List of butterflies of Pakistan
# List of butterflies of Pakistan

The following is a list of the butterflies of Pakistan.

## Family Papilionidae (Apollo butterflies and swallowtails)

Subfamily: Parnassiinae (Apollo butterflies)

* Hypermnestra helios (desert Apollo)
* Parnassius acco (varnished Apollo)
* Parnassius actius (pale keeled Apollo)
* Parnassius jacquemontii (keeled Apollo)
* Parnassius tianschanica (large keeled Apollo)
* Parnassius boedromius
* Parnassius charltonius (regal Apollo)
* Parnassius delphius (kafir banded Apollo)
* Parnassius epaphus (common red Apollo)
* Parnassius hardwickii (common blue Apollo)
* Parnassius inopinatus
* Parnassius loxias
* Parnassius simo (black-edged Apollo)
* Parnassius staudingeri (Karakoram banded Apollo)
* Parnassius stenosemus (Pir Panjal banded Apollo)
* Parnassius stoliczkanus (Ladak banded Apollo)
* Parnassius cardinalis (Astor banded Apollo)

Subfamily: Papilioninae (swallowtails, peacocks and mimes)

* Graphium cloanthus (glassy bluebottle)
* Graphium sarpedon (common bluebottle)
* Papilio alexanor (Alexanor or southern swallowtail or Baluchi yellow swallowtail)
* Papilio arcturus (blue peacock)
* Papilio clytia or Chilasa clytia (common mime)
* Papilio demoleus (lemon butterfly or lime butterfly)Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
* Papilio machaon (common yellow swallowtail)
* Papilio polyctor or Papilio bianor (common peacock)
* Papilio polytes (common Mormon)Papilio demoleus, Taxila
* Atrophaneura polyeuctes (common windmill)
* Pachliopta aristolochiae (common rose)

## Family Pieridae (whites and yellows)

Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)

* Leptosia nina (Psyche)
* Baltia shawi (Shaw's dwarf)
* Baltia butleri (Butler's dwarf or two-spotted dwarf)
* Euchloe charlonia (lemon white)
* Euchloe lucilla (pale lemon white)
* Euchloe belemia (striped white)
* Euchloe daphalis (pearl white)
* Pontia chloridice (lesser Bath white)
* Pontia callidice (lofty Bath white or peak white)
* Pontia daplidice (Bath white)
* Pontia glauconome (desert Bath white)
* Pieris devta (Chitral green-banded white)
* Pieris ajaka (Himalayan green-veined white or Murree green-veined white)
* Pieris deota (alpine or Kashmir large white)
* Pieris canidia (Asian cabbage white)
* Pieris rapae (small cabbage white)
* Pieris brassicae (large cabbage white)
* Aporia leucodice (Himalayan blackvein)
* Aporia nabellica (dusky blackvein)
* Delias belladonna (hill Jezebel)
* Delias sanaca (pale Jezebel)
* Delias eucharis (common Jezebel)
* Belenois aurota (pioneer)
* Cepora nerissa (common gull)
* Pareronia hippia (Indian wanderer)
* Appias libythea (western striped albatross)

Subfamily: Coliadinae (yellows)

* Catopsilia pomona (common emigrant or lemon migrant butterfly)
* Catopsilia pyranthe (mottled emigrant or white migrant butterfly)Catopsilia pyranthe, Taxila
* Ixias pyrene (yellow orangetip)
* Ixias marianne (white orangetip) not confirmed
* Eurema hecabe (common grass yellow)
* Eurema brigitta (small grass yellow)
* Eurema laeta (short-bordered or spotless grass yellow)
* Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow)
* Gonepteryx rhamni (common brimstone)
* Gonepteryx mahaguru (lesser brimstone)
* Gonepteryx farinosa (Chitral brimstone) (subspecies G. f. chitralensis)
* Colias fieldii (dark clouded yellow)
* Colias erate (pale clouded yellow)Colias erate, Taxila
* Colias marcopolo (Marcopolo's clouded yellow)
* Colias alpherakii (green clouded yellow)
* Colias wiskotti (broad-bordered clouded yellow)
* Colias stoliczkana (orange clouded yellow)
* Colias cocandica (Pamir clouded yellow)
* Colias ladakensis (Ladak clouded yellow)
* Colias eogene (fiery clouded yellow)
* Colias leechi (glaucous clouded yellow)
* Colotis amata (small salmon Arab)
* Colotis protractus (blue-spotted Arab)
* Colotis vestalis (white Arab)
* Colotis fausta (large salmon Arab)
* Colotis liagore (desert orangetip)
* Colotis etrida (little or small orangetip)Colotis etrida, Taxila
* Colotis danae (crimsontip or scarlet-tip)

## Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

This huge family is represented in Pakistan by following 11 subfamilies:

* Charaxinae 1 species
* Apaturinae 5 species
* Calinaginae 1 species
* Biblidinae 1 species
* Nymphalinae 28 species
* Cyrestinae 1 species
* Limenitidinae 8 species
* Heliconiinae 15 species
* Danainae 4 species
* Libytheinae 2 species
* Satyrinae 55 species

Subfamily: Charaxinae (leafwings)

* Polyura athamas (common nawab)

Subfamily: Apaturinae (emperors and allies)

* Apatura ambica (Indian purple emperor)
* Hestina nicevillei (scarce siren)
* Sephisa dichroa (western courtier)
* Limenitis lepechini (Chitral white admiral)
* Limenitis trivena (Indian white admiral)

Subfamily: Calinaginae (freaks)

* Calinaga buddha (freak)

Subfamily: Biblidinae (castors etc.)

* Ariadne merione (common castor)

Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs, fritillaries, pansies, eggflies, etc.)

* Junonia hierta (yellow pansy)
* Junonia orithya (blue pansy)
* Junonia almana (peacock pansy)
* Junonia lemonias (lemon pansy)
* Junonia iphita (chocolate pansy or chocolate soldier)
* Junonia atlites (grey pansy)
* Vanessa indica (Indian red admiral)
* Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)
* Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
* Kaniska canace (blue admiral)
* Polygonia egea (eastern comma)
* Polygonia c-album (comma)
* Nymphalis vaualbum (false comma or comma tortoiseshell)
* Nymphalis xanthomelas (large tortoiseshell or scarce tortoiseshell or yellow-legged tortoiseshell)
* Nymphalis polychloros (blackleg large tortoiseshell)
* Aglais caschmirensis (Indian tortoiseshell)
* Aglais rizana (mountain tortoiseshell)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Danaid eggfly)
* Hypolimnas bolina (great eggfly)
* Melitaea shandura (Shandur fritillary)
* Melitaea persea, M. p. dodgsoni (Persian fritillary or desert fritillary)
* Melitaea lutko (Balochi fritillary)
* Melitaea trivia, M. t. robertsi (lesser spotted fritillary)
* Melitaea didyma, M. d. mixta mixta (spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary or fiery fritillary)
* Melitaea chitralensis (Chitral redband fritillary)
* Melitaea minerva (Pamir fritillary)
* Melitaea arcesia, M. s. balbita (blackvein fritillary)
* Melitaea ala or Melitaea pseudoala

Subfamily: Cyrestinae (maps)

* Cyrestis thyodamas (common map butterfly)

Subfamily: Limenitidinae (sergeants, sailers, barons, etc.)

* Limenitis trivena (Indian white admiral)
* Limenitis lepechini (Chitral white admiral)
* Athyma opalina (hill sergeant or Himalayan sergeant)
* Neptis sappho (Pallas's sailer or common glider)
* Neptis mahendra (Himalayan sailer)
* Neptis zaida (pale-green sailer)
* Neptis soma (sullied sailer)
* Neptis nata (clear sailer)
* Euthalia aconthea (common baron)
* Euthalia patala (grand duchess)

Subfamily: Heliconiinae (heliconians or longwings)

* Phalanta phalanta (common leopard)
* Acraea violae (tawny coster or Indian acraea) synonym: Telchinia violae
* Issoria lathonia (Queen of Spain fritillary)
* Issoria isaea (Himalayan queen fritillary)
* Argynnis hyperbius (tropical or Indian fritillary)
* Argynnis pandora pasargades (cardinal or western silverstripe)
* Argynnis childreni (large silverstripe or Himalayan fritillary)
* Speyeria aglaja (dark green fritillary)
* Fabriciana jainadeva
* Fabriciana kamala (common silverstripe)
* Fabriciana argyrospilata (Afghan fritillary)
* Clossiana jerdoni (Jerdon's silverspot)
* Clossiana hegemone (whitespot (false) fritillary)
* Boloria pales (straightwing silverspot or shephard`s fritillary)

