# List of butterflies of Dominica

Fifty-five species of butterflies have been officially recorded in Dominica, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.
Two species are endemic to Dominica: the Dominican hairstreak (Electrostrymon dominicana) and the Dominican snout (Libytheana fulvescens). An additional seven species are endemic to the Lesser Antilles: Godman's hairstreak (Allosmaitia piplea), bronze hairstreak (Electrostrymon angerona), Godman's leaf (Memphis dominicana), St Lucia mestra (Mestra cana), lesser whirlabout (Polites dictynna), broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia ophites), and the stub-tailed skipper (Urbanus obscurus).

## Hesperiidae - skippers
### Subfamily Pyrginae

* Jung's dusky wing (Achlyodes mithridates)
* Zestos skipper (Epargyreus zestos)
* Hairy dusky wing (Ephyriades arcas)
* Jamaican dusky wing (Ephyriades brunnea)

### Subfamily Eudaminae

* Roy's skipper (Astraptes anaphus)
* Hammock skipper (Polygonus leo)
* Manuel's skipper (Polygonus manueli)
* Mercury skipper (Proteides mercurius)
* Stub-tailed skipper (Urbanus obscurus) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
* Common long-tail skipper (Urbanus proteus)

### Subfamily Hesperiinae

* Canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
* Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
* Nyctelius skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)
* Sugar cane skipper (Panoquina sylvicola)
* Lesser whirlabout (Polites dictynna) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
* Tropical chequered skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
* Broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia ophites) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

## Libytheidae - snout butterflies
### Subfamily Libytheinae

* Dominican snout (Libytheana fulvescens) (Dominican endemic)

## Lycaenidae - blues and hairstreaks
### Subfamily Theclinae

* St. Peter's hairstreak (Allosmaitia coelebs)
* Godman's hairstreak (Allosmaitia piplea) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
* Clench's hairstreak (Chlorostrymon maesites)
* St. Christopher's hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
* Bronze hairstreak (Electrostrymon angerona) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
* Dominican hairstreak (Electrostrymon dominicana) (Dominican endemic)
* Drury's hairstreak (Strymon acis)
* Bubastus hairstreak (Strymon bubastus)
* Hewitson's hairstreak (Strymon columella)

### Subfamily Polyommatinae

* Hanno blue (Hemiargus hanno)
* Cassius blue (Leptotes cassius)

## Nymphalidae - fritillaries
### Subfamily Charaxinae

* Godman's leaf (Memphis dominicana) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

### Subfamily Cyrestinae

* Southern dagger tail (Marpesia petreus)

### Subfamily Danainae

* Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

### Subfamily Heliconiinae

* Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
* Silver spot (Dione juno)
* Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia)
* Zebra butterfly (Heliconius charithonia)

### Subfamily Limenitidinae

* Red rim (Biblis hyperia)
* Orion cecropian (Historis odius)
* St Lucia mestra (Mestra cana) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

### Subfamily Nymphalinae

* White peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
* Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus)
* Caribbean buckeye (Junonia evarete)
* Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

## Papilionidae - swallowtails
### Subfamily Papilioninae

* Polydamas swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

## Pieridae - whites and sulphurs
### Subfamily Pierinae

* Migrant sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
* Florida white (Appias drusilla)
* Great southern white (Ascia monuste)

### Subfamily Coliadinae

* Barred sulphur (Eurema daira)
* False barred sulphur (Eurema elathea)
* Hall's sulphur (Eurema leuce)
* Little sulphur (Eurema lisa)
* Little yellow (Eurema venusta)
* Large orange sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
* Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
* Straight-line sulphur (Rhabdodryas trite or Phoebis trite)

## Disputed and unconfirmed

* Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta.) Evans & James (1997) considered the record of this species questionable.
* Unidentified Heliconius sp., noted by Evans & James (1997) to have been sighted on two occasions at the edge of dry forest.