List of butterflies of Meghalaya
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This is a tentative list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
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Family Papilionidae
[edit]- Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)[1]
- Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836[1]
- Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, [1775][1]
- Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775[1]
- Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836[1]
- Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday, 1845[1]
- Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
- Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)[1]
- Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)[1]
Family Pieridae
[edit]- Aporia agathon (Gray)[1]
- Appias lyncida (Cramer)[1]
- Appias pandione (Geyer)[1]
- Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)[1]
- Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus)[1]
- Colias electo fieldi Menetries[1]
- Delias acalis (Godart)[1]
- Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)[1]
- Delias belladonna (Fabricius)[1]
- Delias descombesi (Boisduval)[1]
- Delias hyparete (Linnaeus)[1]
- Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace)[1]
- Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace)[1]
- Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus)[1]
- Eurema leata (Boisduval)[1]
- Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus)[1]
- Pieis brassicae nepalensis (Doubleday)[1]
- Pieis canidia (Sparrman)[1]
- Pieis napi (Linnaeus)[1]
- Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday)[1]
Family Nymphalidae
[edit]- Parantica aglea (Stoll)[1]
- Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus)[1]
- Danaus genutia (Cramer)[1]
- Danaus melaneus (Cramer)[1]
- Danaus sita (Kollar)[1]
- Euploea core (Cramer)[1]
- Euploea mulciber (Cramer)[1]
- Lethe confusa Aurivillius[1]
- Lethe verma (Kollar)[1]
- Lethe yama (Moore)[1]
- Lethe vindhya (C. Felder)[1]
- Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)[1]
- Melanitis phedima (Stoll)[1]
- Melanitis zitenius (Herbst)[1]
- Ypthima nareda (Kollar)[1]
- Ypthima sakra Moore[1]
- Elymnias hypermnestra Linnaeus[1]
- Elymnias malelas (Hewitson)[1]
- Ethope himachala (Moore)[1]
- Thaumantis diores Doubleday[1]
- Argynnis childreni Gray[1]
- Argynnis hyperbius (Johanssen)[1]
- Argynnis laodice (Pallas)[1]
- Cethosia biblis (Drury)[1]
- Cethosia cyane (Drury)[1]
- Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday[1]
- Cyrestis thyodamas (Boisduval)[1]
- Ergolis merione (Cramer)[1]
- Eriboea dolon (Westwood)[1]
- Eriboea arja (Felder)[1]
- Neptis hordonia Stoll[1]
- Neptis hylas Moore[1]
- Neptis nandina Moore[1]
- Neptis yeburyi Butler[1]
- Pantoporia perius (Linnaeus)[1]
- Pantoporia selanophora (Kollar)[1]
- Phalanta phalantha (Drury)[1]
- Junonia almana (Linnaeus)[1]
- Junonia atlites (Linnaeus)[1]
- Junonia hierta (Fabricius)[1]
- Junonia iphita (Cramer)[1]
- Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)[1]
- Junonia orithya (Linnaeus)[1]
- Kaniska canace (Linnaeus)[1]
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)[1]
- Vanessa indica (Herbst)[1]
- Kallima inachus (Boisduval)[1]
- Cynthia erota (Fabricius)[1]
- Chersonesia risa (Doubleday)[1]
- Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart)[1]
- Hestina nama (Doubleday)[1]
- Apatura ambica (Kollar)[1]
- Stibochiona nicea (Gray)[1]
- Charaxes polyxena (Cramer)[1]
- Issoria sinha (Kollar)[1]
- Euthalia phemius (Doubleday)[1]
- Euthalia lepidea (Butler)[1]
- Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer)[1]
- Acraea issoria (Hübner)[1]
Family Riodinidae
[edit]- Abisara chela (de Nicéville)[1]
- Zemeros flegyas (Cramer)[1]
Family Lycaenidae
[edit]- Heliophorus androcles (Hewitson)[1]
- Heliophorus brahma (Moore)[1]
- Jamides alecto (Felder)[1]
- Zizeeria maha (Kollar)[1]
Family Hesperiidae
[edit]- Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius)[1]
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar)[1]
- Notocrypta curvifacia (Felder)[1]
- Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius)[1]
- Udaspes folus (Cramer)[1]
References
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