List of butterflies of Meghalaya
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Family Papilionidae
- Graphium sarpedonGraphium sarpedonGraphium sarpedon, the common bluebottle or blue triangle , is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia, as well as parts of Australia. There are approximately 15 subspecies with differing geographical distributions.-Description:Upperside opaque black...
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735... - Graphium antiphatesGraphium antiphatesFive-bar Swordtail Graphium antiphates is a species of papilionid butterfly found in South Asia.-Description:The ground colour of the upperside of both males and females is white...
(Cramer) - Papilio clytia LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735... - Papilio demoleusPapilio demoleusPapilio demoleus, the Common Lime Butterfly, is a common and widespread Swallowtail butterfly. It gets its name from its host plants which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies it does not have a prominent tail...
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology... - Papilio helenusPapilio helenusThe Red Helen Papilio helenus is a large swallowtail butterfly found in forests in southern India and parts of Southeast Asia.-Range:Sri Lanka, southern and North-East India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Kampuchea, Vietnam, southern China , southern Japan, South Korea, Ryukyu...
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735... - Papilio polyctorPapilio polyctorThe Common Peacock is a beautiful swallowtail butterfly found in India. It is found in the Himalayas and parts of India from the foothills to 7000 feet between March and October. It has distinct dry and wet season forms. The butterfly frequents Buddleia flowers...
(Boisduval) - Papilio polytesPapilio polytesThe Common Mormon is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible Red-bodied Swallowtails, such as the Common Rose and the Crimson Rose.- Names :The common name...
romulus Cramer - Papilio protenorPapilio protenorThe Spangle Papilio protenor is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Swallowtail family. -Male:Upperside: velvety indigo-blue black, duller on the fore wing than on the hind wing. Fore wing with pale adnervular streaks broadened along the terminal margin and extended...
(Cramer) - Papilio chaon Westwood
- Troides helenaTroides helenaThe Common Birdwing, Troides helena , is a beautiful and large butterfly belonging to the Swallowtail . It is often found in the wildlife trade due to its popularity with butterfly collectors...
(LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...
) - Atrophaneura aidoneusAtrophaneura aidoneusThe Lesser Batwing Atrophaneura aidoneus is an Asian species of butterfly that belongs to the Batwings group of Atrophaneura, comprising tailless black swallowtail butterflies.-Description:* Wingspan - 112-162mm....
(Doubleday) - Atrophaneura aristoochiae (Fabricius)
- Atrophaneura dasaradaAtrophaneura dasaradaGreat Windmill is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Windmills group of the genus Atrophaneura, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents....
(Moore) - Atrophaneura philoxenus (Gray)
Family Pieridae
- Aporia agathonAporia agathonGreat Blackvein , Aporia agathon is a midsized butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-Description:...
(Gray) - Appias lyncidaAppias lyncidaChocolate Albatross , Appias lyncida is a butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in South and South East Asia.-Range:...
(Cramer) - Appias pandione (Geyer)
- Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)
- Catopsilia pyrantheCatopsilia pyrantheThe Mottled Emigrant, Catopsilia pyranthe, is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia.-Male:The upperside is chalky-white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green...
(Linnaeus) - Colias electoColias electoColias electo, the African Clouded Yellow or Lucerne Butterfly, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August...
fieldi Menetries - Delias acalis (Godart)
- Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)
- Delias belladonnaDelias belladonnaDelias belladonna, the Hill Jezebel, is a medium sized mountain butterfly of India. It belongs to the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites.-Description:Male has the upperside dusky brownish black to black...
(Fabricius) - Delias descombesiDelias descombesiDelias descombesi, the Redspot Jezebel is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites.-Male:Upperside : opaque white...
(Boisduval) - Delias hypareteDelias hypareteThe Painted Jezebel Delias hyparete is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae found in Asia.-Description:Closely resembles Delias eucharis but can be distinguished as follows : Male upper forewing has the black margins to the veins more diffuse ; the transverse postdiscal band diffuse,...
(Linnaeus) - Eurema blandaEurema blandaThree-Spot Grass Yellow , Eurema blanda is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.- External links :* Life cycle of Eurema blanda.-References:...
silhetana (Wallace) - Eurema brigittaEurema brigittaSmall Grass Yellow or Broad-bordered Grass Yellow is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India and other parts of Asia. It is also present in Australia and Africa....
rubella (Wallace) - Eurema hecabeEurema hecabeThe Large Grass Yellow or Common Grass Yellow is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia or Africa. They are found flying close to the ground and are found in open grass and scrub habitats...
