List of butterflies of Réunion
Appearance
This is a list of butterflies of Réunion. About 28 species are known from Réunion,[1] three of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio phorbanta Linnaeus, 1771 (endemic)
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae
Miletinae
- Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval, 1833)
Theclinae
Theclini
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini
- Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptomyrina phidias (Fabricius, 1793)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Euploea goudotii Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)
Satyrinae
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
- Heteropsis narcissus narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Heteropsis narcissus borbonica (Oberthür, 1916)
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1879)
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Salamis augustina Boisduval, 1833
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
Neptidini
- Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)
Heliconiinae
Vagrantini
- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
Tagiadini
- Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
Hesperiinae
Baorini
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937