List of butterflies of Papua New Guinea

This is a list of butterflies of Papua New Guinea. This list includes species recorded from mainland Papua New Guinea, but also all islands that are part of the country, such as the Trobriand Islands, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Location of Papua New Guinea

Hesperiidae edit

Pyrginae edit

Coeliadinae edit

Trapezitinae edit

Hesperiinae edit

Papilionidae edit

Papilioninae edit

Pieridae edit

Coliadinae edit

Pierinae edit

Riodinidae edit

Lycaenidae edit

Curetinae edit

Miletinae edit

Theclinae edit

Polyommatinae edit

Nymphalidae edit

Libytheinae edit

Danainae edit

Morphinae edit

Satyrinae edit

Charaxinae edit

Apaturinae edit

Limenitidinae edit

Nymphalinae edit

Heliconiinae edit

See also edit

References edit

Further reading edit

  • Rothschild, W., 1895. A Revision of the Papilios of the eastern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae II (3):167-463. pdf
  • Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology. 736 pp., Academic Press, London.
  • Mastrigt, H. van & E. Rosariyanto, 2005. Buku Panduan Lapangan Kupu-kupu. Untuk Wilayah Mamberamo Sampai Pegunungan Cyclops [Field guide to the butterflies of the Birdshead Peninsula] 146 pp., Conservation International, Jakarta.
  • Adalbert Seitz, 1927 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln. Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart
  • J. L. Gressitt and J. J. H. Szent-Ivany, 1968 Bibliography of New Guinea entomology Pacific Insects Monograph 18: 1-674 pdf Full list of literature to that date.