# List of butterflies of Meghalaya

This is a tentative list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

## Family Papilionidae

* Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)
* Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836
* Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, [1775]
* Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775
* Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
* Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday, 1845
* Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)
* Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)
* Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)

## Family Pieridae

* Aporia agathon (Gray)
* Appias lyncida (Cramer)
* Appias pandione (Geyer)
* Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)
* Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus)
* Colias electo fieldi Menetries
* Delias acalis (Godart)
* Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)
* Delias belladonna (Fabricius)
* Delias descombesi (Boisduval)
* Delias hyparete (Linnaeus)
* Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace)
* Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace)
* Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus)
* Eurema leata (Boisduval)
* Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus)
* Pieis brassicae nepalensis (Doubleday)
* Pieis canidia (Sparrman)
* Pieis napi (Linnaeus)
* Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday)

## Family Nymphalidae

* Parantica aglea (Stoll)
* Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus)
* Danaus genutia (Cramer)
* Danaus melaneus (Cramer)
* Danaus sita (Kollar)
* Euploea core (Cramer)
* Euploea mulciber (Cramer)
* Lethe confusa Aurivillius
* Lethe verma (Kollar)
* Lethe yama (Moore)
* Lethe vindhya (C. Felder)
* Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)
* Melanitis phedima (Stoll)
* Melanitis zitenius (Herbst)
* Ypthima nareda (Kollar)
* Ypthima sakra Moore
* Elymnias hypermnestra Linnaeus
* Elymnias malelas (Hewitson)
* Ethope himachala (Moore)
* Thaumantis diores Doubleday
* Argynnis childreni Gray
* Argynnis hyperbius (Johanssen)
* Argynnis laodice (Pallas)
* Cethosia biblis (Drury)
* Cethosia cyane (Drury)
* Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday
* Cyrestis thyodamas (Boisduval)
* Ergolis merione (Cramer)
* Eriboea dolon (Westwood)
* Eriboea arja (Felder)
* Neptis hordonia Stoll
* Neptis hylas Moore
* Neptis nandina Moore
* Neptis yeburyi Butler
* Pantoporia perius (Linnaeus)
* Pantoporia selanophora (Kollar)
* Phalanta phalantha (Drury)
* Junonia almana (Linnaeus)
* Junonia atlites (Linnaeus)
* Junonia hierta (Fabricius)
* Junonia iphita (Cramer)
* Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)
* Junonia orithya (Linnaeus)
* Kaniska canace (Linnaeus)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)
* Vanessa indica (Herbst)
* Kallima inachus (Boisduval)
* Cynthia erota (Fabricius)
* Chersonesia risa (Doubleday)
* Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart)
* Hestina nama (Doubleday)
* Apatura ambica (Kollar)
* Stibochiona nicea (Gray)
* Charaxes polyxena (Cramer)
* Issoria sinha (Kollar)
* Euthalia phemius (Doubleday)
* Euthalia lepidea (Butler)
* Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer)
* Acraea issoria (Hübner)

## Family Riodinidae

* Abisara chela (de Nicéville)
* Zemeros flegyas (Cramer)

## Family Lycaenidae

* Heliophorus androcles (Hewitson)
* Heliophorus brahma (Moore)
* Jamides alecto (Felder)
* Zizeeria maha (Kollar)

## Family Hesperiidae

* Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius)
* Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar)
* Notocrypta curvifacia (Felder)
* Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius)
* Udaspes folus (Cramer)