List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.

Clipper (Parthenos sylvia), a nymphalid butterfly found in India.
Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina), a nymphalid butterfly found at Visakhapatnam, India

Danainae (26 spp)

See List of butterflies of India (Danainae).

Morphinae (20 spp)

Please see List of butterflies of India (Morphinae).

Satyrinae (176 spp)

Please see List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae).

Limenitidinae (99 spp)

Please see List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)

Libytheinae

Charaxinae

Charaxes - rajahs

Polyura - nawabs

Prothoe - blue begum

Agatasa - glorious begum

Calinaginae

Heliconiinae

Acraea - tawny coster

Cethosia - lacewings

Boloria - fritillaries

Issoria - Queen of Spain fritillary

Argynnis - fritillaries and silverstripes

Fabriciana - silverstripes

Speyeria - fritillaries

Phalanta - leopards

Vindula - cruiser

Cirrochroa - yeomans

Cupha - rustic

Vagrans - vagrant

Cyrestinae

Cyrestis - maps

  • Marbled map, Cyrestis cocles (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Common map, Cyrestis thyodamas Boisduval, 1836
  • Nicobar map, Cyrestis tabula de Nicéville, 1883.
  • Straight line map, Cyrestis nivea (Zinken-Sommer, 1831)
  • Andaman map, Cyrestis andamanensis Staudinger

Chersonesia - maplets

Dichorragia - constable

Stibochiona - popinjay

Pseudergolinae

Biblidinae

Ariadne - castors

Laringa

  • Banded dandy, Laringa horsfieldii (Boisduval, 1833) (Andamans)

Byblia - joker

Apaturinae

Mimathyma - purple emperors

Chitoria - emperors

Dilipa - golden emperor

Eulacera - Tytler's emperor

Rohana - princes

Euripus - courtesans

Helcyra - white emperors

Herona - pasha

Hestina - circe

Sephisa - courtiers

Nymphalinae

Araschnia - Mongol

Symbrenthia - jesters

  • Common jester, Symbrenthia lilaea Hewitson, 1864 (= Symbrenthia hippoclus in part)
  • Spotted jester, Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, 1824)
  • Himalayan jester, Symbrenthia brabira Moore, 1872
  • Tytler's jester, Symbrenthia doni Tytler, 1940 (= dalailama Huang, 1998)
  • Blue-tail jester, Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
  • Scarce jester, Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville

Vanessa - Indian red admiral

Nymphalis - tortoiseshells

Aglais - tortoiseshells

Polygonia - commas

Kaniska - blue admiral

Junonia - pansies

Hypolimnas - eggflys

Kallima - oakleafs

Doleschallia - autumn leaf

Rhinopalpa - wizard

Melitaea

See also

Cited references

  1. Savela, Markku (February 25, 2019). "Libythea celtis (Laicharting, [1782])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

References

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