# List of butterflies of Bangladesh

This is a list of butterflies of Bangladesh. About 430 species are known from Bangladesh, but it is estimated that a total number of 500 to 550 species occurs.

## Papilionidae
### Papilioninae

* Troides helena cerberus Felder & Felder, 1865
* Troides aeacus aeacus Felder & Felder, 1860
* Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae Fabricius, 1775
* Pachliopta hector Linné, 1758
* Losaria coon cacharensis Butler, 1885
* Atrophaneura varuna astorion Westwood, 1842
* Atrophaneura nevilli Wood-Mason, 1882
* Papilio demoleus demoleus Linné, 1758
* Papilio helenus helenus Linné, 1758
* Papilio chaon Westwood, 1845
* Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775
* Papilio alcmenor alcmenor Felder & Felder, 1864
* Papilio castor castor Westwood, 1842
* Papilio protenor euprotenor Fruhstorfer, 1908
* Papilio memnon agenor Linné, 1758
* Papilio polymnestor polymnestor Cramer, 1775
* Papilio elephenor Doubleday, 1845
* Papilio paris paris Linné, 1758
* Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787
* Papilio crino Fabricius, 1793
* Chilasa slateri slateri Hewitson, 1857
* Chilasa clytia clytia Linné, 1758
* Chilasa paradoxa telearchus Hewitson, 1852
* Graphium doson axion Felder & Felder, 1864
* Graphium eurypylus cheronus Jordan, 1909
* Graphium chironides chironides Honrath, 1884
* Graphium agamemnon agamemnon Linné, 1758
* Graphium sarpedon sarpedon Linné, 1758
* Paranticopsis macareus indicus Rothschild, 1895
* Paranticopsis xenocles xenocles Doubleday, 1842
* Pathysa nomius swinhoei Moore, 1878
* Pathysa aristeus anticrates Doubleday, 1846
* Pathysa antipathes pompilius Fabricius, 1787
* Pathysa agetes agetes Westwood, 1843
* Lamproptera curius curius Fabricius, 1787

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Gandaca harina assamica Moore, 1906
* Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius, 1775
* Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linné, 1758
* Eurema blanda silhetana Wallace, 1867
* Eurema hecabe hecabe Linné, 1758
* Eurema andersoni jordani Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932
* Eurema brigitta rubella Wallace, 1867
* Eurema laeta sikkima Moore, 1906

### Pierinae

* Ixias marianne Cramer, 1779
* Ixias pyrene latifasciata Butler, 1871
* Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe Linné, 1758
* Cepora nerissa nerissa Fabricius, 1775
* Cepora nadina nadina Lucas, 1852
* Pieris brassicae brassicae Linné, 1758
* Artogeia canidia indica Evans, 1926
* Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793
* Appias indra indra Moore, 1857
* Appias lalage lalage Doubleday, 1842
* Appias lyncida eleonora Boisduval, 1836
* Appias olferna olferna Swinhoe, 1890
* Appias albina darada Felder & Felder, 1865
* Appias paulina adamsoni Moore, 1905
* Appias nero galba Wallace, 1867
* Prioneris philonome clemanthe Doubleday, 1842
* Prioneris thestylis thestylis Doubleday, 1842
* Pareronia hippia hippia Fabricius, 1787
* Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793
* Delias eucharis Drury, 1773
* Delias hyparete indica Wallace, 1867
* Delias descombesi descombesi Boisduval, 1836
* Delias pasithoe pasithoe Linné, 1767

## Lycaenidae
### Miletinae

* Miletus chinensis assamensis Doherty, 1891
* Allotinus unicolor continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1913
* Allotinus drumila drumila Moore, 1866
* Allotinus taras Doherty, 1889
* Logania distanti massalia Doherty, 1891
* Taraka hamada mendesia Fruhstorfer, 1918
* Spalgis epeus epeus Westwood, 1851

### Poritiinae

* Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni Moore, 1866

### Curetinae

* Curetis thetis thetis Drury, 1773
* Curetis saronis gloriosa Moore, 1883
* Curetis cf saronis Moore, 1877
* Curetis bulis bulis Westwood, 1851
* Curetis acuta dentata Moore, 1879

### Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis lohita himalayanus (Moore, 1884)
* Cigaritis vulcanus vulcanus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Cigaritis syama peguanus (Moore, 1884)
* Cigaritis ictis (Hewitson, 1865)
* Cigaritis elima elima (Moore, 1877)

### Theclinae

* Arhopala camdeo Moore, 1857
* Arhopala athada apha de Nicéville, 1895
* Arhopala silhetensis silhetensis Hewitson, 1862
* Arhopala oenea Hewitson, 1869
* Arhopala khamti Doherty, 1891
* Arhopala atrax Hewitson, 1867
* Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides Hewitson, 1878
* Arhopala amantes apella Swinhoe, 1886
* Arhopala singla de Nicéville, 1885
* Arhopala bazalus teesta de Nicéville, 1886
* Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus Cramer, 1780
* Arhopala hellenore hellenore Doherty, 1889
* Arhopala centaurus pirithous Moore, 1883
* Arhopala agaba agaba Hewitson, 1862
* Arhopala perimuta perimuta Moore, 1858
* Flos diardi diardi Hewitson, 1862
* Flos apidanus ahamus Doherty, 1891
* Mahathala ameria ameria Hewitson, 1862
* Surendra quercetorum Moore, 1857
* Amblypodia anita anita Hewitson, 1862
* Iraota timoleon timoleon Stoll, 1790
* Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, 1823
* Catapaecilma major major Druce, 1895
* Loxura atymnus continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Yasoda tripunctata Hewitson, 1869
* Drina donina donina Hewitson, 1865
* Eooxylides tharis tharis Hübner, 1837
* Rathinda amor Fabricius, 1775
* Horaga onyx onyx Moore, 1858
* Horaga syrinx sikkima Moore, 1883
* Horaga albimacula viola Moore, 1882
* Cheritra freja evansi Cowan, 1965
* Ticherra acte acte Moore, 1858
* Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii Moore, 1884
* Pratapa deva lila Moore, 1883
* Dacalana penicilligera de Nicéville, 1890
* Tajuria jehana jehana Moore, 1883
* Tajuria cippus cippus Fabricius, 1798
* Tajuria melastigma de Nicéville, 1887
* Charana cepheis de Nicéville, 1894
* Rachana jalindra indra Moore, 1883
* Creon cleobis cleobis Godart, 1823
* Remelana jangala ravata Moore, 1865
* Chliaria othona othona Hewitson, 1865
* Chliaria kina kina Hewitson, 1869
* Hypolycaena erylus himavantus Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Zeltus amasa amasa Hewitson, 1865
* Artipe eryx eryx Linné, 1771
* Deudorix epijarbas amatius Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Deudorix gaetulia de Nicéville, 1892
* Deudorix isocrates Fabricius, 1793
* Sinthusa chandrana grotei Moore, 1884
* Bindahara phocides phocides Fabricius, 1793
* Rapala manea schistacea Moore, 1879
* Rapala scintilla scintilla de Nicéville, 1890
* Rapala varuna orseis Hewitson, 1877
* Rapala nissa rectivitta Moore, 1879
* Rapala pheretima petosiris Hewitson, 1863
* Rapala dieneces dieneces Hewitson, 1878
* Rapala suffusa suffusa Moore, 1883
* Rapala iarbus sorya Kollar, 1848
* Araotes lapithis lapithis Moore, 1857

