes - The Grass Demon

Grass Demon, Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)^[52]

Zela

Zela zeus de Nicéville, 1895^[53]

Zographetus - The Flitters

Purple and Gold Flitter Zographetus satwa (de Nicéville, 1884)^[54]
Purple Spotted Flitter Zographetus ogygia (Hewitson, 1866)^[54]

Cited references

^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Actinor genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Marrku Savela's Website on LepidopteraPage on Aeromachus genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ampittia genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ancistroides genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Arnetta genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Astictopterus genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Baoris genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Baracus genus.
^ Card for Baracus hampsoni in LepIndex. Accessed 31 July 2007.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Borbo genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Caltoris genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Cephrenes genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Creteus genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Cupitha genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Erionota genus.
^ ZipcodeZoo.com Page for Erionota torus
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Gangara genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Gegenes genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Halpe genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Hyarotis genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Iambrix genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Iton genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Koruthaislos genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Matapa genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Notocrypta genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ochlodes genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Ochus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Oriens genus.
^ Haribal, 1994: Mentions O. g. pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Parnara genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pelopidas genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pithauria genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Plastingia genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polytremis genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Potanthus genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pseudoborbo genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Psolos genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pudicitia genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Quedara genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Salanoemia genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Scobura genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Sebastonyma .
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Sovia genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Stimula genus.
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Suastus genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Taractrocera genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Telicota genus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thoressa genus.
^ Card for Thoressa astigmata in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
^ Card for Thoressa evershedi in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
^ Card for Thoressa sitala in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Udaspes genus.
^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Zela .
^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Zographetus genus.

References

Print

Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C. (1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
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Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India, (i to xviii, pp254, Plates 1 to 32) Universities Press (India) Ltd, Hyderabad (reprint 2006). ISBN 81-7371-354-5
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.Online

Online

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 26 September 2007).
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