Butterflies in India

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Andaman Crow (Euploea andamanensis)
• Andaman Oakleaf (Kallima albofasciata)
• Andaman Palmking (Amathusia andamanensis)
• Andaman Sergeant (Athyma rufula)
• Andaman Viscount (Tanaecia cibaritis)
• Bamboo Tree Brown (Lethe europa)
• Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace)
• Commander (Moduza procris)
• Common Crow (Euploea core)
• Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda)
• Common Fourring (Ypthima huebneri)
• Common Tiger (Danaus genutia)
• Common Tree Brown (Lethe rohria)
• Dingy Bushbrown (Mycalesis perseus)
• Gaudy Baron (Euthalia lubentinai)
• Glad-eye Bushbrown (Mycalesis junonia)
• Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
• Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica)
• Manipur Goldenfork (Lethe kabrua)
• Nicobar Crow (Euploea scherzeri)
• Nilgiri Fourring (Ypthima chenu)
• Nilgiri Jewel Fourring (Ypthima striata)
• Nilgiri Tiger (Parantica nilgiriensis)
• Pallid Forester (Lethe satyavati)
• Palni Bushbrown (Heteropsis davisoni)
• Palni Fourring (Ypthima ypthimoides)
• Red-disc Bushbrown (Heteropsis oculus)
• Red-eye Bushbrown (Heteropsis adolphei)
• Roy’s Argus (Callerebia dibangensis)
• Small Long-brand Bushbrown (Mycalesis igilia)
• Southern Duffer (Discophora lepida)
• Tailed Palmfly (Elymnias caudata)
• Tamil Catseye (Zipaetis saitis)
• Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore)
• Tranvancore Evening Brown (Parantirrhoea marshalli)
• White-barred Bushbrown (Mycalesis anaxias)
• Aemona pealii
• Hyponephele neoza
• Neptis palnica
• Ypthima davidsoni
• Ypthima fusca
•  Cethosia mahratta
•  Cirrochroa nicobarica
•  Cyrestis tabula
•  Hestina jermyni
•  Kallima horsefieldi
•  Karanasa rohtanga
•  Lethe dakwania
•  Mycalesis evansii
•  Mycalesis manii
•  Mycalesis radza
•  Pantoporia ferrari
•  Ypthima cantlei
•  Ypthima kedarnathensis
•  Ypthima tabella

