Butterflies in the Maldives

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda)
• Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
• Tamil Bushbrown (Mycalesis subdita)
• Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore)
• Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)
• Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace)
• Common Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra)
• Dusky Bush-brown (Orsotriaena medus)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus)
• Dingy Lineblue (Petrelaea dana)
• Apefly (Spalgis epius)
• Lesser Grass-blue (Zizina otis)
• Dark Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra)
• Zizula hylax

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• No-brand Grass-yellow (Eurema brigitta)
• Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
• White Albatross (Appias albina)
• Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
• Small Grass-yellow (Eurema smilax)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)
• Crimson Rose (Pachliopta hector)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Indian Palm Bob (Suastus gremius)
• Rice Swift (Borbo cinnara)
• Paintbrush Swift (Baoris farri)

While there aren’t any noteworthy places to go butterfly watching in the Maldives, local gardens and parks might be home to some of them.