(Linnaeus) - Eurema leata (Boisduval)
- Ixias pyreneIxias pyreneYellow Orange Tip , Ixias pyrene is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-Description:Dry-season brood. Male upperside: deep sulphur-yellow...
(Linnaeus) - Pieis brassicae nepalensis (Doubleday)
- Pieis canidia (Sparrman)
- Pieis napi (Linnaeus)
- Prioneris thestylisPrioneris thestylisSpotted Sawtooth, Prioneris thestylis is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-References:...
(Doubleday)
Family Danaidae
- Parantica agleaParantica agleaThe Glassy Tiger is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
(Stoll) - Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus)
- Danaus (Salatura) genutia (Cramer)
- Danaus melaneus (Cramer)
- Danaus sita (Kollar)
- Euploea coreEuploea coreThe Common Crow is a common butterfly found in South Asia. In India it is also sometimes referred to as the Common Indian Crow, and in Australia as the Australian Crow. It belongs to the Crows and Tigers subfamily of the Nymphalidae .The Common Crow is the most common representative of its genus...
(Cramer) - Euploea mulciberEuploea mulciberThe Striped Blue Crow is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:Hind wing ovate...
(Cramer)
Family Satyridae
- Lethe confusaLethe confusaThe Banded Treebrown, Lethe confusa, is a species of butterfly belonging to the satyr family that is found mainly in South East Asia and in parts of South Asia....
Aurivillius - Lethe verma (Kollar)
- Lethe yama (Moore)
- Lethe vindhyaLethe vindhyaThe Black Forester Lethe vindhya is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in India and Indo-China....
(C-Fedler) - Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)
- Melanitis phedimaMelanitis phedimaThe Dark Evening Brown is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in South Asia.-Food plants:...
(Stoll) - Melanitis ziteniusMelanitis ziteniusThe Great Evening Brown Melanitis zitenius is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia. The species is crepuscular.-Description:Wet-season form....
(Herbst) - Ypthima nareda (Kollar)
- Ypthima sakra Moore
- Elymnias hypermnestraElymnias hypermnestraThe Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra, is a species of satyrid butterfly found in south Asia.-Description:As some other species in the genus Elymnias, the Common Palmfly presents a precostal cell on the hindwings and a hair tuft of androconial scales on dorsal discal cell of hindwings.This...
Linnaeus - Elymnias malelas (Hewitson)
- Ethope himachalaEthope himachalaEthope himachala known also as the Dusky Diadem is a species of butterfly in the Satyr subfamily. It is found in parts of Asia, including north-western India, Assam, Burma and Thailand....
(Moore)
Family Nymphalidae
- Childrena childreniChildrena childreniThe Large Silverstripe is a species nymphalid butterfly was first described by Gray in 1861. Also known as the Himalayan Fritillary, it is found in mountainous areas, from Northeastern India into China. Its wingspan is . The forewings are predominantly orange with black spots, while the hindwings...
Gray - Argynnis hyperbiusArgynnis hyperbiusThe Indian Fritillary is butterfly of the Nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family.-Description:Male: Upperside: fore wing rich orange-yellow, hind wing paler yellow, with the following black markings: Fore wing: cell with a basal short transverse streak, a medial broad oval loop, its outer...
(Johanssen) - Argynnis laodiceArgynnis laodicePallas' Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in damp forested places in southern Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, northwestern Kazakhstan, and East Asia. Larvae feed on species of Viola. The species produces one generation annually and flies in July–August....
(Pallas) - Cethosia biblisCethosia biblisCethosia biblis, common name Red Lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family.-Description:...
(Drury) - Cethosia cyaneCethosia cyaneThe Leopard Lacewing is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China , and Indochina. Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, is relatively recent.-Description:-Male:Upperside tawny,...
(Drury) - Cirrochroa aorisCirrochroa aorisThe Large Yeoman is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia....
Doubleday - Cyrestis thyodamasCyrestis thyodamasThe Common Map is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.-Description:Males and females upperside white, in many specimens pale ochraceous yellow, veins black...
