List of butterflies of Tuvalu explained

This is a list of butterflies of Tuvalu.

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

• Zizina labradus mangoensis (Butler, 1884)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

• Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea lewinii distincta (Butler, 1874)

Nymphalinae

• Hypolimnas bolina rarik von Eschscholtz, 1821
• Junonia villida villida (Fabricius, 1787)

See also

References

• Web site: Zootaxa; published issues in 2006. W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)]
• William Rainbow described the butterflies, spiders and insects collected at Funafuti by Charles Hedley: The insect fauna of Funafuti (Australian Museum, Sydney, 1897).Book: Rainbow . William J.. The insect fauna of Funafuti . 1897 . Australian Museum Memoir 3(1): 89–104.