Subfamily: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)

* Tirumala limniace (blue tiger)
* Danaus genutia (common or striped tiger or Indian monarch)
* Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger)Danaus chrysippus, Taxila
* Euploea core (common crow)

Subfamily: Libytheinae (beaks)

* Libythea celtis (common beak)
* Libythea celtis (European beak or nettle tree butterfly)

Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns)

* Lethe verma (straight-banded tree brown)
* Lethe rohria (common tree brown)
* Lethe confusa (banded tree brown)
* Lasiommata schakra (common wall)
* Lasiommata maerula (Kashmir wall or scarce wall)
* Lasiommata ananda (Chitral wall)
* Lasiommata menava (dark wall)
* Kirinia eversmanni (yellow wall)
* Hyponephele pulchra (dusky meadow brown or beautiful meadow brown)
* Hyponephele pulchella (tawny meadow brown)
* Hyponephele carbonelli (Baltistan meadowbrown)
* Hyponephele narica (tawny branded meadow brown)
* Hyponephele lupina (Branded meadow brown or Oriental meadow brown)
* Hyponephele davendra (white-ringed meadow brown)
* Hyponephele tenuistigma (lesser white-ringed meadow brown)
* Maniola mandane (oval spot meadow brown)
* Hyponephele hilaris (Pamir meadow brown)
* Coenonympha myops subspecies macmahoni (Balochi heath)
* Hipparchia parisatis (white-edged rock brown)
* Eumenis thelephassa (Baluchi rock brown)
* Hipparchia persephone subspecies enervata (dark rock brown)
* Chazara heydenreichi subspecies shandura (Shandur rock brown)
* Pseudochazara mniszechii subspecies gilgitica (tawny rock brown) synonym: Eumenis baldiva
* Pseudochazara annieae (Annie's rockbrown)
* Satyrus pimpla (dark or black satyr)
* Karanasa bolorica (Turkestan satyr)
* Karanasa leechi subspecies hunza (Leech's satyr)
* Karanasa digna (Chitrali satyr) synonym: Kanetisa digna
* Karanasa pupilata (Chitral satyr)
* Karanasa modesta (modest satyr)
* Karanasa astorica (Astor satyr)
* Karanasa huebneri (tawny satyr)
* Karanasa safeda (Safed Koh satyr)
* Karanasa cadesia (Moore's satyr)
* Hipparchia moorei (Turkestan satyr or Shandur satyr)
* Aulocera padma (great satyr)
* Aulocera swaha (common satyr)
* Aulocera saraswati (striated satyr)
* Callerebia nirmala (common argus)
* Callerebia annada (ringed argus)
* Callerebia scanda subspecies caeca (ringed argus)
* Callerebia kalinda (scarce mountain argus)
* Callerebia shallada (mountain argus)
* Paralasa mani (yellow argus) synonym: Erebia mani
* Ypthima inica (lesser threering)
* Ypthima nareda (large threering)
* Ypthima asterope (common threering or African ringlet)
* Ypthima huebneri (common fourring)
* Ypthima bolanica (desert fourring)
* Ypthima lisandra (jewel fourring) or Ypthima avanta
* Ypthima baldus (common fivering)
* Ypthima nikaea (Moore's fivering or West Himalayan five-ring) formerly Ypthima sakra (Himalayan fivering)
* Melanitis leda (common evening brown)
* Mycalesis perseus (common bush brown)
* Mycalesis nicotia (bright-eyed bush brown)

## Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)

Subfamily: Polyommatinae (blues)