### Polyommatinae

* Anthene lycaenina lycambes Hewitson, 1878
* Anthene emolus emolus Godart, 1824
* Nacaduba pactolus continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Nacaduba hermus nabo Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Nacaduba pavana vajuva Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Nacaduba berenice plumbeomicans Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1880
* Nacaduba kurava euplea Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Nacaduba beroe gythion Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Ionolyce helicon merguiana Moore, 1884
* Petrelaea dana de Nicéville, 1883
* Prosotas nora ardates Moore, 1875
* Prosotas pia marginata Tite, 1963
* Prosotas aluta coelestis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887
* Prosotas dubiosa indica Evans, 1925
* Prosotas lutea sivoka Evans, 1910
* Caleta decidia decidia Hewitson, 1876
* Caleta elna noliteia Fruhstorfer, 1918
* Discolampa ethion ethion Westwood, 1851
* Jamides pura pura Moore, 1886
* Jamides celeno celeno Cramer, 1775
* Jamides alecto eurysaces Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Jamides elpis pseudelpis Butler, 1879
* Jamides bochus bochus Stoll, 1782
* Lampides boeticus Linné, 1767
* Castalius rosimon Fabricius, 1775
* Tarucus callinara Butler, 1867
* Tarucus balkanicus nigra Bethune-Baker, 1918
* Tarucus venosus Evans, Moore, 1882
* Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793
* Zizeeria karsandra Moore, 1865
* Zizeeria otis otis Fabricius, 1787
* Pseudozizeeria maha maha Kollar, 1848
* Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775
* Pithecops corvus correctus Cowan, 1965
* Azanus uranus Butler, 1866
* Azanus ubaldus Cramer, 1782
* Acytolepis puspa gisca Fruhstorfer, 1910
* Neopithecops zalmora zalmora Butler, 1870
* Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884
* Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798
* Catochrysops strabo strabo Fabricius, 1793
* Catochrysops panormus exiguus Distant, 1886
* Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
* Chilades lajus lajus Stoll, 1870
* Freyeria putli (Kollar, 1844)
* Cupido lacturnus assamica (Tytler, 1915)

### Lycaeninae

* Heliophorus epicles latilimbata Eliot, 1963

## Riodinidae
### Nemeobiinae

* Abisara echerius suffusa Moore, 1882
* Zemeros flegyas flegyas Cramer, 1780
* Dodona eugenes venox Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Taxila haquinus fasciata Moore, 1878

## Nymphalidae
### Libytheinae

* Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898

### Danainae

* Parantica agleoides agleoides Felder & Felder, 1860
* Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883
* Parantica melaneus plataniston Fruhstorfer, 1910
* Tirumala limniace exoticus Gmélin, 1790
* Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis Butler, 1874
* Tirumala gautama Moore, 1877
* Danaus chrysippus chrysippus Linné, 1758
* Danaus genutia genutia Cramer, 1779
* Danaus melanippus indicus Fruhstorfer, 1899
* Euploea sylvester hopei Felder & Felder, 1865
* Euploea mulciber mulciber Cramer, 1777
* Euploea midamus rogenhoferi Felder & Felder, 1865
* Euploea klugii klugii Moore, 1858
* Euploea algea deione Westwood, 1848
* Euploea core core Cramer, 1780
* Euploea crameri nicevillei Moore, 1890
* Euploea doubledayi doubledayi Felder & Felder, 1865
* Euploea radamanthus radamanthus Fabricius, 1793
* Idea agamarschana arrakana Fruhstorfer, 1910

### Satyrinae

* Melanitis leda leda Linné, 1758
* Melanitis phedima bela Moore, 1857
* Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846
* Ethope himachala Moore, 1857
* Penthema lisarda lisarda Doubleday, 1845
* Elymnias hypermnestra undularis Drury, 1773
* Elymnias penanga chelensis de Nicéville, 1890
* Elymnias nesaea timandra Wallace, 1869
* Elymnias malelas malelas Hewitson, 1865
* Elymnias patna patna Westwood, 1851
* Elymnias vasudeva deva Moore, 1893
* Lethe vindhya vindhya C. Felder, 1859
* Lethe mekara zuchara Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Lethe europa niladana Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Lethe rohria rohria Fabricius, 1787
* Mycalesis francisca sanatana Moore, 1857
* Mycalesis anaxias aemate Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Mycalesis gotama charaka Moore, 1874
* Mycalesis perseus blasius Fabricius, 1798
* Mycalesis mineus mineus Linné, 1767
* Mycalesis intermedia Moore, 1891
* Mycalesis visala visala Moore, 1857
* Mycalesis suaveolens suaveolens Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883
* Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868
* Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857
* Orsotriaena medus medus Fabricius, 1775
* Erites falcipennis falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883
* Ragadia crisilda crisilda Hewitson, 1862
* Ypthima inica Hewitson, 1864
* Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871
* Ypthima baldus baldus Fabricius, 1775

### Morphinae

* Thaumantis diores diores Doubleday, 1845
* Discophora sondaica zal Westwood, 1851
* Discophora timora timora Westwood, 1850
* Stichopthalma camadeva camadevoides de Nicéville, 1899
* Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon Doubleday, 1847

