List of butterflies of Nepal explained

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

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

• Badamia exclamationis - brown awl
• Bibasis sena - orange-tail awl
• Burara anadi anadi - plain orange awlet
• Burara oedipodea belesis - branded orange awlet
• Burara jaina jaina - orange awl
• Burara harisa harisa - orange awlet
• Burara vasutana - green awlet
• Burara amara - small green awlet
• Burara gomata - pale green awlet^[2]
• Hasora anura - slate awl
• Hasora chromus chromus - common banded awl
• Hasora badra badra - common awl
• Choaspes benjaminii japonica - Japanese awlking
• Choaspes xanthopogon - Indian awlking
• Choaspes furcata - hooked awlking

Subfamily Pyrginae

Tribe Calaenorrhini

• Capila lidderdali - Lidderdale's dawnfly
• Capila penicillatum - fringed dawnfly
• Capila jayadeva - striped dawnfly
• Lobocla liliana - marbled flat
• Celaenorrhinus ratna tytleri - Tytler's multispotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus pero lucifera - Mussoorie spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus patula - large spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus leucocera - common spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus putra putra - Bengal spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus munda - Himalayan spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus maculicornis - Elwes' spotted flat
• Celaenorrhinus dhanada dhanada - Himalayan yellow-banded flat
• Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans - Himalayan small-banded flat^[3]
• Dharpa hanria - hairy angle
• Pseudocoladenia fatih - west Himalayan pied flat
• Coladenia indrani indrani - tricolour pied flat
• Coladenia agnioides - Elwes' pied flat
• Sarangesa purendra purendra - spotted small flat
• Sarangesa dasahara dasahara - common small flat
• Satarupa zulla zulla - Tytler's white flat
• Satarupa gopala - large white flat
• Seseria dohertyi dohertyi - Himalayan white flat
• Chamunda chamunda - olive flat
• Gerosis phisara phisara - dusky yellow-breasted flat
• Gerosis bhagava bhagava - common yellow-breasted flat
• Tagiades japetus ravi - common snow flat^[4]
• Tagiades gana athos - suffused snow flat
• Tagiades parra gala - large snow flat
• Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa - water snow flat
• Tagiades menaka menaka - spotted snow flat
• Tagiades cohaerens cyntyia - Evans' snow flat
• Mooreana trichoneura pralaya - yellow flat
• Ctenoptilum vasava vasava - tawny angle
• Odontoptilum angulata angulata - chestnut angle
• Caprona agama agama - spotted angle
• Caprona alida yerburi - Yerbury's golden angle

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

• Astictopterus jama olivascens - forest hopper
• Arnetta atkinsoni - Atkinson's bob
• Ochus subvittatus subradiatus - tiger hopper
• Baracus vittatus septentrionym - hedge hopper
• Ampittia dioscorides - bush hopper
• Aeromachus kali - blue-spotted scrub hopper
• Aeromachus stigmatus stigmatus - veined scrub hopper
• Aeromachus jhora jhora - grey scrub hopper
• Aeromachus dubius dubius - dingy scrub hopper
• Aeromachus pygmaeus - pygmy scrub hopper
• Pedesta masuriensis masuriensis - Mussoorie bush bob
• Pedesta pandita - brown bush bob
• Sebastronyma dolopia - tufted ace
• Sovia grahami - Graham's ace
• Sovia lucasii separata - Lucas' ace
• Thoressa gupta gupta - olive ace
• Thoressa aina aina - Garwal ace
• Halpe arcuata - overlapped ace^[5]
• Halpe zema zema - banded ace
• Halpe kumara - plain ace
• Halpe porus - Moore's ace
• Halpe homolea molta - Indian ace
• Halpe filda - Elwes' ace
• Pithauria stramineipennis - light straw ace
• Pithauria murdava - dark straw ace

Tribe Ancistroidini

• Iambrix salsala salsala - chestnut bob
• Koruthaialos rubecula cachara - narrow banded velvet bob
• Koruthaialos butleri - dark velvet bob
• Ancistroides nigrita diocles - chocolate demon
• Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia - restricted demon
• Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos - spotted demon
• Udaspes folus - grass demon

