List of butterflies of Nepal
Appearance
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The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal. Six hundred and seventy-six species and thirty subspecies are listed.
This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2006 Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies,[1] with some recent additions and a modernized classification. Scientific and common names are also from that book (though corrections have been made when clear). The 27 endemic species or subspecies are marked.
Family Hesperiidae - skippers
[edit]Subfamily Coeliadinae
[edit]- Badamia exclamationis - brown awl
- Bibasis sena - orange-tail awl
- Burara anadi anadi - plain orange awlet[2]
- Burara oedipodea belesis - branded orange awlet
- Burara jaina jaina - orange awl
- Burara harisa harisa - orange awlet
- Burara vasutana - green awlet
- Burara amara - small green awlet
- Burara gomata - pale green awlet[3]
- Hasora anura - slate awl
- Hasora chromus chromus - common banded awl
- Hasora badra badra - common awl
- Choaspes benjaminii japonica - Japanese awlking
- Choaspes xanthopogon - Indian awlking
- Choaspes furcata - hooked awlking
Subfamily Pyrginae
[edit]Tribe Calaenorrhini
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Sarangesa dasahara dasahara
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Pseudocoladenia fatih
- Capila lidderdali - Lidderdale's dawnfly
- Capila penicillatum - fringed dawnfly
- Capila jayadeva - striped dawnfly
- Lobocla liliana - marbled flat
- Celaenorrhinus ratna tytleri - Tytler's multispotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus pero lucifera - Mussoorie spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus patula - large spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera - common spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus putra putra - Bengal spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus munda - Himalayan spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus maculicornis - Elwes' spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus dhanada dhanada - Himalayan yellow-banded flat
- Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans - Himalayan small-banded flat[4]
- Dharpa hanria - hairy angle
- Pseudocoladenia fatih - west Himalayan pied flat
- Coladenia indrani indrani - tricolour pied flat
- Coladenia agnioides - Elwes' pied flat
- Sarangesa purendra purendra - spotted small flat
- Sarangesa dasahara dasahara - common small flat
- Satarupa zulla zulla - Tytler's white flat
- Satarupa gopala - large white flat
- Seseria dohertyi dohertyi - Himalayan white flat
- Chamunda chamunda - olive flat
- Gerosis phisara phisara - dusky yellow-breasted flat
- Gerosis bhagava bhagava - common yellow-breasted flat
- Tagiades japetus ravi - common snow flat[5]
- Tagiades gana athos - suffused snow flat
- Tagiades parra gala - large snow flat
- Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa - water snow flat
- Tagiades menaka menaka - spotted snow flat
- Tagiades cohaerens cyntyia - Evans' snow flat
- Mooreana trichoneura pralaya - yellow flat
- Ctenoptilum vasava vasava - tawny angle
- Odontoptilum angulata angulata - chestnut angle
- Caprona agama agama - spotted angle
- Caprona alida yerburi - Yerbury's golden angle
Tribe Pyrgini
[edit]- Spialia galba - Indian skipper
- Pyrgus nepalensis - Nepal skipper (endemic)
Subfamily Hesperiinae
[edit]Tribe Heteropterini
[edit]- Carterocephalus avanti avanti - orange and silver mountain hopper
Tribe Astictopterini
[edit]- Astictopterus jama olivascens - forest hopper
- Arnetta atkinsoni - Atkinson's bob
- Ochus subvittatus subradiatus - tiger hopper
- Baracus vittatus septentrionym - hedge hopper
- Ampittia dioscorides - bush hopper
- Aeromachus kali - blue-spotted scrub hopper
- Aeromachus stigmatus stigmatus - veined scrub hopper
- Aeromachus jhora jhora - grey scrub hopper
- Aeromachus dubius dubius - dingy scrub hopper
- Aeromachus pygmaeus - pygmy scrub hopper
- Pedesta masuriensis masuriensis - Mussoorie bush bob
- Pedesta pandita - brown bush bob
- Sebastronyma dolopia - tufted ace
- Sovia grahami - Graham's ace
- Sovia lucasii separata - Lucas' ace
- Thoressa gupta gupta - olive ace
- Thoressa aina aina - Garwal ace
- Halpe arcuata - overlapped ace[2]
- Halpe zema zema - banded ace
- Halpe kumara - plain ace
- Halpe porus - Moore's ace
- Halpe homolea molta - Indian ace
- Halpe filda - Elwes' ace
- Pithauria stramineipennis - light straw ace
- Pithauria murdava - dark straw ace
Tribe Ancistroidini
[edit]- Iambrix salsala salsala - chestnut bob
- Koruthaialos rubecula cachara - narrow banded velvet bob
- Koruthaialos butleri - dark velvet bob
- Ancistroides nigrita diocles - chocolate demon
- Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia - restricted demon
- Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos - spotted demon
- Udaspes folus - grass demon
Tribe Plastingiini
[edit]- Scobura cephala - forest bob
- Suada swerga swerga - grass bob
- Suastus gremius gremius - Indian palm bob
- Cupitha purreea - wax dart
- Zographetus satwa - purple and gold flitter
- Zographetus ogygia - purple-spotted flitter
- Hyarotis adrastus praba - tree flitter
- Gangara thyrsis - giant red-eye
- Erionota torus - Sikkim palm red-eye
- Erionota thrax thrax - common palm red-eye
- Matapa aria - common red-eye
- Matapa druna - grey-brand red-eye
