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CLASS
ORDER
SUPERFAMILY (ending in 'oidea')
FAMILY (ending in 'dae')
Subfamily (ending in 'nae')
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Genus and species
SYSTEMATIC LIST OF INDIAN BUTTERFLY SPECIES:
CLASS INSECTA (INSECTS)
ORDER LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS)
SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA (BUTTERFLIES)
FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE (SWALLOWTAILS)
Subfamily Papilioninae (Swallowtails)
Tribe Leptocircini (Jays, Swordtails, Zebras, Dragontails)
- Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1843) – Four-bar Swordtail
- Graphium antiphates (Cramer, [1775]) – Five-bar Swordtail
- Graphium epaminondas (Oberthür, 1879) – Andaman Swordtail
- Graphium aristeus (Stoll, [1780]) – Chain Swordtail
- Graphium eurous (Leech, [1893]) – Six-bar Swordtail
- Graphium paphus (de Nicéville, 1886) – (Himalayan) Spectacle Swordtail
- Graphium garhwalica (Katayama, 1988) – (Garhwal) Spectacle Swordtail
- Graphium nomius (Esper, 1799) – Spot Swordtail
- Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tailed Jay
- Graphium arycles (Boisduval, 1836) – Spotted Jay
- Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884) – Veined Jay
- Graphium cloanthus (Westwood, 1841) – Glassy Bluebottle
- Graphium doson (C. & R. Felder, 1864) – Common Jay
- Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Jay
- Graphium albociliatus (Fruhstorfer, 1901) – Scarce Jay
- Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Bluebottle
- Graphium adonarensis (Rothschild, 1896) – Cryptic Bluebottle
- Graphium teredon (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Narrow-banded Bluebottle (earlier Graphium sarpedon teredon)
- Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819) – Lesser Zebra
- Graphium megarus (Westwood, 1844) – Spotted Zebra
- Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842) – Great Zebra
- Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787) – White Dragontail
- Lamproptera meges (Zincken, 1831) – Green Dragontail
Tribe Papilionini (Black-bodied Swallowtails)
- Papilio agestor Gray, 1831 – Tawny Mime
- Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Mime
- Papilio epycides Hewitson, 1864 – Lesser Mime
- Papilio paradoxa (Zinken, 1831) – Great Blue Mime
- Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1859 – Blue-striped Mime
- Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Yellow Swallowtail
- Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 – Asian Yellow Swallowtail
- Papilio liomedon Moore, [1875] – Malabar Banded Swallowtail
- Papilio noblei de Nicéville, [1889] - Tooth Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 – Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio alcmenor C. & R. Felder, [1864] – Red-breasted Mormon (ACN: Redbreast)
- Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842 – Red-spotted Mormon (ACN: Tailed Redbreast)
- Papilio janaka Moore, [1858] – Red-banded Mormon (formerly a subspecies of Papilio bootes. ACN: Himalayan Tailed Redbreast)
- Papilio castor Westwood, 1842 – Common Raven
- Papilio dravidarum Wood-Mason, 1880 – Malabar Raven
- Papilio prexaspes C. & R. Felder, 1865 – Blue Helen
- Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758 – Red Helen
- Papilio daksha – Large-spotted Helen (formerly a subspecies of Papilio helenus)
- Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758 – Island Mormon
- Papilio mayo Atkinson, 1873 – Andaman Mormon (now a subspecies of Papilio memnon)
- Papilio agenor Linnaeus, 1758 – Great Mormon (including Papilio polymnestor Cramer, [1775] – Blue Mormon as its subspecies)
- Papilio chaon Westwood, 1845 – Yellow Helen (previously as Papilio nephelus chaon)
- Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Mormon
- Papilio protenor Cramer, [1775] – Spangled Mormon
- Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 – Blue Peacock
- Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar Banded Peacock
- Papilio crino Fabricius, 1793 – Common Banded Peacock
- Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845 – Yellow-crested Peacock
- Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787 – Green-banded Peacock
- Papilio krishna Moore, [1858] – Krishna Peacock
- Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris Peacock
- Papilio bianor Cramer, [1777] – Common Peacock
- Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836 - Woolly-branded Peacock (formerly as a distinct species, then briefly as a subspecies of Papilio bianor) (ACN: Common Peacock)
Tribe Teinopalpini
- Meandrusa lachinus (Fruhstorfer, 1902) – Brown Gorgon
- Meandrusa payeni (Boisduval, 1836) – Yellow Gorgon
- Teinopalpus imperialis Hope, 1843 – Kaiser-i-Hind
Tribe Troidini
- Atrophaneura aidoneus (Doubleday, 1845) – Lesser Batwing
- Atrophaneura varuna (White, 1842) – Common Batwing
- Byasa crassipes (Oberthür, 1893) – Black Windmill
- Byasa dasarada (Moore, [1858]) – Great Windmill
- Byasa latreillei (Donovan, 1826) – Rose Windmill
- Byasa nevilli (Wood-Mason, 1882) – Two-spotted Windmill (ACN: Nevill's windmill)
- Byasa plutonius (Oberthür, 1876) – Pink-spotted Windmill (ACN: Chinese Windmill)
- Byasa polla (de Nicéville, 1897) – Crimson-bordered Windmill (ACN: de Nicéville's Windmill)
- Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842) – Common Windmill
- Byasa tytleri Evans, 1923 – Small-spotted Windmill (ACN: Chinese Windmill)
- Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Rose
- Pachliopta hector (Linnaeus, 1758) – Crimson Rose
- Pachliopta pandiyana (Moore, 1881) – Malabar Rose
- Losaria coon (Fabricius, 1793) – Common Clubtail
- Losaria rhodifer (Butler, 1876) – Andaman Clubtail
- Troides aeacus (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Golden Birdwing
- Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Birdwing
- Troides minos (Cramer, [1779]) – Sahyadri Birdwing
Subfamily Parnassiinae
Tribe Parnassiini
- Parnassius acco Gray, [1853] – Varnished Apollo
- Parnassius acdestis Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1891 – Dusky Apollo
- Parnassius actius (Eversmann, 1843) – Pale Keeled Apollo
- Parnassius charltonius Gray, [1853] – Regal Apollo
- Parnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879 – Common Red Apollo
- Parnassius hunnyngtoni Avinoff, [1916] – Pale Apollo
- Parnassius hardwickii Gray, 1831 – Common Blue Apollo
- Parnassius hunza Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888 – Grey-bordered Apollo
- Parnassius imperator Oberthür, 1883 – Imperial Apollo
- Parnassius jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836 – Keeled Apollo
- Parnassius maharaja Avinoff, [1916] – Maharaja Apollo
- Parnassius staudingeri Bang-Haas, 1882 – Banded Apollo
- Parnassius simo Gray, [1853] – Black-edged Apollo
- Parnassius stenosemus Honrath, 1890 – Dusted Apollo
- Parnassius stoliczkanus C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Many-eyed Apollo
- Parnassius tianschanica Oberthür, 1879 – Large Keeled Apollo
Tribe Zerynthiini
- Bhutanitis lidderdalii Atkinson, 1873 – Bhutan Glory
- Bhutanitis ludlowi Gabriel, 1942 – Mystical Bhutan Glory (ACN: Ludlow's Bhutan Glory, Ludlow's Bhutan Swallowtail)
FAMILY HESPERIIDAE (SKIPPERS)
Subfamily Coeliadinae
- Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775) – Brown Awl
- Bibasis mahintha (Moore, [1875]) – Slate Awlet
- Bibasis sena (Moore, [1866]) – Orange-tailed Awl
- Burara amara (Moore, [1866]) – Small Green Awlet
- Burara anadi (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Plain Orange Awlet
- Burara gomata (Moore, [1866]) – Pale Green Awlet
- Burara harisa (Moore, [1866]) – Harisa Orange Awlet
- Burara jaina (Moore, [1866]) – Common Orange Awlet
- Burara oedipodea (Swainson, 1820) – Branded Orange Awlet
- Burara vasutana (Moore, [1866]) – Green Awlet
- Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Common Awlking
- Choaspes furcata Evans, 1932 – Hooked Awlking
- Choaspes stigmata Evans, 1932 – Branded Awlking
- Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844]) – Spiny Awlking
- Hasora anura de Nicéville, 1889 – Slate Awl
- Hasora badra (Moore, [1858]) – Common Awl
- Hasora chromus (Cramer, [1780]) – Common Banded Awl
- Hasora danda Evans, 1949 – Purple-glazed Awl
- Hasora khoda (Mabille, 1876) – Large-banded Awl
- Hasora leucospila (Mabille, 1891) – Violet Awl
- Hasora salanga (Plötz, 1885) – Green Awl
- Hasora schoenherr (Latreille, [1824]) – Yellow-banded Awl
- Hasora taminatus (Hübner, 1818) – White-banded Awl
- Hasora vitta (Butler, 1870) – Plain Banded Awl
Subfamily Eudaminae
- Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871) – White-banded Marbled Flat
- Lobocla aborica Tytler, 1915 – Yellow-banded Marbled Flat
Subfamily Pyrginae
Tribe Celaenorrhinini
- Celaenorrhinus affinis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Yellow-spot Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, [1866]) – Dakhan Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus andamanica (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Andaman Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus asmara (Butler, 1879) – White-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus aspersa Leech, 1891 – Large Streaked Flat
- Celaenorrhinus aurivittata (Moore, [1879]) – Dark Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus badia (Hewitson, 1877) – Scarce Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus dhanada (Moore, [1866]) – Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus ficulnea (Hewitson, 1868) – Velvet Flat
- Celaenorrhinus flavocincta (de Nicéville, 1887) – Orange Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus fusca (Hampson, [1889]) – Dusky Spotted Flat (=Celaenorrhinus ruficornis, Tamil Spotted Flat)
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus maculicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Separated Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus morena Evans, 1949 – Confined Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus munda (Moore, 1884) – Conjoined Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885) – Small-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus patula de Nicéville, 1889 – Large Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus pero de Nicéville, 1889 – Yellow-bordered Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus plagifera de Nicéville, 1889 – Large-spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus pulomaya (Moore, [1866]) – Multi-spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, [1866]) – Restricted Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Nicéville, 1889 – Double-spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908 – Ratna Flat
- Celaenorrhinus sumitra (Moore, [1866]) – Contiguous Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus tibetana (Mabille, 1876) – Jagged Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus zea Swinhoe, 1909 – Toothed Spotted Flat
- Pseudocoladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787) – Fulvous Pied Flat
- Pseudocoladenia fabia (Evans, 1949) – Dented Pied Flat (=Pseudocoladenia dan fabia)
- Pseudocoladenia fatih (Kollar, [1844]) – West Himalayan Pied Flat (=Pseudocoladenia dan fatih)
- Pseudocoladenia fatua (Evans, 1949) – Ruddy Pied Flat (=Pseudocoladenia dan fatua)
- Pseudocoladenia festa (Evans, 1949) – Dull Pied Flat (=Pseudocoladenia dan festa)
- Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, [1866]) – Common Small Flat
- Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882 – Spotted Small Flat
Tribe Tagiadini
- Capila jayadeva Moore, [1866] – Striped Dawnfly
- Capila lidderdali (Elwes, 1888) – Ringed Dawnfly
- Capila pennicillatum (de Nicéville, [1893]) – Fringed Dawnfly
- Capila phanaeus (Hewitson, 1867) – Fulvous Dawnfly
- Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878) – White Dawnfly
- Capila zennara (Moore, [1866]) – Pale-striped Dawnfly
- Satarupa zulla Tytler, 1915 – Equal White Flat
- Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1915 – Splendid White Flat
- Satarupa gopala Moore, [1866] – Large White Flat
- Seseria sambara (Moore, [1866]) – Notched Seseria
- Seseria dohertyi (Watson, 1893) – Contiguous Seseria
- Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) – Tricolour Pied Flat
- Coladenia agnioides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Brown-tipped Pied Flat
- Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Brown Pied Flat
- Coladenia laxmi (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Grey Pied Flat
- Coladenia hoenei Evans, 1939 – Large Spot Pied Flat
- Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1814 – White-striped Snow Flat
- Tagiades gana (Moore, [1866]) – Suffused Snow Flat
- Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781]) – Common Snow Flat
- Tagiades menaka (Moore, [1866]) – Spotted Snow Flat
- Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 – Water Snow Flat
- Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910 – Multi-spotted Snow Flat
- Tagiades calligana Butler, 1879 – Brown-tipped Snow Flat
- Odina decoratus (Hewitson, 1867) – Zigzag Flat
- Pintara tabrica (Hewitson, [1873]) – Spotted Orange Flat
- Mooreana trichoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Yellow Flat
- Gerosis sinica (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – White Yellow-breasted Flat
- Gerosis phisara (Moore, 1884) – Dusky Yellow-breasted Flat
- Gerosis bhagava (Moore, [1866]) – Common Yellow-breasted Flat
- Darpa hanria Moore, [1866] – Hairy Angle
- Darpa minta Evans,1949 – Black-spotted Angle
- Darpa dealbata (Distant, 1886) – Snowy Angle
- Tapena thwaitesi Moore, [1881] – Black Angle
- Tapena minuscula Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Small Angle
- Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore, [1866]) – Tawny Angle
- Ctenoptilum multiguttata de Nicéville, 1890 – Multi-spotted Angle
- Odontoptilum angulata (C. Felder, 1862) – Chestnut Angle
- Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) – Golden Angle
- Caprona agama (Moore, [1858]) – Spotted Angle
- Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891) – Alida Angle
Incertae sedis (Uncertain placement)
- Chamunda chamunda (Moore, [1866]) – Olive Flat
Tribe Carcharodini
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) – African Marbled Skipper
- Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spialia doris (Walker, 1870) – Desert Grizzled Skipper
- Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823]) – Brick Grizzled Skipper
- Carcharodus dravira (Moore, [1875]) – Smooth Marbled Skipper
- Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780) – Plain Marbled Skipper
Tribe Pyrgini
- Pyrgus dejeani (Oberthür, 1912) – Tibetan Chequered Skipper
- Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore, 1874 – Plain Mountain Skipper
- Pyrgus alpina (Erschoff, 1874) – Common Mountain Skipper
Tribe Erynnini
- Erynnis pathan Evans, 1949 – Inky Duskywing
- Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891) – Frosted Duskywing
Subfamily Hesperiinae
Tribe Aeromachini
- Apostictopterus fuliginosus Leech, [1893] – Giant Hopper
- Astictopterus jama C. & R. Felder, 1860 – Forest Hopper
- Baracus hampsoni Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Spotted Hedge Hopper (ACN=Hampson's Hedge Hopper. Also as Baracus vittatus hampsoni)
- Baracus subditus Moore, [1884] – Striped Hedge Hopper (=Baracus vittatus subditus)
- Baracus septentrionum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887] – Large Hedge Hopper (=Baracus vittatus septentrionum)
- Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) – Bush Hopper
- Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896] – Scarce Bush Hopper
- Ampittia subvittatus (Moore, 1878) – Tiger Hopper (=Ochus subvittatus)
- Aeromachus kali (de Nicéville, 1885) – Blue-spotted Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878) – Veined Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus dubius Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Dingy Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus jhora (de Nicéville, 1885) – Grey Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775) – Pygmy Scrub Hopper
- Pedesta masuriensis (Moore, 1878) – Large-spotted Bush Bob (Mussoorie Bush Bob)
- Pedesta panda Evans, 1937 – Contiguous Bush Bob
- Pedesta pandita (de Nicéville, 1885) – Sparated Bush Bob
- Arnetta mercara Evans, 1932 – Kodagu Forest Hopper (ACN=Coorg Forest Hopper)
- Arnetta vindhiana (Moore, [1884]) – Vindhyan Bob
- Arnetta atkinsoni (Moore, 1878) – Black-tufted Bob (ACN=Atkinson's Bob)
- Iambrix salsala (Moore, [1866]) – Chestnut Bob
- Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) – Oriental Palm Bob (ACN=Indian Palm Bob)
- Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) – Small Palm Bob
- Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876) – Extra Forest Bob
- Scobura phiditia (Hewitson, [1866]) – One-spotted Forest Bob
- Scobura isota (Swinhoe, 1893) – Absent Forest Bob
- Scobura cephaloides (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Large Forest Bob
- Scobura tytleri (Evans, 1914) – Conjoined Forest Bob
- Scobura parawoolletti Fan, Chiba & Wang, 2010 – Divided Forest Bob
- Suada swerga (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Grass Bob
- Koruthaialos rubecula (Plötz, 1882) – Changeable Velvet Bob
- Koruthaialos butleri (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dark Velvet Bob
- Koruthaialos sindu (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Shiny Velvet Bob
- Psolos fuligo (Mabille, 1876) – Dusky Partwing (ACN=Coon)
- Stimula swinhoei (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Pale Demon
- Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824]) – Chocolate Demon
- Udaspes folus (Cramer, [1775]) – Grass Demon
- Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Common Banded Demon
- Notocrypta feisthamelii (Boisduval, 1832) – Spotted Demon
- Notocrypta curvifascia (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – Restricted Demon
- Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) – Giant Redeye
- Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, [1868]) – Banded Redeye
- Erionota acroleuca (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Small Palm-redeye
- Erionota apex Semper, 1892 – White-tipped Palm-redeye
- Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767) – Acute Palm-redeye (ACN: Banana Skipper)
- Erionota torus Evans, 1941 – Rounded Palm-redeye (ACN: Banana Skipper)
- Pudicitia pholus (de Nicéville, 1889) – Spotted Redeye
- Matapa aria (Moore, [1866]) – Common Branded Redeye (ACN=Common Redeye)
- Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Purple Branded Redeye
- Matapa druna (Moore, [1866]) – Grey-branded Redeye
- Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) – Black-veined Branded Redeye
- Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 – Fringed Branded Redeye
- Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, [1780]) – Tree Flitter
- Hyarotis microstictum (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) – Small Brush Flitter
- Hyarotis coorga Evans, 1949 – Kodagu Brush Flitter
- Quedara basiflava (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Yellow-base Flitter (ACN=Golden Flitter)
- Quedara monteithi (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) – Dubious Flitter
- Isma bonota Cantlie & Norman, 1959 – Multi-spotted Flitter
- Pyroneura margherita (Doherty, 1889) – Indian Yellow-veined Lancer
- Pyroneura niasana (Fruhstorfer, 1909) – Red-veined Lancer
- Salanoemia fuscicornis (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Purple Lancer
- Salanoemia noemi (de Nicéville, 1885) – Spotted Yellow Lancer
- Salanoemia sala (Hewitson, [1866]) – Maculate Lancer
- Salanoemia tavoyana (Evans, 1926) – Ringed Lancer
- Plastingia naga (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Silver-spotted Lancer
- Lotongus sarala (de Nicéville, 1889) – Yellow-banded Palmer
- Zela zeus de Nicéville, 1895 – Red-eyed Palmer
- Unkana ambasa (Moore, [1858]) – Hoary Palmer
- Hidari bhawani de Nicéville, [1889] – Veined Palmer
- Pirdana major Evans, 1932 – Himalayan Green-striped Palmer
- Creteus cyrina (Hewitson, 1876) – Nonsuch Palmer
- Pithauria stramineipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887] – Light Straw Ace
- Pithauria murdava (Moore, [1866]) – Dark Straw Ace
- Pithauria marsena (Hewitson, [1866]) – Branded Straw Ace
- Halpemorpha hyrtacus (de Nicéville, 1897) – White-branded Ace (ACN=Bicolour Ace. Also as Sovia hyrtacus)
- Sovia separata (Moore, 1882) – Chequered Ace
- Sovia grahami (Evans, 1926) – Pale Ace
- Sovia malta Evans, 1949 – Malta Ace
- Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville, 1891) – Variable Ace
- Thoressa aina (de Nicéville, 1889) – Yellow-spotted Ace
- Thoressa gupta (de Nicéville, 1886) – Olive Ace
- Thoressa fusca (Elwes, [1893]) – Dusky Ace
- Thoressa astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890) – Unbranded Ace (ACN=Southern Spotted Ace)
- Thoressa cerata (Hewitson, 1876) – Northern Spotted Ace
- Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885) – Nilgiri Plain Ace
- Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910) – Travancore Tawny Ace
- Thoressa honorei (de Nicéville, 1887) – Sahyadri Orange Ace (ACN=Madras Ace)
- Thoressa masoni (Moore, 1878) – Black-spotted Ace
- Halpe arcuata Evans, 1937 – Overlapping Ace
- Halpe aucma Swinhoe, 1893 – Gold-spotted Ace
- Halpe filda Evans, 1949 – Absent Ace
- Halpe handa Evans, 1949 – Handa Ace
- Halpe hauxwelli Evans, 1937 – Conjoined Shan Ace
- Halpe hindu Evans, 1937 – Sahyadri Banded Ace (ACN=Indian Ace. Also as Halpe homolea)
- Halpe knyvetti Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Large Ace
- Halpe kumara de Nicéville, 1885 – Plain Ace
- Halpe kusala Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Faint Ace
- Halpe molta Evans, 1949 – White-fringed Ace
- Halpe perfossa South, 1913 – Small-spotted Ace
- Halpe porus (Mabille, [1877]) – Bi-spot Banded Ace (ACN=Moore's Ace)
- Halpe sikkima Moore, 1882 – Sikkim Ace
- Halpe wantona Swinhoe, 1893 – Wanton Ace
- Halpe zema (Hewitson, 1877) – Zema Banded Ace
- Halpe zola Evans, 1937 – Zola Banded Ace
- Sebastonyma dolopia (Hewitson, 1868) – Tufted Ace
- Actinor radians (Moore, 1878) – Veined Dart
- Cupitha purreea (Moore, 1877) – Wax Dart
Incertae sedis
- Zographetus satwa (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Purple and Gold Flitter
- Zographetus ogygia (Hewitson, [1866]) – Purple-spotted Flitter
- Zographetus dzonguensis Kunte, Karmakar & Lepcha, 2021 – Chocolate-bordered Flitter
- Zographetus rama (Mabille, [1877]) – Small Flitter
Tribe Taractrocerini
- Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1865) – White-spotted Grass Dart (ACN=Himalayan Grass Dart)
- Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793) – Grey-veined Grass Dart (ACN=Common Grass Dart, Oriental Grass Dart)
- Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868) – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart (ACN=Tamil Grass Dart)
- Taractrocera atropunctata Watson, 1896 – Black-spotted Grass Dart
- Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Sahyadri Dartlet
- Oriens paragola (de Nicéville, [1896]) – Malay Dartlet
- Oriens goloides (Moore, [1881]) – Smaller Dartlet
- Oriens gola (Moore, 1877) – Common Dartlet
- Potanthus alcon (Evans, 1932) – Alcon Dart
- Potanthus confucius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – Confucian Dart
- Potanthus dara (Kollar, [1844]) – West Himalayan Dart
- Potanthus diana (Evans, 1932) – Dakhan Dart
- Potanthus ganda (Fruhstorfer 1911) – Ganda Dart
- Potanthus juno (Evans, 1932) – Juno Dart
- Potanthus lydia (Evans, 1934) – Lydia Dart
- Potanthus mara (Evans, 1932) – Bright Yellow Dart
- Potanthus mingo (Edwards, 1866) – Narrow Bident Dart
- Potanthus nesta (Evans, 1934) – Nesta Dart
- Potanthus nina (Evans, 1932) – Little Dart
- Potanthus pallida (Evans, 1932) – Pallid Dart
- Potanthus palnia (Evans, 1914) – Palni Dart
- Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911) – Pava Dart
- Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, [1881]) – Common Dart
- Potanthus rectifasciata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Branded Dart
- Potanthus serina (Plötz, 1883) – Oriental Large Dart
- Potanthus sita (Evans, 1932) – Sita Dart
- Potanthus trachala (Mabille, 1878) – Broad Bident Dart
- Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Palm-Dart
- Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878) – Dark Palm-Dart
- Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883) – Ohara Palm-Dart
- Telicota linna Evans, 1949 – Linna Palm-Dart
- Cephrenes acalle (Höpffer, 1874) – Plain Palm-Dart
Tribe Hesperiini
- Ochlodes brahma (Moore, 1878) – Grey-branded Darter
- Ochlodes siva (Moore, 1878) – Black-branded Darter
- Ochlodes pasca Evans, 1949 – Ochreous Darter
- Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) – Chequered Darter
Tribe Baorini
- Baoris scopulifera Moore, [1884] – Andaman Paint-brush Swift
- Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887) – Figure-of-8 Swift
- Baoris farri (Moore, 1878) – Complete Paint-brush Swift
- Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 – Small Paint-brush Swift
- Baoris unicolor Moore, [1884] – Black Paint-brush Swift
- Borbo bevani (Moore, 1878) – Lesser Rice Swift. Also as Pseudoborbo bevani. ACN: Bevan's Swift.
- Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866) – Rice Swift. ACN: Wallace's Swift.
- Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Yellow-fringed Swift
- Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894) – Brome Swift
- Caltoris brunnea (Snellen, 1876) – Dark Branded Swift
- Caltoris cahira (Moore, 1877) – Colon Swift
- Caltoris canaraica (Moore, [1884]) – Karwar Swift
- Caltoris confusa (Evans, 1932) – Confusing Swift
- Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876) – Full Stop Swift
- Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878) – Blank Swift
- Caltoris moorei (Evans, 1926) – Cryptic Swift
- Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Elongated Swift
- Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887) – Tufted Swift
- Caltoris sirius (Evans, 1926) – Sirius Swift
- Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Purple Swift
- Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793) – Dingy Swift
- Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804) – Pygmy Swift
- Iton semamora (Moore, [1866]) – Common Wight
- Iton watsonii (de Nicéville, 1890) – White-striped Wight
- Parnara apostata (Snellen, [1880]) – Dark Straight Swift
- Parnara ganga Evans, 1937 – Continental Swift
- Parnara guttatus (Bremer & Grey, [1852]) – Straight Swift
- Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) – Grey Swift
- Pelopidas agna (Moore, [1866]) – Obscure Branded Swift
- Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882) – Great Swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Conjoined Swift
- Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) – Small Branded Swift
- Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877) – Chinese Branded Swift
- Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878) – Large Branded Swift
- Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821]) – Pale Branded Swift
- Pelopidas masta Evans, 1949 – Two-spotted Branded Swift
- Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – White-fringed Swift
- Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869) – Yellow-spotted Swift
- Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Contiguous Swift
- Polytremis minuta (Evans, 1926) – Tiny Swift
Subfamily Heteropterinae
- Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) – Orange-spotted Mountain-Hopper
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888 – Silver Mountain-Hopper
FAMILY PIERIDAE (WHITES AND YELLOWS)
Subfamily Coliadinae
- Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775) – Lemon Emigrant. ACN: Common Emigrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mottled Emigrant
- Catopsilia scylla (Linnaeus, 1763) – Orange Emigrant
- Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 – Beryl Clouded Yellow
- Colias cocandica Erschoff, 1874 – Pamir Clouded Yellow
- Colias dubia Elwes, 1906 – Dwarf Clouded Yellow
- Colias eogene C. & R. Felder, 1865 – Fiery Clouded Yellow
- Colias erate (Esper, 1805) – Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow
- Colias fieldii Ménétriés, 1855 – Dark Clouded Yellow
- Colias ladakensis C. & R. Felder, 1865 – Ladakh Clouded Yellow
- Colias leechi Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1893 – Glaucous Clouded Yellow
- Colias marcopolo Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888 – Olive Clouded Yellow
- Colias nilagiriensis C. & R. Felder, 1859 – Nilgiri Clouded Yellow
- Colias nina Fawcett, 1904 – Small Clouded Yellow
- Colias stoliczkana Moore, 1878 – Orange Clouded Yellow
- Colias thrasibulus Fruhstorfer, 1910 – Lemon Clouded Yellow
- Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882 – Broad-bordered Clouded Yellow
- Dercas lycorias (Doubleday, 1842) – Plain Sulphur
- Dercas verhuelli (Hoeven, 1839) – Tailed Sulphur
- Eurema andersonii (Moore, 1886) – One-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema blanda (Boisduval, 1836) – Three-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) – Small Grass Yellow
- Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Grass Yellow
- Eurema simulatrix (Staudinger, 1891) – Changeable Grass Yellow
- Eurema laeta (Boisduval, 1836) – Spotless Grass Yellow
- Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990 – Nilgiri Grass Yellow
- Gandaca harina (Horsfield, [1829]) – Tree Yellow
- Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871) – Orange Brimstone
- Gonepteryx mahaguru Gistel, 1857 – Lesser Brimstone
- Gonepteryx nepalensis Doubleday, 1847 – Pale Brimstone
- Gonepteryx chitralensis (Moore, [1907]) – Yellow-base Brimstone
Subfamily Pierinae
Tribe Teracolini
- Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775) – Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis aurora (Cramer, [1780]) – Plain Orange-tip
- Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775) – Crimson-tip
- Colotis etrida (Boisduval, 1836) – Little Orange-tip
- Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804) – Large Salmon Arab
- Colotis protractus (Butler, 1876) – Blue-spotted Arab
- Colotis vestalis (Butler, 1876) – White Arab
- Ixias marianne (Cramer, [1779]) – White Orange-tip
- Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764) – Yellow Orange-tip
Tribe Anthocharidini
- Euchloe daphalis (Moore, 1865) – Himalayan Pearl White
- Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Orange-tip
- Hebomoia roepstorfii Wood-Mason, 1880 – Sulphur Great Orange-tip. ACN: Andaman Great Orange-tip.
Tribe Leptosiaini
- Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche
Tribe Nepheroniini
- Pareronia avatar (Moore, [1858]) – Pale Wanderer
- Pareronia ceylanica (C. & R. Felder, 1865) – Dark Wanderer
- Pareronia hippia (Fabricius, 1787) – Indian Wanderer
Tribe Pierini
- Aporia agathon (Gray, 1831) – Great Blackvein
- Aporia delavayi (Oberthür, 1890) – Pallid Blackvein
- Aporia harrietae (de Nicéville, [1893]) – Dark Blackvein
- Aporia leucodice (Eversmann, 1843) – Arrowhead Blackvein
- Aporia nabellica (Boisduval, 1836) – Dusky Blackvein
- Aporia peloria (Hewitson, 1853) – Tiny Blackvein
- Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) – Common Albatross
- Appias indra (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Puffin
- Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) – Spot Puffin
- Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) – Striped Albatross
- Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – Chocolate Albatross
- Appias galba (Wallace, 1867) – Indian Orange Albatross
- Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 – Black-veined Albatross
- Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777]) – Yellow Albatross
- Appias galathea (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Beautiful Albatross
- Appias wardii (Moore, [1884]) – Sahyadri Albatross
- Saletara liberia (Cramer, [1779]) – Pointed Albatross
- Baltia butleri (Moore, 1882) – Two-spotted Dwarf
- Baltia shawi (Bates, 1873) – One-spotted Dwarf
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – Pioneer
- Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852) – Lesser Gull
- Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Gull
- Delias acalis (Godart, 1819) – Redbreast Jezebel
- Delias agostina (Hewitson, 1852) – Yellow Jezebel
- Delias belladonna (Fabricius, 1793) – Hill Jezebel
- Delias berinda (Moore, 1872) – Dark Jezebel
- Delias descombesi (Boisduval, 1836) – Redspot Jezebel
- Delias eucharis (Drury, 1773) – Indian Jezebel (ACN=Common Jezebel)
- Delias hyparete (Linnaeus, 1758) – Painted Jezebel
- Delias lativitta Leech, 1893 – White-streaked Jezebel
- Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus, 1767) – Redbase Jezebel
- Delias sanaca (Moore, [1858]) – Pale Jezebel
- Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) – Large Cabbage White
- Pieris canidia (Linnaeus, 1768) – Asian Cabbage White
- Pieris deota (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dusky White
- Pieris extensa Poujade, 1888 – Extended White
- Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860 – Green-banded White
- Pieris ajaka Moore, 1865 – Brown-veined White
- Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) – Small Cabbage White
- Talbotia naganum (Moore, 1884) – Plain Cabbage White. ACN: Naga White
- Sinopieris chumbiensis (de Nicéville, 1897) – Grey-banded White
- Pontia callidice (Hübner, [1800]) – Lofty Bath White
- Pontia chloridice (Hübner, [1813]) – Small Bath White
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath White
- Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – Desert Bath White
- Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979 – Sherpa Bath White
- Prioneris philonome (Boisduval, 1836) – Redspot Sawtooth
- Prioneris sita (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Painted Sawtooth
- Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday, 1842) – Spotted Sawtooth
FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE (BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES)
Subfamily Libytheinae
Tribe Libytheini
- Libythea lepita Moore, [1858] – Common Beak
- Libythea laius Trimen, 1879 – Lobed Beak
- Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819 – Club Beak
- Libythea narina Godart, 1819 – White-spotted Beak
Subfamily Danainae
Tribe Danaini
- Danaus affinis (Fabricius, 1775) – Tricoloured Tiger
- Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Plain Tiger
- Danaus genutia (Cramer, [1779]) – Striped Tiger
- Danaus melanippus (Cramer, [1777]) – White Tiger
- Euploea algea (Godart, 1819) – Long-branded Blue Crow
- Euploea core (Cramer, [1780]) – Common Crow
- Euploea andamanensis Atkinson, [1874] – Pale Crow (=Euploea core andamanensis – Andaman Crow)
- Euploea scherzeri C. Felder, 1862 – Cinnamon Crow (=Euploea core scherzeri)
- Euploea godartii Lucas, 1853 – Violet-tipped Crow. Earlier Euploea core godartii.
