List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

 and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.
  • European or Common Beak Libythea celtis
    Libythea celtis
    The European Beak or Nettle-tree Butterfly is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown...

    (Laicharting, [1782]) earlier Libythea lepita
    Libythea lepita
    The Common Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The species was earlier considered a race of Libythea celtis...

    (Moore
    Frederic Moore
    Frederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...

    , 1857).

  • Whitespotted Beak Libythea narina
    Libythea narina
    The Whitespotted Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...

    (Marshall
    George Frederick Leycester Marshall
    George Frederick Leycester Marshall was a Colonel in the Indian Army and brother of C. H. T. Marshall and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall. He was a naturalist interested in the birds and butterflies of India...

    , 1880)
  • Club Beak Libythea myrrha
    Libythea myrrha
    The Club Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family....

    (Godart
    Jean Baptiste Godart
    Jean-Baptiste Godart was a French entomologist.Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille with writing the article on these insects in the Encyclopédie Méthodique...

    , 1819)

  • Chestnut Rajah Charaxes durnfordi
    Charaxes durnfordi
    The Chestnut Rajah is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...

    Distant, 1884
  • Tawny Rajah Charaxes bernardus
    Charaxes bernardus
    The Tawny Rajah is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Habits:...

    (Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius
    Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...

    , 1793)
  • Scarce Tawny Rajah Charaxes aristogiton
    Charaxes aristogiton
    The Scarce Tawny Rajah is a butterfly species found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:Resembles Charaxes marmax closely...

    C.
 
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