List of butterflies of Mauritius explained

This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius^[1] and Rodrigues,^[2] seven of which are endemic.^[3]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
• Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

• Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
• Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

• Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)
• Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)

Satyrinae

Satyrini

• Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
• Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922
• Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
• Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Neptidini

• Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)

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

Aeromachini

• Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Baorini

• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)

See also

• List of moths of Mauritius
• Wildlife of Mauritius

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Mauritius?oid=53 Mauritius at the African Butterfly Database
2. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Rodrigues?oid=86 Rodrigues at the African Butterfly Database
3. http://atbutterflies.com/mauritius.htm Afrotropical Butterflies