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List of butterflies of Nepal

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

Papilio krishna has been proposed as the national butterfly of Nepal.

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 edit

Subfamily Coeliadinae edit

Subfamily Pyrginae edit

Tribe Calaenorrhini edit

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

Tribe Pyrgini edit

Subfamily Hesperiinae edit

Tribe Heteropterini edit

Tribe Astictopterini edit

Tribe Ancistroidini edit

Tribe Plastingiini edit

Tribe Hesperiini edit

Tribe Taractrocerini edit

Tribe Gegenini edit

Family Papilionidae - swallowtails edit

Subfamily Parnassiinae edit

Subfamily Papilioninae edit

Tribe Leptocircini edit

Tribe Papilionini edit

 
Common Mormon
Papilio polytes male f. romulus

Tribe Troidini edit

Family Pieridae - whites edit

Tribe Pierini edit

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

Tribe Euchloeini edit

 
Common wanderer
Pareronia hippia male

Tribe Coliadini edit

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

Family Lycaenidae - blues edit

Subfamily Poritiinae edit

Subfamily Miletinae edit

Tribe Miletini edit

Tribe Spalgini edit

Tribe Tarakini edit

Tribe Liphyrini edit

Subfamily Curetinae edit

Subfamily Aphnaeinae edit

Subfamily Theclinae edit

Tribe Theclini edit

Tribe Arhopalini edit

Tribe Zesiini edit

Tribe Amblypodiini edit

Tribe Catapaecilmatini edit

Tribe Horagini edit

Tribe Loxurini edit

Tribe Cheritrini edit

Tribe Iolaini edit

Tribe Remelaini edit

Tribe Hypolycaenini edit

Tribe Deudorigini edit

 
Indigo flash
Rapala varuna orseis
 
Copper flash
Rapala pheritima petosiris

Subfamily Lycaeninae edit

Subfamily Polyommatinae edit

Tribe Lycaenesthini edit

Tribe Niphandini edit

Tribe Polyommatini edit

 
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 edit

 
Dark judy
Abisara fylla fylla male

Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids edit

Subfamily Libytheinae edit

Subfamily Heliconiinae edit

 
Rustic
Cupha erymanthis lotis
 
Common leopard
Phalanta phalantha

Subfamily Nymphalinae edit

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

Subfamily Biblidinae edit

 
Common castor
Ariadne merione tapestrina
dry-season form

Subfamily Limenitidinae edit

Tribe Limenitidini edit

 
Blackvein sergeant
Athyma ranga ranga female

Tribe Neptini edit

Tribe Euthaliini edit

 
Common baron
Euthalia aconthea suddhodana male
 
Grey count
Tanaecia lepidea lepidea

Subfamily Cyrestinae edit

Subfamily Apaturinae edit

Subfamily Charaxinae edit

Subfamily Morphinae edit

Subfamily Satyrinae edit

Tribe Melanitini edit

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

Tribe Lethini edit

Tribe Elymniini edit

Tribe Mycalesini edit

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

Tribe Ypthimini edit

Tribe Coenonymphini edit

Tribe Maniolini edit

Tribe Satyrini edit

Subfamily Danainae edit

Tribe Danaini edit

 
Plain tiger
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
mating

See also edit

References edit

  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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