Tribe Plastingiini

• Scobura cephala - forest bob
• Suada swerga swerga - grass bob
• Suastus gremius gremius - Indian palm bob
• Cupitha purreea - wax dart
• Zographetus satwa - purple and gold flitter
• Zographetus ogygia - purple-spotted flitter
• Hyarotis adrastus praba - tree flitter
• Gangara thyrsis - giant red-eye
• Erionota torus - Sikkim palm red-eye
• Erionota thrax thrax - common palm red-eye
• Matapa aria - common red-eye
• Matapa druna - grey-brand red-eye
• Matapa sasivarna - black-veined red-eye
• Matapa cresta - fringed red-eye
• Matapa purpurascens - purple red-eye

Tribe Hesperiini

• Ochlodes brahma - Himalayan darter

Tribe Taractrocerini

• Taractrocera danna - Himalayan grass dart
• Taractrocera maevius sagra - common grass dart
• Oriens goloides - Ceylon dartlet
• Oriens gola pseudolus - common dartlet
• Potanthus pallida - pale dart
• Potanthus trachala - broad bident dart
• Potanthus pseudomaesa clio - Indian dart
• Potanthus dara - Himalayan dart
• Potanthus confucius dushta - Chinese dart
• Potanthus mara - branded Sikkim dart
• Potanthus nesta nesta - Sikkim dart
• Potanthus pava - Formosan dart
• Potanthus palnia palnia - Palni dart
• Telicota colon colon - pale palm dart
• Telicota bambusae bambusae - dark palm dart
• Telicota ohara jix - Plotz's palm dart
• Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica - plain palm dart

Tribe Gegenini

• Parnara guttata mangala - straight swift
• Parnara apostata debdasi - Sumatran swift
• Parnara bada bada - Ceylon swift
• Borbo cinnara cinnara - rice swift
• Borbo bevani - Bevan's swift
• Pelopidas sinensis - large branded swift
• Pelopidas agna agna - little branded swift
• Pelopidas mathias mathias - small branded swift
• Pelopidas assamensis - great swift
• Pelopidas conjuncta javana - conjoined swift
• Polytremis lubricans lubricans - contiguous swift
• Polytremis discreta discreta - Himalayan swift
• Polytremis eltola eltola - yellow-spot swift
• Baoris farri farri - paintbrush swift
• Baoris penicillata unicolor - pencil swift
• Baoris pagana - figure-of-eight swift
• Caltoris sirius sirius - Sirius swift
• Caltoris cahira austeni - colon swift
• Caltoris kumara moorei - blank swift
• Caltoris tulsi tulsi - purple swift
• Caltoris plebeia - tufted swift

Family Papilionidae - swallowtails

Subfamily Parnassiinae

• Parnassius epaphus epaphus - common red Apollo
  • Parnassius epaphus epaphus
  • Parnassius epaphus sikkimensis
  • Parnassius epaphus chiddii
  • Parnassius epaphus robertsi
  • Parnassius epaphus capdevillei
  • Parnassius epaphus boschmai
• Parnassius hardwickii - common blue Apollo (endemic)
• Parnassius stoliczkanus - Ladakh banded Apollo/many eyed Apollo
• Parnassius stenosemus nobuko - Pir Panjal banded Apollo
• Parnassius acdestis - banded Apollo
  • Parnassius acdestis katsuhikoi
  • Parnassius acdestis laurentii
  • Parnassius acdestis marki
  • Parnassius acdestis whitei
• Parnassius cephalus horii - dusky Apollo
• Parnassius simo - black-edged Apollo
  • Parnassius simo acconus
  • Parnassius simo simo
• Parnassius acco acco - varnished Apollo

Subfamily Papilioninae

Tribe Leptocircini

• Teinopalpus imperialis imperialis - Kaiser-i-Hind
• Meandrusa gyas gyas - brown gorgon
• Pathysa eurous sikkimica - six-bar swordtail
• Pathysa glycerion - spectacle swordtail (endemic)
• Pathysa antiphates pompilius - five-bar swordtail
• Pathysa nomius nomius - spot swordtail
• Graphium cloanthus cloanthus - glassy bluebottle
• Graphium sarpedon luctatius - common bluebottle
• Graphium agamemnon agamemnon - tailed jay
• Graphium doson axion - common jay
• Graphium clanis chironicum - veined jay
• Graphium xenocles phrontis - great zebra
• Graphium macareus indicus - lesser zebra