- Matapa sasivarna - black-veined red-eye
- Matapa cresta - fringed red-eye
- Matapa purpurascens - purple red-eye
Tribe Hesperiini
[edit]- Ochlodes brahma - Himalayan darter
Tribe Taractrocerini
[edit]- Taractrocera danna - Himalayan grass dart
- Taractrocera maevius sagra - common grass dart
- Oriens goloides - Ceylon dartlet
- Oriens gola pseudolus - common dartlet
- Potanthus pallida - pale dart
- Potanthus trachala - broad bident dart
- Potanthus pseudomaesa clio - Indian dart
- Potanthus dara - Himalayan dart
- Potanthus confucius dushta - Chinese dart
- Potanthus mara - branded Sikkim dart
- Potanthus nesta nesta - Sikkim dart
- Potanthus pava - Formosan dart
- Potanthus palnia palnia - Palni dart
- Telicota colon colon - pale palm dart
- Telicota bambusae bambusae - dark palm dart
- Telicota ohara jix - Plotz's palm dart
- Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica - plain palm dart
Tribe Gegenini
[edit]- Parnara guttata mangala - straight swift
- Parnara apostata debdasi - Sumatran swift
- Parnara bada bada - Ceylon swift
- Borbo cinnara cinnara - rice swift
- Borbo bevani - Bevan's swift
- Pelopidas sinensis - large branded swift
- Pelopidas agna agna - little branded swift
- Pelopidas mathias mathias - small branded swift
- Pelopidas assamensis - great swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta javana - conjoined swift
- Polytremis lubricans lubricans - contiguous swift
- Polytremis discreta discreta - Himalayan swift
- Polytremis eltola eltola - yellow-spot swift
- Baoris farri farri - paintbrush swift
- Baoris penicillata unicolor - pencil swift
- Baoris pagana - figure-of-eight swift
- Caltoris sirius sirius - Sirius swift
- Caltoris cahira austeni - colon swift
- Caltoris kumara moorei - blank swift
- Caltoris tulsi tulsi - purple swift
- Caltoris plebeia - tufted swift
Family Papilionidae - swallowtails
[edit]Subfamily Parnassiinae
[edit]- Parnassius epaphus epaphus - common red Apollo
- Parnassius epaphus epaphus
- Parnassius epaphus sikkimensis
- Parnassius epaphus chiddii
- Parnassius epaphus robertsi
- Parnassius epaphus capdevillei
- Parnassius epaphus boschmai
- Parnassius hardwickii - common blue Apollo (endemic)
- Parnassius stoliczkanus - Ladakh banded Apollo/many eyed Apollo
- Parnassius stenosemus nobuko - Pir Panjal banded Apollo
- Parnassius acdestis - banded Apollo
- Parnassius acdestis katsuhikoi
- Parnassius acdestis laurentii
- Parnassius acdestis marki
- Parnassius acdestis whitei
- Parnassius cephalus horii - dusky Apollo
- Parnassius simo - black-edged Apollo
- Parnassius simo acconus
- Parnassius simo simo
- Parnassius acco acco - varnished Apollo
Subfamily Papilioninae
[edit]Tribe Leptocircini
[edit]- Teinopalpus imperialis imperialis - Kaiser-i-Hind
- Meandrusa gyas gyas - brown gorgon
- Pathysa eurous sikkimica - six-bar swordtail
- Pathysa glycerion - spectacle swordtail (endemic)
- Pathysa antiphates pompilius - five-bar swordtail
- Pathysa nomius nomius - spot swordtail
- Graphium cloanthus cloanthus - glassy bluebottle
- Graphium sarpedon luctatius - common bluebottle
- Graphium agamemnon agamemnon - tailed jay
- Graphium doson axion - common jay
- Graphium clanis chironicum - veined jay
- Graphium xenocles phrontis - great zebra
- Graphium macareus indicus - lesser zebra
Tribe Papilionini
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Papilio polytes male f. romulus
- Chilasa agestor - tawny mime
- Chilasa agestor agestor (endemic)
- Chilasa agestor govindra (endemic)
- Chilasa epycides epycides - lesser mime
- Chilasa clytia clytia - common mime
- Papilio machaon - common yellow swallowtail
- Papilio machaon rinpoche
- Papilio machaon emihippocrates
- Papilio demoleus demoleus - lime swallowtail
- Papilio paris decorosa - Paris peacock
- Papilio polyctor ganesa - common peacock
- Papilio arcturus arcturus - blue peacock
- Papilio krishna - Krishna peacock
- Papilio memnon agenor - great Mormon
- Papilio polymnestor - blue Mormon
- Papilio protenor euprotenor - spangle
- Papilio alcmenor - common redbreast
- Papilio janaka - tailed redbreast
- Papilio polytes romolus - common Mormon
- Papilio helenus helenus - red Helen
- Papilio nephelus chaon - yellow Helen
- Papilio castor polias - common raven
Tribe Troidini
[edit]- Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae - common rose
- Atrophaneura latreillei latreillei - rose windmill (endemic)
- Atrophaneura polyeuctes letincius - common windmill
- Atrophaneura dasarada dasarada - great windmill
- Atrophaneura dasarada ravana
- Atrophaneura alcinous pembertoni - Chinese windmill
- Atrophaneura aidoneus - lesser batwing
- Atrophaneura varuna astorion - common batwing
- Troides helena cerberus - common birdwing
- Troides aeacus aeacus - golden birdwing
Family Pieridae - whites
[edit]Tribe Pierini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Indian_cabbage_white_%28Pieris_canidia_indica%29_female_Gokarna.jpg/220px-Indian_cabbage_white_%28Pieris_canidia_indica%29_female_Gokarna.jpg)
Pieris canidia indica female
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Red_base_jezebel_%28Delias_pasithoe_thyra%29_underside_Pokhara.jpg/220px-Red_base_jezebel_%28Delias_pasithoe_thyra%29_underside_Pokhara.jpg)
Delias pasithoe thyra
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Leptosia nina nina
- Metaporia agathon agathon - great blackvein
- Metaporia agathon agathon (endemic)