- Euploea modesta Butler, 1866 – Plain Blue Crow
- Euploea crameri Lucas, 1853 – Spotted Black Crow
- Euploea doubledayi C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Striped Black Crow
- Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819) – Blue-branded King Crow
- Euploea klugii Moore, [1858] – King Crow
- Euploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blue-spotted Crow
- Euploea mulciber (Cramer, [1777]) – Striped Blue Crow
- Euploea phaenareta (Schaller, 1785) – Great Crow
- Euploea radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793) – Magpie Crow
- Euploea roepstorffi (Moore, 1883) – Large-spotted King Crow (ACN: Andaman King-Crow)
- Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793) – Double-branded Crow
- Idea agamarschana (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Streaked Tree-Nymph
- Idea malabarica (Moore, 1877) Malabar Tree-Nymph
- Ideopsis juventa (Cramer, [1777]) – Grey Glassy Tiger
- Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blue Glassy Tiger
- Parantica aglea (Stoll, [1782]) – Glassy Tiger
- Parantica melanoleuca (Moore, 1877) – Small Glassy Tiger
- Parantica agleoides (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Dark Glassy Tiger
- Parantica melaneus (Cramer, [1775]) – Chocolate Tiger
- Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877) – Nilgiri Tiger
- Parantica pedonga Fujioka, 1970 – Pedong Tiger
- Parantica sita (Kollar, [1844]) – Chestnut Tiger
- Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883) – Wedged Tiger
- Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877) – Scarce Blue Tiger
- Tirumala limniace (Cramer, [1775]) – Blue Tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Dark Blue Tiger
Subfamily Heliconiinae
Tribe Acraeini
- Acraea issoria (Hübner, [1819]) – Yellow Coster
- Acraea terpsicore (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tawny Coster (=Acraea violae)
- Cethosia biblis (Drury, [1773]) – Red Lacewing
- Cethosia cyane (Drury, [1773]) – Leopard Lacewing
- Cethosia mahratta Moore, 1872 – Sahyadri Lacewing (ACN=Tamil lacewing. Also treated as Cethosia nietneri mahratta)
Tribe Argynnini
- Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Dark-green Silverspot
- Argynnis argyrospilata Kotzsch, 1938 – Crescent Fritillary
- Argynnis childreni Gray, 1831 – Large Silverstripe (=Childrena childreni)
- Argynnis clara Blanchard, [1844] – Silverstreak Fritillary
- Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763) – Tropical Fritillary (ACN=Indian Fritillary)
- Argynnis (hyperbius) castetsi Oberthür, 1891 – Palni Branded Fritillary (=Argynnis hyperbius castetsi)
- Argynnis (hyperbius) hybrida Evans, 1912 – Nilgiri Branded Fritillary (=Argynnis hyperbius hybrida)
- Argynnis jainadeva Moore, 1864 – Highbrown Silverspot
- Argynnis kamala Moore, [1858] – Common Silverstripe
- Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771) – Eastern Silverstripe
- Argynnis westphali Gallo & Della Bruna, 2016 – Emerald-and-Silver Fritillary
- Argynnis pandora (Schiffermüller, 1775) – Cardinal Fritillary
- Boloria jerdoni (Lang, 1868) – Variegated Silverspot
- Boloria pales (Schiffermüller, 1775) – Shepherd Fritillary
- Boloria sipora (Moore, [1875]) – Straightwing Silverspot
- Boloria korla (Fruhstorfer, 1904) – Pale Fritillary
- Boloria hegemone (Staudinger, 1881) – Whitespot Fritillary
- Issoria altissima (Elwes, 1882) – Mountain Silverspot
- Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891) – Pointed Silverspot
- Issoria gemmata (Butler, 1881) – Gem Silverspot
- Issoria issaea (Doherty, 1886) – Himalayan Queen Fritillary ()
Tribe Vagrantini
- Algia fasciata (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Branded Yeoman
- Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday, [1847] – Large Yeoman
- Cirrochroa nicobarica Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 – Nicobar Yeoman
- Cirrochroa thais (Fabricius, 1787) – Tamil Yeoman
- Cirrochroa tyche C. & R. Felder, 1861 – Common Yeoman
- Cupha erymanthis (Drury, [1773]) – Rustic
- Phalanta alcippe (Stoll, [1782]) – Small Leopard
- Phalanta phalantha (Drury, [1773]) – Common Leopard
- Vagrans egista (Cramer, [1780]) – Vagrant
- Vindula erota (Fabricius, 1793) – Cruiser
Subfamily Apaturinae
Tribe Apaturini
- Chitoria sordida (Moore, [1866]) – Sordid Emperor
- Chitoria naga (Tytler, 1915) – Naga Emperor
- Chitoria ulupi (Doherty, 1889) – Tawny Emperor (=Chitoria ulpi)
- Dilipa morgiana (Westwood, [1851]) – Golden Emperor
- Eulaceura manipurensis (Tytler, 1915) – Marbled Emperor
- Euripus consimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Painted Courtesan
- Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845) – Courtesan
- Helcyra hemina Hewitson, 1864 – White Emperor
- Herona marathus Doubleday, [1848] – Pasha
- Hestinalis nama (Doubleday, 1844) – Circe
- Hestina nicevillei (Moore, [1895]) – Scarce Siren
- Hestina persimilis (Westwood, [1851]) – Siren
- Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, [1844]) – Indian Purple Emperor
- Mimathyma chitralensis (Evans, 1912) – Large Emperor
- Mimathyma bhavana (Moore, 1881) – Restricted Purple Emperor
- Mimathyma chevana (Moore, [1866]) – Sergeant Emperor
- Rohana parisatis (Westwood, [1851]) – Black Prince
- Rohana tonkiniana Fruhstorfer 1906 – Elusive Prince
- Rohana parvata (Moore, [1858]) – Brown Prince
- Sasakia funebris (Leech, 1891) – Empress
- Sephisa chandra (Moore, [1858]) – White-banded Courtier (ACN=Eastern Courtier)
- Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, [1844]) – Orange-banded Courtier (ACN=Western Courtier)
Subfamily Biblidinae
Tribe Biblidini
- Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777]) – Common Castor
- Byblia ilithyia (Drury, [1773]) – Joker
- Laringa horsfieldii (Boisduval, 1833) – Banded Dandy
Subfamily Cyrestinae
Tribe Cyrestini
- Chersonesia intermedia Martin, 1895 – Wavy Maplet
- Chersonesia risa (Doubleday, [1848]) – Common Maplet
- Cyrestis cocles (Fabricius, 1787) – Marbled Map Butterfly
- Cyrestis tabula de Nicéville, 1883 – Ochreous Map Butterfly
- Cyrestis thyodamas Doyère, [1840] – Map Butterfly
Subfamily Pseudergolinae
Tribe Pseudergolini
- Dichorragia nesimachus (Doyère, [1840]) – Constable
- Pseudergolis wedah (Kollar, [1844]) – Tabby
- Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) – Popinjay
Subfamily Limenitidinae
Tribe Adoliadini
- Abrota ganga Moore, [1858] – Sergeant-major
- Bassarona durga (Moore, [1858]) – Blue Duke
- Bassarona iva (Moore, [1858]) – Grand Duke
- Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886) – Redtail Marquis
- Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, [1848]) – Banded Marquis
- Dophla evelina (Stoll, [1790]) – Redspot Duke
- Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, [1777]) – Common Baron
- Euthalia acontius (Hewitson, 1874) – White-banded Baron
- Euthalia alpheda (Godart, [1824]) – Streaked Baron
- Euthalia anosia (Moore, [1858]) – Grey Baron
- Euthalia saitaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1913 – Spotless Baron
- Euthalia mahadeva (Moore, 1859) – Green-bordered Baron
- Euthalia confucius (Westwood, [1850]) – Fanged Duke
- Euthalia duda Staudinger, 1886 – Blue Duchess
- Euthalia eriphylae de Nicéville, 1891 – Grey-tipped Baron
- Euthalia franciae (Gray, 1846) – French Duke
- Euthalia khama Alphéraky, 1895 – Curved Duke
- Euthalia lengba Tytler, 1940 – Separated Duke
- Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, [1777]) – Gaudy Baron
- Euthalia malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899 – Straight Baron
- Euthalia monina (Fabricius, 1787) – Powdered Baron
- Euthalia nara (Moore, 1859) – Bronze Duke
- Euthalia patala (Kollar, [1844]) – Grand Duchess
- Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, [1848]) – White-edged Blue Baron
- Euthalia sahadeva (Moore, 1859) – Green Duke
- Euthalia narayana Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891 – Beaded Duchess
- Euthalia thawgawa Tytler, 1940 – Multi-spotted Duchess
- Euthalia telchinia (Ménétriés, 1857) – Blue Baron
- Symphaedra nais (Forster, 1771) – Baronet
- Tanaecia cibaritis (Hewitson, 1874) – Andaman Viscount
- Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787) – Lavender Count
- Tanaecia jahnu (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Earl
- Tanaecia julii (Lesson, 1837) – Common Earl
- Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868) – Grey Count
- Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, [1869]) – Great Archduke
- Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793) – Dark Archduke
- Lexias pardalis (Moore, 1878) – Yellow-tipped Archduke
- Neurosigma siva (Westwood, [1850]) – Panther
Tribe Limenitidini
- Athyma asura Moore, [1858] – Studded Sergeant
- Athyma cama Moore, [1858] – Orange Staff Sergeant
- Athyma jina Moore, [1858] – Club Sergeant (ACN=Bhutan Sergeant)
- Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858 – Dot-dash Sergeant
- Athyma larymna (Doubleday, [1848]) – Great Sergeant
- Athyma inara Westwood, 1850 – Colour Sergeant (=Athyma nefte inara)
- Athyma whitei (Tytler, 1940) – Blue-bordered Sergeant
- Athyma rufula de Nicéville, [1889] – Andaman Sergeant
- Athyma opalina (Kollar, [1844]) – Hill Sergeant
- Athyma orientalis Elwes, 1888 – Elongated Sergeant
- Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Sergeant
- Athyma pravara Moore, [1858] – Unbroken Sergeant
- Athyma ranga Moore, [1858] – Blackvein Sergeant
- Athyma reta Moore, 1858 – Lesser Sergeant
- Athyma selenophora (Kollar, [1844]) – Staff Sergeant
- Athyma zeroca Moore, 1872 – Small Staff Sergeant
- Athyma punctata Leech, 1890 – White-patch Sergeant
- Auzakia danava (Moore, [1858]) – Commodore
- Bhagadatta austenia (Moore, 1872) – Grey Commodore
- Limenitis rileyi Tytler, 1940 – Tiger-mimic Admiral
- Limenitis lepechini Erschoff, 1874 – Orange-bordered Admiral
- Limenitis ligyes Hewitson, 1864 – Brown-bordered Admiral
- Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864 – Indian White Admiral
- Moduza procris (Cramer, [1777]) – Commander
- Parasarpa dudu (Westwood, [1850]) – White Commodore
- Parasarpa zayla (Westwood, [1850]) – Bicolour Commodore
- Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, [1848]) – Green Commodore
- Sumalia zulema (Doubleday, [1848]) – Scarce White Commodore
Tribe Neptini
- Lasippa tiga (Moore, 1858) – Ragged Sailer
- Lasippa viraja (Moore, 1872) – Yellowjack Sailer
- Lasippa nar (de Nicéville, 1891) – Chocolate Sailer
- Neptis ananta Moore, [1858] – Yellow Sailer
- Neptis melba Evans, 1912 – Versicoloured Sailer
- Neptis cartica Moore, 1872 – Plain Sailer
- Neptis clinia Moore, 1872 – Sullied Sailer
- Neptis cydippe Leech, 1890 – Broken Hockeystick Sailer
- Neptis harita Moore, [1875] – Dingiest Sailer
- Neptis hylas (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Sailer
- Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884 – Ilira Sailer
- Neptis jumbah Moore, [1858] – Chestnut-streaked Sailer
- Neptis magadha C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Spotted Sailer
- Neptis mahendra Moore, 1872 – Apex Sailer (=Himalayan Sailer)
- Neptis manasa Moore, [1858] – Pale Hockeystick Sailer
- Neptis miah Moore, [1858] – Small Yellow Sailer
- Neptis namba Tytler, 1915 – Namba Sailer
- Neptis narayana Moore, 1858 – Broadstick Sailer
- Neptis nana de Nicéville, [1889] – Little Sailer
- Neptis nashona Swinhoe, 1896 – Dirty Sailer
- Neptis nata Moore, [1858] – Clear Sailer
- Neptis nemorum Oberthür, 1906 – Bright Hockeystick Sailer
- Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890 – Hockeystick Sailer
- Neptis pseudovikasi (Moore, 1899) – False Dingy Sailer
- Neptis radha Moore, [1858] – Great Yellow Sailer
- Neptis sankara (Kollar, [1844]) – Broad-banded Sailer
- Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771) – Rusty Sailer (ACN=Common Glider, Pallas's Sailer)
- Neptis soma Moore, 1858 – Creamy Sailer
- Neptis palnica Eliot, 1969 – Palni Sailer
- Neptis capnodes Fruhstorfer, 1908 – Confusing Sailer
- Neptis zaida Doubleday, [1848] – Pale Green Sailer
- Pantoporia assamica (Moore, 1881) – Conjoined Lascar
- Pantoporia aurelia (Staudinger, 1886) – Baby Lascar
- Pantoporia bieti (Oberthür, 1894) – Pallid Lascar