Tribe Papilionini

• Chilasa agestor - tawny mime
  • Chilasa agestor agestor (endemic)
  • Chilasa agestor govindra (endemic)
• Chilasa epycides epycides - lesser mime
• Chilasa clytia clytia - common mime
• Papilio machaon - common yellow swallowtail
  • Papilio machaon rinpoche
  • Papilio machaon emihippocrates
• Papilio demoleus demoleus - lime swallowtail
• Papilio paris decorosa - Paris peacock
• Papilio polyctor ganesa - common peacock
• Papilio arcturus arcturus - blue peacock
• Papilio krishna - Krishna peacock
• Papilio memnon agenor - great Mormon
• Papilio polymnestor - blue Mormon
• Papilio protenor euprotenor - spangle
• Papilio alcmenor - common redbreast
• Papilio janaka - tailed redbreast
• Papilio polytes romolus - common Mormon
• Papilio helenus helenus - red Helen
• Papilio nephelus chaon - yellow Helen
• Papilio castor polias - common raven

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

• Metaporia agathon agathon - great blackvein
  • Metaporia agathon agathon (endemic)
  • Metaporia agathon caphusa (endemic)
  • Metaporia agathon phryxe (endemic)
• Metaporia leucodice - Himalayan blackvein
• Mesapia peloria - Tibetan blackvein
• Baltia butleri butleri - Butler's dwarf
• Pieris brassicae nepalensis - large cabbage white
• Pieris canidia indica - Indian cabbage white
• Pieris montanus - green-veined white
• Synchloe callidice - lofty Bath white
• Synchloe sherpae - Sherpa white (endemic)
• Pontia daplidice moorei - Bath white
• Belenois aurota aurota - pioneer
• Cepora nadina - lesser gull
• Cepora nerissa phryne - common gull
• Delias belladonna - hill Jezebel
  • Delias belladonna horsfieldi
  • Delias belladonna lugens
• Delias sanaca oreas - pale Jezebel
• Delias berinda boyleae - dark Jezebel
• Delias pasithoe thyra - red-base Jezebel
• Delias acalis pyramus - read-breast Jezebel
• Delias descombesi leucacantha - red-spot Jezebel
• Delias agostina agostina - yellow Jezebel
• Delias hyparete indica - painted Jezebel
• Delias eucharis - common Jezebel
• Appias libythea olferna - striped albatross
• Appias lyncida eleonora - chocolate albatross
• Appias albina darada - common albatross
• Appias indra indra - plain puffin
• Appias lalage lalage - spot puffin
• Leptosia nina nina - Psyche
• Prioneris thestylis thestylis - spotted sawtooth

Tribe Euchloeini

• Ixias marianne - white orange tip
• Ixias pyrene familiaris - yellow orange tip
• Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe - great orange tip
• Pareronia valeria hippia - common wanderer
• Pareronia avatar avatar - pale wanderer

Tribe Coliadini

• Catopsilia pomona pomona - lemon emigrant or common emigrant
• Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe - mottled emigrant
• Gonepteryx rhamni napalensis - common brimstone
• Gonepteryx aspasia zaneka - lesser brimstone
• Dercas verhuelli doubledayi - tailed sulpher
• Gandaca harina assamica - tree yellow
• Eurema andersonii jordani - one-spot grass yellow^[6]
• Eurema brigitta rubella - small grass yellow
• Eurema laeta sikkima - spotless grass yellow
• Eurema blanda silhetana - three-spot grass yellow
• Eurema hecabe contubernalis - common grass yellow
• Colias tibetana - Tibetan clouded yellow
• Colias ladakensis - Ladakh clouded yellow
• Colias berylla - Everest clouded yellow
• Colias erate lativitta - pale clouded yellow
• Colias stoliczkana - orange clouded yellow
  • Colias stoliczkana miranda
  • Colias stoliczkana cathleenae
• Colias fieldii fieldii - dark clouded yellow

Family Lycaenidae - blues

Subfamily Poritiinae

• Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni - common gem

Subfamily Miletinae

Tribe Miletini

• Miletus chinensis assamensis - common brownie
• Allotinus drumila drumila - great darkie
• Logania distanti massalia - dark mottle