### Apaturinae

* Rohana parisatis parisatis Westwood, 1850
* Dilipa morgiana Westwood, 1850
* Euripus nyctelius nyctelius Doubleday, 1845

### Charaxinae

* Charaxes psaphon imna Butler, 1870
* Charaxes bernardus Felder & Felder, 1867
* Charaxes marmax marmax Westwood, 1848
* Charaxes kahruba kahruba Moore, 1896
* Charaxes solon sulphureus Rothschild & Jordan, 1898
* Polyura athamas athamas Drury, 1770
* Polyura arja Felder & Felder, 1867
* Polyura delphis delphis Doubleday, 1843
* Polyura schreiber assamensis Rothschild, 1899

### Heliconiinae

* Acraea violae Fabricius, 1775
* Cethosia cyane cyane Drury, 1773
* Cethosia biblis tisamena Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Phalanta phalantha phalantha Drury, 1770
* Phalanta alcippe alcippoides Moore, 1899
* Cirrochroa tyche mithila Moore, 1872
* Vagrans sinha sinha Kollar, 1848
* Cupha erymanthis lotis Sulzer, 1776
* Vindula erota erota Fabricius, 1793
* Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)

### Limenitidinae

* Dophla evelina derma Kollar, 1848
* Bassarona teuta teuta Doubleday, 1848
* Lexias dirtea khasiana Swinhoe, 1893
* Lexias cyanipardus cyanipardus Butler, 1869
* Euthalia lubentina indica Fruhstorfer, 1904
* Euthalia aconthea garuda Moore, 1857
* Euthalia alpheda jama Felder & Felder, 1867
* Euthalia anosia anosia Moore, 1857
* Euthalia monina kesava Moore, 1859
* Euthalia telchinia Ménétriés, 1857
* Euthalia phemius Doubleday, 1849
* Tanaecia julii appiades Ménétriés, 1857
* Tanaecia lepidea lepidea Butler, 1868
* Tanaecia jahnu jahnu Moore, 1857
* Symphaedra nais Forster, 1771
* Lebadea martha martha Fabricius, 1778
* Parthenos sylvia gambrisius Fabricius, 1787
* Neurosigma siva siva Westwood, 1850
* Athyma perius perius Linné, 1758
* Athyma asura asura Moore, 1858
* Athyma pravara acutipennis Fruhstorfer, 1906
* Athyma kanwa phorkys Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Athyma inara inara Westwood, 1850
* Athyma ranga ranga Moore, 1857
* Athyma selenophora bahula Moore, 1858
* Sumalia daraxa daraxa Doubleday, 1848
* Moduza procris procris Cramer, 1777
* Pantoporia hordonia hordonia Stoll, 1790
* Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969
* Pantoporia paraka paraka Butler, 1879
* Lasippa tiga camboja Moore, 1879
* Lasippa viraja viraja Moore, 1872
* Neptis hylas kamarupa Moore, 1872
* Neptis sappho astola Moore, 1872
* Neptis clinia susruta Moore, 1872
* Neptis nata adipala Moore, 1872
* Neptis soma soma Moore, 1858
* Neptis jumbah jumbah Moore, 1857
* Neptis magadha khasiana Moore, 1872
* Neptis harita harita Moore, 1874
* Neptis nashona nashona Swinhoe, 1896
* Neptis miah miah Moore, 1857
* Phaedyma columella ophiana Moore, 1872

### Cyrestinae

* Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas Boisduval, 1836
* Chersonesia risa risa Westwood, 1848
* Pseudergolis wedah Kollar, 1844
* Stibochiona nicea nicea Gray, 1846
* Dichorragia nesimachus nesimachus Doyére, 1840

### Biblidinae

* Ariadne merione tapestrina Moore, 1884
* Ariadne ariadne pallidior Fruhstorfer, 1899

### Nymphalinae

* Hypolimnas misippus Linné, 1758
* Hypolimnas bolina bolina Linné, 1758
* Junonia orithya ocyale Hübner, 1816
* Junonia hierta hierta Fabricius, 1793
* Junonia lemonias lemonias Linné, 1758
* Junonia almana almana Linné, 1758
* Junonia atlites atlites Linné, 1763
* Junonia iphita iphita Cramer, 1779
* Doleschallia bisaltide indica Moore, 1899
* Kallima inachus inachus Boisduval, 1836
* Rhinopalpa polynice birmana Fruhstorfer, 1897
* Vanessa cardui cardui Linné, 1758
* Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana Moore, 1874

