List of butterflies of Nepal

The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal. Six hundred and sixty-nine species and thirty subspecies are listed.

Papilio krishna has been proposed as the national butterfly of Nepal.
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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
  • Spialia galba - Indian skipper
  • Pyrgus nepalensis - Nepal skipper (endemic)

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Tribe Heteropterini
  • Carterocephalus avanti avanti - orange and silver mountain hopper

Tribe Astictopterini

Tribe Ancistroidini

Tribe Plastingiini

Tribe Hesperiini
  • Ochlodes brahma - Himalayan darter

Tribe Taractrocerini

Tribe Gegenini

Family Papilionidae - swallowtails

Subfamily Parnassiinae

Subfamily Papilioninae

Tribe Leptocircini

Tribe Papilionini
Common Mormon
Papilio polytes male f. romulus

Tribe Troidini
  • Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae - common rose
  • Atrophaneura latreillei latreillei - rose windmill (endemic)
  • Atrophaneura polyeuctes letincius - common windmill
  • Atrophaneura dasarada dasarada - great windmill
  • Atrophaneura dasarada ravana
  • Atrophaneura alcinous pembertoni - Chinese windmill
  • Atrophaneura aidoneus - lesser batwing
  • Atrophaneura varuna astorion - common batwing
  • Troides helena cerberus - common birdwing
  • Troides aeacus aeacus - golden birdwing

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
  • Spalgis epeus epeus - apefly

Tribe Tarakini

Tribe Liphyrini

Subfamily Curetinae

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

Subfamily Theclinae

Tribe Theclini

Tribe Arhopalini

Tribe Zesiini

Tribe Amblypodiini
  • Iraota timoleon timoleon - silverstreak blue
  • Iraota mecaenus - dull silverstreak form

Tribe Catapaecilmatini

Tribe Horagini

Tribe Loxurini

Tribe Cheritrini
  • Cheritra freja evansi - common imperial
  • Cheritrella truncipennis - truncate imperial
  • Ticherra acte acte - blue imperial

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
  • Pantoporia hordonia hordonia - common lascar
  • Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni - extra lascar[5]
  • Lasippa viraja viraja - yellowjack sailer
  • Neptis clinia susrata - sullied sailer
  • Neptis sappho astola - Pallas' sailer
  • Neptis hylas kamarupa - common sailer
  • Neptis soma butleri - creamy sailer
  • Neptis nata - clear sailer
    • Neptis nata adipala
    • Neptis nata yerburii
  • Neptis mahendra mahendra - Himalayan sailer
  • Neptis pseudovikasi - dingy sailer
  • Neptis miah miah - small yellow sailer
  • Neptis sankara - broad-banded sailer
    • Neptis sankara sankara
    • Neptis sankara amba
  • Neptis cartica cartica - plain sailer (endemic)
  • Neptis magadha khasiana - spotted sailer
  • Neptis ananta ochracea - yellow sailer
  • Neptis zaida bhutanica - pale green sailer
  • Neptis armandia melba - variegated sailer
  • Neptis radha radha - great yellow sailer
  • Neptis narayana nana - broadstick sailer
  • Neptis manasa manasa - pale hockeystick sailer
  • Neptis nycteus - hockeystick sailer
  • Phaedyma aspasia kathmandia - great hockeystick sailer
  • Phaedyma columella ophiana - short-banded sailer

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 ismene
dry-season form
Dark evening brown
Melanitis phedima bela
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
  • Ypthima sakra - Himalayan fivering
  • Ypthima hannyngtoni khumbuensis - Hannyngton's fivering
  • Ypthima parasakra - Himalayan fourring
  • Ypthima baldus - common fivering
  • Ypthima indecora - western fivering
  • Ypthima avanta avanta - jewel fourring
  • Ypthima singala - small jewel fourring
  • Ypthima huebneri - common fourring
  • Ypthima kasmira - Kashmir fourring
  • Ypthima nareda - large threering
  • Ypthima asterope mahratta - common threering
  • Ypthima inica - lesser threering
  • Ypthima newara - Newar threering
  • Ypthima confusa - confusing threering
  • Dallacha hyagriva hyagriva - brown argus
  • Dallacha hyagriva nepalica
  • Dallacha narasingha narasingha - mottled argus
  • Callerebia annada caeca - ringed argus
  • Callerebia hybrida - hybrid argus
  • Callerebia scanda opima - pallid argus
  • Callerebia nirmala nirmala - common argus
  • Paralasa nepalica - Nepal argus

Tribe Coenonymphini

Tribe Maniolini
  • Hyponephele lupinus cheerna - branded meadow brown

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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

Further reading
  • Smith, Colin (1989). Majupuria, Trilok Chandra (ed.). Butterflies of Nepal: Central Himalaya. Bangkok, Thailand: Craftsman Press. ISBN 974-86849-3-8.
  • "Butterflies of Nepal". nepal-safari.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  • "Butterfly Tour in Nepal". silkroadgroup.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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