Tribe Spalgini

• Spalgis epeus epeus - apefly

Tribe Tarakini

• Taraka hamada mendesia - forest Pierrot

Tribe Liphyrini

• Liphyra brassolis brassolis - moth butterfly

Subfamily Curetinae

• Curetis bulis bulis - bright sunbeam
• Curetis acuta dentata - angled sunbeam

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

• Cigaritis vulcanus vulcanus - common silverline
• Cigaritis schistacea gabriel - plumbous silverline
• Cigaritis elima uniformis - scarce shot silverline
• Cigaritis nipalicus nipalicus - silver-grey silverline (endemic)
• Cigaritis lohita himalayanus - long-banded silverline
• Cigaritis syama peguanus - club silverline

Subfamily Theclinae

Tribe Theclini

• Ahlbergia haradai - prickly ash elfin (endemic) ^[7]
• Euaspa milionia - water hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus icana - dull green hairstreak
• Esakiozephyrus mandara dohertyi - Indian purple hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus sikkimensis - Sikkim green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus zoa - powdered green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus duma - metallic green hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus disparatus interpositas - Sikkim hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus birupa - fawn hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus bhutanensis - Bhutan silver hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus syla - silver hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus assamicus - Assam silver hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis shakuhuge - Kirbari hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus paona - Paona hairstreak
• Chrysozephyrus ataxus ataxus - wonderful hairstreak
• Neozephyrus suroia yukie - caerulean hairstreak
• Chaetoprocta odata - walnut blue
  • Chaetoprocta odata baileyi
  • Chaetoprocta odata kurumi

Tribe Arhopalini

• Amblopala avidiena nepalica - Chinese hairstreak
• Mahathala ameria ameria - falcate oakblue
• Arhopala oenea - Hewitson's dull oakblue
• Arhopala khamti - Doherty's dull oakblue
• Arhopala atrax - Indian oakblue
• Arhopala bazaloides - Tamil oakblue
• Arhopala birmana birmana - Burmese bushblue
• Arhopala amantes apella - large oakblue
• Arhopala pseudocentaurus pirithous - centaur oakblue
• Arhopala bazalus teesta - powdered oakblue
• Arhopala singla - yellow-disc oakblue
• Arhopala eumolphus - green oakblue
• Arhopala paramuta paramuta - hooked oakblue
• Arhopala rama rama - dark Himalayan oakblue
• Arhopala dodonaea - pale Himalayan oakblue
• Arhopala perimuta - yellow-disk tailless oakblue
• Arhopala fulla ignara - spotless oakblue
• Arhopala abseus indicus - aberrant oakblue
• Panchala ganesa ganesa - tailless bushblue
• Panchala paraganesa paraganesa - dusky bushblue
• Flos fulgida fulgida - shining plushblue
• Flos adriana - variegated plushblue
• Flos asoka - spangled plushblue
• Flos chinensis - Chinese plushblue
• Flos areste - tailless plushblue
• Surendra quercetorum quercetorum - common acacia blue
• Zinaspa todara distorta - silver-streaked acacia blue

Tribe Zesiini

• Zesius chrysomallus - redspot

Tribe Amblypodiini

• Iraota timoleon timoleon - silverstreak blue

Tribe Catapaecilmatini

• Catapaecilma major major - common tinsel

Tribe Horagini

• Horaga onyx onyx - common onyx
• Horaga albimacula viola - brown onyx

Tribe Loxurini

• Loxura atymnus continentalis - yamfly

Tribe Cheritrini

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

Tribe Iolaini

• Tajuria yajna istroides - chestnut royal
• Tajuria diaeus - straightline royal
• Tajuria cippus cippus - peacock royal
• Tajuria illurgis - white royal
• Tajuria illurgoides - scarce white royal
• Tajuria luculentus nela - Chinese royal
• Tajuria maculata - spotted royal
• Dacalana cotys - white banded royal
• Pratapa deva lila - white tufted royal
• Pratapa icetas icetas - dark blue royal
• Creon cleobis cleobis - broadtail royal
• Maneca bhotea - slate royal
• Charana mandarinus mandarinus - mandarin blue
• Rachana jalindra indra - banded royal
• Neocheritra fabronia fabronia - pale grand imperial

Tribe Remelaini

• Remelana jangala ravata - chocolate royal
• Ancema ctesia ctesia - bispot royal
• Ancema blanka minturna - silver royal

Tribe Hypolycaenini

• Hypolycaena erylus himavantus - common tit
• Zeltus amasa amasa - fluffy tit
• Chliaria othona - orchid tit
• Chliaria kina - blue tit

