# List of butterflies of Laos

This is a list of the butterflies of Laos.

## Families

* Papilionidae—swallowtail butterflies
* Pieridae—yellow-white butterflies
* Nymphalidae—brush-footed butterflies
* Lycaenidae—blues, hairstreaks and gossamer-winged butterflies
* Riodinidae—metalmark butterflies
* Hesperiidae—skipper butterflies

## Family Papilionidae
### Subfamily Parnassiinae

* Bhutan glory (Bhutanitis lidderdalii)

### Subfamily Papilioninae

* Brown gorgon (Meandrusa sciron)
* Yellow gorgon (Meandrusa payeni)
* Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis)
* Glassy bluebottle (Graphium cloanthus)
* Common bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon)
* Common jay (Graphium doson)
* Lesser jay (Graphium evemon)
* Great jay (Graphium eurypylus)
* Veined jay (Graphium eurypylus)
* Veined jay (Graphium chironides)
* Tailed jay (Graphium agamemnon)
* Spotted jay (Graphium arycles)
* Fourbar swordtail (Graphium agetes)
* Spot swordtail (Graphium nomius)
* Five-bar swordtail (Graphium antiphates)
* Laos swordtail (Graphium phidias)
* Lesser zebra (Graphium macareus)
* Great zebra (Graphium xenocles)
* Spotted zebra (Graphium megarus)
* Yellow spotted swordtail (Graphium mullah)
* White dragontail (Lamproptera curius)
* Green dragontail (Lamproptera meges)
* Tawny mime (Papilio agestor)
* Lesser mime (Papilio epycides)
* Blue striped mime (Papilio slateri)
* Common mime (Papilio clytia)
* Great blue mime (Papilio paradoxa)
* Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
* Common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
* Banded swallowtail (Papilio demolion)
* Noble swallowtail (Papilio noblei)
* Common raven (Papilio castor)
* Yellow Hellen (Papilio nephelus)
* Red Hellen (Papilio helenus)
* Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)
* Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)
* Tailed redbreast (Papilio bootes)
* Spangle (Papilio protenor)
* Paris peacock (Papilio paris)
* Common peacock (Papilio polyctor)
* Common batwing (Atrophaneura varuna)
* Lesser batwing (Atrophaneura aidoneus)
* Black windmill (Atrophaneura crassipes)
* Common clubtail (Losaria coon)
* Lao windmill (Byasa laos)
* Adamson's rose (Byasa adamsoni)
* Common windmill (Byasa polyeuctes)
* Common birdwing (Troides helena)
* Golden birdwing (Troides aeacus)
* Common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae)

## Family Pieridae
### Subfamily: Coliadinae

* Orange emigrant (Catopsilia scylla)
* Mottled emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe)
* Common emigrant (Catopsilia pomona)
* Tailed sulphur (Dercas verhuelli)
* Tree yellow (Gandaca harina)
* Common grass yellow (Eurema hecabe)
* Three-spot grass yellow (Eurema blanda)
* Scarce changeable grass yellow (Eurema simulatrix sarinoides) (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
* Chocolate grass yellow (Eurema sari) (Moore, 1886)
* Anderson's grass yellow (Eurema andersoni sadanobui) (Shirôzu & Yata, 1982)

### Subfamily: Pierinae

* Psyche (Leptosia nina) (Fabricius, 1793)
* Vietnam Jezebel (Delias vietnamensis) (Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000)
* White-streaked Jezebel (Delias lativitta tai) (Yoshino, 1999)
* Pale Jezebel (Delias sanaca) (Moore, 1857)
* Redspot Jezebel (Delias descombesi) (Boisduval, 1836)
* Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete) (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Common gull (Cepora nerissa) (Fabricius, 1775)
* Lesser gull (Cepora nadina) (Lucas, 1852)
* Spotted sawtooth (Prioneris thestylis) (Doubleday, 1842)
* Eastern striped albatross (Appias olferna) (Swinhoe, 1890)
* Chocolate albatross (Appias lyncida) (Cramer, 1779)
* Orange albatross (Appias nero) (Butler, 1867)
* Indian orange albatross (Appias galba) (Wallace, 1867)
* Common albatross (Appias albina) (Boisduval, 1836)
* Plain puffin (Appias indra) (Moore, 1858)
* Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) (Gray, 1846)
* Small cabbage white (Pieris rapae) (Boisduval, 1836)
* Green veined white (Artogeia erutae) (Verity, 1911)
* Yellow orange tip (Ixias pyrene) (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Great orange tip (Hebomoia glaucippe) (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pale wanderer (Pareronia avatar) (Moore, 1858)
* Common wanderer (Pareronia valeria) (Butler, 1879)