- Metaporia agathon caphusa (endemic)
- Metaporia agathon phryxe (endemic)
- Metaporia leucodice - Himalayan blackvein
- Mesapia peloria - Tibetan blackvein
- Baltia butleri butleri - Butler's dwarf
- Pieris brassicae nepalensis - large cabbage white
- Pieris canidia indica - Indian cabbage white
- Pieris montanus - green-veined white
- Synchloe callidice - lofty Bath white
- Synchloe sherpae - Sherpa white (endemic)
- Pontia daplidice moorei - Bath white
- Belenois aurota aurota - pioneer
- Cepora nadina - lesser gull
- Cepora nerissa phryne - common gull
- Delias belladonna - hill Jezebel
- Delias belladonna horsfieldi
- Delias belladonna lugens
- Delias sanaca oreas - pale Jezebel
- Delias berinda boyleae - dark Jezebel
- Delias pasithoe thyra - red-base Jezebel
- Delias acalis pyramus - read-breast Jezebel
- Delias descombesi leucacantha - red-spot Jezebel
- Delias agostina agostina - yellow Jezebel
- Delias hyparete indica - painted Jezebel
- Delias eucharis - common Jezebel
- Appias libythea olferna - striped albatross
- Appias lyncida eleonora - chocolate albatross
- Appias albina darada - common albatross
- Appias indra indra - plain puffin
- Appias lalage lalage - spot puffin
- Leptosia nina nina - Psyche
- Prioneris thestylis thestylis - spotted sawtooth
Tribe Euchloeini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Common_wanderer_%28Pareronia_hippia%29_male_Chitwan.jpg/220px-Common_wanderer_%28Pareronia_hippia%29_male_Chitwan.jpg)
Pareronia hippia male
- Ixias marianne - white orange tip
- Ixias pyrene familiaris - yellow orange tip
- Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe - great orange tip
- Pareronia valeria hippia - common wanderer
- Pareronia avatar avatar - pale wanderer
Tribe Coliadini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Common_Grass_Yellow_%28Eurema_hecabe_contubernalis%29_ab._no_cell_spots_on_forewing_Bardia.jpg/220px-Common_Grass_Yellow_%28Eurema_hecabe_contubernalis%29_ab._no_cell_spots_on_forewing_Bardia.jpg)
Eurema hecabe contubernalis with no cell spots on forewing
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Three-spot_grass_yellow_%28Eurema_blanda_silhetana%29_underside_Godavari.jpg/220px-Three-spot_grass_yellow_%28Eurema_blanda_silhetana%29_underside_Godavari.jpg)
Eurema blanda silhetana
- Catopsilia pomona pomona - lemon emigrant or common emigrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe - mottled emigrant
- Gonepteryx rhamni napalensis - common brimstone
- Gonepteryx aspasia zaneka - lesser brimstone
- Dercas verhuelli doubledayi - tailed sulpher
- Gandaca harina assamica - tree yellow
- Eurema andersonii jordani - one-spot grass yellow[6]
- Eurema brigitta rubella - small grass yellow
- Eurema laeta sikkima - spotless grass yellow
- Eurema blanda silhetana - three-spot grass yellow
- Eurema hecabe contubernalis - common grass yellow
- Colias tibetana - Tibetan clouded yellow
- Colias ladakensis - Ladakh clouded yellow
- Colias berylla - Everest clouded yellow
- Colias erate lativitta - pale clouded yellow
- Colias stoliczkana - orange clouded yellow
- Colias stoliczkana miranda
- Colias stoliczkana cathleenae
- Colias fieldii fieldii - dark clouded yellow
Family Lycaenidae - blues
[edit]Subfamily Poritiinae
[edit]- Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni - common gem
Subfamily Miletinae
[edit]Tribe Miletini
[edit]- Miletus chinensis assamensis - common brownie
- Allotinus drumila drumila - great darkie
- Logania distanti massalia - dark mottle
Tribe Spalgini
[edit]- Spalgis epeus epeus - apefly
Tribe Tarakini
[edit]- Taraka hamada mendesia - forest Pierrot
Tribe Liphyrini
[edit]- Liphyra brassolis brassolis - moth butterfly
Subfamily Curetinae
[edit]- Curetis bulis bulis - bright sunbeam
- Curetis acuta dentata - angled sunbeam
Subfamily Aphnaeinae
[edit]- Cigaritis vulcanus vulcanus - common silverline
- Cigaritis schistacea gabriel - plumbous silverline
- Cigaritis elima uniformis - scarce shot silverline
- Cigaritis nipalicus nipalicus - silver-grey silverline (endemic)
- Cigaritis lohita himalayanus - long-banded silverline
- Cigaritis syama peguanus - club silverline
Subfamily Theclinae
[edit]Tribe Theclini
[edit]- Ahlbergia haradai - prickly ash elfin (endemic) [7]
- Euaspa milionia - water hairstreak
- Esakiozephyrus icana - dull green hairstreak
- Esakiozephyrus mandara dohertyi - Indian purple hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus sikkimensis - Sikkim green hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus zoa - powdered green hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus duma - metallic green hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus disparatus interpositas - Sikkim hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus birupa - fawn hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus bhutanensis - Bhutan silver hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus syla - silver hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus assamicus - Assam silver hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis shakuhuge - Kirbari hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus paona - Paona hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus ataxus ataxus - wonderful hairstreak
- Neozephyrus suroia yukie - caerulean hairstreak
- Chaetoprocta odata - walnut blue
- Chaetoprocta odata baileyi
- Chaetoprocta odata kurumi
