See List of butterflies of India (Danainae).

Please see List of butterflies of India (Morphinae).

Please see List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae).

Please see List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)

• European or common beak, Libythea celtis (Laicharting, [1782]) earlier Libythea lepita (Moore, 1857).^[1]
• Whitespotted beak, Libythea narina (Marshall, 1880)
• Club beak, Libythea myrrha (Godart, 1819)

Charaxes - rajahs edit

• Chestnut rajah, Charaxes durnfordi Distant, 1884
• Tawny rajah, Charaxes bernardus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Scarce tawny rajah, Charaxes aristogiton C. & R. Felder, 1867
• Yellow rajah, Charaxes marmax (Westwood, 1847)
• Variegated rajah, Charaxes kahruba (Moore 1895)
• Black rajah, Charaxes solon (Fabricius, 1793)

Polyura - nawabs edit

• Stately nawab, Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1847) (formerly a Rajah)
• Blue nawab, Polyura schreiberi (Godart, 1824)
• Common nawab, Polyura athamas (Drury, 1773)
• Pallid nawab, Polyura arja (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
• Malayan nawab, Polyura moori (Distant, 1883)
• Great nawab, Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday, 1843)
• Jewelled nawab, Polyura delphis (Doubleday, 1843)
• China nawab, Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)

Prothoe - blue begum edit

• Blue begum, Prothoe franck (Godart, 1824)

Agatasa - glorious begum edit

• Glorious begum, Agatasa calydonia (Hewitson, 1854)

• Freak, Calinaga buddha Moore, 1857
• Sikkim freak, Calinaga gautama Moore, 1896 (Sikkim, Bhutan)
• Abor freak, Calinaga aborica Tyler, 1915 (Abor Hills)

Acraea - tawny coster edit

• Tawny coster, Acraea violae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Yellow coster, Acraea issoria (Hübner, 1819)

Cethosia - lacewings edit

• Red lacewing, Cethosia biblis (Drury, 1773)
• Leopard lacewing, Cethosia cyane (Drury, 1773)
• Tamil lacewing, Cethosia nietneri Felder & Felder, 1867

Boloria - fritillaries edit

• Jerdon's silverspot, Boloria jerdoni (Lang, 1868)

Issoria - Queen of Spain fritillary edit

• Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Issoria gemmata (Butler, 1881)
• Issoria altissima (Elwes, 1882)
• Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)

Argynnis - fritillaries and silverstripes edit

• Indian fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Large silverstripe, Argynnis childreni Gray, 1831
• Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771)

Fabriciana - silverstripes edit

• Common silverstripe, Fabriciana kamala (Moore, 1857)
• Fabriciana argyrospilata (Kotsch, 1938)

Speyeria - fritillaries edit

• Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844)

Phalanta - leopards edit

• Small leopard, Phalanta alcippe (Stoll, 1782)
• Leopard, Phalanta phalantha (Drury, 1773)

Vindula - cruiser edit

• Cruiser, Vindula erota Fabricius, 1793

Cirrochroa - yeomans edit

• 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 - rustic edit

• Rustic, Cupha erymanthis (Drury, 1773)

Vagrans - vagrant edit

• Vagrant, Vagrans egista (Cramer, [1780])

Cyrestis - maps edit

• 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 edit

• Common maplet, Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, 1848)
• Intermediate maplet, Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895
• Wavy maplet, Chersonesia rahria (Moore, 1858)

Dichorragia - constable edit

• Constable, Dichorragia nesimachus (Doyère, 1840)

Stibochiona - popinjay edit

• Popinjay, Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846)

• Tabby, Pseudergolis wedah (Kollar, 1844)

Ariadne - castors edit

• Angled castor, Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Common castor, Ariadne merione (Cramer, 1777)

Laringa edit

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

Byblia - joker edit

• Joker, Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

Mimathyma - purple emperors edit

• Sergeant emperor, Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1866) (Sikkim)
• Indian purple emperor, Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, 1844)

Chitoria - emperors edit

• Sordid emperor, Chitoria sordida (Moore, 1866)
• Tawny emperor, Chitoria ulupi (Doherty, 1889)

Dilipa - golden emperor edit

• Golden emperor, Dilipa morgiana (Westwood, 1850)

Eulacera - Tytler's emperor edit

• Tytler's emperor, Eulaceura manipuriensis Tytler, 1915

Rohana - princes edit

• Black prince, Rohana parisatis (Westwood, 1850)
• Brown prince, Rohana parvata (Moore, 1857)

Euripus - courtesans edit

• Painted courtesan, Euripus consimilis (Westwood, 1850)
• Courtesan, Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)

Helcyra - white emperors edit

• White emperor, Helcyra hemina Hewitson, 1864

Herona - pasha edit

• Pasha, Herona marathus Doubleday, 1848

Hestina - circe edit

• Circe, Hestina nama (Doubleday, 1845)
• Siren, Hestina persimilis (Westwood, 1850)
• Hestina jermyni H. Druce, 1911 (Himalayas)

Sephisa - courtiers edit

• Western courtier, Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, 1844)
• Eastern courtier, Sephisa chandra (Moore, 1858)

Araschnia - Mongol edit

• Mongol, Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871)

Symbrenthia - jesters edit

• 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 edit

• Indian red admiral, Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794)
• Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalis - tortoiseshells edit

• Scarce tortoiseshell, Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)

Aglais - tortoiseshells edit

• Indian tortoiseshell, Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, [1844])
• Ladakh tortoiseshell, Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1878)

Polygonia - commas edit

• Eastern comma, Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
• Polygonia interposita (Staudinger, 1881)

Kaniska - blue admiral edit

• Blue admiral, Kaniska canace (Linnaeus, 1763)

Junonia - pansies edit

• Gray pansy, Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Peacock pansy, Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Yellow pansy, Junonia hierta (Fabricius, 1798)
• Chocolate pansy, Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779)
• Lemon pansy, Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Blue pansy, Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypolimnas - eggflys edit

• Great eggfly, Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Danaid eggfly, Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Kallima - oakleafs edit

• Orange oakleaf, Kallima inachus (Boisduval, 1846)
• Andaman oakleaf, Kallima albofasciata (Moore, 1877) (Andaman Is.)
• Scarce blue oakleaf, Kallima alompra (Moore, 1879) (Sikkim)
• South Indian blue oakleaf, Kallima horsfieldii (Kollar, 1844)
• Ceylon blue oakleaf, Kallima philarchus (Westwood, 1848) (Sri Lanka)
• Kallima knyvetti (de Nicéville, 1886) (Bhutan, Assam)
• Indian leafwing, Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, 1829) (Indonesia, Malaysia)

Doleschallia - autumn leaf edit

• Autumn leaf, Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer, 1777)

Rhinopalpa - wizard edit

• Wizard, Rhinopalpa polynice (Cramer, 1779)

Melitaea edit

• Chitral fritillary, Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901
• Shandur fritillary, Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924
• Melitaea sindura Moore, 1865
• Melitaea balbita Moore, 1874
• Melitaea balba Evans, 1912

• Nymphalidae
• List of butterflies of India

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.