Butterflies in the Philippines

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Angled Red Forester (Lethe chandica)
• Australian Lurcher (Yoma sabina)
• Autumn Leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide)
• Banded Marquis (Bassarona teuta)
• Baron (Euthalia aconthea)
• Black Prince (Rohana parisatis)
• Black Rajah (Charaxes solon)
• Black-tipped Archduke (Lexias dirtea)
• Blue Admiral (Kaniska canace)
• Blue Begum (Prothoe franck)
• Blue Duffer (Discophora necho)
• Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber)
• Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)
• Brown Pansy (Junonia hedonia)
• Chocolate Pansy (Junonia iphita)
• Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
• Colour Sergeant (Athyma nefte)
• Commander (Moduza procris)
• Common Castor (Ariadne merione)
• Common Cruiser (Vindula erota)
• Common Duffer (Discophora sondaica)
• Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda)
• Common Jester (Symbrenthia lilaea)
• Common Lascar (Pantoporia hordonia)
• Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha)
• Common Mapwing (Cyrestis maenalis)
• Common Nawab (Polyura athamas)
• Common Red Forester (Lethe mekara)
• Common Sailer (Neptis hylas)
• Common Saturn (Zeuxidia amethystus)
• Common Sergeant (Athyma perius)
• Common Silverstreak (Lethe europa)
• Common Yeoman (Cirrochroa tyche)
• Constable (Dichorragia nesimachus)
• Courtesan (Euripus nyctelius)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Darkbrand Bushbrown (Mycalesis mineus)
• Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis phedima)
• Dingy Bush-brown (Mycalesis perseus)
• Dusky Bush-brown (Orsotriaena medus)
• Gaudy Baron (Euthalia lubentina)
• Gray Pansy (Junonia atlites)
• Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
• Great Evening Brown (Melanitis zitenius)
• Great Marquis (Bassarona dunya)
• Grey Baron (Euthalia anosia)
• Himalayan Jester (Symbrenthia hypselis)
• Indian Dingiest Sailer (Neptis harita)
• Indian Fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius)
• Indian Red Admiral (Vanessa indica)
• Intermediate Maplet (Chersonesia intermedia)
• Jewelled Nawab (Polyura delphis)
• Knight (Lebadea martha)
• Kohinoor (Amathuxidia amythaon)
• Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias)
• Luzon Lacewing (Cethosia luzonica)
• Malayan Assyrian (Terinos clarissa)
• Malayan nawab (Polyura moori)
• Malay Baron (Euthalia monina)
• Malay Cruiser (Vindula dejone)
• Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea)
• Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Palmking (Amathusia phidippus)
• Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana)
• Perak Lascar (Pantoporia paraka)
• Purple Bushbrown (Mycalesis orseis)
• Red Lacewing (Cethosia biblis)
• Red-spot Duke (Dophla evelina)
• Rustic (Cupha erymanthis)
• Short Banded Sailer (Phaedyma columella)
• Small Leopard (Phalanta alcippe)
• Southern Sullied Sailer (Neptis clinia)
• Staff Sergeant (Athyma selenophora)
• Straight-line Map-wing (Cyrestis nivea)
• Streaked Baron (Euthalia alpheda)
• Studded Sergeant (Athyma asura)
• Tawny Palmfly (Elymnias panthera)
• Tiger Palmfly (Elymnias nesaea)
• Unbroken Sergeant (Athyma pravara)
• Vagrant (Vagrans sinha)
• Wizard (Rhinopalpa polynice)
• Yellow Archduke (Lexias canescens)
• Yellow-tipped Archduke (Lexias pardalis)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Aberrant Oakblue (Arhopala abseus)
• Acacia Blue (Surendra vivarna)
• Anthelus Bushblue (Arhopala anthelus)
• Apefly (Spalgis epius)
• Banded Blue Pierrot (Discolampa ethion)
• Banded Lineblue (Prosotas aluta)
• Bicoloured Hedge Blue (Udara selma)
• Bifid Plushblue (Flos diardi)