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Acamas Blue (Cigaritis acamas)
• African Babul Blue (Azanus jesous)
• Angled Sunbeam (Curetis acuta)
• Apefly (Spalgis epius)
• Baby Royal (Bullis buto)
• Balkan Pierrot (Tarucus balkanicus)
• Banded Blue Pierrot (Discolampa ethion)
• Banded Lineblue (Prosotas aluta)
• Bhutya Lineblue (Prosotas bhutea)
• Blue Gem (Poritia erycinoides)
• Blue Imperial (Ticherra acte)
• Blue Royal (Pratapa icetoides)
• Bold Line-blue (Nacaduba pactolus)
• Branded Royal (Tajuria melastigma)
• Branded Yamfly (Yasoda tripunctata)
• Bright Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus)
• Bright Sunbeam (Curetis bulis)
• Broad Spark (Sinthusa chandrana)
• Broadtail Royal (Creon cleobis)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Brown Lineblue (Prosotas lutea)
• Brown Tit (Hypolycaena thecloides)
• Brown Yamfly (Drina donina)
• Burmese Sunbeam (Curetis saronis)
• Chocolate Royal (Remelana jangala)
• Ciliate Blue (Anthene emolus)
• Club Silverline (Cigaritis syama)
• Comic Oakblue (Arhopala comica)
• Common Acacia Blue (Surendra quercetorum)
• Common Brownie (Miletus chinensis)
• Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno)
• Common Flash (Rapala nissa)
• Common Gem (Poritia hewitsoni)
• Common Guava Blue (Virachola isocrates)
• Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa)
• Common Imperial (Cheritra freja)
• Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon)
• Common Red Flash (Rapala iarbus)
• Common Shot Silverline (Cigaritis ictis)
• Common Silverline (Cigaritis vulcanus)
• Common Tit (Hypolycaena erylus)
• Dark Cornelian (Deudorix epijarbas)
• Dark Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra)
• Dark Pierrot (Tarucus ananda)
• De Niceville’s Oakblue (Arhopala agrata)
• Dingy Lineblue (Petrelaea dana)
• Doherty’s Dull Oakblue (Arhopala khamti)
• Dull Babul Blue (Azanus uranus)
• Dull-green Hairstreak (Esakiozephyrus icana)
• Eastern Bath White (Tarucus theophrastus)
• Eastern Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes vicrama)
• Eastern Blue Sapphire (Heliophorus oda)
• Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna)
• Falcate Oak Blue (Mahathala ameria)
• Forest Pierrot (Taraka hamada)
• Forget-me-not (Catochrysops strabo)
• Golden Copper (Lycaena thetis)
• Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus)
• Grass Jewel (Freyeria trochylus)
• Green Flash (Artipe eryx)
• Green Oakblue (Arhopala eumolphus)
• Green Sapphire (Heliophorus androcles)
• Hewitson’s Dull Oakblue (Arhopala oenea)
• Himalayan Pierrot (Tarucus venosus)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Indigo Flash (Rapala varuna)
• King Cerulean (Jamides bochus)
• Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse)
• Large Jewel Blue (Plebejidea loewii)
• Large Purple Line-blue (Nacaduba berenice)
• Lilac Oakblue (Arhopala camdeo)
• Lime Blue (Chilades lajus)
• Long-banded Silverline (Cigaritis lohita)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Long-tailed Line-blue (Prosotas nora)
• Malayan (Megisba malaya)
• Mandarin Blue (Charana mandarinus)
• Margined Hedge Blue (Celatoxia marginata)
• Margined Lineblue (Prosotas pia)
• Metallic Cerulean (Jamides alecto)
• Metallic Green Hairstreak (Chrysozephyrus duma)
• Metallic Hedge Blue (Callenya melaena)
• Monkey Puzzle (Rathinda amor)
• Moth Butterfly (Liphyra brassolis)
• Narrow Spark (Sinthusa nasaka)
• Opaque Six-line Blue (Nacaduba beroe)
• Orchid Tit (Chliaria othona)
• Pale Grand Imperial (Neocheritra fabronia)
• Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha)
• Pale Hedge Blue (Udara dilecta)
• Pale Pea-blue (Catochrysops panormus)
• Peacock Royal (Tajuria cippus)
• Plain Hedge Blue (Celastrina lavendularis)
• Plain Pushblue (Flos apidanus)
• Plains Cupid (Luthrodes pandava)
• Pointed Ciliate Blue (Anthene lycaenina)
• Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus)
• Purple Line-blue (Prosotas dubiosa)
• Purple Sapphire (Heliophorus epicles)
• Purple-brown Tailless Oakblue (Arhopala arvina)
• Quaker (Neopithecops zalmora)
• Red Imperial (Suasa lisides)
• Red Pierrot (Talicada nyseus)
• Redspot (Zesius chrysomallus)
• Saffron (Mota massyla)
• Scarce Guava Blue (Virachola smilis)
• Scarce Silverstreak (Iraota rochana)
• Scarce Slate Flash (Rapala scintilla)
• Scarlet Flash (Rapala dieneces)
• Silver Royal (Ancema blanka)
• Silver Streaked Acacia Blue (Zinaspa todara)
• Silverstreak Blue (Iraota timoleon)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Small Cupid (Chilades parrhasius)
• Spotted Pierrot (Tarucus callinara)
• Spotted Royal (Tajuria maculata)
• Straight Pierrot (Caleta roxus)
• Straightwing Blue (Orthomiella pontis)
• Suffused Flash (Rapala suffusa)
• Sword-tailed Flash (Bindahara phocides)
• Una (Una usta)
• Violet Line-blue (Nacaduba calauria)
• White Lineblue (Nacaduba angusta)
• White Royal (Tajuria illurgis)
• White-banded Hedge Blue (Lestranicus transpectus)
• White-banded Line-blue (Nacaduba kurava)
• White-bordered Copper (Lycaena pavana)
• Witch (Araotes lapithis)
• Yamfly (Loxura atymnus)
• Zizula hylax

