List of butterflies of New Caledonia
This is a list of butterflies of New Caledonia. The total number of Lepidoptera species on New Caledonia is 521 in 304 genera (with 197 endemic species in 17 genera).[1] The total number of butterflies is 72 in 42 genera.[2]
Location of New Caledonia
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
- Graphium gelon
- Papilio amyntor syn. Papilio ilioneus
- Papilio anactus
- Papilio montrouzieri
Pieridae
Pierinae
- Appias albina
- Appias paulina
- Belenois java
- Cepora perimale
- Delias ellipsis
- Delias nysa
- Elodina pseudanops
- Elodina signata
- Pieris rapae
Lycaenidae
Polyommatinae
- Euchrysops cnejus
- Everes lacturnus
- Jamides carissima
- Lampides boeticus
- Leptotes plinius
- Nacaduba biocellata
- Nacaduba deplorans
- Nothodanis schaeffera
- Prosotas patricae
- Psychonotis purpurea
- Theclinesthes petersi
- Udara renevieri
- Zizina labradus
- Zizula hylax
Nymphalidae
Cyrestinae
- Cyrestis whitmei
Danainae
- Danaus affinis
- Danaus chrysippus
- Danaus plexippus
- Euploea algea
- Euploea boisduvali
- Euploea core
- Euploea helcita
- Euploea leucostictos
- Euploea lewinii
- Euploea sylvester
- Euploea treitschkei
- Euploea tulliolus
- Parantica pumila
- Tirumala hamata
Nymphalinae
- Doleschallia bisaltide denisi
- Doleschallia tongana
- Hypolimnas alimena catalai
- Hypolimnas antilope shortlandia
- Hypolimnas bolina
- Hypolimnas misippus
- Hypolimnas octocula
- Junonia villida
- Vanessa cardui
- Vanessa itea
- Vanessa kershawi
- Yoma sabina
Satyrinae
- Austroypthima petersi
- Melanitis leda
- Paratisiphone lyrnessa
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Badamia atrox
- Badamia exclamationis
- Hasora khoda
References
- "biodiversité et conservatoire en Outre-Mer" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- base biodiversité en Nouvelle-Calédonie Archived 2013-02-21 at Archive.today
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