• Blue Brilliant (Simiskina phalia)
• Blue Darkie (Allotinus subviolaceus)
• Blue Gem (Poritia erycinoides)
• Bold Line-blue (Nacaduba pactolus)
• Branded Imperial (Eooxylides tharis)
• Bright Oakblue (Arhopala sublustris)
• Burmese Bushblue (Arhopala birmana)
• Burmese Caerulean (Jamides philatus)
• Ciliate Blue (Anthene emolus)
• Club Silverline (Cigaritis syama)
• Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno)
• Common Gem (Poritia hewitsoni)
• Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa)
• Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon)
• Dark Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra)
• Dark Mottle (Logania distanti)
• De Niceville’s Oakblue (Arhopala agrata)
• Dingy Lineblue (Petrelaea dana)
• Dusky Bushblue (Arhopala paraganesa)
• Dusky Cerulean (Jamides virgulatus)
• Elbowed Pierrot (Caleta elna)
• Forest Quaker (Pithecops corvus)
• Forget-me-not (Catochrysops strabo)
• Glistening Cerulean (Jamides elpis)
• Gracile Line-blue (Prosotas gracilis)
• Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus)
• Grass Jewel (Freyeria trochylus)
• Great Brownie (Miletus symethus)
• Green Oakblue (Arhopala eumolphus)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Jewel Fourline Blue (Nacaduba sanaya)
• King Cerulean (Jamides bochus)
• Large Purple Line-blue (Nacaduba berenice)
• Lesser Darkie (Allotinus unicolor)
• Lesser Grass-blue (Zizina otis)
• Lime Blue (Chilades lajus)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Long-tailed Line-blue (Prosotas nora)
• Malayan (Megisba malaya)
• Malayan Mottle (Logania malayica)
• Metallic Cerulean (Jamides alecto)
• Moth Butterfly (Liphyra brassolis)
• Narrow-bordered Hedge Blue (Udara placidula)
• Opaque Six-line Blue (Nacaduba beroe)
• Orange-tipped Pea-blue (Everes lacturnus)
• Pale Cerulean (Jamides cyta)
• Pale Four-line Blue (Nacaduba hermus)
• Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha)
• Pale Hedge Blue (Udara dilecta)
• Pale Mottle (Logania marmorata)
• Pale Pea-blue (Catochrysops panormus)
• Pallid Oakblue (Arhopala alesia)
• Papuan Line-blue (Catopyrops ancyra)
• Plain Hedge Blue (Celastrina lavendularis)
• Plain Pushblue (Flos apidanus)
• Plains Cupid (Luthrodes pandava)
• Plumbago Blue (Leptotes plinius)
• Pointed Ciliate Blue (Anthene lycaenina)
• Pointed Lineblue (Ionolyce helicon)
• Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus)
• Purple Broken-band Oakblue (Arhopala alitaeus)
• Purple-glazed Oakblue (Arhopala agaba)
• Purple Line-blue (Prosotas dubiosa)
• Quaker (Neopithecops zalmora)
• Rosy Oakblue (Arhopala allata)
• Scarce Silverstreak (Iraota rochana)
• Shining Plushblue (Flos fulgida)
• Singapore Four-line Blue (Nacaduba pavana)
• Small Cupid (Chilades parrhasius)
• Southern Sunbeam (Curetis tagalica)
• Straight Pierrot (Caleta roxus)
• Sylhet Oakblue (Arhopala silhetensis)
• Vinous Oakblue (Arhopala athada)
• Violet 4-lineblue (Nacaduba subperusia)
• White-banded Line-blue (Nacaduba kurava)
• White Cerulean (Jamides cleodus)
• White Ciliate Blue (Anthene licates)
• White Lineblue (Nacaduba angusta)
• Yamfly (Loxura atymnus)
• Zambra Oakblue (Arhopala zambra)
• Cheritra orpheus

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Black-spotted White (Leptosia nina)
• Changeable Grass Yellow (Eurema simulatrix)
• Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida)
• Chocolate Grass Yellow (Eurema sari)
• Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
• Forest White (Appias aegis)
• Great Orange Tip (Hebomoia glaucippe)
• Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia)
• Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
• Lined Grass-yellow (Eurema laeta)
• Malayan Jezebel (Delias henningia)
• Malayan Wanderer (Pareronia valeria)
• No-brand Grass-yellow (Eurema brigitta)
• Orange Albatross (Appias nero)
• Orange Migrant (Catopsilia scylla)
• Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete)
• Plain Puffin (Appias indra)
• Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe)
• Scalloped Grass-yellow (Eurema alitha)
• Striped Albatross (Appias olferna)
• Three-spot Grass Yellow (Eurema blanda)
• Tree Yellow (Gandaca harina)
• White Albatross (Appias albina)
• White Migrant (Catopsilia pyranthe)
• Yellow Albatross (Appias paulina)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Broad-banded Punch (Dodona deodata)
• Harlequin (Taxila haquinus)
• Lesser Harlequin (Laxita thuisto)
• Plum Judy (Abisara echerius)
• Punchinello (Zemeros flegyas)
• Spotted Judy (Abisara geza)
• Straight Plum Judy (Abisara kausambi)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Apo Swallowtail (Graphium sandawanum)
• Banded Swallowtail (Papilio demolion)
• Blue Striped Mime (Papilio slateri)
• Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)
• Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)
• Common Jay (Graphium doson)
• Common Mime (Papilio clytia)
• Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)
• Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae)
• Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio palinurus)
• Five-barred Swordtail (Graphium aristeus)
• Golden Birdwing (Troides rhadamantus)
• Great Blue Mime (Papilio paradoxa)
• Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)
• Great Yellow Mormon (Papilio lowi)
• Green Dragontail (Lamproptera meges)
• Green-spotted Triangle (Graphium agamemnon)
• Lesser Zebra (Graphium macareus)
• Luzon Peacock Swallowtail (Papilio chikae)
• Magellan Birdwing (Troides magellanus)
• Malayan Zebra (Graphium delessertii)
• Palawan Birdwing (Trogonoptera trojana)
• Pale Triangle (Graphium eurypylus)
• Pink Rose (Pachliopta kotzebuea)
• Red Helen (Papilio helenus)
• Scarlet Mormon (Papilio rumanzovia)
• Spotted Jay (Graphium arycles)
• Veined Jay (Graphium bathycles)
• White Dragontail (Lamproptera curius)
• Yellow-bodied Club-tail (Losaria neptunus)
• Atrophaneura semperi

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Banded Demon (Notocrypta paralysos)
• Bengal Spotted Flat (Celaenorrhinus putra)
• Black Angle (Tapena thwaitesi)
• Branded Orange Awlet (Bibasis oedipodea)
• Bright Red Velvet Bob (Koruthaialos sindu)
• Chocolate Demon (Ancistroides nigrita)
• Clavated Banded Demon (Notocrypta clavata)
• Common Awl (Hasora badra)
• Common Banded Awl (Hasora chromus)
• Dusky Partwing (Psolos fuligo)
• Immaculate Snow Flat (Tagiades gana)
• Large Banded Awl (Hasora khoda)
• Multi-spotted Snow Flat (Tagiades parra)
• Orange Awlet (Bibasis harisa)
• Orangetail Awl (Bibasis sena)
• Pale Green Awlet (Bibasis gomata)
• Palm Redeye (Erionota thrax)
• Pied Flat (Tagiades japetus)
• Plain Banded Awl (Hasora vitta)
• Purple Spotted Flitter (Zographetus ogygia)
• Rounded Palm-redeye (Erionota torus)
• Siamese Awl (Hasora proxissima)
• Small-banded Flat (Celaenorrhinus nigricans)
• Snowy Angle (Darpa pteria)
• Spotted Demon (Notocrypta feisthamelii)
• Tree Flitter (Hyarotis adrastus)
• Velvet Flat (Celaenorrhinus ficulnea)
• Violet Awl (Hasora leucospila)
• White Banded Awl (Hasora taminatus)
• White-banded Flat (Celaenorrhinus asmara)
• Yellow Banded Awl (Hasora schoenherr)
• Yellow Flat (Mooreana trichoneura)

The best place to see butterflies in the Philippines is the province of Marinduque, which is also called the butterfly capital of the world due to the sheer variety of butterflies that can be seen here.