# List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands

This is a list of butterflies of the Cayman Islands. According to a recent estimate, there are 52 butterfly species found on the Cayman Islands. The abbreviation (Es) is used to indicate endemic subspecies.

## Papilionidae

* Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane, 1946) – Polydamas swallowtail
* Heraclides andraemon andraemon (Hübner, 1823) – Andraemon swallowtail
* Heraclides andraemon tailori (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Grand Cayman swallowtail (Es)
* Heraclides aristodemus (Esper, 1794) – dusky swallowtail

## Pieridae

* Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) – black bordered orange, sleepy orange
* Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775) – yellow angled sulphur
* Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur
* Aphrissa statira cubana (D'Almeida, 1939) – migrant sulphur
* Ascia monuste eubotea (Godart, 1819) – great southern white
* Eurema daira palmira (Godart, 1819) – barred sulphur
* Eurema elathea (Cramer, 1777) – false barred sulphur
* Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler, 1872) – Florida white
* Nathalis iole (Boisduval, 1836) – dainty sulphur, dwarf yellow
* Phoebis agarithe antillia (Brown, 1929) – giant orange sulphur
* Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775) – apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur
* Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763) – orange-barred sulphur
* Phoebis sennae sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless sulphur
* Pyrisitia lisa euterpe (Ménétriés, 1832) – little sulphur
* Pyrisitia messalina (Fabricius, 1787) – shy yellow
* Pyrisitia nise nise (Cramer, 1775) – mimosa sulphur, blacktip sulphur

## Nymphalidae
### Nymphalinae

* Anaea troglodyta cubana (Fabricius, 1775) – Cuban red leaf butterfly, troglodyte
* Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis (Möshler, 1886) – white peacock
* Euptoieta hegesia hegesia (Cramer, 1779)
* Hamadryas amphichloe (Boisduval, 1870) – Haitian cracker, click butterfly
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) – mimic
* Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779) – mangrove buckeye
* Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1780) – Caribbean buckeye, tropical buckeye
* Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) – many-banded daggerwing
* Marpesia eleuchea (Hübner, 1818) – Antillean ruddy daggerwing
* Memphis verticordia danielana (Witt, 1972) – Cayman brown leaf butterfly (Es)
* Phyciodes phaon (W.H.Edwards, 1864) – Cayman crescent spot
* Phyciodes tharos (Drury, [1773])
* Siproeta stelenes bilagiata (Fruhstorfer, 1907) – malachite
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) – painted lady

### Danainae

* Danaus eresimus tethys (Cramer, 1777) – soldier
* Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer, 1775) – queen
* Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) – monarch

### Satyrinae

* Calisto herophile (Hübner, 1823) – ringlet

### Heliconiinae

* Agraulis vanillae insularis (Maynard, 1889) – Gulf fritillary
* Dryas iulia zoe (Miller & Steinhauser, 1992) – Julia, flambeau (Es)
* Heliconius charitonius (Linnaeus, 1767) – zebra

## Lycaenidae

* Brephidium exilis thompsoni (Carpenter & Lewis, 1943) – pygmy blue (Es)
* Chlorostrymon maesites (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak
* Cyclargus ammon erembis Nabokov, 1948 – Lucas's blue (Es)
* Electrostrymon angelia (Hewitson, 1874) – fulvous hairstreak
* Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala
* Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey, 1832) – Hanno blue
* Leptoptes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857) – Cassius blue
* Strymon acis (Drury, 1773) – Drury's hairstreak
* Strymon istapa (Reakirt, 1867) – Hewitson's hairstreak
* Strymon martialis (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – Cuban grey hairstreak

## Hesperiidae

* Asbolis capucinus (Lucas, 1857) – monk
* Atalopedes mesogramma (Latreille, 1824) – striped skipper
* Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782) – canna skipper, Brazilian skipper
* Cymaenes tripuntus (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – three spot skipper
* Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) – fiery skipper
* Panoquina lucas (Fabricius, 1793) – purple-washed skipper, sugar cane skipper
* Panoquina ocala (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Ocala skipper
* Panoquina panoquinoides (Skinner, 1891) – obscure skipper
* Phocides pigmalion batabano (Lucas, 1857) – mangrove skipper
* Urbanus dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857) – Dorantes skipper
* Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) – long-tailed skipper