* Castalius rosimon (common Pierrot)
* Tarucus balkanicus nigra (Balkan Pierrot or little tiger blue)
* Tarucus nara synonym: Tarucus extricatus (striped or rounded Pierrot)
* Tarucus indicus (Indian Pierrot)
* Tarucus rosacea or Tarucus mediterraneae (Balochistan Pierrot or Mediterranean Pierrot)
* Tarucus callinara (spotted Pierrot)
* Tarucus venosus (Himalayan Pierrot or veined Pierrot)
* Tarucus hazara (Hazara Pierrot)
* Leptotes plinius (zebra blue)
* Azanus jesous (African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue)
* Azanus ubaldus (bright babul blue or desert babul blue-or-velvet-spotted blue)
* Azanus uranus (dull babul blue or Indian babul blue)
* Cupido buddhista (Shandur Cupid or Buddhist blue)
* Cupido argiades diporides (Himalayan Cupid or Chapman's Cupid)
* Cupido argiades indica (short-tailed blue or tailed Cupid)
* Cupido huegelii (dusky-blue Cupid)
* Celastrina huegeli (large hedge blue)
* Celastrina ladonides or Celastrina gigas? (silvery hedge blue)
* Celastrina argiolus subspecies kollari (holly blue or hill hedge blue)
* Acytolepis puspa (common hedge blue)
* Oreolyce vardhana (dusky hedge blue)
* Pseudophilotes vicrama (lesser chequered blue or eastern baton blue)
* Aricia agestis subspecies nazira (brown argus)
* Eumedonia astorica (Astor argus)
* Eumedonia eumedon (streaked argus or geranium argus)
* Plebejus kwaja (dark jewel blue)
* Plebejus christophe (small jewel blue)
* Kretania beani (Balochi jewel blue or zephyr blue)
* Turanana cytis subspecies laspura (spotted argus blue)
* Turanana chitrali (Chitral argus blue)
* Agriades pheretiades (Tien Shan blue)
* Agriades jaloka (greenish mountain blue or Jaloka mountain blue)
* Agriades asiatica (azure mountain blue)
* Afarsia iris (jewel argus)
* Afarsia sieversii felicia (pale jewel blue)
* Pamiria omphisa (dusky green underwing)
* Glaucopsyche alexis (western green underwing or green-underside blue)
* Iolana gigantea subspecies gilgitica (Gilgit mountain blue)
* Plebejidea loewii (large jewel blue)
* Alpherakya sarta (brilliant meadow blue)
* Alpherakya devanica (dusky meadow blue)
* Polyommatus bogra (Balochi meadow blue)
* Polyommatus icarus (common blue or violet meadow blue)
* Polyommatus eros (common meadow blue)
* Polyommatus florenciae (silvery meadow blue)
* Chilades lajus (lime blue)
* Luthrodes contracta (small Cupid)
* Luthrodes pandava (plains Cupid or cycad blue)
* Freyeria trochylus (southern grass jewel)
* Pseudozizeeria maha (pale grass blue)
* Zizeeria karsandra (dark grass blue)
* Lachides galba subspecies phiala (small desert blue or Persian grass blue)
* Zizina otis (lesser grass blue)
* Zizula hylax or Zizula gaika (tiny grass blue or Gaika blue)
* Euchrysops cnejus (gram blue or spotted pea blue)
* Catochrysops strabo (forget-me-not)
* Lampides boeticus (pea blue or long-tailed pea blue)
* Jamides celeno (common cerulean)
* Jamides bochus (dark cerulean)
* Prosotas nora (common lineblue or Nora lineblue or long-tailed lineblue)
* Prosotas dubiosa (tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue)

Subfamily: Lycaeninae (coppers and sapphires)

* Lycaena metallica (small green underwing)
* Lycaena galathea (large green underwing)
* Lycaena pavana (white-bordered copper)
* Lycaena phlaeas (small copper or common copper)
* Lycaena kasyapa (green copper)
* Lycaena solskyi subspecies aditya (golden copper)
* Lycaena caspius (purple copper)
* Lycaena phoenicurus (Baluchi copper)
* Lycaena lampon (Persian fiery copper)
* Heliophorus sena (sorrel sapphire)
* Heliophorus bakeri (western blue sapphire)
* Heliophorus tamu (powdery green sapphire)

Subfamily: Theclinae (hairstreaks and allies)

* Neolycaena connae (Baluchi hairstreak)
* Callophrys rubi (green hairstreak)
* Superflua sassanides (whiteline hairstreak)
* Euaspa milionia (water hairstreak)
* Thecla ziha (white-spotted hairstreak)
* Chrysozephyrus ataxus (wonderful hairstreak)
* Chrysozephyrus syla (silver hairstreak)
* Chaetoprocta odata (walnut blue)
* Arhopala dodonaea (pale Himalayan oakblue)
* Amblypodia rama (dark Himalayan oakblue)
* Arhopala alemon (Indian oakblue)
* Panchala ganesa (tailless bushblue or tailless oakblue)
* Tajuria cippus (peacock royal)
* Deudoryx epijarbas (cornelian)
* Virachola isocrates (common guava blue)
* Rapala manea (slate flash)
* Rapala iarbus (common red flash)
* Rapala nissa (common flash)
* Rapala extensa (Chitral flash)
* Baspa melampus (Indian red flash)
* Bidaspa selira (Himalayan red flash)
* Tomares callimachus (red copper)

Subfamily: Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis epargyros (yellow silverline)
* Cigaritis acamas (tawny silverline or Arab leopard)
* Cigaritis vulcanus (common silverline)
* Cigaritis ictis (common shot silverline)
* Cigaritis elima (scarce shot silverline)

## Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)

Subfamily: Nemeobiinae (punches)

* Dodona durga (common punch)
* Dodona dipoea (lesser punch)
* Dodona eugenes (tailed punch)

## Family Hesperiidae (skippers)

Subfamily: Coeliadinae (awls)

* Bibasis sena (orangetail awl or pale-green awlet)
* Hasora chromus (common banded awl)
* Badamia exclamationis (brown awl)
* Choaspes xanthopogon (similar awlking or Indian awlking)

Subfamily: Pyrginae (spread-winged skippers: flats and angles)

* Celaenorrhinus leucocera (common spotted flat)
* Celaenorrhinus munda (Himalayan spotted flat)
* Sarangesa purendra subspecies pandra (spotted small flat)
* Seseria dohertyi (contiguous seseria or Himalayan white flat)
* Lobocla liliana (marbled flat)
* Tagiades cohaerens subspecies cynthia (Evans's snow flat)
* Caprona agama (spotted angle)
* Caprona alida (yellow-spotted or Alida angle)

Subfamily: Hesperinae (grass skippers: swifts and darts etc.)

* Gomalia elma (marbled skipper or African mallow skipper)
* Spialia galba (Indian skipper or Indian grizzled skipper)
* Spialia sertorius = Syrichtus orbifer carnea (red-underwing skipper or brick skipper)
* Spialia phlomidis (Persian skipper or Balochi skipper)
* Spialia geron = Spialia doris evanida (Aden skipper)
* Muschampia staudingeri (Syrian skipper or streaked skipper)
* Hesperia alpina subspecies alichurensis (mountain skipper)
* Pyrgus cashmirensis (Kashmir skipper)
* Carcharodus altheae (tufted marbled skipper)
* Carcharodus alceae (plain marbled skipper or mallow skipper)
* Nisoniades marloyi (marloyi)
* Erynnis pathan (Chitral inky skipper) [synonym: Nisoniades marloyi ?]
* Aeromachus stigmata (veined scrub hopper)
* Suastus gremius (palm bob)
* Notocrypta feisthamelii (spotted demon)
* Halpe homolea (Indian/Ceylon ace)
* Actinor radians (veined dart)
* Taractrocera danna (Himalayan grass dart)
* Taractrocera maevius (common or Oriental grass dart)
* Potanthus dara (Himalayan dart)
* Telicota bambusae (dark palm dart)
* Telicota colon (pale palm dart or pale-orange darter)
* Pamphila comma (chequered darter or silver-spotted skipper)
* Polytremis eltola (yellow spot swift)
* Polytremis discreta (white-fringed swift or Himalayan swift)
* Pelopidas mathias (dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift or rice skipper)
* Pelopidas agna (obscure branded or dark branded swift)
* Pelopidas thrax (white-branded swift)
* Parnara guttata (common straight swift)
* Pseudoborbo bevani (Bevan's swift or lesser rice swift)
* Gegenes nostrodamus (dingy swift, light pygmy skipper or Mediterranean skipper)
* Gegenes pumilio (pygmy swift or pygmy skipper or dark Hottentot)
* Eogenes alcides (alcides skipper or torpedo)
* Eogenes lesliei (Leslie's hopper)