Tribe Deudorigini

• Artipe eryx - green flash
• Virachola isocrates - common guava blue
• Virachola perse perse - large guava blue
• Deudorix epijarbas ancus - cornelian
• Rapala refulgens - refulgent flash
• Rapala damona - Malay red flash
• Rapala tara - Assam flash
• Rapala varuna orseis - indigo flash
• Rapala manea schistacea - slate flash
• Rapala scintilla - scarce slate flash
• Rapala pheretima petosiris - copper flash
• Rapala dieneces dieneces - scarlet flash
• Rapala iarbus - common red flash
• Rapala rectivitta - shot flash
• Rapala nissa nissa - common flash
• Rapala micans selira - Himalayan red flash
• Sinthusa nasaka pallidior - narrow spark
• Sinthusa chandrana - broad spark
• Pamela dudgeoni - Lister's hairstreak

Subfamily Lycaeninae

• Lycaena pavana - white-bordered copper
• Lycaena phlaeas baralacha - common copper
• Heliophorus sena - sorrel sapphire
• Heliophorus epicles latilimbata - purple sapphire
• Heliophorus indicus - Indian purple sapphire
• Heliophorus ila pseudonexus - restricted purple sapphire
• Heliophorus moorei - azure sapphire^[8]
• Heliophorus bakeri - western blue sapphire
• Heliophorus oda - eastern blue sapphire
• Heliophorus brahma brahma - golden sapphire
• Heliophorus androcles coruscans - green sapphire
• Heliophorus tamu tamu - powdery green sapphire

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Tribe Lycaenesthini

• Anthene emolus emolus - ciliate blue
• Anthene lycaenina lycambes - pointed ciliate blue

Tribe Niphandini

• Niphanda cymbia cymbia - pointed Pierrot

Tribe Polyommatini

• Orthomiella pontis - straightwing blue
• Orthomiella ronkayana - Nepal straight wing blue (endemic)
• Petrelaea dana dana - dingy lineblue
• Nacaduba pactolus continentalis - large fourline-blue
• Nacaduba hermus nabo - Pale fourline-blue
• Nacaduba kurava euplea - transparent sixline-blue
• Ionolyce helicon merguiana - pointed lineblue
• Prosotas nora ardates - common lineblue
• Prosotas pia marginata - margined lineblue
• Prosotas dubiosa indica - tailless lineblue
• Prosotas lutes sivoka - banded lineblue
• Prosotas bhutea - Bhutya lineblue
• Jamides bochus bochus - dark cerulean
• Jamides celeno aelianus - common cerulean
• Jamides alecto alocina - metallic cerulean
• Catochrysops strabo strabo - forget-me-not blue
• Catochrysops panormus exiguus - silver forget-me-not blue
• Lampides boeticus - peablue
• Syntarucus plinius - zebra blue
• Castalius rosimon rosimon - common Pierrot
• Caleta caleta decidia - angled Pierrot
• Caleta elna noliteia - elbowed Pierrot
• Tarucus ananda ananda - dark Pierrot
• Tarucus waterstradti dharta - Assam Pierrot
• Tarucus callinara - spotted Pierrot
• Tarucus nara alteratus - striped Pierrot
• Zizeeria maha maha - pale grass blue
• Zizeeria karsandra - dark grass blue
• Zizina otis otis - lesser grass blue
• Zizula hylax - tiny grass blue
• Everes argiades diporides - Chapman's Cupid
• Everes huegelii huegelii - tailed Cupid
• Everes lacturnus assamica - Indian Cupid
• Azanus uranus - dull babul blue
• Pithecops corvus correctus - forest Quaker
• Neopithecops zalmora zalmora - common Quaker
• Megisba malaya sikkima - Malayan
• Lestranicus transpectus - white-banded hedge-blue
• Acytolepis puspa gisca - common hedge-blue
• Celatoxia marginata marginata - margined hedge-blue (endemic)
• Celastrina argiolus kollari - hill hedge-blue
• Celastrina argiolus jynteana
• Celastrina hersilia vipia - Naga hedge-blue
• Celastrina gigas - silvery hedge-blue
• Celastrina huegelii oreiodes - large hedge-blue
• Celastrina lavendularis limbata - plain hedge-blue
• Udara dilecta - pale hedge-blue (endemic)
• Udara albocaerulea - albocaerulean
• Oreolyce vardhana - dusky hedge-blue
  • Oreolyce vardhana vardhana
  • Oreolyce vardhana nepalica
• Euchrysops cnejus - gram blue
• Luthrodes pandava pandava - plains Cupid
• Chilades parrhasius - small Cupid
• Chilades lajus lajus - lime blue
• Freyeria trochylus orientalis - grass jewel
• Freyeria putli - least grass jewel
• Polyommatus pierinoi - Manang meadow blue (endemic)
• Polyommatus stoliczkana arene - common meadow blue
• Polyommatus nepalensis - Nepal meadow blue (endemic)
• Aricia astrarche - orange-bordered argus
• Agriades luana - Tibetan argus
• Albulina asiatica - azure mountain blue
• Albulina lehana - common mountain blue
• Albulina orbitulus lobbichleri - greenish mountain blue
• Albulina galathea galathea - large green underwing

