List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)
Common palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra 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 - evening browns
Melanitis - evening browns
Parantirrhoea - Travancore evening brown
Lethe - treebrownsBamboo treebrown, Lethe europa [ 5]
Common treebrown, Lethe rohria [ 2] [ 5]
Tamil treebrown, Lethe drypetis [ 5]
Banded treebrown, Lethe confusa [ 5]
Common red forester, Lethe mekara [ 5]
Angled red forester, Lethe chandica [ 2] [ 5]
Pallid forester, Lethe satyavati de Nicéville , 1880[ 5] [ 6]
Scarce red forester, Lethe distans [ 2] [ 5]
Naga treebrown, Lethe naga [ 5]
Bhutan treebrown, Lethe margaritae [ 2] [ 5]
Common forester, Lethe insana [ 5]
Brown forester, Lethe serbonis [ 5] [ 7]
Blue forester, Lethe scanda [ 5]
Black forester, Lethe vindhya [ 5]
Bamboo forester, Lethe kansa [ 2] [ 5]
Tailed red forester, Lethe sinorix [ 2] [ 5]
Pale forester, Lethe latiaris [ 2] [ 5]
Dull forester, Lethe gulnihal [ 5]
Rusty forester, Lethe bhairava [ 2] [ 5]
Straight-banded treebrown, Lethe verma [ 5]
White-edged woodbrown, Lethe visrava [ 2] [ 5]
Scarce woodbrown, Lethe siderea [ 2] [ 5]
Common woodbrown, Lethe sidonis [ 2] [ 5]
Small woodbrown, Lethe nicetella [ 2] [ 5]
Barred woodbrown, Lethe maitrya [ 2] [ 5]
Yellow woodbrown, Lethe nicetas [ 5]
Manipur goldenfork, Lethe kabrua [ 5] [ 8]
Small silverfork, Lethe jalaurida [ 5] [ 9]
Moeller's silverfork, Lethe moelleri [ 9]
Large goldenfork, Lethe goalpara [ 5] [ 9]
Lilacfork, Lethe sura [ 5] [ 9]
Treble silverstripe, Lethe baladeva [ 5] [ 9]
Small goldenfork, Lethe atkinsonia [ 5] [ 9]
Single silverstripe, Lethe ramadeva [ 5] [ 9]
Manipur woodbrown, Lethe violaceopicta [ 5]
Spotted mystic, Lethe tristigmata [ 2] [ 5]
Tytler's treebrown, Lethe gemina [ 5] [ 10]
Chinese labyrinth, Lethe armandina [ 5]
Anderson's labyrinth, Lethe andersoni [ 5] [ 11]
Dismal mystic, Lethe ocellata [ 2] [ 5]
Lethe dakwania [ 5] [ 12] Scarce lilacfork, Lethe dura [ 5] [ 9]
Neope - labyrinthsChinese labyrinth, Neope armandii [ 13]
Veined labyrinth, Neope pulaha [ 2] [ 13]
Indo-Chinese labyrinth, Neope pulahoides [ 13]
Scarce labyrinth, Neope pulahina [ 2] [ 13] [ 14]
Dusky labyrinth, Neope yama [ 13] [ 15]
Tailed labyrinth, Neope bhadra [ 2] [ 13]
Chonala - Chumbi wall
Lasiommata - walls
Orinoma - tiger brown
Rhapicera - tawny walls
Penthema - kaisers
Ethope - dusky diadem
Neorina - owl
Elymnias - palmfliesSouth Indian palmfly, Elymnias caudata [ 23] Elymnias hypermnestra caudata
Andaman palmfly, Elymnias cottonis [ 23]
Common palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra [ 23]
Spotted palmfly, Elymnias malelas [ 2] [ 23]
Tiger palmfly, Elymnias nesaea [ 2] [ 23]
Tawny palmfly, Elymnias panthera [ 23]
Blue striped palmfly, Elymnias patna [ 2] [ 23]
Peal's palmfly, Elymnias pealii [ 23] [ 24]
Pointed palmfly, Elymnias penanga [ 23] [ 25]
Jezebel palmfly, Elymnias vasudeva [ 2] [ 23]
Rhapicera - walls
Mycalesis - bushbrownsWhitebar bushbrown, Mycalesis anaxias [ 26]
Lilacine bushbrown, Mycalesis francisca [ 26]
Watson's bushbrown, Mycalesis adamsoni [ 26] [ 27]
Chinese bushbrown, Mycalesis gotama [ 26] [ 28]
Purple bushbrown, Mycalesis orseis [ 26]
Dingy bushbrown, Mycalesis perseus [ 26]
Dark-branded bushbrown, Mycalesis mineus [ 26]
Small long-brand bushbrown, Mycalesis igilia [ 26]
Long-brand bushbrown, Mycalesis visala [ 26]
Tytler's bushbrown, Mycalesis evansii [ 26] [ 29]
Red-disc bushbrown, Mycalesis oculus [ 26]
Plain bushbrown, Mycalesis malsarida [ 26]
Moore's bushbrown, Mycalesis heri [ 26]
White-edged bushbrown, Mycalesis mestra [ 26]
Wood-Mason's bushbrown, Mycalesis suaveolens [ 26]
Brighteye bushbrown, Mycalesis nicotia [ 26]
Salmon-branded bushbrown, Mycalesis misenus [ 2] [ 26]
Blind-eye bushbrown, Mycalesis mamerta [ 26]
Whiteline bushbrown, Mycalesis malsara [ 26]
Annam bushbrown, Mycalesis annamitica [ 26]
Lepcha bushbrown, Mycalesis lepcha [ 26]
Gladeye bushbrown, Mycalesis patnia [ 26]
Many-tufted bushbrown, Mycalesis mystes [ 26] [ 30]
Mycalesis anapita [ 26] Mycalesis manii [ 26] [ 31] Mycalesis mnasicles [ 26] Mycalesis patiana [ 26] Mycalesis radza [ 26] [ 32] Intermediate bushbrown, Mycalesis intermedia [ 26] [ 33]
Pachmarhi bushbrown, Mycalesis mercea [ 26] nomen nudum ?)
