page_title: List of butterflies of Nepal
section_title: Tribe Pierini
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Nepal / Family Pieridae - whites / Tribe Pierini
caption_attribution_description: English: Psyche (Leptosia nina nina), Bardiya, Nepal
context_page_description: The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal. Six hundred and sixty-nine species and thirty subspecies are listed.
  This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2006 Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, with some recent additions and a modernized classification. Scientific and common names are also from that book. The 27 endemic species or subspecies are marked.
context_section_description: Metaporia agathon agathon - great blackvein
  Metaporia agathon agathon (endemic)
  Metaporia agathon caphusa (endemic)
  Metaporia agathon phryxe (endemic)
  Metaporia leucodice - Himalayan blackvein
  Mesapia peloria - Tibetan blackvein
  Baltia butleri butleri - Butler's dwarf
  Pieris brassicae nepalensis - large cabbage white
  Pieris canidia indica - Indian cabbage white
  Pieris montanus - green-veined white
  Synchloe callidice - lofty Bath white
  Synchloe sherpae - Sherpa white (endemic)
  Pontia daplidice moorei - Bath white
  Belenois aurota aurota - pioneer
  Cepora nadina - lesser gull
  Cepora nerissa phryne - common gull
  Delias belladonna - hill Jezebel
  Delias belladonna horsfieldi
  Delias belladonna lugens
  Delias sanaca oreas - pale Jezebel
  Delias berinda boyleae - dark Jezebel
  Delias pasithoe thyra - red-base Jezebel
  Delias acalis pyramus - read-breast Jezebel
  Delias descombesi leucacantha - red-spot Jezebel
  Delias agostina agostina - yellow Jezebel
  Delias hyparete indica - painted Jezebel
  Delias eucharis - common Jezebel
  Appias libythea olferna - striped albatross
  Appias lyncida eleonora - chocolate albatross
  Appias albina darada - common albatross
  Appias indra indra - plain puffin
  Appias lalage lalage - spot puffin
  Leptosia nina nina - Psyche
  Prioneris thestylis thestylis - spotted sawtooth
caption: Psyche
  Leptosia nina nina
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