Tribe Arhopalini
[edit]- Amblopala avidiena nepalica - Chinese hairstreak
- Mahathala ameria ameria - falcate oakblue
- Arhopala oenea - Hewitson's dull oakblue
- Arhopala khamti - Doherty's dull oakblue
- Arhopala atrax - Indian oakblue
- Arhopala bazaloides - Tamil oakblue
- Arhopala birmana birmana - Burmese bushblue
- Arhopala amantes apella - large oakblue
- Arhopala pseudocentaurus pirithous - centaur oakblue
- Arhopala bazalus teesta - powdered oakblue
- Arhopala singla - yellow-disc oakblue
- Arhopala eumolphus - green oakblue
- Arhopala paramuta paramuta - hooked oakblue
- Arhopala rama rama - dark Himalayan oakblue
- Arhopala dodonaea - pale Himalayan oakblue
- Arhopala perimuta - yellow-disk tailless oakblue
- Arhopala fulla ignara - spotless oakblue
- Arhopala abseus indicus - aberrant oakblue
- Panchala ganesa ganesa - tailless bushblue
- Panchala paraganesa paraganesa - dusky bushblue
- Flos fulgida fulgida - shining plushblue
- Flos adriana - variegated plushblue
- Flos asoka - spangled plushblue
- Flos chinensis - Chinese plushblue
- Flos areste - tailless plushblue
- Surendra quercetorum quercetorum - common acacia blue
- Zinaspa todara distorta - silver-streaked acacia blue
Tribe Zesiini
[edit]- Zesius chrysomallus - redspot
Tribe Amblypodiini
[edit]- Iraota timoleon timoleon - silverstreak blue
Tribe Catapaecilmatini
[edit]- Catapaecilma major major - common tinsel
Tribe Horagini
[edit]- Horaga onyx onyx - common onyx
- Horaga albimacula viola - brown onyx
Tribe Loxurini
[edit]- Loxura atymnus continentalis - yamfly
Tribe Cheritrini
[edit]- Cheritra freja evansi - common imperial
- Cheritrella truncipennis - truncate imperial
- Ticherra acte acte - blue imperial
Tribe Iolaini
[edit]- Tajuria yajna istroides - chestnut royal
- Tajuria diaeus - straightline royal
- Tajuria cippus cippus - peacock royal
- Tajuria illurgis - white royal
- Tajuria illurgoides - scarce white royal
- Tajuria luculentus nela - Chinese royal
- Tajuria maculata - spotted royal
- Dacalana cotys - white banded royal
- Pratapa deva lila - white tufted royal
- Pratapa icetas icetas - dark blue royal
- Creon cleobis cleobis - broadtail royal
- Maneca bhotea - slate royal
- Charana mandarinus mandarinus - mandarin blue
- Rachana jalindra indra - banded royal
- Neocheritra fabronia fabronia - pale grand imperial
Tribe Remelaini
[edit]- Remelana jangala ravata - chocolate royal
- Ancema ctesia ctesia - bispot royal
- Ancema blanka minturna - silver royal
Tribe Hypolycaenini
[edit]- Hypolycaena erylus himavantus - common tit
- Zeltus amasa amasa - fluffy tit
- Chliaria othona - orchid tit
- Chliaria kina - blue tit
Tribe Deudorigini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Indigo_flash_%28Rapala_varuna_orseis%29_underside_Bardia.jpg/220px-Indigo_flash_%28Rapala_varuna_orseis%29_underside_Bardia.jpg)
Rapala varuna orseis
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Copper_flash_%28Rapala_pheritima_petosiris%29_Pokhara.jpg/220px-Copper_flash_%28Rapala_pheritima_petosiris%29_Pokhara.jpg)
Rapala pheritima petosiris
- Artipe eryx - green flash
- Virachola isocrates - common guava blue
- Virachola perse perse - large guava blue
- Deudorix epijarbas ancus - cornelian
- Rapala refulgens - refulgent flash
- Rapala damona - Malay red flash
- Rapala tara - Assam flash
- Rapala varuna orseis - indigo flash
- Rapala manea schistacea - slate flash
- Rapala scintilla - scarce slate flash
- Rapala pheretima petosiris - copper flash
- Rapala dieneces dieneces - scarlet flash
- Rapala iarbus - common red flash
- Rapala rectivitta - shot flash
- Rapala nissa nissa - common flash
- Rapala micans selira - Himalayan red flash
- Sinthusa nasaka pallidior - narrow spark
- Sinthusa chandrana - broad spark
- Pamela dudgeoni - Lister's hairstreak
Subfamily Lycaeninae
[edit]- Lycaena pavana - white-bordered copper
- Lycaena phlaeas baralacha - common copper
- Heliophorus sena - sorrel sapphire
- Heliophorus epicles latilimbata - purple sapphire
- Heliophorus indicus - Indian purple sapphire
- Heliophorus ila pseudonexus - restricted purple sapphire
- Heliophorus moorei - azure sapphire[8]
- Heliophorus bakeri - western blue sapphire
- Heliophorus oda - eastern blue sapphire
- Heliophorus brahma brahma - golden sapphire
- Heliophorus androcles coruscans - green sapphire
- Heliophorus tamu tamu - powdery green sapphire
Subfamily Polyommatinae
[edit]Tribe Lycaenesthini
[edit]- Anthene emolus emolus - ciliate blue
- Anthene lycaenina lycambes - pointed ciliate blue
Tribe Niphandini
[edit]- Niphanda cymbia cymbia - pointed Pierrot
Tribe Polyommatini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Dark_cerulean_%28Jamides_bochus_bochus%29_underside_Godavari.jpg/220px-Dark_cerulean_%28Jamides_bochus_bochus%29_underside_Godavari.jpg)
Jamides bochus bochus
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Common_cerulean_%28Jamides_celeno_aelianus%29_dry_season_form_underside_Godavari.jpg/220px-Common_cerulean_%28Jamides_celeno_aelianus%29_dry_season_form_underside_Godavari.jpg)
Jamides celeno aelianus
dry-season form
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Forget-me-not_%28Catochrysops_strabo%29_female_Nepalgunj.jpg/220px-Forget-me-not_%28Catochrysops_strabo%29_female_Nepalgunj.jpg)
Catochrysops strabo female
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Angled_pierrot_%28Caleta_decidia%29_underside_Bardia.jpg/220px-Angled_pierrot_%28Caleta_decidia%29_underside_Bardia.jpg)
