List of butterflies of Meghalaya explained

This is a tentative list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

Family Papilionidae

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Abisara chela (de Nicéville)^[1]
• Zemeros flegyas (Cramer)^[1]

Family Lycaenidae

• Heliophorus androcles (Hewitson)^[1]
• Heliophorus brahma (Moore)^[1]
• Jamides alecto (Felder)^[1]
• Zizeeria maha (Kollar)^[1]

Family Hesperiidae

• Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius)^[1]
• Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar)^[1]
• Notocrypta curvifacia (Felder)^[1]
• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius)^[1]
• Udaspes folus (Cramer)^[1]

See also

• Butterfly
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of the Western Ghats
• Fauna of India

Notes and References

1. Government of Meghalaya, Official State Portal Butterflies of Shillong and its Environs Web site: Butterflies . 2005-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060213120453/http://meghalaya.nic.in/naturalres/butterflies.htm . 2006-02-13 .