List of butterflies of Nepal
# List of butterflies of Nepal

The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal. Six hundred and seventy-six species and thirty subspecies are listed.

This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2006 Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, with some recent additions and a modernized classification. Scientific and common names are also from that book (though corrections have been made when clear). The 27 endemic species or subspecies are marked.

## Family Hesperiidae - skippers

### Subfamily Coeliadinae

* Badamia exclamationis - brown awl
* Bibasis sena - orange-tail awl
* Burara anadi anadi - plain orange awlet
* Burara oedipodea belesis - branded orange awlet
* Burara jaina jaina - orange awl
* Burara harisa harisa - orange awlet
* Burara vasutana - green awlet
* Burara amara - small green awlet
* Burara gomata - pale green awlet
* Hasora anura - slate awl
* Hasora chromus chromus - common banded awl
* Hasora badra badra - common awl
* Choaspes benjaminii japonica - Japanese awlking
* Choaspes xanthopogon - Indian awlking
* Choaspes furcata - hooked awlking

### Subfamily Pyrginae

**Tribe Calaenorrhini**

* Capila lidderdali - Lidderdale's dawnfly
* Capila penicillatum - fringed dawnfly
* Capila jayadeva - striped dawnfly
* Lobocla liliana - marbled flat
* Celaenorrhinus ratna tytleri - Tytler's multispotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus pero lucifera - Mussoorie spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus patula - large spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus leucocera - common spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus putra putra - Bengal spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus munda - Himalayan spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus maculicornis - Elwes' spotted flat
* Celaenorrhinus dhanada dhanada - Himalayan yellow-banded flat
* Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans - Himalayan small-banded flat
* Dharpa hanria - hairy angle
* Pseudocoladenia fatih - west Himalayan pied flat
* Coladenia indrani indrani - tricolour pied flat
* Coladenia agnioides - Elwes' pied flat
* Sarangesa purendra purendra - spotted small flat
* Sarangesa dasahara dasahara - common small flat
* Satarupa zulla zulla - Tytler's white flat
* Satarupa gopala - large white flat
* Seseria dohertyi dohertyi - Himalayan white flat
* Chamunda chamunda - olive flat
* Gerosis phisara phisara - dusky yellow-breasted flat
* Gerosis bhagava bhagava - common yellow-breasted flat
* Tagiades japetus ravi - common snow flat
* Tagiades gana athos - suffused snow flat
* Tagiades parra gala - large snow flat
* Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa - water snow flat
* Tagiades menaka menaka - spotted snow flat
* Tagiades cohaerens cyntyia - Evans' snow flat
* Mooreana trichoneura pralaya - yellow flat
* Ctenoptilum vasava vasava - tawny angle
* Odontoptilum angulata angulata - chestnut angle
* Caprona agama agama - spotted angle
* Caprona alida yerburi - Yerbury's golden angle

**Tribe Pyrgini**

* Spialia galba - Indian skipper
* Pyrgus nepalensis - Nepal skipper (endemic)

### Subfamily Hesperiinae

**Tribe Heteropterini**

* Carterocephalus avanti avanti - orange and silver mountain hopper

**Tribe Astictopterini**

* Astictopterus jama olivascens - forest hopper
* Arnetta atkinsoni - Atkinson's bob
* Ochus subvittatus subradiatus - tiger hopper
* Baracus vittatus septentrionym - hedge hopper
* Ampittia dioscorides - bush hopper
* Aeromachus kali - blue-spotted scrub hopper
* Aeromachus stigmatus stigmatus - veined scrub hopper
* Aeromachus jhora jhora - grey scrub hopper
* Aeromachus dubius dubius - dingy scrub hopper
* Aeromachus pygmaeus - pygmy scrub hopper
* Pedesta masuriensis masuriensis - Mussoorie bush bob
* Pedesta pandita - brown bush bob
* Sebastronyma dolopia - tufted ace
* Sovia grahami - Graham's ace
* Sovia lucasii separata - Lucas' ace
* Thoressa gupta gupta - olive ace
* Thoressa aina aina - Garwal ace
* Halpe arcuata - overlapped ace
* Halpe zema zema - banded ace
* Halpe kumara - plain ace
* Halpe porus - Moore's ace
* Halpe homolea molta - Indian ace
* Halpe filda - Elwes' ace
* Pithauria stramineipennis - light straw ace
* Pithauria murdava - dark straw ace