Caleta decidia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pale_grass_blue_%28Pseudozizeeria_maha%29_underside_Lumbini.jpg/220px-Pale_grass_blue_%28Pseudozizeeria_maha%29_underside_Lumbini.jpg)
Pseudozizeeria maha
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Malayan_%28Megisba_malaya_sikkima%29_female_Bardia.jpg/220px-Malayan_%28Megisba_malaya_sikkima%29_female_Bardia.jpg)
Megisba malaya sikkima female
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Pale_hedge-blue_%28Udara_dilecta%29_underside_Godavari.jpg/220px-Pale_hedge-blue_%28Udara_dilecta%29_underside_Godavari.jpg)
Udara dilecta
- Orthomiella pontis - straightwing blue
- Orthomiella ronkayana - Nepal straight wing blue (endemic)
- Petrelaea dana dana - dingy lineblue
- Nacaduba pactolus continentalis - large fourline-blue
- Nacaduba hermus nabo - Pale fourline-blue
- Nacaduba kurava euplea - transparent sixline-blue
- Ionolyce helicon merguiana - pointed lineblue
- Prosotas nora ardates - common lineblue
- Prosotas pia marginata - margined lineblue
- Prosotas dubiosa indica - tailless lineblue
- Prosotas lutes sivoka - banded lineblue
- Prosotas bhutea - Bhutya lineblue
- Jamides bochus bochus - dark cerulean
- Jamides celeno aelianus - common cerulean
- Jamides alecto alocina - metallic cerulean
- Catochrysops strabo strabo - forget-me-not blue
- Catochrysops panormus exiguus - silver forget-me-not blue
- Lampides boeticus - peablue
- Syntarucus plinius - zebra blue
- Castalius rosimon rosimon - common Pierrot
- Caleta caleta decidia - angled Pierrot
- Caleta elna noliteia - elbowed Pierrot
- Tarucus ananda ananda - dark Pierrot
- Tarucus waterstradti dharta - Assam Pierrot
- Tarucus callinara - spotted Pierrot
- Tarucus nara alteratus - striped Pierrot
- Zizeeria maha maha - pale grass blue
- Zizeeria karsandra - dark grass blue
- Zizina otis otis - lesser grass blue
- Zizula hylax - tiny grass blue
- Everes argiades diporides - Chapman's Cupid
- Everes huegelii huegelii - tailed Cupid
- Everes lacturnus assamica - Indian Cupid
- Azanus uranus - dull babul blue
- Pithecops corvus correctus - forest Quaker
- Neopithecops zalmora zalmora - common Quaker
- Megisba malaya sikkima - Malayan
- Lestranicus transpectus - white-banded hedge-blue
- Acytolepis puspa gisca - common hedge-blue
- Celatoxia marginata marginata - margined hedge-blue (endemic)
- Celastrina argiolus kollari - hill hedge-blue
- Celastrina argiolus jynteana
- Celastrina hersilia vipia - Naga hedge-blue
- Celastrina gigas - silvery hedge-blue
- Celastrina huegelii oreiodes - large hedge-blue
- Celastrina lavendularis limbata - plain hedge-blue
- Udara dilecta - pale hedge-blue (endemic)
- Udara albocaerulea - albocaerulean
- Oreolyce vardhana - dusky hedge-blue
- Oreolyce vardhana vardhana
- Oreolyce vardhana nepalica
- Euchrysops cnejus - gram blue
- Luthrodes pandava pandava - plains Cupid
- Chilades parrhasius - small Cupid
- Chilades lajus lajus - lime blue
- Freyeria trochylus orientalis - grass jewel
- Freyeria putli - least grass jewel
- Polyommatus pierinoi - Manang meadow blue (endemic)
- Polyommatus stoliczkana arene - common meadow blue
- Polyommatus nepalensis - Nepal meadow blue (endemic)
- Aricia astrarche - orange-bordered argus
- Agriades luana - Tibetan argus
- Albulina asiatica - azure mountain blue
- Albulina lehana - common mountain blue
- Albulina orbitulus lobbichleri - greenish mountain blue
- Albulina galathea galathea - large green underwing
Family Riodinidae
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Dark_judy_%28Abisara_fylla_fylla%29_male_Godawari.jpg/220px-Dark_judy_%28Abisara_fylla_fylla%29_male_Godawari.jpg)
Abisara fylla fylla male
- Dodona durga - common Punch
- Dodona dipoea - lesser Punch
- Dodona eugenes eugenes - tailed Punch
- Dodona egeon egeon - orange Punch
- Dodona ouida - mixed Punch
- Dodona adonira - striped Punch
- Abisara bifasciata suffusa - plum Judy
- Abisara fylla fylla - dark Judy
- Abisara chela chela - spot Judy[5]
- Abisara neophron neophronoides - tailed Judy
- Zemeros flegyas indicus - Punchinello
Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids
[edit]Subfamily Libytheinae
[edit]- Libythea celtis lepita - common beak
- Libythea myrrha sanguinalis - club beak (endemic)
Subfamily Heliconiinae
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Rustic_%28Cupha_erymanthis_lotis%29_Godavari.jpg/220px-Rustic_%28Cupha_erymanthis_lotis%29_Godavari.jpg)
Cupha erymanthis lotis
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Common_leopard_%28Phalanta_phalantha%29_Lumbini.jpg/220px-Common_leopard_%28Phalanta_phalantha%29_Lumbini.jpg)
Phalanta phalantha
- Acraea violae - tawny coster
- Acraea issoria - yellow coster
- Cethosia biblis tisamena - red lacewing
- Cethosia cyane - leopard lacewing
- Cupha erymanthis lotis - rustic
- Vagrans egista - vagrant
- Vindula erota erota - cruiser
- Cirrochroa aoris aoris - large yeoman
- Cirrochroa tyche mithila - common yeoman
- Phalanta phalantha phalantha - common leopard
- Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius - Indian fritillary
- Argynnis childreni - large silverstripe
- Argynnis childreni childreni (endemic)
- Argynnis childreni sakontala (endemic)
- Fabriciana kamala - common silverstripe
- Fabriciana adippe jaindeva - highbrown silverspot
- Speyeria clara - silverstreak
- Speyeria clara clara