(Boisduval) - Ergolis merione (Cramer)
- Eriboea dolon (Westwood)
- Eriboea arja (Felder)
- Neptis hordonia Stoll
- Neptis hylasNeptis hylasNeptis hylas, sometimes known as the Common Sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a characteristic stiff gliding flight achieved by short and shallow wingbeats just above the horizontal....
Moore - Neptis nandina Moore
- Neptis yeburyi Butler
- Pantoporia perius (Linnaeus)
- Pantoporia selanophora (Kollar)
- Phalanta phalantha (Drury)
- Precis almana (Linnaeus)
- Precis atlities (Johanssen)
- Precis hierta (Fabricius)
- Precis iphita (Cramer)
- Precis lemonias (Linnaeus)
- Precis orithyia (Linnaeus)
- Vanessa canace (Johanssen)
- Vanessa carduiVanessa carduiVanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly, known as the Painted Lady, or in North America as the Cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus) - Vanessa indicaVanessa indicaVanessa indica, called the Asian Admiral in the United States and the Indian Red Admiral elsewhere, is a butterfly found in the higher altitude regions of India. It is a close relative of the Painted Lady.-Description:...
(Herbst) - Kallima inachusKallima inachusThe Orange Oakleaf or Dead Leaf is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular example of camouflage.-Description:...
(Boisduval) - Cynthia erota (Fabricius)
- Chersonesia risaChersonesia risaThe Common Maplet is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia.-Subspecies:*Chersonesia risa risa...
(Doubleday) - Symbrenthia hypselisSymbrenthia hypselisThe Himalayan Jester, Symbrenthia hypselis is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia....
(Godart) - Hestina namaHestina namaThe Circe Hestina nama is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia....
(Doubleday) - Apatura ambica (Kollar)
- Stibochiona niceaStibochiona niceaThe Popinjay Stibochiona nicea is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.-Description:Male upperside deep velvety black. Fore wing: cell with three somewhat obscure light blue transverse short lines, a curved series of four discal and of five postdiscal minute white spots anteriorly, and a...
(Gray) - Charaxes polyxena (Cramer)
- Issoria sinha (Kollar)
- Euthalia phemiusEuthalia phemiusThe White-Edged Blue Baron, Euthalia phemius, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Southern China and Hong Kong....
(Doubleday) - Euthalia lepidea (Butler)
- Doleschallia bisaltideDoleschallia bisaltideThe Autumnleaf Doleschallia bisaltide is a nymphalid butterfly found in India, also found in Australia where known as Leafwing.-Description:thumb|right|Upperside View at Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India....
(Cramer)
Family Lycaenidae
- Heliophorus androclesHeliophorus androclesThe Green Sapphire is a small butterfly found in India and Nepal that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-See also:*Lycaenidae*List of butterflies of India*List of butterflies of India -References:...
(Hewitson) - Heliophorus brahmaHeliophorus brahmaThe Golden Sapphire is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
(Moore) - Jamides alectoJamides alectoThe Metallic Cerulean is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
(Felder) - Zizeeria maha (Kollar)
Family Hesperiidae
- Badamia exclamationisBadamia exclamationisBadamia exclamationis, commonly known as the Brown Awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in India, Southeast Asia and Australia.-Range:...
(Fabricius) - Celaenorrhinus leucoceraCelaenorrhinus leucoceraCelaenorrhinus leucocera, commonly known as the Common Spotted Flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.It is a common butterfly generally found in the wet forested hills of southern Asia, from India and the Himalayas east through Indo-China...
(Kollar) - Notocrypta curvifacia (Felder)
- Pelopidas mathiasPelopidas mathiasPelopidas mathias, commonly known as the Dark Small-branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, Lesser Millet Skipper or Black Branded Swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of Southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in...
(Fabricius) - Udaspes folusUdaspes folusThe Grass Demon Udaspes folus is a small but prominent butterfly found in India that belongs to the Skippers, or Hesperiidae family. It is regarded as an occasional pest of ginger and turmeric.-Description:...
(Cramer)
See also
- ButterflyButterflyA butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
- List of butterflies of India
- Western Ghats ButterfliesWestern Ghats butterfliesThis is a list of butterfly species found in the Western Ghats region. This region is a biodiversity hotspot and about 334 species of butterflies have been recorded.* Papilionidae—Swallowtail Butterflies * Pieridae—Yellow-White Butterflies...
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