## Family Lycaenidae
### Subfamily: Poritiinae

* Common gem (Poritia hewitsoni ampsaga) (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

### Subfamily: Curetinae

* Bright sunbeam (Curetis bulis) (Westwood, 1851)
* Tonkin sunbeam (Curetis tonkina) (Evans, 1954)

### Subfamily: Lycaeninae

* Purple sapphire (Heliophorus epicles latilimbata) (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

### Subfamily: Miletinae

* Siam brownie (Miletus archilochus siamensis) (Godfrey, 1916)
* Mallus brownie (Miletus mallus mallus) (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
* Corbet's darkie (Allotinus corbeti) (Eliot, 1956)
* Crenulate darkie (Allotinus drumila) (Moore, 1865)
* Blue darkie (Allotinus subviolaceus subviolaceus) Felder & Felder, [1865]
* Moore's darkie (Allotinus substrigosus substrigosus) (Moore, 1884)
* Lesser darkie (Allotinus unicolor rekkia) Riley & Godfrey, 1921
* Dark mottle (Logania distanti massalia) Doherty, 1891
* Pale mottle (Logania marmorata marmorata) Moore, 1884
* Watson's mottle (Logania watsoniana) de Niceville, 1898
* Apefly (Spalgis epeus epeus) (Moore, 1878)

### Subfamily: Polyommatinae

* Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon rosimon) (Fabricius, 1775)
* Spotted Pierrot (Tarucus callinara) Butler, 1886
* Pea blue (Lampides boeticus) (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Straight Pierrot (Caleta roxus roxana) (de Niceville, 1897)
* Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna noliteia) (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
* Angled Pierrot (Caleta decidia decidia) (Hewitson, [1876])
* Banded blue Pierrot (Discolampa ethion ethion) (Westwood, [1851])
* Short-tailed blue (Everes argiades diporides) Chapman, 1909
* Indian Cupid (Everes lacturnus lacturnus) (Godart, [1824])
* Dusky blue Cupid (Everes huegelii dipora) Moore, 1865)
* Prized hedge blue (Udara dilecta dilecta) (Moore, 1879)
* Howarth's hedge blue (Udara placidula howarthi) (Cantlie & Norman, 1960)
* White hedge blue (Udara akasa sadanobui) Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
* Bicolored hedge blue (Udara selma cerima) (Corbet, 1937)
* Albocerulean (Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea) (Moore, 1879)
* Common hedge blue (Acytolepis puspa gisca) (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
* Hampson's hedge blue (Acytolepis lilacea indochinensis) Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
* Margined hedge blue (Celatoxia marginata marginata) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Plain hedge blue (Celastrina lavendularis limbata) (Moore, 1879)
* Metallic hedge blue (Callenya melaena melaena) (Doherty, 1899)
* Swinhoe's hedge blue (Monodontides musina pelides) (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
* Lesser grass blue (Zizina otis sangra) (Moore, [1866])
* Pale grass blue (Zizeeria maha maha) (Kollar, [1844])
* Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) (Moore, 1865)
* Tiny grass blue (Zizula hylax hylax) (Fabricius, 1775)
* Black spotted grass blue (Famegana alsulus eggletoni) (Corbet, 1941)
* Oriental grass jewel (Chilades putli) (Kollar, [1844])
* Lime blue (Chilades lajus lajus) (Stoll, [1780])
* Plains Cupid (Luthrodes pandava pandava) (Horsfield, [1829])
* Gram blue (Euchrysops cnejus) (Fabricius, 1798)
* Forget-me-not (Catochrysops strabo strabo) (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zebra blue (Leptotes plinius) (Fabricius, 1793)
* Dark cerulean (Jamides bochus bochus) (Stoll, [1782])
* Common cerulean (Jamides celeno celeno (Cramer, [1775])
* White cerulean (Jamides pura pura) (Moore, 1886)
* Glistering cerulean (Jamides elpis pseudelpis) (Butler, [1879])
* Royal cerulean (Jamides caeruleus caeruleus) (H. Druce, 1873)
* Metallic cerulean (Jamides alecto alocina) Swinhoe, 1915
* White line blue (Nacaduba angusta albida) Riley & Godfrey, 1925
* Rounded six-line blue (Nacaduba berenice aphya) Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Opaque six-line blue (Nacaduba beroe gythion) Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Transparent six-line blue (Nacaduba kurava euplea) Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Large four-line blue (Nacaduba pactolus continentalis) Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Violet four-line blue (Nacaduba subperusia lysa) Fruhstorfer, 1916
* Jewel four-line blue (Nacaduba sanaya naevia) Toxopeus, 1929
* Pointed lineblue (Ionolyce helicon merguiana) (Moore, 1884)
* Banded lineblue (Prosotas aluta coelestis) (Wood-Mason & de Niceville, [1887])
* Bhutya lineblue (Prosotas bhutea bhutea) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Tailess lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) (Evans, 1925)
* Dark-based lineblue (Prosotas gracilis ni) (de Niceville, 1902)
* Brown lineblue (Prosotas lutea sivoka) (Evans, 1910)
* Common lineblue (Prosotas nora ardates) (Moore, [1875])
* White-tipped lineblue (Prosotas noreia hampsoni) (de Niceville, 1885)
* Margined lineblue (Prosotas pia marginata) Tite, 1963
* Dingy lineblue (Petrelaea dana) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Una (Una usta usta) (Distant, 1886)
* Chinese straight-wing blue (Orthomiella rantaizana rovorea) (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
* Straight-wing blue (Orthomiella pontis fukienensis) Forster, 1941
* White-banded Pierrot (Niphanda asialis) (de Niceville, 1895)
* Pointed Pierrot (Niphanda cymbia cymbia) de Niceville, [1884]
* Large pointed Pierrot (Niphanda tessellata tessellata) Moore, [1875]
* Ciliate blue (Anthene emolus emolus) (Godart, [1824])
* White ciliate blue (Anthene licates dusuntua) Corbet, 1940
* Pointed ciliate blue (Anthene lycaenina lycambes) (Hewitson, [1878])