- Speyeria clara shieldsi
- Issoria lathonia - Queen of Spain fritillary (endemic)
- Issoria annapurnae - Annapurna silverspot
- Issoria mackinnonii - Mackinnon's silverspot
- Issoria gemmata - gem silverspot
Subfamily Nymphalinae
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Indian_tortoiseshell_%28Aglais_caschmirensis_aesis%29.jpg/220px-Indian_tortoiseshell_%28Aglais_caschmirensis_aesis%29.jpg)
Aglais caschmirensis aesis
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Peacock_pansy_%28Junonia_almana_almana%29_dry_season_form_Nepalgunj.jpg/220px-Peacock_pansy_%28Junonia_almana_almana%29_dry_season_form_Nepalgunj.jpg)
Junonia almana almana
dry-season form
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Chocolate_pansy_%28Junonia_iphita%29_Chitwan.jpg/220px-Chocolate_pansy_%28Junonia_iphita%29_Chitwan.jpg)
Junonia iphita
- Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana - common jester
- Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda - spotted jester
- Symbrenthia brabira sivokana - Himalayan jester
- Symbrenthia niphanda niphanda - blue-tail jester
- Vanessa cardui - painted lady
- Vanessa indica - Indian red admiral
- Aglais caschmirensis aesis - Indian tortoiseshell
- Aglais ladakensis - Ladakh tortoiseshell
- Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens - large tortoiseshell
- Kaniska canace canace - blue admiral
- Polygonia agnicula - Nepal comma (endemic)
- Junonia hierta hierta - yellow pansy
- Junonia orithya ocyale - blue pansy
- Junonia lemonias - lemon pansy
- Junonia almana almana - peacock pansy
- Junonia atlites atlites - grey pansy
- Junonia iphita - chocolate pansy
- Hypolimnas misippus - Danaid eggfly
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha - great eggfly
- Kallima inachus - orange oakleaf
- Doleschallia bisaltide indica - autumn leaf
- Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis - blackvein fritillary
Subfamily Biblidinae
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Common_castor_%28Ariadne_merione_tapestrina%29_dry_season_form_Godavari.jpg/220px-Common_castor_%28Ariadne_merione_tapestrina%29_dry_season_form_Godavari.jpg)
Ariadne merione tapestrina
dry-season form
- Ariadne ariadne pallidor - angled castor
- Ariadne merione - common castor
Subfamily Limenitidinae
[edit]Tribe Limenitidini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Blackvein_sergeant_%28Athyma_ranga_ranga%29_female_Pokhara.jpg/220px-Blackvein_sergeant_%28Athyma_ranga_ranga%29_female_Pokhara.jpg)
Athyma ranga ranga female
- Limenitis trivena pallida - Indian white admiral
- Limenitis procris procris - commander
- Limenitis zulema - scarce white commodore
- Limenitis dudu - white commodore
- Limenitis daraxa daraxa - green commodore
- Limenitis zayla - bicolour commodore
- Limenitis danava - common commodore
- Lebadea martha martha - knight
- Neurosigma siva siva - panther
- Abrota ganga ganga - sergeant major
- Athyma perius - common sergeant
- Athyma jina jina - Bhutan sergeant
- Athyma asura asura - studded sergeant
- Athyma ranga ranga - blackvein sergeant
- Athyma opalina orientalis - Himalayan sergeant
- Athyma selenophora selenophora - staff sergeant
- Athyma zeroca zeroca - small staff sergeant
- Athyma cama cama - orange staff sergeant
- Athyma nefte inara - colour sergeant
Tribe Neptini
[edit]- Pantoporia hordonia hordonia - common lascar
- Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni - extra lascar[9]
- Lasippa viraja viraja - yellowjack sailer
- Neptis clinia susrata - sullied sailer
- Neptis sappho astola - Pallas' sailer
- Neptis hylas kamarupa - common sailer
- Neptis soma butleri - creamy sailer
- Neptis nata - clear sailer
- Neptis nata adipala
- Neptis nata yerburii
- Neptis mahendra mahendra - Himalayan sailer
- Neptis pseudovikasi - dingy sailer
- Neptis miah miah - small yellow sailer
- Neptis sankara - broad-banded sailer
- Neptis sankara sankara
- Neptis sankara amba
- Neptis cartica cartica - plain sailer (endemic)
- Neptis magadha khasiana - spotted sailer
- Neptis ananta ochracea - yellow sailer
- Neptis zaida bhutanica - pale green sailer
- Neptis armandia melba - variegated sailer
- Neptis radha radha - great yellow sailer
- Neptis narayana nana - broadstick sailer
- Neptis manasa manasa - pale hockeystick sailer
- Neptis nycteus - hockeystick sailer
- Phaedyma aspasia kathmandia - great hockeystick sailer
- Phaedyma columella ophiana - short-banded sailer
Tribe Euthaliini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Common_baron_%28Euthalia_aconthea_suddhodana%29_male_Bardia.jpg/220px-Common_baron_%28Euthalia_aconthea_suddhodana%29_male_Bardia.jpg)
Euthalia aconthea suddhodana male
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Grey_count_%28Tanaecia_lepidea_lepidea%29_Pokhara.jpg/220px-Grey_count_%28Tanaecia_lepidea_lepidea%29_Pokhara.jpg)
Tanaecia lepidea lepidea
- Tanaecia julii appiades - common earl
- Tanaecia lepidea lepidea - grey count
- Euthalia aconthea suddhodana - common baron
- Euthalia monina arhat - powdered baron
- Euthalia telchinia - blue baron
- Euthalia phemius - white-bordered blue baron
- Euthalia lubentina indica - gaudy baron
- Euthalia franciae franciae - French duke (endemic)
- Euthalia durga durga - blue duke
- Euthalia duda - blue duchess
- Euthalia nara nara - bronze duke
- Euthalia sahadeva sahadeva - green duke
- Euthalia patala patala - grand duchess
- Symphedra nais - baronet
