List of butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia explained

This is a list of butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia. About 1,180 species are known from Peninsular Malaysia.^[1] The environment of Malaysia is varied and Malaysia's ecology is megadiverse, with a biodiverse range of flora and fauna found in various ecoregions throughout the country.

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Nymphalidae

Riodinidae

Lycaenidae

Hesperiidae

Badamia exclamationis—brown awl
Bibasis sena uniformis—orange-tail awl
Burara etelka—great orange awlet
Burara gomata lalita—pale green awlet
Burara harisa consobrina—orange awlet
Burara jaina velva
Burara oedipodea—branded orange awlet
Burara owstoni
Burara tuckeri
Choaspes benjaminii flavens—Indian awl king
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus—orange red skirt
Choaspes plateni caudatus
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi
Hasora badra badra—common awl
Hasora chromus chromus—common banded awl
Hasora khoda minsona
Hasora leucospila leucospila—violet awl
Hasora lizetta
Hasora mavis
Hasora mixta prabha
Hasora mus pahanga
Hasora myra funebris
Hasora quadripunctata gnaeus
Hasora salanga
Hasora schoenherr chuza—yellow banded awl
Hasora taminatus malayana—white banded awl
Hasora vitta vitta—plain banded awl
Hasora wilcocksi
Hasora zoma
Acerbas anthea anthea
Acerbas martini
Aeromachus jhora creta
Aeromachus pygmaeus
Ampittia dioscorides camertes—bush hopper
Ancistroides armatus armatus
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer
Ancistroides nigrita maura—chocolate demon
Arnetta verones
Astictopterus jama jama—forest hopper
Baoris farri farri
Baoris oceia—paintbrush swift
Baoris penicillata
Borbo cinnara cinnara—Formosan swift
Caltoris bromus bromus
Caltoris brunnea caere
Caltoris cahira austeni
Caltoris cormasa
Caltoris malaya
Caltoris philippina philippina
Caltoris plebeia
Caltoris sirius fusca
Caltoris tulsi tulsi
Cephrenes acalle kliana
Cephrenes acalle niasicus
Cephrenes trichopepla—yellow palm dart
Cupitha purreea—waxy dart
Eetion elia—white spot palmer
Erionota acroleuca apicalis
Erionota harmachis
Erionota hislopi
Erionota sybirita
Erionota thrax thrax—banana skipper
Erionota torus
Gangara lebadea lebadea—banded redeye
Gangara sanguinocculus—small redeye
Gangara thyrsis thyrsis—giant redeye
Ge geta
Halpe arcuata
Halpe aurifera
Halpe clara
Halpe elana
Halpe flava
Halpe hauxwelli
Halpe hieron
Halpe insignis
Halpe kusala
Halpe ormenes vilasina—dark banded ace
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix
Halpe porus—Moore's ace
Halpe sikkima
Halpe toxopea
Halpe veluvana brevicornis
Halpe wantona
Halpe zema zamba
Halpe zinda zodia
Hidari bhawani
Hidari doesoena doesoena
Hidari irava—coconut skipper
Hyarotis adrastus praba—tree flitter
Hyarotis iadera
Hyarotis microsticta microsticta
Hyarotis stubbsi
Iambrix distanti
Iambrix salsala salsala—chestnut bob
Iambrix stellifer—starry bob
Idmon obliquans obliquans
Isma bononia bononia
Isma bononoides
Isma cronus
Isma damocles
Isma feralia lenya
Isma flemingi
Isma guttulifera kuala
Isma hislopi
Isma iapis iapis
Isma miosticta
Isma protoclea obscura
Isma umbrosa umbrosa
Iton semamora semamora
Koruthaialos butleri
Koruthaialos rubecula rubecula—narrow-banded velvet
Koruthaialos sindu sindu
Lotongus avesta
Lotongus calathus calathus
Matapa aria—common redeye
Matapa cresta—fringed redeye
Matapa deprivata
Matapa druna
Matapa sasivarna
Notocrypta clavata clavata
Notocrypta clavata theba
Notocrypta curvifascia corinda
Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos—spotted demon
Notocrypta paralysos asawa
Notocrypta paralysos varians—banded demon
Notocrypta pria
Notocrypta quadrata
Oerane microthyrus neaera
Oriens gola pseudolus—common dartlet
Oriens goloides
Oriens paragola
Parnara apostata
Parnara bada bada
Parnara ganga
Pelopidas agna agna—little branded swift
Pelopidas assamensis—great swift
Pelopidas conjunctus conjunctus—conjoined swift
Pelopidas flavus
Pelopidas mathias mathias—small branded swift
Pemara pugnans—pugnacious lancer
Pirdana distanti distanti
Pirdana hyela rudolphii
Pithauria marsena
Pithauria murdava
Pithauria stramineipennis
Plastingia naga—chequered lancer
Plastingia pellonia—yellow chequered lancer
Polytremis discrete discrete
Polytremis eltola corbeti—yellow-spot swift
Polytremis lubricans lubricans—contiguous swift
Polytremis minuta
Potanthus chloe
Potanthus confucius dushta
Potanthus flavus alcon
Potanthus ganda ganda
Potanthus juno juno
Potanthus lydia fraseri
Potanthus mingo ajax
Potanthus omaha omaha—lesser dart
Potanthus pamela
Potanthus pava pava
Potanthus rectifasciatus
Potanthus serina
Potanthus trachala tytleri
Pseudokerana fulgur—orange banded lancer
Psolos fuligo fuligo—coon
Pyroneura agnesia
Pyroneura aurantiaca montivaga
Pyroneura derna
Pyroneura flavia fruhstorferi
Pyroneura helena
Pyroneura klanga
Pyroneura latoia latoia—yellow vein lancer
Pyroneura natuna
Pyroneura niasana burmana
Pyroneura perakana perakana
Quedara monteithi monteithi
Quedara singularis
Salanoemia fuscicornis
Salanoemia sala
Salanoemia similis
Salanoemia tavoyana
Scobura isota
Scobura phiditia
Scobura woolletti
Stimula swinhoei
Suada swerga suava
Suastus everyx everyx
Suastus gremius gremius—palm bob
Suastus minufus aditia
Suastus minutus flemingi—small-spot palm bob
Taractrocera aliena aliena
Taractrocera archias quinta
Taractrocera ardonia lamia
Taractrocera ziclea zenia
Telicota augias augias—palm dart
Telicota bambusae bambusae
Telicota besta bina—Besta palm dart
Telicota colon stinga—pale palm dart
Telicota hilda
Telicota linna
Telicota ohara jix
Udaspes folus—grass demon
Unkana ambasa batara—hoary palmer
Unkana mytheca mytheca
Xanthoneura corissa indrasana
Zela cowani
Zela elioti
Zela excellens
Zela onara solex
Zela smaragdina
Zela zenon
Zela zero
Zela zeus optima
Zela zeus zeus
Zographetus doxus
Zographetus kutu
Zographetus ogygia ogygia
Zographetus ogygioides
Zographetus rama—small flitter
Zographetus satwa—purple and gold flitter
Capita hainana
Capita phanaeus ferrea
Capita pieridoides sofa
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus cameroni—dark yellow-banded flat
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda
Celaenorrhinus inaequalis irene
Celaenorrhinus ladana
Celaenorrhinus leucocera—common spotted flat
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans
Celaenorrhinus pahangensis
Celaenorrhinus putra sanda
Chamunda chamunda
Coladenia agni
Coladenia agnioides
Coladenia laxmi sobrina
Coladenia palawana
Darpa ptena dealbata
Darpa striata striata
Gerosis limax dirae—black and white flat
Gerosis phisara phisara—white-banded flat
Gerosis sinica minima
Gerosis tristis
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura
Odina hieroglyphica ortina—hieroglyphic flat
Odontoptilum angulatum angulatum—chestnut angle
Odontoptilum pygela pygela—banded angle
Pintara pinwilli pinwilli
Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana—fulvous pied flat
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara
Satarupa gopala malaya
Seseria affinis kirmana
Tagiades calligana
Tagiades cohaerens cinda
Tagiades gana gana—large snow flat
Tagiades japetus atticus—common snow flat
Tagiades lavatus
Tagiades litigiosus litigiosus
Tagiades menaka manis—dark edged snow flat
Tagiades parra naxos
Tagiades toba toba
Tagiades ultra
Tagiades waterstradti talanga
Tapena thwaitesi bornea—black angle

References

William Lucas Distant (1882-1886) Rhopalocera Malayana: A description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula online
Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot
Fleming, W. A., 1975 Butterflies of West Malaysia & Singapore Berkshire, Eng. : Classey Publications Two volumes (volume 1)

External links

DIGITAL COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES OF SINGAPORE & PENINSULAR MALAYSIA online here
Feng V,Ho Q Y,Hwang W S and Koh E J, 2020 Butterflies of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia (Lycaenidae)Published by Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore online via gbif
Futao ISSN 0916-1112 Series website

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