- Pantoporia dindinga (Butler, 1879) – Grey-lined Lascar
- Pantoporia paraka (Butler, [1879]) – Perak Lascar
- Pantoporia hordonia (Stoll, [1790]) – Common Lascar
- Pantoporia sandaka (Butler, 1892) – Extra Lascar
- Pantoporia cnacalis (Hewitson, 1874) – White-banded Lascar
- Pantoporia ferrari Eliot, 1969 – Polished Lascar
- Phaedyma aspasia (Leech, 1890) – Great Hockeystick Sailer
- Phaedyma columella (Cramer, [1780]) – Short-banded Sailer
- Phaedyma binghami Fruhstorfer, 1905 – Beautiful Sailer
- Lebadea martha (Fabricius, 1787) – Knight
Tribe Parthenini
- Parthenos sylvia (Cramer, [1775]) – Clipper
Subfamily Nymphalinae
Tribe Junoniini
- Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) – Danaid Eggfly
- Hypolimnas anomala (Wallace, 1869) – Anomalous Eggfly
- Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758) – Peacock Pansy
- Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763) – Grey Pansy
- Junonia hierta (Fabricius, 1798) – Yellow Pansy
- Junonia iphita (Cramer, [1779]) – Chocolate Pansy
- Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758) – Lemon Pansy
- Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blue Pansy
- Yoma sabina (Cramer, [1780]) – Lurcher
Tribe Kallimini
- Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer, [1777]) – Autumn Leaf
- Kallima albofasciata Moore, 1877 – White Oakleaf
- Kallima knyvettii de Nicéville, 1886 – Scarce Blue Oakleaf
- Kallima inachus (Doyère, [1840]) – Orange Oakleaf
- Kallima limborgii Moore, [1879] – Brilliant Oakleaf
- Kallima horsfieldii (Kollar, [1844]) – Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
Tribe Melitaeini
- Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861 – Blackvein Checkerspot
- Melitaea balbita Moore, 1874 – Marbled Checkerspot
- Melitaea amoenula C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Dirty Checkerspot
- Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) – Redband Checkerspot
- Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924 – Great Checkerspot
- Melitaea sindura Moore, 1865 – Sindur Checkerspot
- Melitaea sikkimensis Moore, 1901 – Sikkim Checkerspot
- Melitaea lunulata Staudinger, 1901 – Crescent Checkerspot
- Melitaea sultanensis Staudinger, 1886 – Sultan Checkerspot
Tribe Nymphalini
- Araschnia dohertyi Moore, [1899] – Manipur Map
- Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781) – Large Tortoiseshell
- Aglais caschmirensis (Kollar, [1844]) – Indian Tortoiseshell
- Aglais ladakensis (Moore, 1878) – Ladakh Tortoiseshell
- Aglais rizana (Moore, 1872) – Mountain Tortoiseshell
- Kaniska canace (Linnaeus, 1763) – Blue Admiral
- Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) – Comma Tortoiseshell
- Polygonia l-album (Esper, 1781) – False Comma Tortoiseshell
- Symbrenthia brabira Moore, 1872 – Yellow Jester
- Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, [1824]) – Spotted Jester
- Symbrenthia lilaea (Hewitson, 1864) – Common Jester
- Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872 – Bluetail Jester
- Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville, 1885 – Scarce Jester
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) – Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794) – Indian Red Admiral
Tribe Rhinopalpini
- Rhinopalpa polynice (Cramer, [1779]) – Wizard
Subfamily Charaxinae
Tribe Charaxini
- Charaxes aristogiton C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Scarce Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes bernardus (Fabricius, 1793) – Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes durnfordi Distant, 1884 – Chestnut Rajah
- Charaxes kahruba (Moore, [1895]) – Variegated Rajah
- Charaxes marmax Westwood, 1847 – Yellow Rajah
- Charaxes psaphon Westwood, 1847 – Plain Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes solon (Fabricius, 1793) – Black Rajah
- Charaxes agrarius Swinhoe, [1887] – Anomalous Nawab
- Charaxes arja C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Pallid Nawab
- Charaxes bharata C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Indian Nawab (=Charaxes athamas, Polyura athamas, Polyura athamas bharata and Common Nawab in the Indian butterfly literature)
- Charaxes (athamas/bharata) andamanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Andaman Nawab (=Charaxes athamas andamanicus)
- Charaxes delphis Doubleday, 1843 – Jewelled Nawab
- Charaxes dolon Westwood, [1848] – Stately Nawab
- Charaxes eudamippus Doubleday, 1843 – Great Nawab
- Charaxes moori Distant, 1883 – Creamy Nawab (ACN=Malayan Nawab)
- Charaxes narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854) – Conjoined Nawab (ACN=Chinese Nawab)
- Charaxes schreiber (Godart, [1824]) – Blue Nawab
Tribe Prothoini
- Prothoe franck (Godart, [1824]) – Blue Begum
Subfamily Calinaginae
Tribe Calinagini
- Calinaga buddha Moore, [1858] – Orange-breasted Freak
- Calinaga gautama Moore, [1902] – Elongated Freak
- Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 – Dark Freak
- Calinaga brahma Butler, 1885 – Orange-backed Freak
Subfamily Satyrinae
Tribe Amathusiini
- Aemona amathusia (Hewitson, 1867) – Yellow Dryad
- Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 – Andaman Palmking
- Amathusia travancorica Kunte, 2024 – Travancore Palmking
- Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – Koh-i-Noor
- Discophora deo de Nicéville, 1898 – Yellow-banded Duffer
- Discophora lepida (Moore, [1858]) – Blue-banded Duffer (ACN=Southern Duffer, Sahyadri Duffer)
- Discophora sondaica Boisduval, 1836 – Common Duffer
- Discophora timora Westwood, [1850] – Great Duffer
- Enispe cycnus Westwood, [1851] – Blue Caliph
- Enispe euthymius (Doubleday, 1845) – Red Caliph
- Enispe duranius Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Intermediate Caliph
- Faunis canens Hübner, [1826] – Common Faun
- Faunis eumeus (Drury, [1773]) – Large Faun
- Melanocyma faunula (Westwood, [1851]) – Pallid Faun
- Stichophthalma camadeva (Westwood, 1848) – Cerulean Junglequeen (ACN=Northern Junglequeen)
- Stichophthalma nourmahal (Westwood, [1851]) – Chocolate Junglequeen
- Stichophthalma nurinissa de Nicéville, 1890 – Nurinissa Junglequeen
- Stichophthalma sparta de Nicéville, 1894 – Amber Junglequeen (ACN=Manipur Junglequeen)
- Thaumantis diores Doubleday, 1845 – Jungleglory
- Thauria lathyi (Fruhstorfer, 1902) – Brandless Jungleking
Tribe Elymniini
- Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871 – Tailed Palmfly
- Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763) – Common Palmfly (inclusive of Elymnias cottonis – Andaman Palmfly, now treated as a subspecies of E. hypermnestra)
- Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863) – Spotted Palmfly
- Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764) – Tiger Palmfly
- Elymnias obnubila Marshall, 1883 – Chestnut Palmfly
- Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) – Studded Palmfly
- Elymnias patna (Westwood, [1851]) – Blue-striped Palmfly
- Elymnias peali Wood-Mason, 1883 – Brahmaputra Palmfly (ACN=Peal's Palmfly)
- Elymnias penanga (Westwood, [1851]) – Pointed Palmfly
- Elymnias vasudeva Moore, [1858] – Jezebel Palmfly
Tribe Melanitini
- Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore, [1858]) – Branded Evening Brown
- Cyllogenes janetae de Nicéville, 1887 – Scarce Evening Brown
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima (Cramer, [1780]) – Dark Evening Brown
- Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796) – Great Evening Brown
- Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, [1881] – Travancore Evening Brown
Tribe Satyrini
- Aulocera brahminus (Blanchard, 1853) – Narrow-banded Satyr
- Aulocera brahminoides Moore, [1896] – Glossy Satyr
- Aulocera loha Doherty, 1886 – Eyeless Satyr
- Aulocera padma (Kollar, [1844]) – Great Satyr
- Aulocera saraswati (Kollar, [1844]) – Striated Satyr
- Aulocera swaha (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Satyr
- Callerebia annada (Moore, [1858]) – Ringed Argus
- Callerebia baileyi South, 1913 - White-bordered Argus
- Callerebia dibangensis Roy, 2013 – Bright-eyed Argus
- Callerebia hybrida Butler, 1880 – Hybrid Argus
- Callerebia hyagriva (Moore, [1858]) – Brown Argus
- Callerebia narasingha (Moore, [1858]) – Mottled Argus
- Callerebia nirmala (Moore, 1865) – Common Argus
- Callerebia orixa Moore,1872 – Orixa Argus
- Callerebia scanda (Kollar, [1844]) – Pallid Argus
- Callerebia suroia Tytler, 1914 – Basal Argus
- Callerebia watsoni (Watkins, 1925) – Bent Argus
- Paralasa chitralica (Evans, 1923) – Yellow-eyed Mountain Argus
- Paralasa kalinda (Moore, 1865) – Scarce Mountain Argus
- Paralasa mani (de Nicéville, [1881]) – Yellow Mountain Argus
- Paralasa shallada (Lang, 1881) – Brown-eyed Mountain Argus
- Chazara heydenreichi (Lederer, 1853) – Altai Rockbrown
- Chazara enervata (Alphéraky, 1882) – Enervated Rockbrown
- Pseudochazara droshica (Tytler, 1926)
- Pseudochazara baldiva (Moore, 1865)
- Pseudochazara gilgitica (Tytler, 1926)
- Pseudochazara panjshira Wyatt & Omoto, 1966
- Pseudochazara lehana (Moore, 1878)
- Chonala masoni (Elwes, 1882) – Chumbi Wall
- Coelites nothis Westwood, [1850] – Scarce Catseye
- Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 – Common Cyclops
- Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, [1849]) – White-edged Rockbrown
- Hyponephele astorica (Tytler, 1926)
- Hyponephele baroghila (Tytler, 1926)
- Hyponephele brevistigma (Moore, [1893]) – Short-branded Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele carbonelli Lukhtanov, 1995 – Dark Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele cheena (Moore, 1865) – Cheena Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele coenonympha (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Spotted Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele davendra (Moore, 1865) – White-ringed Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele huebneri Koçak, 1980 – Tawny Branded Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele kashmirensis (Rühl, 1894) – Kashmir Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele neoza (Lang, 1868)
- Hyponephele pulchella (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Tawny Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele pulchra (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Beautiful Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele sylvia (Hemming, 1933)
- Hyponephele tenuistigma (Moore, [1896]) – Lesser White-ringed Meadowbrown
- Hyponephele hilaris (Staudinger, 1886)
- Hyponephele latistigma (Moore, 1893) – Broad-banded Meadowbrown
- Karanasa huebneri (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Tawny Satyr
- Karanasa boloricus (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888) – Bolor Satyr
- Karanasa leechi (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1890) – Hindu Kush Satyr
- Karanasa moorei (Evans, 1912) – Chitral Satyr
- Karanasa pupilata Tytler, 1926 – Pupilled Satyr
- Karanasa modesta Moore, [1893] – Modest Satyr
- Karanasa astorica Tytler, 1926 – Astor Satyr
- Karanasa rohtanga Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 – Rohtang Satyr
- Karanasa cadesia (Moore, [1875]) – Burzil Satyr
- Kanetisa digna (Marshall, 1883) – Chitrali Satyr
- Satyrus pimpla C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Chocolate Satyr
- Satyrus alaica Staudinger, 1886 – Alai Satyr
- Kirinia eversmanni (Eversmann, 1847) – Yellow Wall
- Lasiommata menava Moore, 1865 – Dark Wall
- Lasiommata maerula C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Scarce Wall
- Lasiommata schakra (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Wall
- Lethe atkinsonia (Hewitson, 1876) – Small Goldenfork
- Lethe baladeva (Moore, [1866]) – Treble Silverstripe
- Lethe bhairava (Moore, [1858]) – Rusty Forester
- Lethe brisanda de Nicéville, 1886 – Dark Forester
- Lethe chandica (Moore, [1858]) – Angled Red Forester
- Lethe confusa Aurivillius, [1898] – Banded Treebrown
- Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939 – White-wedged Woodbrown
- Lethe distans Butler, 1870 – Scarce Red Forester
- Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, 1863) – Two-eyed Treebrown (ACN=Tamil Treebrown)
- Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882) – Scarce Lilacfork
- Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775) – Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe tamuna de Nicéville, 1887 – Clear-eyed Treebrown
- Lethe gemina Leech, 1891 – Silverline Treebrown
- Lethe goalpara (Moore, [1866]) – Large Goldenfork
- Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887 – Dull Forester
- Lethe isana (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Forester (sometimes spelled Lethe insana)
- Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, [1881]) – Small Silverfork
- Lethe kabrua (Tytler, 1914) – Manipur Goldenfork
- Lethe kanjupkula Tytler, 1914 – Broken Woodbrown
- Lethe kansa (Moore, [1858]) – Bamboo Forester
- Lethe latiaris (Hewitson, 1862) – Pale Forester
- Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, [1881] – Barred Woodbrown
- Lethe margaritae Elwes, 1882 – Bhutan Treebrown
- Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858]) – Common Red Forester
- Lethe minerva (Fabricius, 1775) – Branded Red Forester
- Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887) – Plain Silverfork
- Lethe naga Doherty, 1889 – Naga Treebrown
- Lethe nicetas (Hewitson, 1863) – Yellow Woodbrown
- Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887 – Small Woodbrown
- Lethe ocellata (Poujade, 1885) – Dismal Mystic
- Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887) – Single Silverstripe
- Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787) – Common Treebrown
- Lethe sadona Evans, 1932 – Sadon Dark Forester
- Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, [1881] – Pallid Forester
- Lethe scanda (Moore, [1858]) – Blue Forester
- Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876) – Brown Forester
- Lethe siderea Marshall, [1881] – Scarce Woodbrown
- Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863) – Common Woodbrown
- Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, [1863]) – Tailed Red Forester
- Lethe sura (Doubleday, [1849]) – Lilacfork
- Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887 – Spotted Mystic
- Lethe verma (Kollar, [1844]) – Straight-banded Treebrown
- Lethe vindhya (C. & R. Felder, 1859) – Black Forester
- Lethe visrava (Moore, [1866]) – White-edged Woodbrown
- Neope armandii (Oberthür, 1876) – Yellow Labyrinth
- Neope bhadra (Moore, [1858]) – Tailed Labyrinth
- Neope pulaha (Moore, [1858]) – Veined Labyrinth
- Neope pulahoides (Moore, [1892]) – Large-spotted Labyrinth
- Neope pulahina (Evans, 1923) – Scarce Labyrinth
- Neope yama (Moore, [1858]) – Dusky Labyrinth
- Telinga adolphei (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Red-eye Bushbrown
- Telinga davisoni (Moore, [1891]) – Palni Bushbrown
- Telinga heri (Moore, [1858]) – Large-eyed Bushbrown
- Telinga lepcha (Moore, 1880) – Lepcha Bushbrown
- Telinga malsara (Moore, [1858]) – White-line Bushbrown
- Telinga malsarida (Butler, 1868) – Plain Bushbrown
- Telinga mestra (Hewitson, 1862) – White-edged Bushbrown
- Telinga misenus (de Nicéville, 1889) – Salmon-branded Bushbrown
- Telinga nicotia (Westwood, [1850]) – Bright-eyed Bushbrown
- Telinga oculus (Marshall, 1881) – Red-disc Bushbrown
- Telinga watsoni (Evans, 1912) – Many-eyed Bushbrown
- Mycalesis adamsonii Watson, 1897 – Double-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862 – White-bar Bushbrown
- Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914 – Brandless Bushbrown
- Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, [1780]) – Lilacine Bushbrown
- Mycalesis gotama Moore, [1858] – Straight-line Bushbrown (ACN=Chinese Bushbrown)
- Mycalesis igilia Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Bicoloured Bushbrown (ACN=Small Long-brand Bushbrown)
- Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, [1892]) – Intermediate Bushbrown
- Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886 – Nicobarese Blind Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mercea Evans, 1920 – Pachmarhi Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mnasicles Hewitson 1864 – Cyclops Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891 – Many-tufted Bushbrown
- Mycalesis orcha Evans, 1912 – Travancore Bushbrown
- Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864 – Purple Bushbrown
- Mycalesis junonia Butler, 1868 – Malabar Glad-eye Bushbrown (=Mycalesis patnia junonia)
- Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969 – Ochreous Bushbrown (extralimital, perhaps recorded in error)
- Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Bushbrown
- Mycalesis radza Moore, 1877 – Andamanese Eyed Bushbrown
- Mycalesis subdita (Moore, [1890]) – Tamil Bushbrown
- Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 – Vanilla Bushbrown
- Mycalesis visala Moore, [1858] – Long-branded Bushbrown
- Oeneis buddha Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1891 – Tibetan Satyr
- Paroeneis bicolor (Seitz, [1909]) – Bicolour Mountain Satyr
- Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889) – Sikkim Mountain Satyr
- Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder [1867]) – Ladakh Mountain Satyr
- Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846 – Tigerbrown
- Orsotriaena medus (Fabricius, 1775) – Medus Brown (ACN=Nigger, Junglebrown, Dusky Bush-brown, Smooth-eyed Bush-brown)
- Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, [1862] – White-striped Ringlet
- Ragadia crito de Nicéville, 1890 – Dusky-striped Ringlet
- Rhaphicera moorei (Butler, 1867) – Small Tawny Wall
- Rhaphicera satricus (Doubleday, [1849]) – Large Tawny Wall
- Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893 – Affected Five-ring
- Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) – Common Three-ring
- Ypthima atra Cantlie & Norman, 1959 – Black Five-ring
- Ypthima avanta Moore, [1875] – Jewel Five-ring
- Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Five-ring
- Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1882 – Desert Four-ring
- Ypthima burmana Evans, 1923 – Large-eyed Three-ring
- Ypthima cantliei Norman, 1958 – Great Four-ring
- Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, [1865] – White Four-ring
- Ypthima chenu (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Nilgiri Four-ring
- Ypthima confusa Shirôzu & Shima, 1977 – Confusing Three-ring
- Ypthima davidsoni Eliot, 1967
- Ypthima dohertyi (Moore, [1893]) – Great Five-ring
- Ypthima evansi Eliot, 1967
- Ypthima fusca Elwes & Edwards, 1893 – Dusky Three-ring
- Ypthima hannyngtoni Eliot, 1967 – Large Branded Five-ring
- Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871 – Common Four-ring
- Ypthima indecora Moore, 1882 – Indecorous Five-ring
- Ypthima inica Hewitson, [1865] – Lesser Three-ring
- Ypthima iarba de Nicéville, 1895 – Jarba Four-ring
- Ypthima kasmira Moore, 1884 – Kashmir Four-ring
- Ypthima lisandra (Cramer, [1780]) – Lisandra Four-ring
- Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889 – Plain Three-ring
- Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1865 – Variegated Five-ring
- Ypthima nareda (Kollar, [1844]) – Large Three-ring
- Ypthima newara Moore, [1875] – Newar Three-ring
- Ypthima nikaea Moore, [1875] – West Himalayan Five-ring
- Ypthima parasakra Eliot, 1987 – Dubious Five-ring
- Ypthima peguana Evans, 1924
- Ypthima persimilis Elwes & Edwards, 1893 – Plain Five-ring
- Ypthima sakra Moore, [1858] – Himalayan Five-ring
- Ypthima sarcaposa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Bright Three-ring
- Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887 – Pallid Five-ring
- Ypthima similis Elwes & Edwards, 1893 – Similar Five-ring
- Ypthima singala R. Felder, 1868 – Sinhalese Five-ring
- Ypthima striata Hampson, [1889] – Striated Five-ring
- Ypthima tabella Marshall, 1883 – Sahyadri Baby Five-ring (also as Ypthima philomela tabella)
- Ypthima watsoni (Moore, [1893]) – Looped Three-ring
- Ypthima ypthimoides (Moore, 1881) – Palni Four-ring
- Zipaetis saitis Hewitson, [1863] – Banded Catseye
- Zipaetis scylax Hewitson, [1863] – Dark Catseye
Tribe Zetherini
- Ethope himachala (Moore, [1858]) – Dusky Diadem
- Neorina hilda Westwood, [1851] – Yellow Owl
- Neorina patria Leech, 1891 – White Owl
- Penthema lisarda (Doubleday, 1845) – Yellow Kaiser
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE (BLUES, HAIRSTREAKS, SILVERLINES, MOTTLES, SUNBEAMS, COPPERS, ETC.)
Subfamily Poritiinae
Tribe Poritiini
- Poritia hewitsoni Moore, [1866] – Common Gem
- Poritia erycinoides (C. & R. Felder, 1865) – Blue Gem
- Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874) – Broad-branded Brilliant
Subfamily Miletinae
Tribe Liphyrini
- Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864 – Moth Butterfly
Tribe Miletini
- Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Squareband Mottle
- Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862 – Common Mottle
- Miletus symethus (Cramer, [1777]) – Great Mottle
- Allotinus drumila (Moore, [1866]) – Crenulate Mottle (ACN=Crenulate Darkie, Great Darkie)
- Allotinus unicolor C. & R. Felder [1865] – Plain Mottle
- Allotinus taras (Doherty, 1889) – Brown-tipped Mottle
- Allotinus subviolaceus C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Blue Mottle
- Logania watsoniana de Nicéville, 1898 – White-disc Mottle
- Logania distanti Semper, 1889 – Dark Mottle
Tribe Spalgini
- Spalgis epius (Westwood, [1851]) – Apefly
- Spalgis baiongus Cantlie & Norman, 1960 – Spotless Apefly
Tribe Tarakini
- Taraka hamada (Druce, 1875) – Forest Pierrot
Subfamily Curetinae
- Curetis thetis (Drury, [1773]) – Indian Sunbeam
- Curetis saronis Moore, 1877 – Saronis Sunbeam
- Curetis bulis (Westwood, [1851]) – Bright Sunbeam
- Curetis siva Evans, 1954 – Shiva Sunbeam
- Curetis naga Evans, 1954 – Yellow Sunbeam
- Curetis acuta Moore, 1877 – Acute Sunbeam
Subfamily Aphnaeinae
Tribe Aphnaeini (all the Indian species listed under this tribe are often treated under two genera, Spindasis and Apharitis. Recent phylogenetic work shows Spindasis and Apharitis to be embedded within Cigaritis, so they are now treated as synonyms of Cigaritis, and all Indian species are included under Cigaritis).
- Cigaritis abnormis (Moore, [1884]) – Abnormal Silverline (=Spindasis abnormis)
- Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834) – Tawny Silverline (=Apharitis acamas)
- Cigaritis conjuncta Kunte & Sengupta, 2024 – Conjoined Silverline
- Cigaritis elima (Moore, 1877) – Scarce Shot Silverline (=Spindasis elima)
- Cigaritis elwesi Evans, [1925] – Orange-spot Silverline (=Spindasis elwesi)
- Cigaritis evansii (Tytler, 1915) – Rufous Silverline (=Spindasis evansii)
- Cigaritis gabriel (Swinhoe, [1912]) – Grey Silverline (=Spindasis gabriel)
- Cigaritis ictis (Hewitson, 1865) – Common Shot Silverline (=Spindasis ictis)
- Cigaritis lilacinus (Moore, 1884) – Lilac Silverline (=Apharitis lilacinus)
- Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, [1829]) – Long-banded Silverline (=Spindasis lohita)
- Cigaritis nipalicus (Moore, 1884) – Silver-grey Silverline (=Spindasis nipalicus)
- Cigaritis rukma (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Cinnamon Silverline (=Spindasis rukma)
- Cigaritis rukmini (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Khaki Silverline (=Spindasis rukmini)
- Cigaritis schistacea (Moore, [1881]) – Plumbeous Silverline (=Spindasis schistacea)
- Cigaritis syama (Horsfield, [1829]) – Club Silverline (=Spindasis syama)
- Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Silverline (=Spindasis vulcanus)
- Cigaritis zhengweilie Huang, 1998 – Contiguous Silverline (=Spindasis zhengweilie)
Subfamily Polyommatinae
Tribe Polyommatini
- Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Red Pierrot
- Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Pierrot
- Discolampa ethion (Westwood, [1851]) – Banded Blue Pierrot
- Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876) – Angled Pierrot
- Caleta elna (Hewitson, 1876) – Elbowed Pierrot
- Caleta roxus (Godart, [1824]) – Straight Pierrot
- Tarucus ananda (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dark Pierrot
- Tarucus waterstradti Druce, 1895 – Separate Pierrot
- Tarucus venosus Moore, 1882 – Veined Pierrot
