This is a list of butterflies of Tuvalu.
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Lycaenidae
editPolyommatinae
edit- Zizina labradus mangoensis (Butler, 1884)
Nymphalidae
editDanainae
edit- Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euploea lewinii distincta (Butler, 1874)
Nymphalinae
edit- Hypolimnas bolina rarik von Eschscholtz, 1821
- Junonia villida villida (Fabricius, 1787)
See also
editReferences
edit- "Zootaxa; published issues in 2006". W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)]
- William Rainbow described the butterflies, spiders and insects collected at Funafuti by Charles Hedley: The insect fauna of Funafuti (Australian Museum, Sydney, 1897).Rainbow, William J. (1897). The insect fauna of Funafuti (PDF). Australian Museum Memoir 3(1): 89–104.