### Subfamily: Theclinae

* Evan's silverline (Cigaritis evansii ayuthia) (Murayama & Kimura, 1990)
* Pale-banded silverline (Cigaritis learmondi) (Tytler, 1940)
* Aroon's silverline (Cigaritis leechi arooni) (Murayama & Kimura, 1990)
* Long-banded silverline (Cigaritis lohita himalayanus) (Moore, 1884)
* Karen silverline (Cigaritis maximus) (Elwes, [1893])
* Laos silverline (Cigaritis miyamotoi) Saito & Seki, 2008
* Silver-red silverline (Cigaritis rukma) (de Niceville, [1889])
* Fruhstorfer's silverline (Cigaritis seliga) (Fruhstorfer, [1912])
* Club silverline (Cigaritis syama peguanus) (Moore, 1884)
* Aberrant silverline (Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni) (Talbot, 1936)
* Common silverline (Cigaritis vulcanus tavoyana) (Evans, 1925)
* Brown yamfly (Drina donina donina) (Hewitson, [1865])
* White imperial (Neomyrina nivea hiemalis) (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
* Yamfly (Loxura atymnus continentalis) Fruhstorfer, [1912]
* Branded yamfly (Yasoda tripunctata tripunctata) (Hewitson, [1863])
* Fruhstorfer's yamfly (Yasoda androconifera) Fruhstorfer, [1912]
* Cardinal (Thamala marciana marciana) (Hewitson, [1863])
* Common imperial (Cheritra freja evansi) Cowan, 1965
* Truncate imperial (Cheritrella truncipennis) de Niceville, 1887
* Blue imperial (Ticherra acte acte) (Moore, [1858])
* Siamese onyx (Ahmetia achaja achaja) (Fruhstorfer, [1912])
* Common posy (Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii) Moore, 1884
* Dark posy (Drupadia theda fabricii) Moore, 1884
* Blue posy (Drupadia scaeva cooperi) (Tytler, 1940)
* Silverstreak blue (Iraota timoleon timoleon) (Stoll, [1790])
* Scarce silverstreak (Iraota rochana boswelliana) Distant, 1885
* Blue leafblue (Amblypodia narada taooana) Moore, [1879]
* Purple leafblue (Amblypodia anita anita) Hewitson, 1862
* Pale bushblue (Arhopala aberrans) (de Niceville, [1889])
* Aberrant bushblue (Arhopala abseus indicus) Riley, 1923
* Tytler's dull oakblue (Arhopala ace arata) Tytler, 1915
* Large oakblue (Arhopala amantes amatrix) de Niceville, 1891
* Centaur oakblue (Arhopala centaurus nakula) (Felder & Felder, 1860)
* Large metallic oakblue (Arhopala aedias meritatas) Corbet, 1941
* Purple-glazed oakblue (Arhopala agaba) (Hewitson, 1862)
* De Niceville's oakblue (Arhopala agrata binghami) Corbet 1946
* White-stained oakblue (Arhopala aida aida) de Niceville, 1889
* Purple broken-band oakblue (Arhopala alitaeus mirabella) Doherty, 1889
* Magnificent oakblue (Arhopala anarte anarte) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Anthelus bushblue (Arhopala anthelus) (Westwood, [1852])
* Small tailless oakblue (Arhopala antimuta antimuta) Felder & Felder, [1865]
* Purple-brown tailless oakblue (Arhopala arvina aboe) de Niceville, 1895(Hewitson, [1863])
* Plain tailless oakblue (Arhopala asopia) (Hewitson, [1869])
* Broad-banded oakblue (Arhopala asinarus asinarus) Felder & Felder, [1865]
* Tailed disc oakblue (Arhopala atosia jahara) Corbet, 1941
* Dark broken-band oakblue (Arhopala atrax) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Grey-washed oakblue (Arhopala aurelia) (Evans, 1925)
* Powered oakblue (Arhopala bazalus teesta) (de Niceville, 1886)
* Burmese bushblue (Arhopala birmana birmana) (Moore, [1884])
* White-dot oakblue (Arhopala democritus democritus) (Fabricius, 1793)
* Frosted oakblue (Arhopala dispar dispar) Riley & Godfrey, 1921
* Violetdisc oakblue (Arhopala epimete duessa) Doherty, 1889
* Green oakblue (Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus) (Cramer, [1780])
* Spotless oakblue (Arhopala fulla ignara) Riley & Godfrey, 1921
* Tailess bushblue (Arhopala ganesa watsoni) Evans, 1912
* Doherty's green oakblue (Arhopala hellenore hellenore) Doherty, 1889
* Doherty's dull oakblue (Arhopala khamti) Doherty, 1891
* Pale yellow oakblue (Arhopala moolaiana maya) (Evans, 1932)