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Himalayan Blackvein (Aporia leucodice)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Lesser Bath White (Pontia chloridice)
• Peak White (Pontia callidice)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Common Gull (Cepora nerissa)
• Lesser Gull (Cepora nadina)
• White Orangetip (Ixias marianne)
• Yellow Orange Tip (Ixias pyrene)
• Yellow Jezebel (Delias agostina)
• Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis)
• Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete)
• Hill Jezebel (Delias belladonna)
• Dark Jezebel (Delias berinda)
• Redspot Jezebel (Delias descombesi)
• Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe)
• Redbreast Jezebel (Delias acalis)
• Spotted Sawtooth (Prioneris thestylis)
• Plain Puffin (Appias indra)
• Striped Albatross (Appias libythea)
• Striped Albatross (Appias olferna)
• Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida)
• White Albatross (Appias albina)
• Black-spotted White (Leptosia nina)
• Great Orange Tip (Hebomoia glaucippe)
• Small Salmon Arab (Colotis amata)
• Silver Orange-tip (Colotis phisadia)
• Large Salmon Arab (Colotis fausta)
• Small Orangetip (Colotis etrida)
• Crimsontip (Colotis danae)
• Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
• White Migrant (Catopsilia pyranthe)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Plain Sulphur (Dercas lycorias)
• No-brand Grass-yellow (Eurema brigitta)
• Lined Grass-yellow (Eurema laeta)
• Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
• Three-spot Grass Yellow (Eurema blanda)
• Tree Yellow (Gandaca harina)
• Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Punchinello (Zemeros flegyas)
• Broad-banded Punch (Dodona deodata)
• Lesser Punch (Dodona dipoea)
• Common Punch (Dodona durga)
• Tailed Punch (Dodona eugenes)
• Orange Punch (Dodona egeon)
• Mixed Punch (Dodona ouida)
• Striped Punch (Dodona adonira)
• White Punch (Dodona henrici)
• Dark Judy (Abisara fylla)
• Tailed Judy (Abisara neophron)
• Spot Judy (Abisara chela)
• Malay Tailed Judy (Abisara savitri)
• Plum Judy (Abisara echerius)
• Straight Plum Judy (Abisara kausambi)
• Harlequin (Taxila haquinus)
• Columbine (Stiboges nymphidia)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Andaman Clubtail (Losaria rhodifer)
• Andaman Mormon (Papilio mayo)
• Andaman Swordtail (Graphium epaminondas)
• Blue Mormon (Papilio polymnestor)
• Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)
• Common Raven (Papilio castor)
• Crimson Rose (Atrophaneura hector)
• Great Windmill (Byasa dasarada)
• Kaisar-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis)
• Lime Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)
• Malabar Banded Peacock (Papilio buddha)
• Malabar Banded Swallowtail (Papilio liomedon)
• Malabar Raven (Papilio dravidarum)
• Malabar Rose (Pachliopta pandiyana)
• Southern Birdwing (Troides minos)
• Spangle (Papilio protenor)
• Parnassius nandadevinensis

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Orangetail Awl (Bibasis sena)
• Pale Green Awlet (Bibasis gomata)
• Small Green Awlet (Burara amara)
• Indian Awlking (Choaspes benjaminii)
• Similar Awlking (Choaspes xanthopogon)
• Hooked Awlking (Choaspes furcata)
• Slate Awl (Hasora anura)
• Common Banded Awl (Hasora chromus)
• White Banded Awl (Hasora taminatus)
• Yellow Banded Awl (Hasora schoenherr)
• Common Awl (Hasora badra)
• Plain Banded Awl (Hasora vitta)
• Large Banded Awl (Hasora khoda)
• Violet Awl (Hasora leucospila)
• Dingy Scrub-hopper (Aeromachus dubius)
• Blue-spotted Scrub Hopper (Aeromachus kali)
• Common Bush Hopper (Ampittia dioscorides)
• Chocolate Demon (Ancistroides nigrita)
• Atkinson’s Bob (Arnetta atkinsoni)
• Forest Hopper (Astictopterus jama)
• Paintbrush Swift (Baoris farri)
• Rice Swift (Borbo cinnara)
• Sikkim Ace (Halpe sikkima)
• Indian Dart (Potanthus pseudomaesa)
• Common Dartlet (Oriens gola)
• Ceylon Dartlet (Oriens goloides)
• Tiger Hopper (Ochus subvittatus)
• Spotted Angle (Caprona agama)
• Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae)
• Brown Pied Flat (Coladenia agni)
• Tricolour Pied Flat (Coladenia indrani)
• Marbled Skipper (Gomalia elma)
• Marbled Flat (Lobocla liliana)
• Yellow Flat (Mooreana trichoneura)
• Zigzag Flat (Odina decoratus)
• Indian Grizzled Skipper (Spialia galba)
• Apostictopterus fuliginosus
• Badamia exclamationis

Some of the best places to experience the vast butterfly diversity in India include the Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden in Thane, the Butterfly Conservatory in Goa, and the butterfly parks in Chandigarh, Bangalore, and Shimla.