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Bibasis oedipodea belesis Mabille, 1876
* Bibasis harisa harisa Moore, 1865
* Bibasis iluska mahintha Moore, 1874
* Bibasis sena sena Moore, 1865
* Hasora chromus chromus Cramer, 1782
* Hasora taminatus bhavara Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Hasora khoda coulteri Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887
* Hasora anura anura de Nicéville, 1889
* Hasora badra badra Moore, 1858
* Hasora vitta indica Evans, 1932
* Choaspes benjaminii formosanus Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775

### Pyrginae

* Capila phanaeus fiducia Evans, 1949
* Celaenorrhinus asmara consertus de Nicéville, 1890
* Celaenorrhinus leucocera Kollar, 1844
* Celaenorrhinus aurivittata aurivittata Moore, 1865
* Pseudocoladenia dan fabia Evans, 1949
* Coladenia indrani indrani Moore, 1865
* Sarangesa dasahara dasahara Moore, 1865
* Odontoptilum angulata angulata Felder, 1862
* Gerosis bhagava bhagava Moore, 1866
* Gerosis phisara phisara Moore, 1884
* Tagiades japetus ravi Moore, 1865
* Tagiades gana athos Plötz, 1884
* Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Möschler, 1878
* Spialia galba galba Fabricius, 1793

### Hesperiinae

* Astictopterus jama olivascens Moore, 1878
* Baracus vittatus septentrionum Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1887
* Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides Fabricius, 1793
* Aeromachus pygmaeus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1793
* Halpe sikkima Moore, 1882
* Halpe porus Mabille, 1876
* Pithauria stramineipennis stramineipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887
* Pithauria marsena Hewitson, 1855
* Iambrix salsala salsala Moore, 1865
* Koruthaialos rubecula cachara Evans, 1949
* Sancus fuligo subfasciatus Moore, 1878
* Udaspes folus Cramer, 1775
* Ancistroides nigrita diocles Moore, 1865
* Notocrypta feisthameli alysos Moore, 1865
* Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia Felder, 1862
* Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Scobura isota Swinhoe, 1893
* Suada swerga swerga de Nicéville, 1883
* Suastus gremius gremius Fabricius, 1798
* Suastus minuta aditia Evans, 1943
* Cupitha purreea Moore, 1877
* Hyarotis adrastus praba Moore, 1865
* Hyarotis microstictum microstictum Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887
* Quedara monteithi monteithi Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887
* Gangara thyrsis thyrsis Fabricius, 1775
* Erionota thrax thrax Linné, 1767
* Matapa aria Moore, 1865
* Matapa druna Moore, 1865
* Matapa cresta Evans, 1949
* Matapa sasivarna Moore, 1865
* Taractrocera maevius maevius Fabricius, 1893
* Oriens gola pseudolus Mabille, 1883
* Telicota colon stinga Evans, 1949
* Telicota besta besta Evans, 1949
* Telicota linna linna Evans, 1949
* Telicota bambusae bambusae Moore, 1878
* Potanthus trachala tytleri Evans, 1914
* Potanthus pseudomaesa clio Evans, 1932
* Potanthus confucius dushta Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica Mabille, 1904
* Parnara guttatus mangala Moore, 1865
* Parnara bada bada Moore, 1878
* Parnara ganga Evans, 1937
* Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866
* Pseudoborbo bevani Moore, 1878
* Pelopidas sinensis Mabille, 1877
* Pelopidas agna agna Moore, 1865
* Pelopidas subochracea subochracea Moore, 1878
* Pelopidas mathias mathias Fabricius, 1798
* Pelopidas conjuncta conjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
* Pelopidas assamensis de Niceville, 1882
* Baoris farri farri Moore, 1878
* Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937
* Baoris unicolor Moore, 1883
* Caltoris brunnea caere de Nicéville, 1891
* Caltoris cahira austeni Moore, 1883
* Caltoris cormasa Hewitson, 1876
* Caltoris kumara moorei Evans, 1926
* Caltoris tulsi tulsi de Nicéville, 1883
* Iton semamora semamora Moore, 1866