* Mutal oakblue (Arhopala muta merguiana) Corbet, 1941
* Hewitson's dull oakblue (Arhopala oenea oenea) (Hewitson, [1869])
* Opal oakblue (Arhopala opalina opalina) (Moore, [1884])
* Dusky bushblue (Arhopala paraganesa zephyretta) (Doherty, 1891)
* Hooked oakblue (Arhopala paramuta paramuta) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Yellowdisc oakblue (Arhopala perimuta perimuta) (Moore, [1858])
* Dark Himalayan oakblue (Arhopala rama ramosa) (Evans, 1925)
* Reddish-brown oakblue (Arhopala selta selta) (Hewitson, [1869])
* Sylhet oakblue (Arhopala silhetensis silhetensis) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Pointed oakblue (Arhopala singla) (de Niceville, 1885)
* Large spotted oakblue (Arhopala vihara hirava) Corbet, 1941
* Zambra oakblue (Arhopala zambra zambra) Swinhoe, [1911]
* Silky oakblue (Arhopala alax) (Evans, 1932)
* Darkie plushblue (Flos anniella artegal) Doherty, 1889
* Plain plushblue (Flos apidanus ahamus) Doherty, 1891
* Tailess plushblue (Flos areste) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Spangled plushblue (Flos asoka) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Bifid plushblue (Flos diardi diardi) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Shining plushblue (Flos fulgida fulgida) (Hewitson, [1863])
* Variegated plushblue (Flos adriana) (de Niceville, [1884])
* Many-tailed oakblue (Thaduka multicaudata multicaudata) Moore, [1879]
* Falcate oakblue (Mahathala ameria ameria) (Hewitson, 1862)
* Crenulate oakblue (Apporasa atkinsoni) (Hewitson, [1869])
* Red-edge (Semanga superba siamensis) Talbot, 1936
* Common acacia blue (Surendra quercetorum quercetorum) (Moore, [1858])
* Acacia blue (Surendra vivarna neritos) (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
* Silver streaked acacia blue (Zinaspa todara) (Moore, [1884])
* Commomn tinsel (Catapaecilma major albicans) Corbet, 1941
* Cornelian (Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas) (Moore, [1858])
* Scarce cornelian (Deudorix hypargyria hypargyria) (Elwes, [1893])
* Abnormal flash (Rapala duma) Hewitson, 1878
* Frustorfer's flash (Rapala melida nicevillei) Swinhoe, 1911
* Common flash (Rapala nissa ranta) Swinhoe, 1897
* Indigo flash (Rapala varuna orseis) Hewitson, [1863]
* Copper flash (Rapala pheretima petosiris) (Hewitson, [1863])
* Myanmar flash (Rapala hades) (de Niceville, 1895)
* Malayan red flash (Rapala damona) Swinhoe, 1890
* Common red flash (Rapala iarbus iarbus) (Fabricius, 1787)
* Slate flash (Rapala manea schistacea) (Moore, 1879)
* Scarce shot flash (Rapala scintilla scintilla) de Niceville, 1890
* Branded flash (Rapala tara) de Niceville, [1889]
* Brown flash (Rapala rectivitta) (Moore, 1879)
* Suffused flash (Rapala suffusa suffusa) (Moore, [1879])
* Broad spark (Sinthusa chandrana grotei) (Moore, [1884])
* Narrow spark (Sinthusa nasaka obscurata) Fruhstorfer, [1912]
* Lister's hairstreak (Pamela dudgeonii) (de Niceville, 1894)
* Green hairstreak (Novosatsuma oppocoenosa) Johnson, 1992
* Ahlbergia pluto (Leech, 1893)
* Common onyx (Horaga onyx onyx) (Moore, [1858])
* Violet onyx (Horaga albimacula viola) Moore, 1882
* Purple onyx (Horaga amethysta purpurescens) Corbet, 1941
* White onyx (Horaga takanamii) Seki & Saito, [2004]
* Orchid tit (Hypolycaena othona) Hewitson, 1865
* Blue tit (Hypolycaena kina inari) (Wileman, 1908)
* Common tit (Hypolycaena erylus himavantus) Fruhstorfer, [1912]
* Fluffy tit (Hypolycaena amasa amasa) Hewitson, [1865]
* Azure royal (Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides) (Elwes, [1893])
* Mandarin blue (Charana mandarina mandarina) (Hewitson, [1863])
* Broadtail royal (Creon cleobis cleobis) (Godart, [1824])
* White-banded royal (Dacalana cotys) (Hewitson, [1865])
* Spectacular royal (Dacalana inorthodoxa) Seki & Saito, 2006
* Diagonal royal (Dacalana penicilligera) (de Niceville, 1890)