**Tribe Ancistroidini**

* Iambrix salsala salsala - chestnut bob
* Koruthaialos rubecula cachara - narrow banded velvet bob
* Koruthaialos butleri - dark velvet bob
* Ancistroides nigrita diocles - chocolate demon
* Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia - restricted demon
* Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos - spotted demon
* Udaspes folus - grass demon

**Tribe Plastingiini**

* Scobura cephala - forest bob
* Suada swerga swerga - grass bob
* Suastus gremius gremius - Indian palm bob
* Cupitha purreea - wax dart
* Zographetus satwa - purple and gold flitter
* Zographetus ogygia - purple-spotted flitter
* Hyarotis adrastus praba - tree flitter
* Gangara thyrsis - giant red-eye
* Erionota torus - Sikkim palm red-eye
* Erionota thrax thrax - common palm red-eye
* Matapa aria - common red-eye
* Matapa druna - grey-brand red-eye
* Matapa sasivarna - black-veined red-eye
* Matapa cresta - fringed red-eye
* Matapa purpurascens - purple red-eye

**Tribe Hesperiini**

* Ochlodes brahma - Himalayan darter

**Tribe Taractrocerini**

* Taractrocera danna - Himalayan grass dart
* Taractrocera maevius sagra - common grass dart
* Oriens goloides - Ceylon dartlet
* Oriens gola pseudolus - common dartlet
* Potanthus pallida - pale dart
* Potanthus trachala - broad bident dart
* Potanthus pseudomaesa clio - Indian dart
* Potanthus dara - Himalayan dart
* Potanthus confucius dushta - Chinese dart
* Potanthus mara - branded Sikkim dart
* Potanthus nesta nesta - Sikkim dart
* Potanthus pava - Formosan dart
* Potanthus palnia palnia - Palni dart
* Telicota colon colon - pale palm dart
* Telicota bambusae bambusae - dark palm dart
* Telicota ohara jix - Plotz's palm dart
* Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica - plain palm dart

**Tribe Gegenini**

* Parnara guttata mangala - straight swift
* Parnara apostata debdasi - Sumatran swift
* Parnara bada bada - Ceylon swift
* Borbo cinnara cinnara - rice swift
* Borbo bevani - Bevan's swift
* Pelopidas sinensis - large branded swift
* Pelopidas agna agna - little branded swift
* Pelopidas mathias mathias - small branded swift
* Pelopidas assamensis - great swift
* Pelopidas conjuncta javana - conjoined swift
* Polytremis lubricans lubricans - contiguous swift
* Polytremis discreta discreta - Himalayan swift
* Polytremis eltola eltola - yellow-spot swift
* Baoris farri farri - paintbrush swift
* Baoris penicillata unicolor - pencil swift
* Baoris pagana - figure-of-eight swift
* Caltoris sirius sirius - Sirius swift
* Caltoris cahira austeni - colon swift
* Caltoris kumara moorei - blank swift
* Caltoris tulsi tulsi - purple swift
* Caltoris plebeia - tufted swift

## Family Papilionidae - swallowtails

### Subfamily Parnassiinae

* Parnassius epaphus epaphus - common red Apollo
   * Parnassius epaphus epaphus
   * Parnassius epaphus sikkimensis
   * Parnassius epaphus chiddii
   * Parnassius epaphus robertsi
   * Parnassius epaphus capdevillei
   * Parnassius epaphus boschmai
* Parnassius hardwickii - common blue Apollo (endemic)
* Parnassius stoliczkanus - Ladakh banded Apollo/many eyed Apollo
* Parnassius stenosemus nobuko - Pir Panjal banded Apollo
* Parnassius acdestis - banded Apollo
   * Parnassius acdestis katsuhikoi
   * Parnassius acdestis laurentii
   * Parnassius acdestis marki
   * Parnassius acdestis whitei
* Parnassius cephalus horii - dusky Apollo
* Parnassius simo - black-edged Apollo
   * Parnassius simo acconus
   * Parnassius simo simo
* Parnassius acco acco - varnished Apollo

