This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Limenitidinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
A total of 99 species belonging to 20 genera are found in India.
Limenitis - admirals
- Indian white admiral, Limenitis trivena Moore, 1864
Summalia - green commodore
- Green commodore, Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, 1848)
- Scarce white commodore, Sumalia zulema (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1848)
Moduza - commander
- Commander, Moduza procris (Cramer, 1777)
Parasarpa - commodores
- White commodore, Parasarpa dudu (Doubleday, 1848)
- Bicolour commodore, Parasarpa zayla (Doubleday, 1848)
Auzakia - commodore
- Commodore, Auzakia danava (Moore, 1858)
Athyma - sergeants
- Unbroken sergeant, Athyma pravara Moore, 1857
- Bhutan sergeant, Athyma jina Moore, 1858
- Common sergeant, Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Studded sergeant, Athyma asura Moore, 1858
- Great sergeant, Athyma larymna (Doubleday, 1848)
- Dot-dash sergeant, Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858
- Malay staff sergeant, Athyma reta Moore, 1858
- Blackvein sergeant, Athyma ranga Moore, 1857
- Himalayan sergeant, Athyma opalina (Kollar, 1844)
- Staff sergeant, Athyma selenophora (Kollar, 1844)
- Small staff sergeant, Athyma zeroca Moore, 1872
- Orange staff sergeant, Athyma cama Moore, 1858
- Colour sergeant, Athyma nefte (Cramer, 1780)
- Colour sergeant, Athyma inara Doubleday 1850
- Andaman sergeant, Athyma rufula de Nicéville, 1889
- Spotted sergeant, Athyma sulpitia (Cramer, 1779)
Lebadea - knight
- Knight, Lebadea martha (Fabricius, 1787)
Pantoporia - lascars
- Assam lascar, Pantoporia assamica (Moore, 1881)
- Tytler's lascar, Pantoporia bieti (Oberthür, 1894)
- Common lascar, Pantoporia hordonia (Stoll, 1790)
- Extra lascar, Pantoporia sandaka (Butler, 1892)
- Perak lascar, Pantoporia paraka (Butler, 1879)
- Karwar lascar, Pantoporia karwara Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Kanara, Western India) (valid?)
Lasippa - lascars
- Burmese lascar, Lasippa heliodore (Fabricius, 1787)
- Burmese lascar, Lasippa tiga (Moore, 1858)
- Yellowjack sailer, Lasippa viraja (Moore, 1872)
Neptis - sailers
- Chestnut-streaked sailer, Neptis jumbah Moore 1857
- Indian dingiest sailer, Neptis harita Moore, 1875
- Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884
- Neptis vikasi Horsfield,
- Small yellow sailer, Neptis miah Moore, 1858
- Yerbury's sailer, Neptis yerburii Butler, 1886
- Pallas' sailer, Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
- Common sailer, Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758
- Clear sailer or southern sullied sailer, Neptis clinia Moore, 1872
- Clear sailer, Neptis nata Moore, 1858
- Shortbanded sailer, Neptis columella (Cramer, 1780)
- Sullied sailer, Neptis soma Moore, 1858
- Himalayan sailer, Neptis mahendra Moore, 1872
- Broad-banded sailer, Neptis sankara (Kollar, 1844)
- Pale-green sailer, Neptis zaida Doubleday, 1848
- Spotted sailer, Neptis magadha C. & R. Felder, 1867
- Great yellow sailer, Neptis radha Moore, 1857
- Broadstick sailer, Neptis narayana Moore, 1858
- Yellow sailer, Neptis ananta Moore, 1858
- Rich sailer, Neptis anjana Moore, 1881
- Less rich sailer, Neptis nashona Swinhoe, 1896
- Hockeystick sailer, Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890
- Pale hockeystick sailer, Neptis manasa Moore, 1857
- Manipur yellow sailer, Neptis namba Tytler, 1915
- Plain sailer, Neptis cartica Moore, 1872
- Armand's sailer, Neptis armandia Oberthür, 1876
- Chinese yellow sailer, Neptis cydippe Leech, 1890
- Spotted sailer, Neptis magatha (Stoll) (?)
- Clear sailer, Neptis nandina Moore, 1858
Phaedyma - great hockeystick sailer
- Great hockeystick sailer, Phaedyma aspasia (Leech, 1890)
- Short-banded sailer, Phaedyma columella (Cramer, )
Parthenos - clipper
- Clipper, Parthenos sylvia (Cramer, 1775)
Bhagadatta - grey commodore
- Grey commodore, Bhagadatta austenia (Moore, 1872)
Euthalia - barons
- Powdered baron, Euthalia monina, (Moore, 1859)
- White-tipped baron, Euthalia merta (Moore, 1859)
- Euthalia eriphylae de Nicéville, 1891
- White-edged blue baron, Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, 1848)
- Common baron, Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, 1777)
- Streaked baron, Euthalia alpheda (Godart, ) (ssp. jama) C. & R. Felder, 1867
- Grey baron, Euthalia anosia (Moore, 1858)
- Euthalia malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Gaudy baron, Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, 1777)
- Baronet, Euthalia nais (Forster, 1771)
- Blue duchess, Euthalia duda (Staudinger, 1855)
- French duke, Euthalia franciae (Gray, 1846)
- Naga duke, Euthalia khama Alphéraky, 1898
- Bronze duke, Euthalia nara Moore, 1859
- Grand duchess, Euthalia patala (Kollar, 1844)
- Green duke, Euthalia sahadeva (Moore, ?1861)
- Blue baron, Euthalia telchinia (Ménétriés, 1857)
- Euthalia curvifascia (Tytler, 1915)
Tanaecia - counts
- Andaman viscount, Tanaecia cibaritis Hewitson, 1874
- Grey count, Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868)
- Lavender count, Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Common earl, Tanaecia julii (Lesson, 1837)
- Plain earl, Tanaecia jahnu (Moore, 1857)
Neurosigma - panther
- Panther, Neurosigma siva (Westwood, 1850)
Abrota - sergeant-major
- Sergeant-major, Abrota ganga Moore, 1857
Dophla - redspot duke
- Redspot duke, Dophla evelina (Stoll, 1790)
Lexias - archdukes
- Great archduke, Lexias cyanipardus (Butler, 1869)
- Lexias pardalis (Moore, 1878)
- Archduke, Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793)
Bassarona - dukes
- Blue duke, Bassarona durga (Moore, 1857)
- Grand duke, Bassarona iva Moore, 1857
- Redtail marquis, Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886)
- Banded marquis, Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, 1848)
See also
Cited references
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Limenitis.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Sumalia.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Moduza.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Parasarpa.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Auzakia.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Athyma.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lebadea.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Pantoporia.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Parthenos.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Bhagadatta.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Euthalia .
- Yokochi, T. (2011): Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore, (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini) Part 2. Group division and descriptions of species (1). Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A, 9: 9-106, Kitakyushu.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Tanaecia
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Neurosigma.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Abrota.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Dophla.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lexias.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Bassarona.
References
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
