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List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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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.

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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.
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 - The Rajahs
Polyura - The Nawabs
Prothoe - The Blue Begum
Agatasa - The Glorious Begum
Calinaginae
Heliconiinae
Acraea - The Tawny Coster
- Tawny Coster Acraea violae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Yellow Coster Acraea issoria (Hübner,1819)
Cethosia - The Lacewings
Clossiana - The Fritillaries
- Jerdon's Silverspot, Clossiana jerdoni (Lang, 1868)
Issoria - The Queen of Spain Fritillaries
- Queen of Spain Fritillary, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kuekenthaliella - The Fritillaries
- Kuekenthaliella gemmata (Butler, 1881)
- Kuekenthaliella altissima (Elwes, 1882)
- Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)
Fabriciana - The Silverstripes
- Common Silverstripe Fabriciana kamala (Moore, 1857)
- Fabriciana argyrospilata (Kotsch, 1938)
Argyreus - The Indian Fritillary
- Indian Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)
Childrena - The Large Silverstripe
Speyeria - The Fritillaries
- Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844)
- Speyeria claudia (Fawcett 1904)
Argyronome - The Eastern Silverstripe
- Argyronome laodice (Pallas, 1771)
Phalanta - The Leopards
- Small Leopard Phalanta alcippe (Stoll, 1782)
- Leopard Phalanta phalantha (Drury, 1773)
Vindula - The Cruiser
Cirrochroa - The Yeomans
- Large Yeoman Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday, 1847
- Tamil Yeoman Cirrochroa thais (Fabricius, 1787)
- Nicobar Yeoman Cirrochroa nicobarica Wood-Mason, 1881 (Nicobar Is)
- Common Yeoman Cirrochroa tyche Felder & Felder, 1861
Cupha - The Rustic
Vagrans - The Vagrant
Cyrestinae
Cyrestis - The 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 - The Maplets
- Common Maplet, Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, 1848)
- Intermediate Maplet Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895
- Wavy Maplet Chersonesia rahria (Moore, 1858)
Dichorragia - The Constable
- Constable Dichorragia nesimachus (Doyère, 1840)
Stibochiona - The Popinjay
Pseudergolinae
- Tabby, Pseudergolis wedah (Kollar, 1844)
Biblidinae
Ariadne - The Castors
Laringa
- The Banded Dandy Laringa horsfieldii (Boisduval, 1833) (Andamans)
Byblia - The Joker
Apaturinae
Mimathyma - The Purple Emperors
- Sergeant Emperor Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1866) (Sikkim)
- Indian Purple Emperor, Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, 1844)
Chitoria - The Emperors
- Sordid Emperor Chitoria sordida (Moore, 1866)
- Tawny Emperor Chitoria ulupi (Doherty, 1889)
Dilipa - The Golden Emperor
- Golden Emperor Dilipa morgiana (Westwood, 1850)
Eulacera - Tytler's Emperor
- Tytler's Emperor Eulaceura manipurensis Tytler, 1915
Rohana - The Princes
- Black Prince Rohana parisatis (Westwood, 1850)
- Brown Prince Rohana parvata (Moore, 1857)
Euripus - The Courtesans
- Painted Courtesan Euripus consimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Courtesan Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)
Helcyra - The White Emperors
- White Emperor Helcyra heminea Hewitson, 1864
Herona - The Pasha
Hestina - The Circe
- Circe, Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1845)
- Siren Hestina persimilis (Westwood, 1850)
- Hestina jermyni Druce, 1911 (Himalayas)
Sephisa - The Courtiers
- Western Courtier Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, 1844)
- Eastern Courtier Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1858)
Nymphalinae
Araschnia - The Mongol
- Mongol Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871)
Symbrenthia - The Jesters
- Asian Jester, Symbrenthia lilaea Hewitson, 1864
- Spotted Jester, Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, 1824)
- Common Jester Symbrenthia hippoclus (Cramer, 1779)
- 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 -The Indian Red Admiral
Nymphalis - The Tortoiseshells
Junonia - The Pansies
Hypolimnas - The eggflies
Kallima - The Oakleafs
Doleschallia - The Autumn Leaf
Rhinopalpa - The Wizard
Melitaea
- Chitral Fritillary Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901
- Shandur Fritillary Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924
- Melitaea sindura Moore, 1865
- Melitaea balbita Moore, 1874
- Melitaea balba Evans, 1912
Cited references
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