List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)
Commander, Moduza procris, a limenitidine butterfly found in India.
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Limenitidinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.
A total of 99 species belonging to 20 genera are found in India.
Limenitis - The Admirals
- Indian White Admiral Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864[1]
Summalia - The Green Commodore
- Green Commodore, Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, 1848)[2]
- Scarce White Commodore Sumalia zulema (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1848)[2]
Moduza - The Commander
- Commander Moduza procris (Cramer, 1777)[3]
Parasarpa - The Commodores
- White Commodore Parasarpa dudu (Doubleday, 1848)[4]
- Bicolour Commodore Parasarpa zayla (Doubleday, 1848)[4]
Auzakia danava - The Commodore
Commodore, Auzakia danava.
- Commodore, Auzakia danava (Moore, 1858)[5]
Athyma - The Sergeants
- Unbroken Sergeant Athyma pravara Moore, 1857[6]
- Bhutan Sergeant Athyma jina Moore, 1858[6]
- Common Sergeant Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
- Studded Sergeant Athyma asura Moore, 1858[6]
- Great Sergeant Athyma larymna (Doubleday, 1848)[6]
- Dot-dash Sergeant Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858[6]
- Malay Staff Sergeant Athyma reta Moore, 1858[6]
- Blackvein Sergeant Athyma ranga Moore, 1857[6]
- Himalayan Sergeant Athyma opalina (Kollar, 1844)[6]
- Staff Sergeant Athyma selenophora (Kollar, 1844)[6]
- Small Staff Sergeant Athyma zeroca Moore, 1872[6]
- Orange Staff Sergeant Athyma cama Moore, 1858[6]
- Colour Sergeant, Athyma nefte (Cramer, 1780)[6]
- Colour Sergeant, Athyma inara Doubleday 1850[6]
- Andaman Sergeant Athyma rufula de Nicéville, 1889[6]
- Spotted Sergeant Athyma sulpitia (Cramer, 1779)[6]
Lebadea - The Knight
- Knight Lebadea martha (Fabricius, 1787)[7]
Pantoporia - The Lascars
- Assam Lascar Pantoporia assamica (Moore, 1881)[8]
- Tytler's Lascar Pantoporia bieti (Oberthür, 1894)[8]
- Common Lascar Pantoporia hordonia (Stoll, 1790)[8]
- Extra Lascar Pantoporia sandaka (Butler, 1892)[8]
- Perak Lascar Pantoporia paraka (Butler, 1879)[8]
- Karwar Lascar Pantoporia karwara Fruhstorfer, 1906[8] (Kanara, Western India) (valid?)
Lasippa - The Lascars
- Burmese Lascar Lasippa heliodore (Fabricius, 1787)
- Burmese Lascar Lasippa tiga (Moore, 1858)
- Yellowjack Sailer Lasippa viraja (Moore, 1872)
Neptis - The Sailers
- Chestnut-Streaked Sailer Neptis jumbah Moore 1857
- Indian Dingiest Sailer Neptis harita Moore, 1875
- Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884
- Neptis vikasi Horsfield, [1829]
- Small Yellow Sailer Neptis miah Moore, 1858
- Yerbury's Sailer Neptis yerburii Butler, 1886
- Pallas' Sailer Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
- Common Sailer Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758
- Clear Sailer or Southern Sullied Sailer Neptis clinia Moore, 1872
- Clear Sailer Neptis nata Moore, 1858
- Shortbanded Sailer Neptis columella (Cramer, 1780)
- Sullied Sailer Neptis soma Moore, 1858
- Himalayan Sailer Neptis mahendra Moore, 1872
- Broad-banded Sailer Neptis sankara (Kollar, 1844)
- Pale-green Sailer Neptis zaida Doubleday, 1848
- Spotted Sailer Neptis magadha C. & R. Felder, 1867
- Great Yellow Sailer Neptis radha Moore, 1857
- Broadstick Sailer Neptis narayana Moore, 1858
- Yellow Sailer Neptis ananta Moore, 1858
- Rich Sailer Neptis anjana Moore, 1881
- Less Rich Sailer Neptis nashona Swinhoe, 1896
- Hockeystick Sailer Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890
- Pale Hockeystick Sailer Neptis manasa Moore, 1857
- Manipur Yellow Sailer Neptis namba Tytler, 1915
- Plain Sailer Neptis cartica Moore, 1872
- Armand's Sailer' Neptis armandia Oberthür, 1876
- Chinese Yellow Sailer Neptis cydippe Leech, 1890
- Spotted Sailer Neptis magatha (Stoll) (?)
- Clear Sailer Neptis nandina Moore, 1858
Phaedyma - The Great Hockeystick Sailer
- Great Hockeystick Sailer Phaedyma aspasia (Leech, 1890)
- Short-banded Sailer Phaedyma columella (Cramer, [1780])
Parthenos - The Clipper
- Clipper Parthenos sylvia (Cramer, 1775)[9]
Bhagadatta - The Grey Commodore
- Grey Commodore Bhagadatta austenia (Moore, 1872)[10]
Euthalia - The Barons
- Powdered Baron Euthalia monina, (Moore, 1859)[11]
- White-tipped Baron Euthalia merta (Moore, 1859)[11]
- Euthalia eriphylae de Nicéville, 1891[11]
- White-Edged Blue Baron, Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, 1848)[11]
- Common Baron Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, 1777)[11]
- Streaked Baron, Euthalia alpheda (Godart, [1824]) (ssp. jama C. & R. Felder, 1867[11]
- Grey Baron Euthalia anosia (Moore, 1858)[11]
- Euthalia malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899[11]
- Gaudy Baron Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, 1777)[11]
- Baronet Euthalia nais (Forster, 1771)[11]
- Blue Duchess Euthalia duda (Staudinger, 1855)[11]
- French Duke Euthalia franciae (Gray, 1846)[11]
- Naga Duke Euthalia khama Alphéraky, 1898[11]
- Bronze Duke Euthalia nara Moore, 1859[11]
- Grand Duchess Euthalia patala (Kollar, 1844)[11]
- Green Duke Euthalia sahadeva (Moore, ?1861)[11]
- Blue Baron Euthalia telchinia (Ménétriés, 1857)[11]
Tanaecia - The Counts
- Andaman Viscount Tanaecia cibaritis Hewitson, 1874[12]
- Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868)[12]
- Lavender Count Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787)[12]
- Common Earl Tanaecia julii (Lesson, 1837)[12]
- Plain Earl Tanaecia jahnu (Moore, 1857)[12]
Neurosigma - The Panther
- Panther, Neurosigma siva (Westwood, 1850)[13]
Abrota - Sergeant-major
- Sergeant-major Abrota ganga Moore, 1857[14]
Dophla - Redspot Duke
- Redspot Duke Dophla evelina (Stoll, 1790)[15]
Lexias - The Archdukes
- Great Archduke Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, 1869)[16]
- Lexias pardalis (Moore, 1878)[16]
- Archduke Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793)[16]
Bassarona - The Dukes
- Blue Duke Bassarona durga (Moore, 1857)[17]
- Grand Duke Bassarona iva Moore, 1857[17]
- Redtail Marquis Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886)[17]
- Banded Marquis Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, 1848)[17]
Cited references
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Limenitis genus.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Sumalia genus.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Moduza genus.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Parasarpa genus.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Auzakia genus.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Athyma genus.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lebadea genus.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pantoporia genus.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Parthenos genus.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Bhagadatta genus.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Euthalia genus.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Tanaecia genus
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Neurosigma.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Abrota.
- ↑ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Dophla genus.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lexias genus.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Bassarona 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 .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
See also
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