List of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands explained

This is a list of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Hesperiidae

Hesperiinae

• Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

• Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767
• Papilio polytes palewensis Nakamura, 1933

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
• Eurema blanda kishidai Yata, 1994

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Zizula hylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
• Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

• Tirumala hamata hamata (Macleay, 1826)
• Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea eunice kadu (von Eschscholtz, 1821)
• Euploea algea eleutho (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Satyrinae

• Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889
• Ypthima baldus evanescens (Butler, 1881)

Nymphalinae

• Hypolimnas antilope anomala (Wallace, 1869)
• Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
• Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

• Vagrans egestina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

References

• W. John . Tennent . 21 April 2006 . A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas . . 1178 . 1-209 . ResearchGate.