Heteropsis - red-eye bushbrown
Orsotriaena - nigger
Coelites - catseye
Erites - cyclops
Ragadia - ringlets
Coenonympha - heath
Zipaetis - catseye
Hyponephele - meadowbrownsOriental or branded meadowbrown, Hyponephele lupina
White-ringed meadowbrown, Hyponephele davendra
Hyponephele brevistigma Hyponephele tenuistigma Hyponephele narica Hyponephele pulchella Tawny meadowbrown, Hyponephele pulchra
Aulocera - satyrs
Callerebia - arguses
Chazara - rockbrowns
Karanasa
Loxerebia - mottled argus
Paralasa
Paroeneis - mountain arguses
Pesudochazara - tawny rockbrown
Satyrus - satyrs
Ypthima - ringsYpthima affectata [ 58] [ 59] Common threering, Ypthima asterope [ 58]
Jewel fourring, Ypthima avanta [ 58]
Common fivering, Ypthima baldus [ 58]
Ypthima cantlei [ 58] [ 60] White fourring, Ypthima ceylonica [ 58]
Nilgiri fourring, Ypthima chenui [ 58]
Great five-ring, Ypthima dohertyi [ 58]
Common fourring, Ypthima huebneri [ 58]
Brown argus, Ypthima hyagriva [ 58]
Western five-ring, Ypthima indecora [ 58]
Lesser three-ring, Ypthima inica [ 58]
Ypthima lisandra [ 58] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (3): 786, 797, No. D. 14/12b)Variegated five-ring, Ypthima methora [ 58]
Plain three-ring, Ypthima lycus [ 58] [ 61]
Looped three-ring, Ypthima watsoni [ 58]
Large three-ring, Ypthima nareda [ 58]
Ypthima hannyngtoni [ 58] Eastern fivering, Ypthima persimilis [ 58]
Baby fivering, Ypthima philomela [ 58]
Himalayan five-ring, Ypthima sakra [ 58]
Ypthima parasakra [ 58] Ypthima nikaea [ 58] [ 62] Ypthima kedarnathensis [ 63] Pallid five-ring, Ypthima savara [ 58]
Eastern five-ring, Ypthima similis [ 58]
Ypthima sobrina [ 58] Ypthima striata [ 58] Palni fourring, Ypthima ypthimoides [ 58]
See also
Cited references
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Cyllogenes .
^ 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 (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. ^ a b c Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Melanitis .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Parantirrhoea .
^ 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 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lethe .
^ de Nicéville, 1880; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , (II) 49 (4): 246
^ Haribal (1994) mentions L. s. serbonis and L. s. teesta
^ Tytler, 19142 ; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23:
^ a b c d e f g h Haribal, 1994:Noted under Zophoessa
^ Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 3
^ (Atkinson, 1871); Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 215
^ Tytler, 1939; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 41 (2): 245
^ a b c d e f Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Neope .
^ Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29: 536 (or ?531)
^ Meena Haribal, 1994:138.
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chonala .
^ a b c d Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lasiommata .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Orinoma .
^ a b c d Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Rhapicera .
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Penthema .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ethope .
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Neorina .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Elymnias .
^ 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 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Mycalesis .
^ Watson, 1897; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 10: 650, pl. A, f. 1
^ Haribal, 1994:143 M. g. charaka
^ Tytler, 1914; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23: 224
^ de Nicéville, 1891; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 6 (3): 343, pl. F, f. 1-2
^ Doherty, 1886; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2) 55 (3): 257
^ Moore, 1878; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 583
^ Moore, [1892]; Lepidoptera Indica, 1 (9): 187, TL: Sylhet, Tenasserim
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Heteropsis .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Orsotriaena .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Coelites .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Erites .
^ Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 237, TL: Cachar
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ragadia .
^ Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Coenonympha .
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Zipaetis .
^ a b c d e Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Aulocera .
^ Haribal, 1994" Gives as A. brahminus brahminoides (Moore), 1892. Markku Savela splits A. brahminus and A. brahminoides .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Callerebia .
^ Haribal, 1994: Notes C. scanda scanda and C. s. opima
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia ananda with ssp. caeca and ananda
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chazara .
^ a b c d Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Karanasa .
^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Loxerebia .
^ Haribal, 1994: Lists as Callerbia narasingha (sic ). Markku Savela gives Loxerebia narasingha dohertyi and gives reference to Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (3): 785
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Paralasa .
^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Paroeneis .
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis pumilus bicolor (Seitz, 1908)
^ Haribal, 1994: Lists as Paraoeneis palaearcticus sikkimensis (Staudinger) 1889
^ a b c Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Pseudochazara .
^ a b c Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Satyrus .
^ 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 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ypthima .
^ Elwes & Edwards, 18932 ; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893: f. 30
^ Norman, 1958; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 180
^ de Nicéville, 1889; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 4 (3): 165
^ Moore, [1875]; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 (4): 567
^ Singh, Arun P. (2007). "A new butterfly species of the genus Ypthima Hubner (Nymphalidae:Satyrinae) from the Garhwal Himalaya, India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 104 (2): 191–194.
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