Subfamily Cyrestinae
[edit]- Pseudergolis wedah - tabby
- Dichorragia nesimachus - constable
- Stibochiona nicea - popinjay (endemic)
- Cyrestis thyodamas - common map
- Chersonesia risa - common maplet
Subfamily Apaturinae
[edit]- Apatura ambica - Indian purple emperor
- Apatura ambica ambica
- Apatura ambica chitralensis
- Apatura chevana - sergeant emperor
- Rohana parisatis parisatis - black prince
- Dilipa morgiana - golden emperor
- Hestina nama nama - Circe
- Diagora persimilis persimilis - common Siren
- Diagora nicevillei - scarce Siren
- Euripus consimilis - painted courtesan
- Herona marathus marathus - pasha
- Sephisa dichroa - western courtier
- Sephisa chandra chandra - eastern courtier
Subfamily Charaxinae
[edit]- Charaxes bernardus imna - tawny raja
- Charaxes bernardus hemana
- Charaxes bernardus hierax
- Charaxes aristogiton - scarce tawny raja
- Charaxes marmax - yellow raja
- Charaxes kahruba - variegated raja
- Charaxes solon - black raja
- Polyura athamas - common nawab
- Polyura agrarius - Swinhoe's nawab
- Polyura arja - pallid nawab
- Polyura dolon centralis - stately nawab
- Polyura eudamippus eudamippus - great nawab
Subfamily Morphinae
[edit]- Enispe euthymius tesallata - red caliph
- Discophora sondaica zal - common duffer
- Thaumantis diores diores - jungle-glory
- Stichophthalma camadeva camadeva - northern jungle-queen
Subfamily Satyrinae
[edit]Tribe Melanitini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Common_evening_brown_%28Melanitis_leda_ismene%29_dry_season_form_underside_Lumbini.jpg/220px-Common_evening_brown_%28Melanitis_leda_ismene%29_dry_season_form_underside_Lumbini.jpg)
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Dark_evening_brown_%28Melanitis_phedima_bela%29_dry_season_form_underside_Chitwan.jpg/220px-Dark_evening_brown_%28Melanitis_phedima_bela%29_dry_season_form_underside_Chitwan.jpg)
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
- Melanitis leda ismene - common evening brown
- Melanitis phedima bela - dark evening brown
- Melanitis zitenius zitenius - great evening brown
Tribe Lethini
[edit]- Lethe baladeva baladeva - treble silverstripe
- Lethe europa niladana - bamboo treebrown
- Lethe rohria rohria - common treebrown
- Lethe confusa confusa - banded treebrown
- Lethe insana dinarbus - common forester
- Lethe serbonis teesta - brown forester
- Lethe vindhya - black forester
- Lethe kansa - bamboo forester
- Lethe sinorix - red-tail forester
- Lethe latiaris hige - pale forester
- Lethe verma sintica - straight-banded treebrown
- Lethe siderea - scarce woodbrown
- Lethe sidonis sidonis - common woodbrown
- Lethe dakwania - Garhwal woodbrown[6]
- Lethe nicetella - small woodbrown
- Lethe nicetas - yellow woodbrown
- Lethe maitrya maitrya - barred woodbrown
- Lethe tristigmata - spotted mystic
- Lethe jalaurida jalaurida - small silverfork
- Lethe jalaurida elwesi
- Lethe atkinsonia - small goldenfork
- Lethe goalpara goalpara - large goldenfork
- Lethe sura - lilacfork
- Lethe dura gammiei - scarce lilacfork[5]
- Nemetis mekara mekara - straight red forester
- Nemetis chandica - angled red forester
- Lethe distans - scarce red forester[5]
- Neope pulaha pulaha - veined labyrinth
- Neope pulahoides tamur - Tamur labyrinth
- Neope pulahina - scarce labyrinth
- Neope bhadra bhadra - tailed labyrinth
- Patala yama yama - dusky labyrinth
- Patala yama buckleyi
- Lasiommata menava menava - dark wall brown
- Lasiommata schakra - common wall brown
- Rhaphicera moorei - small tawny wall
- Rhaphicera satricus satricus - large tawny wall
- Crebeta lehmanni - Nepal woodland brown
- Orinoma damaris - tigerbrown
Tribe Elymniini
[edit]- Elymnias hypermnestra undularis - common palmfly
- Elymnias nesaea - tiger palmfly
- Elymnias malelas malelas - spotted palmfly
- Elymnias patna patna - blue-streaked palmfly
- Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva - Jezebel palmfly
Tribe Mycalesini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dark-brand_bushbrown_%28Mycalesis_mineus_mineus%29_dry_season_form_Pokhara.jpg/220px-Dark-brand_bushbrown_%28Mycalesis_mineus_mineus%29_dry_season_form_Pokhara.jpg)
Mycalesis mineus mineus
dry-season form
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jungle_brown_%28Orsotriaena_medus_medus%29_dry_season_form_underside_Chitwan.jpg/220px-Jungle_brown_%28Orsotriaena_medus_medus%29_dry_season_form_underside_Chitwan.jpg)
Orsotriaena medus medus
dry-season form
- Mycalesis anaxias aemate - white-bar bushbrown
- Mycalesis adamsonii - double-branded bushbrown[10]
- Mycalesis francisca sanatana - lilacine bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseus blasius - common bushbrown
- Mycalesis mineus mineus - dark-brand bushbrown
- Mycalesis visala visala - long-brand bushbrown
- Mycalesis suaveolens tytleri - Wood-Mason's bushbrown
- Mycalesis heri - Moore's bushbrown
- Mycalesis nicotia - bright-eye bushbrown
- Mycalesis malsara - white-line bushbrown
- Mycalesis mamerta - blind-eye bushbrown
- Mycalesis lepcha - Lepcha bushbrown
- Orsotriaena medus medus - jungle brown
Tribe Ypthimini
[edit]- Ypthima sakra - Himalayan fivering
- Ypthima hannyngtoni khumbuensis - Hannyngton's fivering
- Ypthima parasakra - Himalayan fourring
- Ypthima baldus - common fivering
- Ypthima indecora - western fivering
- Ypthima avanta avanta - jewel fourring
- Ypthima singala - small jewel fourring
- Ypthima huebneri - common fourring
