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Papilio krishna has been proposed as the national butterfly of Nepal.
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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

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Subfamily Coeliadinae

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Subfamily Pyrginae

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Tribe Calaenorrhini

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Common small flat
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara
West Himalayan pied flat
Pseudocoladenia fatih

Tribe Pyrgini

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Subfamily Hesperiinae

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Tribe Heteropterini

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Tribe Astictopterini

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Tribe Ancistroidini

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Tribe Plastingiini

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Tribe Hesperiini

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Tribe Taractrocerini

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Tribe Gegenini

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Family Papilionidae - swallowtails

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Subfamily Parnassiinae

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Subfamily Papilioninae

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Tribe Leptocircini

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Tribe Papilionini

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Common Mormon
Papilio polytes male f. romulus

Tribe Troidini

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Family Pieridae - whites

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Tribe Pierini

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Indian cabbage white
Pieris canidia indica female
Red base Jezebel
Delias pasithoe thyra
Psyche
Leptosia nina nina

Tribe Euchloeini

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Common wanderer
Pareronia hippia male

Tribe Coliadini

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Common grass yellow
Eurema hecabe contubernalis with no cell spots on forewing
Three-spot grass yellow
Eurema blanda silhetana

Family Lycaenidae - blues

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Subfamily Poritiinae

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Subfamily Miletinae

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Tribe Miletini

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Tribe Spalgini

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Tribe Tarakini

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Tribe Liphyrini

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Subfamily Curetinae

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Subfamily Aphnaeinae

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Subfamily Theclinae

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Tribe Theclini

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Tribe Arhopalini

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Tribe Zesiini

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Tribe Amblypodiini

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Tribe Catapaecilmatini

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Tribe Horagini

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Tribe Loxurini

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Tribe Cheritrini

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Tribe Iolaini

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Tribe Remelaini

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Tribe Hypolycaenini

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Tribe Deudorigini

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Indigo flash
Rapala varuna orseis
Copper flash
Rapala pheritima petosiris

Subfamily Lycaeninae

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Subfamily Polyommatinae

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Tribe Lycaenesthini

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Tribe Niphandini

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Tribe Polyommatini

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Dark cerulean
Jamides bochus bochus
Common cerulean
Jamides celeno aelianus
dry-season form
Forget-me-not
Catochrysops strabo female
Angled Pierrot
Caleta decidia
Pale grass blue
Pseudozizeeria maha
Malayan
Megisba malaya sikkima female
Pale hedge blue
Udara dilecta

Family Riodinidae

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Dark judy
Abisara fylla fylla male

Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids

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Subfamily Libytheinae

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Subfamily Heliconiinae

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Rustic
Cupha erymanthis lotis
Common leopard
Phalanta phalantha

Subfamily Nymphalinae

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Indian tortoiseshell
Aglais caschmirensis aesis
Peacock pansy
Junonia almana almana
dry-season form
Chocolate pansy
Junonia iphita

Subfamily Biblidinae

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Common castor
Ariadne merione tapestrina
dry-season form

Subfamily Limenitidinae

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Tribe Limenitidini

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Blackvein sergeant
Athyma ranga ranga female

Tribe Neptini

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Tribe Euthaliini

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Common baron
Euthalia aconthea suddhodana male
Grey count
Tanaecia lepidea lepidea

Subfamily Cyrestinae

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Subfamily Apaturinae

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Subfamily Charaxinae

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Subfamily Morphinae

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Subfamily Satyrinae

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Tribe Melanitini

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Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form

Tribe Lethini

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Tribe Elymniini

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Tribe Mycalesini

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Dark-brand bushbrown
Mycalesis mineus mineus
dry-season form
Jungle brown
Orsotriaena medus medus
dry-season form

Tribe Ypthimini

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Tribe Coenonymphini

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Tribe Maniolini

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Tribe Satyrini

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Subfamily Danainae

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Tribe Danaini

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Plain tiger
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
mating

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Smith, Colin (2006). Majupuria, Trilok Chandra (ed.). Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies. Kathmandu, Nepal: Walden Book House. ISBN 974-88810-7-5.
  2. ^ a b K. C., Sajan (2020). "SOME NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF HESPERIID BUTTERFLIES IN NEPAL". Bionotes. 22 (3): 190–194.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Poel (2020). "TWO NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES FOR NEPAL: EUREMA ANDERSONI (PIERIDAE) AND LETHE DAKWANIA (NYMPHALIDAE)". Bionotes. 22 (3): 148–152.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.

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