List of butterflies of Lord Howe Island explained

This is a list of butterflies of Lord Howe Island.

Hesperiidae

Hesperiinae

• Taractrocera papyria (Boisduval, 1832)

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

• Graphium macleayanus insulana (Waterhouse, 1920)
• Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan, 1805
• Papilio demoleus sthenelus (Macleay, 1826)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Catopsilia pyranthe crokera (MacLeay, 1826)
• Eurema brigitta australis (Wallace, 1867)
• Eurema smilax smilax (Donovan, 1805)

Pierinae

• Appias paulina ega (Boisduval, 1836)
• Belenois java teutonia (Fabricius, 1775)
• Belenois java peristhene (Boisduval, 1859)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

• Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833

Polyommatinae

• Candalides xanthospilos (Hübner, 1817)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Zizina labradus labradus (Godart, 1824)
• Everes lacturnus pulchra (Rothschild, 1915)
• Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea corinna (Macleay, 1826)

Nymphalidae

Satyrinae

• Melanitis leda bankia (Fabricius, 1775)

Danainae

• Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790)

Charaxinae

• Polyura sempronius tiberius (Waterhouse, 1920)
• Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)
• Junonia villida calybe (Godart, 1819)
• Cynthia kershawi McCoy, 1868
• Bassaris itea (Fabricius, 1775)

References

• W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)