Family Riodinidae

• Dodona durga - common Punch
• Dodona dipoea - lesser Punch
• Dodona eugenes eugenes - tailed Punch
• Dodona egeon egeon - orange Punch
• Dodona ouida - mixed Punch
• Dodona adonira - striped Punch
• Abisara bifasciata suffusa - plum Judy
• Abisara fylla fylla - dark Judy
• Abisara chela chela - spot Judy
• Abisara neophron neophronoides - tailed Judy
• Zemeros flegyas indicus - Punchinello

Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids

Subfamily Libytheinae

• Libythea celtis lepita - common beak
• Libythea myrrha sanguinalis - club beak (endemic)

Subfamily Heliconiinae

• Acraea violae - tawny coster
• Acraea issoria - yellow coster
• Cethosia biblis tisamena - red lacewing
• Cethosia cyane - leopard lacewing
• Cupha erymanthis lotis - rustic
• Vagrans egista - vagrant
• Vindula erota erota - cruiser
• Cirrochroa aoris aoris - large yeoman
• Cirrochroa tyche mithila - common yeoman
• Phalanta phalantha phalantha - common leopard
• Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius - Indian fritillary
• Argynnis childreni - large silverstripe
  • Argynnis childreni childreni (endemic)
  • Argynnis childreni sakontala (endemic)
• Fabriciana kamala - common silverstripe
• Fabriciana adippe jaindeva - highbrown silverspot
• Speyeria clara - silverstreak
  • Speyeria clara clara
  • Speyeria clara shieldsi
• Issoria lathonia - Queen of Spain fritillary (endemic)
• Issoria annapurnae - Annapurna silverspot
• Issoria mackinnonii - Mackinnon's silverspot
• Issoria gemmata - gem silverspot

Subfamily Nymphalinae

• Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana - common jester
• Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda - spotted jester
• Symbrenthia brabira sivokana - Himalayan jester
• Symbrenthia niphanda niphanda - blue-tail jester
• Vanessa cardui - painted lady
• Vanessa indica - Indian red admiral
• Aglais caschmirensis aesis - Indian tortoiseshell
• Aglais ladakensis - Ladakh tortoiseshell
• Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens - large tortoiseshell
• Kaniska canace canace - blue admiral
• Polygonia agnicula - Nepal comma (endemic)
• Junonia hierta hierta - yellow pansy
• Junonia orithya ocyale - blue pansy
• Junonia lemonias - lemon pansy
• Junonia almana almana - peacock pansy
• Junonia atlites atlites - grey pansy
• Junonia iphita - chocolate pansy
• Hypolimnas misippus - Danaid eggfly
• Hypolimnas bolina jacintha - great eggfly
• Kallima inachus - orange oakleaf
• Doleschallia bisaltide indica - autumn leaf
• Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis - blackvein fritillary

Subfamily Biblidinae

• Ariadne ariadne pallidor - angled castor
• Ariadne merione - common castor

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Tribe Limenitidini

• Limenitis trivena pallida - Indian white admiral
• Limenitis procris procris - commander
• Limenitis zulema - scarce white commodore
• Limenitis dudu - white commodore
• Limenitis daraxa daraxa - green commodore
• Limenitis zayla - bicolour commodore
• Limenitis danava - common commodore
• Lebadea martha martha - knight
• Neurosigma siva siva - panther
• Abrota ganga ganga - sergeant major
• Athyma perius - common sergeant
• Athyma jina jina - Bhutan sergeant
• Athyma asura asura - studded sergeant
• Athyma ranga ranga - blackvein sergeant
• Athyma opalina orientalis - Himalayan sergeant
• Athyma selenophora selenophora - staff sergeant
• Athyma zeroca zeroca - small staff sergeant
• Athyma cama cama - orange staff sergeant
• Athyma nefte inara - colour sergeant