- Ypthima kasmira - Kashmir fourring
- Ypthima nareda - large threering
- Ypthima asterope mahratta - common threering
- Ypthima inica - lesser threering
- Ypthima newara - Newar threering
- Ypthima confusa - confusing threering
- Dallacha hyagriva hyagriva - brown argus
- Dallacha hyagriva nepalica
- Dallacha narasingha narasingha - mottled argus
- Callerebia annada caeca - ringed argus
- Callerebia hybrida - hybrid argus
- Callerebia scanda opima - pallid argus
- Callerebia nirmala nirmala - common argus
- Paralasa nepalica - Nepal argus
Tribe Coenonymphini
[edit]- Coenonympha amaryllis forsteri - Mustang heath
Tribe Maniolini
[edit]- Hyponephele lupinus cheerna - branded meadow brown
Tribe Satyrini
[edit]- Aulocera brahminus dokwana - narrow-banded satyr
- Aulocera padma padma - great satyr
- Aulocera loha - Doherty's satyr
- Aulocera swaha - common satyr
- Aulocera swaha gauena
- Aulocera saraswati - striated satyr
- Hipparchia parisatis - mountain satyr
- Paroeneis pumilus grandis - mountain satyr
- Paroeneis sikkimensis - Sikkim mountain satyr
Subfamily Danainae
[edit]Tribe Danaini
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Plain_tigers_%28Danaus_chrysippus_chrysippus%29_mating_Nepalgunj.jpg/220px-Plain_tigers_%28Danaus_chrysippus_chrysippus%29_mating_Nepalgunj.jpg)
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
mating
- Danaus chrysippus chrysippus - plain tiger
- Danaus genutia - common tiger
- Danaus genutia nipalensis
- Tirumala limniace exoticus - blue tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis - dark blue tiger (endemic)
- Parantica aglea melanoides - glassy tiger
- Parantica melaneus plataniston - chocolate tiger
- Parantica sita sita - chestnut tiger (endemic)
- Parantica pedonga - Talbot's chestnut tiger (endemic)
- Euploea midamus rogenhoferi - blue-spotted crow
- Euploea diocletianus ramsayi - magpie crow
- Euploea klugii klugii - blue king crow
- Euploea klugii kollari - brown king crow
- Euploea mulciber mulciber - striped blue crow
- Euploea sylvester hopei - double-branded blue crow
- Euploea core core - common Indian crow
- Euploea algea deione - long-branded blue crow
See also
[edit]- List of moths of Nepal (Bombycidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Brahmaeidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Drepanidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Eupterotidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Lasiocampidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Limacodidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Saturniidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Sphingidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Uraniidae)
- List of moths of Nepal (Zygaenidae)
- List of beetles of Nepal (Cerambycidae)
- List of beetles of Nepal (Coccinellidae)
- List of bugs of Nepal (Scutelleridae)
- List of Odonata of Nepal
- Wildlife of Nepal
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Colin (2006). Majupuria, Trilok Chandra (ed.). Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies. Kathmandu, Nepal: Walden Book House. ISBN 974-88810-7-5.
- ^ a b K. C., Sajan (2020). "SOME NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF HESPERIID BUTTERFLIES IN NEPAL". Bionotes. 22 (3): 190–194.
- ^ Tamang, Sanjaya; Nuppa, John; Pandeya, Pratik; Panthee, Shristee & Subedi, Bandana (2019). "Confirmation of Pale Green Awlet Burara gomata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Eastern Nepal". Bionotes. 21: 109-111.
- ^ K. C., Sajan; Pariyar, Surendra (2019). "New Evidence of Himalayan Small-banded Flat Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885) from Nepal". International Journal of Zoology Studies. 4 (5): 55–57.
- ^ a b c d Poel, Piet Van Der; Smith, Colin; Limbu, Mahendra Singh; Pariyar, Surendra (2020). "Four New Butterfly Species for Nepal: Abisara chela, Tagiades japetus, Lethe dura & Lethe distans". Bionotes. 22 (2): 21–23.
- ^ a b Poel (2020). "TWO NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES FOR NEPAL: EUREMA ANDERSONI (PIERIDAE) AND LETHE DAKWANIA (NYMPHALIDAE)". Bionotes. 22 (3): 148–152.
- ^ Poel, Piet Van Der; Limbu, Mahendra Singh (2020). "Re-Discovery of the Prickly Ash Elfin Ahlbergia haradai (Igarashi, 1973) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Nepal". Bionotes. 21 (3): 61–62.
- ^ Yago, Masaya; Nakanishi, Akinori (2003). "A New Species of Heliophoris Greyer from Nepal with a key of the Nepalese Species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 108 (1): 27–34.
- ^ Sapkota, Anisha; KC, Sajan; Pariyar, Surendra (2020). "First record of Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969 -Extra Lascar from Nepal" (PDF). International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies. 7 (2): 24–26.
- ^ Panthee, Shristee; Limbu, Mahendra; Subedi, Bandana; Poudel, Amrit & Tamang, Sanjaya (2019). "Record of Mycalesis adamsoni (Watson, 1897) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Pokhara and Godavari, Nepal". Bionotes. 21: 144-145.
Further reading
[edit]- Smith, Colin (1989). Majupuria, Trilok Chandra (ed.). Butterflies of Nepal: Central Himalaya. Bangkok, Thailand: Craftsman Press. ISBN 974-86849-3-8.
- "Butterflies of Nepal". nepal-safari.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- "Butterfly Tour in Nepal". silkroadgroup.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.