List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)
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 177 species belonging to 22 genera are found in India.
Cyllogenes - The Evening Browns
Melanitis - The Evening Browns
Parantirrhoea -The Travancore Evening Brown
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]
Neope - The Labyrinths
Chonala - The Chumbi Wall
Lasiommata - The Walls
Orinoma - The Tigerbrown
- Tiger Brown Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846[2][18]
Rhapicera - The Tawny Walls
Penthema - The Kaisers
Ethope - The Dusky Diadem
Neorina - The Owl
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]
Rhapicera - The Walls
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]
- 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]
- 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 ?)
Heteropsis - The Red-eye Bushbrown
Orsotriaena -The Nigger
Coelites - The Catseye
- Scarce Catseye Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850 (Assam)[36]
Erites - The Cyclops
- Common Cyclops Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, ?1886[37][38]
Ragadia - The Ringlets
- Striped Ringlet Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, 1862[39]
- Ringlet, Ragadia crito de Nicéville, 1890[39][40]
Coenonympha - Heath
- Tibetan Heath Coenonympha sinica Alphéraky, 1888[41]
Zipaetis - The Catseye
Hyponephele - The Meadowbrowns
Aulocera - The Satyrs
Callerebia - The Arguses
Chazara - The Rockbrowns
- Shandur Rockbrown Chazara heydenreichi (Lederer, 1853)[48]
Karanasa
Loxerebia - The Mottled Argus
- Mottled Argus Loxerebia narasingha (Moore, 1857)[50][51]
Paralasa -
- Paralasa chitralica (Evans, 1923)[52]
- Paralasa mani (de Nicéville, 1880)[52]
Paroeneis - The Mountain Arguses
- Mountain Argus Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)[53][54]
- Arctic Argus Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889)[53][55]
Pesudochazara - The Tawny Rockbrown
- Tawny Rockbrown Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])[56]
- Pseudochazara baldiva (Moore, 1865)[56]
- Pseudochazara lehana (Moore, 1878)[56]
Satyrus - The Satyrs
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]
- Ypthima kedarnathensis Singh, 2007[63]
- 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]
Cited references
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page on Melanitis genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page 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 Page on Neope genus.
- ^ Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 536 (or ?531)
- ^ Meena Haribal, 1994:138.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chonala genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lasiommata genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Orinoma genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Rhapicera genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Penthema genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ethope genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Neorina genus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page 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 Page on Heteropsis genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Orsotriaena genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Coelites genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page on Ragadia genus.
- ^ Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Coenonympha genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Zipaetis genus.
- ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page 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 Page on Chazara genus.
- ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Karanasa genus.
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page on Paralasa genus.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page on Pseudochazara genus.
- ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page 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 Page 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
- ^ Singh, Arun P. (2007). "A new butterfly species of the genus Ypthima Hubner (Nymphalidae:Satyrinae) from the Garhwal Himalaya, India.". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 191–194.
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].
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2].
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, M. (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
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