## Family: Riodinidae

* Abnormal Judy (Abisara abnormis) Moore, [1884]
* Double-banded Judy (Abisara bifasciata angulata) Moore, [1879]
* White-spotted Judy (Abisara burnii timaeus) (Fruhstorfer, [1904])
* Plum Judy (Abisara echerius paionea) Fruhstorfer, [1914]
* Lesser Judy (Abisara freda freda) Bennett, 1957
* Dark Judy (Abisara fylla fylla) (Westwood, [1851])
* Two-spotted Judy (Abisara miyazakii shigehoi) K. & T. Saito, 2005
* Tailed Judy (Abisara neophron gratius) Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Forest Judy (Abisara saturata meta) Fruhstorfer, [1904]
* White-banded Judy (Abisara latifasciata) Inoué & Kawazoé, 1964
* Striped Punch (Dodona adonira adonira) Hewitson, [1866]
* White Punch (Dodona deodata deodata) Hewitson, 1876
* Lesser Punch (Dodona dipoea) Hewitson, [1866]
* Orange Punch (Dodona egeon egeon) (Westwood, [1851])
* Tailed Punch (Dodona eugenes venox) Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Katerina's Punch (Dodona katerina katerina) Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
* Spotted Punch (Dodona maculosa maculosa) Leech, 1890
* Mixed Punch (Dodona ouida ouida) Hewitson, [1866]
* Spectacular Punch (Dodona speciosa) Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
* Dark Punch (Dodona dracon dracon) de Nicéville, 1897
* Lesser harlequin (Laxita thuisto ephorus) (Fruhstorfer, [1904])
* Common red harlequin (Paralaxita telesia boulleti) (Fruhstorfer, [1914])
* Columbine (Stiboges nymphidia nymphidia) Butler, 1876
* Orange harlequin (Taxila haquinus berthae) Fruhstorfer, [1904]
* Dora's harlequin (Taxila dora) Fruhstorfer, [1904]
* Punchinello (Zemeros flegyas allica) (Fabricius, 1787)
* Mountain columbine (Stiboges elodinia) Fruhstorfer, [1914]