Tribe Neptini

• Pantoporia hordonia hordonia - common lascar
• Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni - extra lascar^[9]
• 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

• Tanaecia julii appiades - common earl
• Tanaecia lepidea lepidea - grey count
• Euthalia aconthea suddhodana - common baron
• Euthalia monina arhat - powdered baron
• Euthalia telchinia - blue baron
• Euthalia phemius - white-bordered blue baron
• Euthalia lubentina indica - gaudy baron
• Euthalia franciae franciae - French duke (endemic)
• Euthalia durga durga - blue duke
• Euthalia duda - blue duchess
• Euthalia nara nara - bronze duke
• Euthalia sahadeva sahadeva - green duke
• Euthalia patala patala - grand duchess
• Symphedra nais - baronet

Subfamily Cyrestinae

• Pseudergolis wedah - tabby
• Dichorragia nesimachus - constable
• Stibochiona nicea - popinjay (endemic)
• Cyrestis thyodamas - common map
• Chersonesia risa - common maplet

Subfamily Apaturinae

• Apatura ambica - Indian purple emperor
  • Apatura ambica ambica
  • Apatura ambica chitralensis
• Apatura chevana - sergeant emperor
• Rohana parisatis parisatis - black prince
• Dilipa morgiana - golden emperor
• Hestina nama nama - Circe
• Diagora persimilis persimilis - common Siren
• Diagora nicevillei - scarce Siren
• Euripus consimilis - painted courtesan
• Herona marathus marathus - pasha
• Sephisa dichroa - western courtier
• Sephisa chandra chandra - eastern courtier

Subfamily Charaxinae

• Charaxes bernardus imna - tawny raja
• Charaxes bernardus hemana
• Charaxes bernardus hierax
• Charaxes aristogiton - scarce tawny raja
• Charaxes marmax - yellow raja
• Charaxes kahruba - variegated raja
• Charaxes solon - black raja
• Polyura athamas - common nawab
• Polyura agrarius - Swinhoe's nawab
• Polyura arja - pallid nawab
• Polyura dolon centralis - stately nawab
• Polyura eudamippus eudamippus - great nawab

Subfamily Morphinae

• Enispe euthymius tesallata - red caliph
• Discophora sondaica zal - common duffer
• Thaumantis diores diores - jungle-glory
• Stichophthalma camadeva camadeva - northern jungle-queen

Subfamily Satyrinae

Tribe Melanitini

• Melanitis leda ismene - common evening brown
• Melanitis phedima bela - dark evening brown
• Melanitis zitenius zitenius - great evening brown

Tribe Lethini

• Lethe baladeva baladeva - treble silverstripe
• Lethe europa niladana - bamboo treebrown
• Lethe rohria rohria - common treebrown
• Lethe confusa confusa - banded treebrown
• Lethe insana dinarbus - common forester
• Lethe serbonis teesta - brown forester
• Lethe vindhya - black forester
• Lethe kansa - bamboo forester
• Lethe sinorix - red-tail forester
• Lethe latiaris hige - pale forester
• Lethe verma sintica - straight-banded treebrown
• Lethe siderea - scarce woodbrown
• Lethe sidonis sidonis - common woodbrown
• Lethe dakwania - Garhwal woodbrown
• Lethe nicetella - small woodbrown
• Lethe nicetas - yellow woodbrown
• Lethe maitrya maitrya - barred woodbrown
• Lethe tristigmata - spotted mystic
• Lethe jalaurida jalaurida - small silverfork
• Lethe jalaurida elwesi
• Lethe atkinsonia - small goldenfork
• Lethe goalpara goalpara - large goldenfork
• Lethe sura - lilacfork
• Lethe dura gammiei - scarce lilacfork
• Nemetis mekara mekara - straight red forester
• Nemetis chandica - angled red forester
• Lethe distans - scarce red forester
• Neope pulaha pulaha - veined labyrinth
• Neope pulahoides tamur - Tamur labyrinth
• Neope pulahina - scarce labyrinth
• Neope bhadra bhadra - tailed labyrinth
• Patala yama yama - dusky labyrinth
• Patala yama buckleyi
• Lasiommata menava menava - dark wall brown
• Lasiommata schakra - common wall brown
• Rhaphicera moorei - small tawny wall
• Rhaphicera satricus satricus - large tawny wall
• Crebeta lehmanni - Nepal woodland brown
• Orinoma damaris - tigerbrown

