page_title: List of butterflies of Taiwan
section_title: Subfamily Satyrinae
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Taiwan / Family Nymphalidae / Subfamily Satyrinae
caption_attribution_description: English: Kerry took this picture at his house on 16 July 2005 Scientific name: Lethe europa pavida ♂ (back) Date of collection: 25 X 1997 Place of collection: Taipei city, Taiwan 中文（繁體）‎: Kerry在2005年7月16日攝於自家 學名：Lethe europa pavida ♂ (背面) 採集日期：1997年10月25日 採集地點：台北市四獸山
context_page_description: At least 377 species of butterfly have been recorded in Taiwan, with some reports putting the number at over 400. Of these, 56 species are endemic to the island. Taiwan is in the Indomalayan realm.
  Following is a list of all butterflies found in Taiwan.
context_section_description: Elymnias hypermnestra hainana Moore, 1878 common palmfly
  Lethe bojonia Fruhstorfer, 1913
  Lethe butleri periscelis Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Lethe chandica ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Lethe diana australis Naritomi, 1943
  Lethe europa pavida Fruhstorfer, 1908 bamboo treebrown
  Lethe gemina zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914
  Lethe insana formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Lethe mataja Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
  Lethe rohria daemoniaca Fruhstorfer, 1908 common tree brown
  Lethe verma cintamani Fruhstorfer, 1848 straight-banded treebrown
  Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) common evening brown
  Melanitis phedima polishana Fruhstorfer, 1908 dark evening brown
  Minois nagasawae (Matsumura, 1906) ※endemic
  Mycalesis francisca formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Mycalesis gotama nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758) dark-banded bushbrown
  Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798) dingy bushbrown
  Mycalesis sangaica mara Fruhstorfer, 1908 single ring bushbrown
  Mycalesis suaveolens kagina Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Mycalesis zonata Matsumura, 1909 South China bushbrown
  Neope armandii lacticolora (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  Neope bremeri taiwana Matsumura, 1919
  Neope muirheadi nagasawae Matsumura, 1919 Muirhead's labyrinth
  Neope pulaha didia Fruhstorfer, 1909
  Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911
  Penthema formosanum (Rothschild, 1898)
  Ypthima akragas Fruhstorfer, 1911 ※endemic
  Ypthima angustipennis Takahashi, 2000 ※endemic
  Ypthima baldus zodina (Fruhstorfer, 1911) common five-ring
  Ypthima conjuncta yamanakai Sonan, 1938
  Ypthima esakii Shirozu, 1960 ※endemic
  Ypthima formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
  Ypthima motschulskyi (Bremer & Grey, 1853) large three-ring
  Ypthima multistriata Butler, 1883
  Ypthima norma posticalis Matsumura, 1909 small three-ring ※extinct
  Ypthima okurai (Okano, 1962)
  Ypthima praenubilia common four-ring
  Y. p. kanonis Matsumura, 1929
  Y. p. neobilia Murayama, 1980
  Ypthima tappana Matsumura, 1909
  Ypthima wangi Lee, 1998 ※endemic
  Zophoessa dura neoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  Zophoessa niitakana (Matsumura, 1906) ※endemic
  Zophoessa siderea kanoi (Esaki & Nomura, 1937)
caption: L. e. pavida male
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