List of butterflies of Seychelles explained

This is a list of butterflies of Seychelles. About 25 species are known from Seychelles,^[1] three of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio phorbanta nana Oberthür, 1879

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

• Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

Pierini

• Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896) (endemic)
• Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

• Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
• Euploea mitra Moore, 1858 (endemic)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia oenone epiclelia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
• Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea neobule legrandi Carcasson, 1964

Vagrantini

• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893) (endemic)

Hesperiidae

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

• Eagris sabadius aldabranus Fryer, 1912
• Eagris sabadius maheta Evans, 1937

Hesperiinae

Baorini

• Borbo borbonica morella (de Joannis, 1893)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

See also

• List of moths of Seychelles
• Wildlife of Seychelles

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Seychelles?oid=55 Seychelles at the African Butterfly Database
2. http://atbutterflies.com/seychelles.htm Endemic butterflies of Seychelles at Afrotropical Butterflies