Tribe Elymniini

• Elymnias hypermnestra undularis - common palmfly
• Elymnias nesaea - tiger palmfly
• Elymnias malelas malelas - spotted palmfly
• Elymnias patna patna - blue-streaked palmfly
• Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva - Jezebel palmfly

Tribe Mycalesini

• Mycalesis anaxias aemate - white-bar bushbrown
• Mycalesis adamsonii - double-branded bushbrown^[10]
• Mycalesis francisca sanatana - lilacine bushbrown
• Mycalesis perseus blasius - common bushbrown
• Mycalesis mineus mineus - dark-brand bushbrown
• Mycalesis visala visala - long-brand bushbrown
• Mycalesis suaveolens tytleri - Wood-Mason's bushbrown
• Mycalesis heri - Moore's bushbrown
• Mycalesis nicotia - bright-eye bushbrown
• Mycalesis malsara - white-line bushbrown
• Mycalesis mamerta - blind-eye bushbrown
• Mycalesis lepcha - Lepcha bushbrown
• Orsotriaena medus medus - jungle brown

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

• Coenonympha amaryllis forsteri - heath

Tribe Maniolini

• Hyponephele lupinus cheerna - branded meadow brown

Tribe Satyrini

• Aulocera brahminus dokwana - narrow-banded satyr
• Aulocera padma padma - great satyr
• Aulocera loha - Doherty's satyr
• Aulocera swaha - common satyr
• Aulocera swaha gauena
• Aulocera saraswati - striated satyr
• Hipparchia parisatis - mountain satyr
• Paroeneis pumilus grandis - mountain satyr
• Paroeneis sikkimensis - Sikkim mountain satyr

Subfamily Danainae

Tribe Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus chrysippus - plain tiger
• Danaus genutia - common tiger
• Danaus genutia nipalensis
• Tirumala limniace exoticus - blue tiger
• Tirumala septentrionis - dark blue tiger (endemic)
• Parantica aglea melanoides - glassy tiger
• Parantica melaneus plataniston - chocolate tiger
• Parantica sita sita - chestnut tiger (endemic)
• Parantica pedonga - Talbot's chestnut tiger (endemic)
• Euploea midamus rogenhoferi - blue-spotted crow
• Euploea diocletianus ramsayi - magpie crow
• Euploea klugii klugii - blue king crow
• Euploea klugii kollari - brown king crow
• Euploea mulciber mulciber - striped blue crow
• Euploea sylvester hopei - double-branded blue crow
• Euploea core core - common Indian crow
• Euploea algea deione - long-branded blue crow

See also

• List of moths of Nepal (Bombycidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Brahmaeidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Drepanidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Eupterotidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Lasiocampidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Limacodidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Saturniidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Sphingidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Uraniidae)
• List of moths of Nepal (Zygaenidae)
• List of beetles of Nepal (Cerambycidae)
• List of beetles of Nepal (Coccinellidae)
• List of bugs of Nepal (Scutelleridae)
• List of Odonata of Nepal
• Wildlife of Nepal

Further reading

• Book: Smith, Colin . Majupuria . Trilok Chandra . 1989 . Butterflies of Nepal: Central Himalaya . Bangkok, Thailand . Craftsman Press. 974-86849-3-8 .
• Web site: Butterflies of Nepal. nepal-safari.com. 8 May 2015.
• Web site: Butterfly Tour in Nepal. silkroadgroup.com. 8 May 2015.

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Colin . Majupuria . Trilok Chandra . 2006 . Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies . Kathmandu, Nepal . Walden Book House . 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. K. C. . Sajan. 2020. SOME NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF HESPERIID BUTTERFLIES IN NEPAL. Bionotes. 22. 3. 190–194.
6. 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. 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.