- Tarucus hazara Evans, 1932 – Dark Violet Pierrot
- Tarucus callinara Butler, 1886 – Spotted Pierrot
- Tarucus indica Evans, 1932 – Transparent Pierrot
- Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) – Little Tiger Pierrot
- Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1848) – Striped Pierrot (ACN=Rounded Pierrot, Rusty Pierrot)
- Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Zebra Blue
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, [1782]) – Bright Babul Blue
- Azanus uranus Butler, 1886 – Dull Babul Blue
- Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) – African Babul Blue
- Pithecops fulgens Doherty, 1889 – Blue Quaker
- Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919 – Forest Quaker
- Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, [1870]) – Common Quaker
- Everes argiades (Pallas, 1771) – Tailed Cupid
- Everes hugelii (Gistel, 1857) – Dusky Blue Cupid
- Everes lacturnus (Godart, [1824]) – Orange-crowned Cupid
- Cupido alaina (Staudinger, 1887) – Blue-base Cupid
- Tongeia kala (de Nicéville, 1890) – Black Cupid
- Tongeia pseudozuthus Huang, 2001 – False Tibetan Cupid
- Shijimia moorei (Leech, 1889) – Bicolour Cupid (ACN=Moore's Cupid)
- Bothrinia chennelli (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Hedge Cupid
- Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828]) – Malayan
- Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, [1828]) – Common Hedge Blue
- Acytolepis lilacea (Hampson, 1889) – Lilac Hedge Blue
- Oreolyce dohertyi (Tytler, 1915) – Naga Hedge Blue
- Oreolyce vardhana (Moore, [1875]) – Dusky Hedge Blue
- Callenya melaena (Doherty, 1889) – Metallic Hedge Blue
- Celatoxia albidisca (Moore, [1884]) – White-disc Hedge Blue
- Celatoxia marginata (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Margined Hedge Blue
- Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) – White-banded Hedge Blue
- Monodontides musina (Snellen, 1892) – Grey Hedge Blue
- Udara akasa (Horsfield, [1828]) – White Hedge Blue
- Udara albocaeruleus (Moore, 1879) – Albocerulean
- Udara dilectus (Moore, 1879) – Pale Hedge Blue
- Udara selma (Druce, 1895) – Selma Hedge Blue
- Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) – Placid Hedge Blue
- Notarthrinus binghami Chapman, 1908 – Purple Hedge Blue
- Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Hill Hedge Blue
- Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928) – Silvery Hedge Blue
- Celastrina hersilia (Leech, [1893]) – Hersilia Hedge Blue
- Celastrina huegelii (Moore, 1882) – Large Hedge Blue
- Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877) – Plain Hedge Blue
- Celastrina oreana (Swinhoe, 1910) – Jaintia Hedge Blue
- Phengaris atroguttata (Oberthür, 1876) – Great Spotted Blue
- Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865) – Chequered Blue
- Agriades ellisi (Marshall, 1882) – Pangi Mountain Blue
- Agriades jaloka (Moore, [1875]) – Jaloka Mountain Blue
- Agriades leela (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Leela Mountain Blue
- Agriades pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843) – Greenish Mountain Blue
- Agriades sikkima (Harcourt-Bath, 1900) – Sikkim Mountain Blue
- Agriades arcaseia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) – Eastern Mountain Blue
- Albulina asiatica (Elwes, 1882) – Azure Mountain Blue
- Albulina chrysopis (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888) – Bright Green-underwing
- Albulina galathea (Blanchard, [1844]) – Large Green-underwing
- Albulina lehanus (Moore, 1878) – Leh Mountain Blue
- Albulina metallica (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Metallic Green-underwing
- Albulina chitralensis (Tytler, 1926)
- Albulina omphisa (Moore, [1875]) – Dusky Green-underwing
- Albulina pharis (Fawcett, [1904]) – Tibetan Mountain Blue
- Albulina selma (Koçak, 1996) – Selma Mountain Blue
- Patricius younghusbandi (Elwes, 1906) – Chumbi Green-underwing
- Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – Orange-bordered Argus
- Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – Northern Brown Argus
- Turanana chitrali Charmeux & Pages, 2004 – Chitral Argus Blue
- Eumedonia annulata (Elwes, 1906) – Chumbi Argus
- Eumedonia astorica (Evans, 1925) – Astor Argus
- Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780) – Streaked Argus
- Iolana gigantea (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1885) – Large Meadow Blue
- Plebejus devanica (Moore, [1875]) – Dusky Meadow Blue
- Plebejus eversmanni (Lang, 1884)
- Plebejus gooraisica (Tytler, 1926) – Gorai Meadow Blue
- Plebejus rupala (Tytler, 1926) – Rupal Meadow Blue
- Plebejus samudra (Moore, [1875]) – Sea Jewel Blue
- Plebejus sartoides (Swinhoe, 1910) – Brilliant Meadow Blue
- Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson, 1997)
- Polyommatus ariana Moore, 1865 – Aryan Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus bilucha (Moore, 1884) – Silvery Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus chitralensis Swinhoe, 1910
- Polyommatus dux Riley, 1926 – Kumaon Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus fraterluci Bálint, 1995 – Plain Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus hunza (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1890) – Hunza Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus icadius (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1890)
- Polyommatus nepalensis Forster, 1961 - Nepal Meadow Blue (Extralimital. Known so far only from Nepal, not India)
- Polyommatus pseuderos Moore, 1879 – Red-spotted Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus stoliczkana (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Himalayan Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus janetae (Evans, 1927) – Meadow Blue
- Polyommatus sutleja (Moore, 1882) – Sutlej Meadow Blue
- Plebejidea loewii (Zeller, 1847) – Large Jewel Blue
- Plebejidea sanoga (Evans, 1925) – Kashmir Jewel Blue
- Freyeria putli (Kollar, [1844]) – Black-spotted Grass Jewel (=Grass Jewel, Eastern Grass Jewel)
- Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845) – Orange-spotted Grass Jewel (=Grass Jewel, African Grass Jewel)
- Pseudozizeeria maha (Kollar, [1844]) – Pale Grass Blue
- Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) – Dark Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) – Tiny Grass Blue
- Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787) – Lesser Grass Blue
- Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) – Gram Blue
- Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Small Cupid
- Chilades pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) – Plains Cupid
- Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780]) – Lime Blue
- Catochrysops strabo (Fabricius, 1793) – Forget-me-not
- Catochrysops panormus (C. Felder, 1860) – Silver Forget-me-not
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) – Pea Blue
- Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860) – Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – Dark Cerulean
- Jamides caerulea (Druce, 1873) – Royal Cerulean
- Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – Common Cerulean
- Jamides elpis (Godart, [1824]) – Glistening Cerulean
- Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 – Purplish Cerulean
- Jamides pura (Moore, 1886) – White Cerulean
- Orthomiella pontis (Elwes, 1887) – Purple Straightwing Blue
- Orthomiella ronkayana Bálint, 1997 – Grey Straightwing Blue
- Orthomiella rantaizana Wileman, 1910 – Flashy Straightwing Blue
- Una usta (Distant, 1886) – Singleton
- Catopyrops ancyra (C. Felder, 1860) – Aberrant Lineblue
- Ionolyce helicon (C. Felder, 1860) – Pointed Lineblue
- Nacaduba pactolus (C. Felder, 1860) – Large Four-Lineblue
- Nacaduba hermus (C. Felder, 1860) – Pale Four-Lineblue
- Nacaduba pavana (Horsfield, [1828]) – Small Four-Lineblue
- Nacaduba sanaya Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Jewel Four-Lineblue
- Nacaduba subperusia (Snellen, 1896) – Violet Four-Lineblue
- Nacaduba kurava (Moore, [1858]) – Transparent Six-Lineblue
- Nacaduba beroe (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Opaque Six-Lineblue
- Nacaduba calauria (C. Felder, 1860) – Dark Six-Lineblue
- Nacaduba berenice (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Rounded Six-Lineblue
- Nacaduba sinhala Ormiston, 1924
- Prosotas aluta (Druce, 1873) – Banded Lineblue
- Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Bhutia Lineblue
- Prosotas nora (C. Felder, 1860) – Common Lineblue
- Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – Tailless Lineblue
- Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) – Brown Lineblue
- Prosotas noreia (R. Felder, 1868) – White-tipped Lineblue
- Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929 – Additional Lineblue
- Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dingy Lineblue
Tribe Niphandini
- Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895)
- Niphanda cymbia de Nicéville, [1884] – Pointed Pierrot
Tribe Lycaenesthini
- Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) – Common Ciliate Blue
- Anthene lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) – Pointed Ciliate Blue
Subfamily Lycaeninae
- Lycaena aditya (Moore, [1875]) – Bright Copper
- Lycaena kasyapa (Moore, 1865) – Green Copper
- Lycaena panava (Westwood, 1852) – White-bordered Copper
- Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) – Common Copper
- Heliophorus androcles (Westwood, 1851) – Green Sapphire
- Heliophorus moorei (Hewitson, 1865) – Azure Sapphire
- Heliophorus bakeri Evans, 1927 – Western Blue Sapphire
- Heliophorus brahma (Moore, [1858]) – Golden Sapphire
- Heliophorus epicles (Godart, [1824]) – Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus hybrida (Tytler, 1912) – Hybrid Sapphire
- Heliophorus pseudonexus Eliot, 1963 – Modest Sapphire
- Heliophorus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) – Dark Sapphire
- Heliophorus kohimensis (Tytler, 1912) – Narrow-bordered Sapphire
- Heliophorus oda (Hewitson, 1865) – Eastern Blue Sapphire
- Heliophorus sena (Kollar, [1844]) – Sorrel Sapphire
- Heliophorus tamu (Kollar, [1844]) – Powdery Green Sapphire
Subfamily Theclinae
Tribe Eumaeini
- Ahlbergia leechii (de Nicéville, [1893]) – Ferruginous Hairstreak
- Superflua deria (Moore, 1865) – Indian White-line Hairstreak
- Superflua sassanides Kollar, 1849 – White-line Hairstreak (Extralimital. Superflua deria (Moore, 1865) – Indian White-line Hairstreak was earlier listed as a subspecies of S. sassanides.)
- Satyrium mackwoodi (Evans, 1914) – Two-tailed Hairstreak
Tribe Theclini
- Amblopala avidiena (Hewitson, 1877) – Red Hairstreak
- Chaetoprocta odata (Hewitson, 1865) – Common Walnut Blue
- Chaetoprocta kurumi Fujioka, 1970 – Banded Walnut Blue
- Euaspa hishikawai Koiwaya, 2002 – Orange-disc Hairstreak
- Euaspa mikamii Koiwaya, 2002 – Yellow-disc Hairstreak
- Euaspa milionia (Hewitson, [1869]) – Water Hairstreak
- Euaspa miyashitai Koiwaya, 2002 – Small-spotted Hairstreak
- Euaspa pavo (de Nicéville, 1887) – Peacock Hairstreak
- Euaspa motokii Koiwaya, 2002
- Chrysozephyrus disparatus (Howarth, 1957) – Disparate Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus sandersi (Howarth, 1957) – Extended Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus intermeda (Tytler, 1915) – Intermediate Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus tytleri (Howarth, 1957) – Broad Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus letha (Watson, 1897)
- Chrysozephyrus vittata (Tytler, 1915) – Banded Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus duma (Hewitson, 1869) – Large Green Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus dumoides (Tytler, 1915) – Small Green Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus zoa (de Nicéville, 1889) – Powdered Green Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915)
- Chrysozephyrus sikkimensis (Howarth, 1957) – Sikkim Hairstreak
- Esakiozephyrus icana (Moore, [1875]) – Dull-green Hairstreak
- Fujiokaozephyrus tsangkie (Oberthür, 1886) – Straightline Hairstreak
- Fujiokaozephyrus camurius (Murayama, 1986) – Dull-blue Hairstreak (Extralimital. Known from Bhutan, not India so far.)