### Subfamily Papilioninae

**Tribe Leptocircini**

* Teinopalpus imperialis imperialis - Kaiser-i-Hind
* Meandrusa gyas gyas - brown gorgon
* Pathysa eurous sikkimica - six-bar swordtail
* Pathysa glycerion - spectacle swordtail (endemic)
* Pathysa antiphates pompilius - five-bar swordtail
* Pathysa nomius nomius - spot swordtail
* Graphium cloanthus cloanthus - glassy bluebottle
* Graphium sarpedon luctatius - common bluebottle
* Graphium agamemnon agamemnon - tailed jay
* Graphium doson axion - common jay
* Graphium clanis chironicum - veined jay
* Graphium xenocles phrontis - great zebra
* Graphium macareus indicus - lesser zebra

**Tribe Papilionini**

* Chilasa agestor - tawny mime
   * Chilasa agestor agestor (endemic)
   * Chilasa agestor govindra (endemic)
* Chilasa epycides epycides - lesser mime
* Chilasa clytia clytia - common mime
* Papilio machaon - common yellow swallowtail
   * Papilio machaon rinpoche
   * Papilio machaon emihippocrates
* Papilio demoleus demoleus - lime swallowtail
* Papilio paris decorosa - Paris peacock
* Papilio polyctor ganesa - common peacock
* Papilio arcturus arcturus - blue peacock
* Papilio krishna - Krishna peacock
* Papilio memnon agenor - great Mormon
* Papilio polymnestor - blue Mormon
* Papilio protenor euprotenor - spangle
* Papilio alcmenor - common redbreast
* Papilio janaka - tailed redbreast
* Papilio polytes romolus - common Mormon
* Papilio helenus helenus - red Helen
* Papilio nephelus chaon - yellow Helen
* Papilio castor polias - common raven

**Tribe Troidini**

* Pachliopta aristolochiae aristolochiae - common rose
* Atrophaneura latreillei latreillei - rose windmill (endemic)
* Atrophaneura polyeuctes letincius - common windmill
* Atrophaneura dasarada dasarada - great windmill
* Atrophaneura dasarada ravana
* Atrophaneura alcinous pembertoni - Chinese windmill
* Atrophaneura aidoneus - lesser batwing
* Atrophaneura varuna astorion - common batwing
* Troides helena cerberus - common birdwing
* Troides aeacus aeacus - golden birdwing

## Family Pieridae - whites

### Tribe Pierini

* Metaporia agathon agathon - great blackvein
   * Metaporia agathon agathon (endemic)
   * Metaporia agathon caphusa (endemic)
   * Metaporia agathon phryxe (endemic)
* Metaporia leucodice - Himalayan blackvein
* Mesapia peloria - Tibetan blackvein
* Baltia butleri butleri - Butler's dwarf
* Pieris brassicae nepalensis - large cabbage white
* Pieris canidia indica - Indian cabbage white
* Pieris montanus - green-veined white
* Synchloe callidice - lofty Bath white
* Synchloe sherpae - Sherpa white (endemic)
* Pontia daplidice moorei - Bath white
* Belenois aurota aurota - pioneer
* Cepora nadina - lesser gull
* Cepora nerissa phryne - common gull
* Delias belladonna - hill Jezebel
   * Delias belladonna horsfieldi
   * Delias belladonna lugens
* Delias sanaca oreas - pale Jezebel
* Delias berinda boyleae - dark Jezebel
* Delias pasithoe thyra - red-base Jezebel
* Delias acalis pyramus - read-breast Jezebel
* Delias descombesi leucacantha - red-spot Jezebel
* Delias agostina agostina - yellow Jezebel
* Delias hyparete indica - painted Jezebel
* Delias eucharis - common Jezebel
* Appias libythea olferna - striped albatross
* Appias lyncida eleonora - chocolate albatross
* Appias albina darada - common albatross
* Appias indra indra - plain puffin
* Appias lalage lalage - spot puffin
* Leptosia nina nina - Psyche
* Prioneris thestylis thestylis - spotted sawtooth

### Tribe Euchloeini

* Ixias marianne - white orange tip
* Ixias pyrene familiaris - yellow orange tip
* Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe - great orange tip
* Pareronia valeria hippia - common wanderer
* Pareronia avatar avatar - pale wanderer

