List of butterflies of Nepal

Papilio krishna has been proposed as the national butterfly of Nepal.
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The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal. Six hundred and seventy-six species and thirty subspecies are listed.

This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2006 Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies,[1] with some recent additions and a modernized classification. Scientific and common names are also from that book (though corrections have been made when clear). The 27 endemic species or subspecies are marked.

Family Hesperiidae - skippers

Subfamily Coeliadinae

Subfamily Pyrginae

Tribe Calaenorrhini

Common small flat
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara
West Himalayan pied flat
Pseudocoladenia fatih

Tribe Pyrgini

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Tribe Heteropterini

Tribe Astictopterini

Tribe Ancistroidini

Tribe Plastingiini

Tribe Hesperiini

Tribe Taractrocerini

Tribe Gegenini

Family Papilionidae - swallowtails

Subfamily Parnassiinae

Subfamily Papilioninae

Tribe Leptocircini

Tribe Papilionini

Common Mormon
Papilio polytes male f. romulus

Tribe Troidini

Family Pieridae - whites

Tribe Pierini

Indian cabbage white
Pieris canidia indica female
Red base Jezebel
Delias pasithoe thyra
Psyche
Leptosia nina nina

Tribe Euchloeini

Common wanderer
Pareronia hippia male

Tribe Coliadini

Common grass yellow
Eurema hecabe contubernalis with no cell spots on forewing
Three-spot grass yellow
Eurema blanda silhetana

Family Lycaenidae - blues

Subfamily Poritiinae

Subfamily Miletinae

Tribe Miletini

Tribe Spalgini

Tribe Tarakini

Tribe Liphyrini

Subfamily Curetinae

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

Subfamily Theclinae

Tribe Theclini

Tribe Arhopalini

Tribe Zesiini

Tribe Amblypodiini

Tribe Catapaecilmatini

Tribe Horagini

Tribe Loxurini

Tribe Cheritrini

Tribe Iolaini

Tribe Remelaini

Tribe Hypolycaenini

Tribe Deudorigini

Indigo flash
Rapala varuna orseis
Copper flash
Rapala pheritima petosiris

Subfamily Lycaeninae

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Tribe Lycaenesthini

Tribe Niphandini

Tribe Polyommatini

Dark cerulean
Jamides bochus bochus
Common cerulean
Jamides celeno aelianus
dry-season form
Forget-me-not
Catochrysops strabo female
Angled Pierrot
Caleta decidia
Pale grass blue
Pseudozizeeria maha
Malayan
Megisba malaya sikkima female
Pale hedge blue
Udara dilecta

Family Riodinidae

Dark judy
Abisara fylla fylla male

Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids

Subfamily Libytheinae

Subfamily Heliconiinae

Rustic
Cupha erymanthis lotis
Common leopard
Phalanta phalantha

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Indian tortoiseshell
Aglais caschmirensis aesis
Peacock pansy
Junonia almana almana
dry-season form
Chocolate pansy
Junonia iphita

Subfamily Biblidinae

Common castor
Ariadne merione tapestrina
dry-season form

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Tribe Limenitidini

Blackvein sergeant
Athyma ranga ranga female

Tribe Neptini

Tribe Euthaliini

Common baron
Euthalia aconthea suddhodana male
Grey count
Tanaecia lepidea lepidea

Subfamily Cyrestinae

Subfamily Apaturinae

Subfamily Charaxinae

Subfamily Morphinae

Subfamily Satyrinae

Tribe Melanitini

Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form

Tribe Lethini

Tribe Elymniini

Tribe Mycalesini

Dark-brand bushbrown
Mycalesis mineus mineus
dry-season form
Jungle brown
Orsotriaena medus medus
dry-season form

Tribe Ypthimini

Tribe Coenonymphini

Tribe Maniolini

Tribe Satyrini

Subfamily Danainae

Tribe Danaini

Plain tiger
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
mating

See also

References

  1. ^ Smith, Colin (2006). Majupuria, Trilok Chandra (ed.). Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies. Kathmandu, Nepal: Walden Book House. ISBN 974-88810-7-5.
  2. ^ a b K. C., Sajan (2020). "SOME NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF HESPERIID BUTTERFLIES IN NEPAL". Bionotes. 22 (3): 190–194.
  3. ^ Tamang, Sanjaya; Nuppa, John; Pandeya, Pratik; Panthee, Shristee & Subedi, Bandana (2019). "Confirmation of Pale Green Awlet Burara gomata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Eastern Nepal". Bionotes. 21: 109-111.
  4. ^ K. C., Sajan; Pariyar, Surendra (2019). "New Evidence of Himalayan Small-banded Flat Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885) from Nepal". International Journal of Zoology Studies. 4 (5): 55–57.
  5. ^ a b c d Poel, Piet Van Der; Smith, Colin; Limbu, Mahendra Singh; Pariyar, Surendra (2020). "Four New Butterfly Species for Nepal: Abisara chela, Tagiades japetus, Lethe dura & Lethe distans". Bionotes. 22 (2): 21–23.
  6. ^ a b Poel (2020). "TWO NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES FOR NEPAL: EUREMA ANDERSONI (PIERIDAE) AND LETHE DAKWANIA (NYMPHALIDAE)". Bionotes. 22 (3): 148–152.
  7. ^ Poel, Piet Van Der; Limbu, Mahendra Singh (2020). "Re-Discovery of the Prickly Ash Elfin Ahlbergia haradai (Igarashi, 1973) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Nepal". Bionotes. 21 (3): 61–62.
  8. ^ Yago, Masaya; Nakanishi, Akinori (2003). "A New Species of Heliophoris Greyer from Nepal with a key of the Nepalese Species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 108 (1): 27–34.
  9. ^ Sapkota, Anisha; KC, Sajan; Pariyar, Surendra (2020). "First record of Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969 -Extra Lascar from Nepal" (PDF). International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies. 7 (2): 24–26.
  10. ^ Panthee, Shristee; Limbu, Mahendra; Subedi, Bandana; Poudel, Amrit & Tamang, Sanjaya (2019). "Record of Mycalesis adamsoni (Watson, 1897) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Pokhara and Godavari, Nepal". Bionotes. 21: 144-145.

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