- Inomataozephyrus syla (Kollar, [1844]) – Silver Hairstreak
- Inomataozephyrus assamica (Tytler, 1915) – Patkai Green Hairstreak
- Iwaseozephyrus mandara (Doherty, 1886) – Purple Hairstreak
- Neozephyrus suroia (Tytler, 1915) – Cerulean Hairstreak
- Neozephyrus yukiae Haruta, 1993 – Restricted Hairstreak
- Shirozuozephyrus birupa (Moore, 1877) – Fawn Hairstreak
- Shirozuozephyrus jakamensis (Tytler, 1915)
- Shirozuozephyrus triloka (Hannyngton, 1910)
- Shirozuozephyrus bhutanensis (Howarth, 1957) – Bhutanese Silver Hairstreak
- Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis (Tytler, 1915)
- Shirozuozephyrus paona (Tytler, 1915)
- Shirozuozephyrus khasia (de Nicéville, 1890) – Tailless Green Hairstreak
- Shizuyaozephyrus ziha (Hewitson, [1865]) – White-spotted Hairstreak
- Thermozephyrus ataxus (Westwood, [1851]) – Wonderful Hairstreak
- Yamamotozephyrus kwangtungensis (Forster, 1942)
- Leucantigius atayalica (Shirôzu & Murayama, 1943) – Pale Hairstreak
Tribe Amblypodiini
- Iraota timoleon (Stoll, [1790]) – Silverstreak Blue
- Iraota rochana (Horsfield, [1829]) – Scarce Silverstreak Blue
- Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862 – Purple Leaf Blue
Tribe Arhopalini
- Thaduka multicaudata Moore, [1879] – Many-tailed Oakblue
- Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862) – Falcate Oakblue
- Apporasa atkinsoni (Hewitson, [1869]) – Crenulate Oakblue
- Arhopala aberrans (de Nicéville, [1889]) – Pale Bushblue
- Arhopala abseus (Hewitson, 1862) – Aberrant Oakblue
- Arhopala ace de Nicéville, [1893] – White-lined Oakblue
- Arhopala aeeta de Nicéville, [1893] – Dawna Tailless Oakblue
- Arhopala agrata de Nicéville, 1890 – Dull Oakblue
- Arhopala alax (Evans, 1932) – Silky Oakblue
- Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) – Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue
- Arhopala alesia C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Pallid Oakblue
- Arhopala allata (Staudinger, 1889) – Suffused Oakblue
- Arhopala amantes (Hewitson, 1862) – Large Oakblue
- Arhopala ammonides (Doherty, 1891) – Little Cerulean Oakblue
- Arhopala anarte (Hewitson, 1862) – Magnificent Oakblue
- Arhopala anthelus (Westwood, [1851]) – Multi-spotted Oakblue
- Arhopala ariel (Doherty, 1891) – Tiny Oakblue
- Arhopala arvina (Hewitson, 1863) – Purple-brown Tailless Oakblue
- Arhopala asinarus C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Broad-banded Oakblue
- Arhopala asopia (Hewitson, [1869]) – Plain Tailless Oakblue
- Arhopala athada (Staudinger, 1889) – Vinous Oakblue
- Arhopala atrax (Hewitson, 1862) – Indian Oakblue
- Arhopala aurelia (Evans, [1925]) – Grey-washed Oakblue
- Arhopala bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) – Dusted Oakblue
- Arhopala bazalus (Hewitson, 1862) – Powdered Oakblue
- Arhopala belphoebe Doherty, 1889 – White-ringed Oakblue
- Arhopala birmana (Moore, [1884]) – Conjoined Oakblue
- Arhopala camdeo (Moore, [1858]) – Lilac Oakblue
- Arhopala centaurus (Fabricius, 1775) – Centaur Oakblue
- Arhopala comica de Nicéville, 1900 – Comic Oakblue
- Arhopala curiosa (Evans, 1957) – Curious Oakblue
- Arhopala dispar Riley & Godfrey, 1921 – Frosted Oakblue
- Arhopala dodonaea (Moore, [1858]) – Pale Himalayan Oakblue
- Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer, [1780]) – Common Green Oakblue
- Arhopala hellenore Doherty, 1889 – Pointed Green Oakblue
- Arhopala fulla (Hewitson, 1862) – Spotless Oakblue
- Arhopala ganesa (Moore, [1858]) – Tailless Bushblue
- Arhopala khamti Doherty, 1891 – Luster Oakblue
- Arhopala oenea (Hewitson, [1869]) – Lackluster Oakblue
- Arhopala lycaenaria (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Broken Oakblue
- Arhopala nicevillei Bethune-Baker, 1903 – Large-spotted Oakblue
- Arhopala opalina (Moore, [1884]) – Opal Oakblue
- Arhopala paraganesa (de Nicéville, 1882) – Dusky Bushblue
- Arhopala paralea (Evans, [1925]) – Glazed Oakblue
- Arhopala paramuta (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Hooked Oakblue
- Arhopala perimuta (Moore, [1858]) – Yellow-disc Oakblue
- Arhopala ralanda Corbet, 1941 – Clear Oakblue
- Arhopala rama (Kollar, [1844]) – Dark Oakblue
- Arhopala selta (Hewitson, [1869]) – Pinkish Oakblue
- Arhopala silhetensis (Hewitson, 1862) – Disjoined Oakblue
- Arhopala singla (de Nicéville, 1885) – Pointed Oakblue
- Arhopala zeta (Moore, 1877) – Andaman Tailless Oakblue
- Flos adriana (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Variegated Plushblue
- Flos apidanus (Cramer, [1777]) – Plain Plushblue
- Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862) – Tailless Plushblue
- Flos asoka (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Spangled Plushblue
- Flos chinensis (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Chinese Plushblue
- Flos diardi (Hewitson, 1862) – Bifid Plushblue
- Flos fulgida (Hewitson, [1863]) – Shining Plushblue
- Surendra florimel Doherty, 1889 – Tailless Acacia Blue
- Surendra quercetorum (Moore, [1858]) – Common Acacia Blue
- Zinaspa todara (Moore, [1884]) – Silver-streaked Acacia Blue
- Mota massyla (Hewitson, [1869]) – Saffron
Tribe Loxurini
- Loxura atymnus (Stoll, 1780) – Yamfly
- Yasoda tripunctata (Hewitson, [1863]) – Branded Yamfly
- Drina donina (Hewitson, [1865]) – Brown Yamfly
Tribe Zesiini
- Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, [1819] – Redspot
Tribe Remelanini
- Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, [1865]) – Bi-spot Royal
- Ancema blanka (de Nicéville, 1894) – Silver Royal
- Ancema sudica (Evans, 1926) – Sahyadri Silver Royal
- Remelana jangala (Horsfield, [1829]) – Chocolate Royal
Tribe Iolaini
- Dacalana penicilligera (de Nicéville, 1890) – Double-tufted Royal
- Dacalana cotys (Hewitson, [1865]) – White-banded Royal
- Pratapa deva (Moore, [1858]) – White Tufted Royal
- Pratapa icetas (Hewitson, [1865]) – Dark Blue Royal
- Pratapa icetoides (Elwes, [1893]) – Blue Royal
- Creon cleobis (Godart, [1824]) – Broad-tailed Royal
- Maneca bhotea (Moore, 1884) – Slate Royal
- Britomartis cleoboides (Elwes, [1893]) – Azure Royal
- Bullis buto (de Nicéville, 1895) – Baby Royal
- Tajuria megistia (Hewitson, [1869]) – Orange-and-Black Royal
- Tajuria yajna (Doherty, 1886) – Chestnut-and-Black Royal
- Tajuria melastigma de Nicéville, 1887 – Branded Royal
- Tajuria ister (Hewitson, [1865]) – Uncertain Royal
- Tajuria culta (de Nicéville, [1896]) – Black-branded Royal
- Tajuria diaeus (Hewitson, [1865]) – Straightline Royal
- Tajuria albiplaga de Nicéville, 1887 – Pallid Royal
- Tajuria sebonga Tytler, 1915 – Sebong Royal
- Tajuria thyia de Nicéville, [1893] – Dusky Royal
- Tajuria jehana Moore, [1884] – Plains Blue Royal
- Tajuria cippus (Fabricius, 1798) – Peacock Royal
- Tajuria illurgis (Hewitson, [1869]) – White Royal
- Tajuria illurgioides de Nicéville, 1890 – Scarce White Royal
- Tajuria luculentus (Leech, 1890) – Black-spot Royal
- Tajuria maculatus (Hewitson, [1865]) – Spotted Royal
- Tajuria deudorix (Hewitson, 1869) – Flash Royal
- Tajuria isaeus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Rachana jalindra (Horsfield, [1829]) – Banded Royal
- Charana mandarinus (Hewitson, [1863]) – Mandarin Blue
- Charana cepheis de Nicéville, 1894 – Scarce Mandarin Blue
- Neocheritra fabronia (Hewitson, [1878]) – Pale Grand Imperial
- Suasa lisides (Hewitson, [1863]) – Red Imperial
Tribe Cheritrini
- Cheritrella truncipennis de Nicéville, 1887 – Truncate Imperial
- Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793) – Common Imperial
- Ticherra acte (Moore, [1858]) – Blue Imperial
- Drupadia scaeva (Hewitson, [1863]) – Blue Posy
Tribe Horagini
- Rathinda amor (Fabricius, 1775) – Monkey Puzzle
- Horaga onyx (Moore, [1858]) – Common Onyx
- Horaga rana de Nicéville, [1889] – Chocolate Onyx
- Horaga syrinx (C. Felder, 1860) – Yellow Onyx
- Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Violet Onyx
- Horaga viola Moore, 1882 – Brown Onyx
Tribe Catapaecilmatini
- Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 – Common Tinsel
- Catapaecilma subochrea Elwes, [1893] – Yellow Tinsel
- Acupicta delicatum (de Nicéville, 1887) – Dark Tinsel
Tribe Hypolycaenini
- Hypolycaena othona Hewitson, [1865] – Orchid Tit
- Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, [1869] – Blue Tit
- Hypolycaena narada Kunte, 2015 – Banded Tit
- Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore, [1884] – Nilgiri Tit
- Hypolycaena merguia (Doherty, 1889) – Purple Tit
- Hypolycaena thecloides (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Brown Tit
- Hypolycaena erylus (Godart, [1824]) – Common Tit
- Zeltus amasa (Hewitson, [1865]) – Fluffy Tit
Tribe Deudorigini
- Artipe eryx (Linnaeus, 1771) – Green Flash
- Deudorix epijarbas (Moore, [1858]) – Cornelian
- Deudorix gaetulia de Nicéville, [1893] – Brown-spotted Cornelian
- Virachola dohertyi Tytler, 1915 – Dark-veined Guava Blue
- Virachola isocrates (Fabricius, 1793) – Common Guava Blue
- Virachola kessuma (Horsfield, [1829]) – White-lined Guava Blue
- Virachola perse (Hewitson, [1863]) – Large Guava Blue
- Virachola rubida (Tytler, 1926) – Ruby Guava Blue
- Virachola smilis (Hewitson, [1863]) – Scarce Guava Blue
- Rapala buxaria de Nicéville, [1889] – Shot Flash
- Rapala damona Swinhoe, 1890 – Malay Red Flash
- Rapala dieneces (Hewitson, [1878]) – Scarlet Flash
- Rapala extensa Evans, 1926 – Extended Flash
- Rapala iarbus (Fabricius, 1787) – Common Red Flash
- Rapala lankana (Moore, 1879) – Malabar Flash
- Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863) – Slate Flash
- Rapala melida Fruhstorfer, 1912 – Brilliant Flash
- Rapala nissa (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Flash
- Rapala pheretima (Hewitson, [1863]) – Copper Flash
- Rapala rectivitta (Moore, 1879) – Scarce Shot Flash
- Rapala refulgens de Nicéville, 1891 – Refulgent Flash
- Rapala rosacea de Nicéville, [1889] – Rosy Flash
- Rapala scintilla de Nicéville, 1890 – Scarce Slate Flash
- Rapala selira (Moore, 1874) – Red-disc Flash
- Rapala suffusa (Moore, [1879]) – Suffused Flash
- Rapala tara de Nicéville, [1889] – Branded Flash
- Rapala varuna (Horsfield, [1829]) – Indigo Flash
- Sinthusa virgo (Elwes, 1887) – Pale Spark
- Sinthusa chandrana (Moore, 1882) – Broad Spark
- Sinthusa nasaka (Horsfield, [1829]) – Narrow Spark
- Pamela dudgeonii (de Nicéville, 1894) – Cloaked Hairstreak
- Bindahara phocides (Fabricius, 1793) – Plane
- Bindahara (phocides) areca (C. Felder, 1862) – Brown Plane (=Bindahara phocides areca)
- Bindahara moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904 – Blue-bordered Plane (=Bindahara phocides moorei)
- Araotes lapithis (Moore, [1858]) – Witch
FAMILY RIODINIDAE (METALMARKS)
Subfamily Nemeobiinae
Tribe Nemeobiini
- Dodona adonira Hewitson, [1866] – Striped Punch
- Dodona dipoea Hewitson, [1866] – Lesser Punch
- Dodona durga (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Punch
- Dodona egeon (Westwood, [1851]) – Orange Punch
- Dodona eugenes Bates, [1868] – Tailed Punch
- Dodona deodata Hewitson, 1876 – Broad-banded Punch
- Dodona longicaudata de Nicéville, 1881 – Long-tailed Punch
- Dodona ouida Moore, [1866] – Mixed Punch
- Stiboges nymphidia Butler, 1876 – Columbine
- Zemeros flegyas (Cramer, [1780]) – Punchinello
Tribe Abisarini
- Taxila haquinus (Fabricius, 1793) – Harlequin
- Abisara abnormis Moore, [1884] – Abnormal Judy
- Abisara bifasciata Moore, 1877 – Double-banded Judy
- Abisara burnii (de Nicéville, 1895) – White-spotted Judy
- Abisara chela de Nicéville, 1886 – Spot Judy
- Abisara echerius (Stoll, [1790]) – Plum Judy
- Abisara fylla (Westwood, [1851]) – Dark Judy
- Abisara neophron (Hewitson, 1861) – Tailed Judy
- Abisara saturata (Moore, 1878) – Saturated Judy
- Abisara attenuata Tytler, 1915 – Attenuated Judy
This is version 0.1, first published on this website on 2022/11/20, and updated 2022/11/30.
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