### Tribe Coliadini

* Catopsilia pomona pomona - lemon emigrant or common emigrant
* Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe - mottled emigrant
* Gonepteryx rhamni napalensis - common brimstone
* Gonepteryx aspasia zaneka - lesser brimstone
* Dercas verhuelli doubledayi - tailed sulpher
* Gandaca harina assamica - tree yellow
* Eurema andersonii jordani - one-spot grass yellow
* Eurema brigitta rubella - small grass yellow
* Eurema laeta sikkima - spotless grass yellow
* Eurema blanda silhetana - three-spot grass yellow
* Eurema hecabe contubernalis - common grass yellow
* Colias tibetana - Tibetan clouded yellow
* Colias ladakensis - Ladakh clouded yellow
* Colias berylla - Everest clouded yellow
* Colias erate lativitta - pale clouded yellow
* Colias stoliczkana - orange clouded yellow
   * Colias stoliczkana miranda
   * Colias stoliczkana cathleenae
* Colias fieldii fieldii - dark clouded yellow

## Family Lycaenidae - blues

### Subfamily Poritiinae

* Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni - common gem

### Subfamily Miletinae

**Tribe Miletini**

* Miletus chinensis assamensis - common brownie
* Allotinus drumila drumila - great darkie
* Logania distanti massalia - dark mottle

**Tribe Spalgini**

* Spalgis epeus epeus - apefly

**Tribe Tarakini**

* Taraka hamada mendesia - forest Pierrot

**Tribe Liphyrini**

* Liphyra brassolis brassolis - moth butterfly

### Subfamily Curetinae

* Curetis bulis bulis - bright sunbeam
* Curetis acuta dentata - angled sunbeam

### Subfamily Aphnaeinae

* Cigaritis vulcanus vulcanus - common silverline
* Cigaritis schistacea gabriel - plumbous silverline
* Cigaritis elima uniformis - scarce shot silverline
* Cigaritis nipalicus nipalicus - silver-grey silverline (endemic)
* Cigaritis lohita himalayanus - long-banded silverline
* Cigaritis syama peguanus - club silverline

### Subfamily Theclinae

**Tribe Theclini**

* Ahlbergia haradai - prickly ash elfin (endemic)
* Euaspa milionia - water hairstreak
* Esakiozephyrus icana - dull green hairstreak
* Esakiozephyrus mandara dohertyi - Indian purple hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus sikkimensis - Sikkim green hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus zoa - powdered green hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus duma - metallic green hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus disparatus interpositas - Sikkim hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus birupa - fawn hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus bhutanensis - Bhutan silver hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus syla - silver hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus assamicus - Assam silver hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis shakuhuge - Kirbari hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus paona - Paona hairstreak
* Chrysozephyrus ataxus ataxus - wonderful hairstreak
* Neozephyrus suroia yukie - caerulean hairstreak
* Chaetoprocta odata - walnut blue
   * Chaetoprocta odata baileyi
   * Chaetoprocta odata kurumi

**Tribe Arhopalini**

* Amblopala avidiena nepalica - Chinese hairstreak
* Mahathala ameria ameria - falcate oakblue
* Arhopala oenea - Hewitson's dull oakblue
* Arhopala khamti - Doherty's dull oakblue
* Arhopala atrax - Indian oakblue
* Arhopala bazaloides - Tamil oakblue
* Arhopala birmana birmana - Burmese bushblue
* Arhopala amantes apella - large oakblue
* Arhopala pseudocentaurus pirithous - centaur oakblue
* Arhopala bazalus teesta - powdered oakblue
* Arhopala singla - yellow-disc oakblue
* Arhopala eumolphus - green oakblue
* Arhopala paramuta paramuta - hooked oakblue
* Arhopala rama rama - dark Himalayan oakblue
* Arhopala dodonaea - pale Himalayan oakblue
* Arhopala perimuta - yellow-disk tailless oakblue
* Arhopala fulla ignara - spotless oakblue
* Arhopala abseus indicus - aberrant oakblue
* Panchala ganesa ganesa - tailless bushblue
* Panchala paraganesa paraganesa - dusky bushblue
* Flos fulgida fulgida - shining plushblue
* Flos adriana - variegated plushblue
* Flos asoka - spangled plushblue
* Flos chinensis - Chinese plushblue
* Flos areste - tailless plushblue
* Surendra quercetorum quercetorum - common acacia blue
* Zinaspa todara distorta - silver-streaked acacia blue

