List of butterflies of China (Riodinidae) explained

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Riodinidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China.

Riodinidae

genus: Abisara

• Abisara fylla fylla (Westwood, [1851])

• Abisara chelina chelina (Fruhstorfer, [1904])

• Abisara freda Bennett, 1957

• Abisara fylloides (Moore, 1902) West China

• Abisara neophron (Hewitson, 1861)

A. n. neophron Tibet

• Abisara burnii (de Nicéville, 1895)

A. b. assus Fruhstorfer South China

• Abisara echerius (Stoll, [1790])

A. e. lisa Bennet Hainan

• Abisara saturata (Moore, 1878)

A. s. saturata Hainan

• Abisara abnormis Moore, [1884]

genus: Dodona

• Dodona eugenes (Guerin, 1843)

• Dodona egeon (Westwood, 1851)

• Dodona dipoea (Hewitson, 1865)

• Dodona adonira (Hewitson, 1865)

• Dodona durga (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844)

• Dodona ouida (Hewitson, 1865)

• Dodona deodata Hewitson, 1876

• Dodona henrici (Guerin, 1843)

• Dodona kaolinkon Yoshino, 1999 West Yunnan

• Dodona maculosa Leech, 1890

• Dodona hoenei Forster 1951 North Yunnan, Likiang.

genus: Paralaxita

• Paralaxita dora (Fruhstorfer, 1904)

P. d. hainana (Riley & Godfrey, 1925)

genus: Polycaena

• Polycaena princeps (Oberthür, 1886)

• Polycaena lama Leech, 1893

• Polycaena chauchowensis (Mell, 1923)

• Polycaena carmelita Oberthür, 1903

• Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, [1891]

• Polycaena matuta Leech, [1893]

• Polycaena kansuensis (Nordström, 1935)

• Polycaena yunnana Sugiyama, 1997

• Polycaena aestivalis Oberthür 1903

genus: Stiboges

• Stiboges nymphidia Butler, 1876

S. n. elodinia Fruhstorfer, 1914 China

genus: Zemeros

• Zemeros flegyas (Cramer, [1780])

Z. f. flegyas Yunnan

Z. f. confucius (Moore, 1878) Hainan

References

• Chou, I0 (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. (in Chinese). . Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English. Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.
• Full list references.

External links

• Catalogue of life China List provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences online here
• Butterflies of China at Digital moths of Japan. Includes images.
• Wikispecies taxonomy additional references via species or genus
• Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica