List of butterflies of Réunion explained

This is a list of butterflies of Réunion. About 28 species are known from Réunion,^[1] three of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Papilio phorbanta Linnaeus, 1771 (endemic)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval, 1833)

Theclinae

Theclini

Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptomyrina phidias (Fabricius, 1793)
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
Euploea goudotii Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

Heteropsis narcissus narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
Heteropsis narcissus borbonica (Oberthür, 1916)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1879)
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
Salamis augustina Boisduval, 1833
Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Neptidini

Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)

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

Baorini

Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937

See also

Notes and References

https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Reunion?oid=54 Réunion at the African Butterfly Database
http://atbutterflies.com/reunion.htm Endemic butterflies of Réunion at Afrotropical Butterflies