**Tribe Zesiini**

* Zesius chrysomallus - redspot

**Tribe Amblypodiini**

* Iraota timoleon timoleon - silverstreak blue

**Tribe Catapaecilmatini**

* Catapaecilma major major - common tinsel

**Tribe Horagini**

* Horaga onyx onyx - common onyx
* Horaga albimacula viola - brown onyx

**Tribe Loxurini**

* Loxura atymnus continentalis - yamfly

**Tribe Cheritrini**

* Cheritra freja evansi - common imperial
* Cheritrella truncipennis - truncate imperial
* Ticherra acte acte - blue imperial

**Tribe Iolaini**

* Tajuria yajna istroides - chestnut royal
* Tajuria diaeus - straightline royal
* Tajuria cippus cippus - peacock royal
* Tajuria illurgis - white royal
* Tajuria illurgoides - scarce white royal
* Tajuria luculentus nela - Chinese royal
* Tajuria maculata - spotted royal
* Dacalana cotys - white banded royal
* Pratapa deva lila - white tufted royal
* Pratapa icetas icetas - dark blue royal
* Creon cleobis cleobis - broadtail royal
* Maneca bhotea - slate royal
* Charana mandarinus mandarinus - mandarin blue
* Rachana jalindra indra - banded royal
* Neocheritra fabronia fabronia - pale grand imperial

**Tribe Remelaini**

* Remelana jangala ravata - chocolate royal
* Ancema ctesia ctesia - bispot royal
* Ancema blanka minturna - silver royal

**Tribe Hypolycaenini**

* Hypolycaena erylus himavantus - common tit
* Zeltus amasa amasa - fluffy tit
* Chliaria othona - orchid tit
* Chliaria kina - blue tit

**Tribe Deudorigini**

* Artipe eryx - green flash
* Virachola isocrates - common guava blue
* Virachola perse perse - large guava blue
* Deudorix epijarbas ancus - cornelian
* Rapala refulgens - refulgent flash
* Rapala damona - Malay red flash
* Rapala tara - Assam flash
* Rapala varuna orseis - indigo flash
* Rapala manea schistacea - slate flash
* Rapala scintilla - scarce slate flash
* Rapala pheretima petosiris - copper flash
* Rapala dieneces dieneces - scarlet flash
* Rapala iarbus - common red flash
* Rapala rectivitta - shot flash
* Rapala nissa nissa - common flash
* Rapala micans selira - Himalayan red flash
* Sinthusa nasaka pallidior - narrow spark
* Sinthusa chandrana - broad spark
* Pamela dudgeoni - Lister's hairstreak

### Subfamily Lycaeninae

* Lycaena pavana - white-bordered copper
* Lycaena phlaeas baralacha - common copper
* Heliophorus sena - sorrel sapphire
* Heliophorus epicles latilimbata - purple sapphire
* Heliophorus indicus - Indian purple sapphire
* Heliophorus ila pseudonexus - restricted purple sapphire
* Heliophorus moorei - azure sapphire
* Heliophorus bakeri - western blue sapphire
* Heliophorus oda - eastern blue sapphire
* Heliophorus brahma brahma - golden sapphire
* Heliophorus androcles coruscans - green sapphire
* Heliophorus tamu tamu - powdery green sapphire

### Subfamily Polyommatinae

**Tribe Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene emolus emolus - ciliate blue
* Anthene lycaenina lycambes - pointed ciliate blue

**Tribe Niphandini**

* Niphanda cymbia cymbia - pointed Pierrot

**Tribe Polyommatini**

* Orthomiella pontis - straightwing blue
* Orthomiella ronkayana - Nepal straight wing blue (endemic)
* Petrelaea dana dana - dingy lineblue
* Nacaduba pactolus continentalis - large fourline-blue
* Nacaduba hermus nabo - Pale fourline-blue
* Nacaduba kurava euplea - transparent sixline-blue
* Ionolyce helicon merguiana - pointed lineblue
* Prosotas nora ardates - common lineblue
* Prosotas pia marginata - margined lineblue
* Prosotas dubiosa indica - tailless lineblue
* Prosotas lutes sivoka - banded lineblue
* Prosotas bhutea - Bhutya lineblue
* Jamides bochus bochus - dark cerulean
* Jamides celeno aelianus - common cerulean
* Jamides alecto alocina - metallic cerulean
* Catochrysops strabo strabo - forget-me-not blue
* Catochrysops panormus exiguus - silver forget-me-not blue
* Lampides boeticus - peablue
* Syntarucus plinius - zebra blue
* Castalius rosimon rosimon - common Pierrot
* Caleta caleta decidia - angled Pierrot
* Caleta elna noliteia - elbowed Pierrot
* Tarucus ananda ananda - dark Pierrot
* Tarucus waterstradti dharta - Assam Pierrot
* Tarucus callinara - spotted Pierrot
* Tarucus nara alteratus - striped Pierrot
* Zizeeria maha maha - pale grass blue
* Zizeeria karsandra - dark grass blue
* Zizina otis otis - lesser grass blue
* Zizula hylax - tiny grass blue
* Everes argiades diporides - Chapman's Cupid
* Everes huegelii huegelii - tailed Cupid
* Everes lacturnus assamica - Indian Cupid
* Azanus uranus - dull babul blue
* Pithecops corvus correctus - forest Quaker
* Neopithecops zalmora zalmora - common Quaker
* Megisba malaya sikkima - Malayan
* Lestranicus transpectus - white-banded hedge-blue
* Acytolepis puspa gisca - common hedge-blue
* Celatoxia marginata marginata - margined hedge-blue (endemic)
* Celastrina argiolus kollari - hill hedge-blue
* Celastrina argiolus jynteana
* Celastrina hersilia vipia - Naga hedge-blue
* Celastrina gigas - silvery hedge-blue
* Celastrina huegelii oreiodes - large hedge-blue
* Celastrina lavendularis limbata - plain hedge-blue
* Udara dilecta - pale hedge-blue (endemic)
* Udara albocaerulea - albocaerulean
* Oreolyce vardhana - dusky hedge-blue
   * Oreolyce vardhana vardhana
   * Oreolyce vardhana nepalica
* Euchrysops cnejus - gram blue
* Luthrodes pandava pandava - plains Cupid
* Chilades parrhasius - small Cupid
* Chilades lajus lajus - lime blue
* Freyeria trochylus orientalis - grass jewel
* Freyeria putli - least grass jewel
* Polyommatus pierinoi - Manang meadow blue (endemic)
* Polyommatus stoliczkana arene - common meadow blue
* Polyommatus nepalensis - Nepal meadow blue (endemic)
* Aricia astrarche - orange-bordered argus
* Agriades luana - Tibetan argus
* Albulina asiatica - azure mountain blue
* Albulina lehana - common mountain blue
* Albulina orbitulus lobbichleri - greenish mountain blue
* Albulina galathea galathea - large green underwing

## Family Riodinidae

* Dodona durga - common Punch
* Dodona dipoea - lesser Punch
* Dodona eugenes eugenes - tailed Punch
* Dodona egeon egeon - orange Punch
* Dodona ouida - mixed Punch
* Dodona adonira - striped Punch
* Abisara bifasciata suffusa - plum Judy
* Abisara fylla fylla - dark Judy
* Abisara chela chela - spot Judy
* Abisara neophron neophronoides - tailed Judy
* Zemeros flegyas indicus - Punchinello

## Family Nymphalidae - nymphalids

### Subfamily Libytheinae

* Libythea celtis lepita - common beak
* Libythea myrrha sanguinalis - club beak (endemic)

### Subfamily Heliconiinae

* Acraea violae - tawny coster
* Acraea issoria - yellow coster
* Cethosia biblis tisamena - red lacewing
* Cethosia cyane - leopard lacewing
* Cupha erymanthis lotis - rustic
* Vagrans egista - vagrant
* Vindula erota erota - cruiser
* Cirrochroa aoris aoris - large yeoman
* Cirrochroa tyche mithila - common yeoman
* Phalanta phalantha phalantha - common leopard
* Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius - Indian fritillary
* Argynnis childreni - large silverstripe
   * Argynnis childreni childreni (endemic)
   * Argynnis childreni sakontala (endemic)
* Fabriciana kamala - common silverstripe
* Fabriciana adippe jaindeva - highbrown silverspot
* Speyeria clara - silverstreak
   * Speyeria clara clara
   * Speyeria clara shieldsi
* Issoria lathonia - Queen of Spain fritillary (endemic)
* Issoria annapurnae - Annapurna silverspot
* Issoria mackinnonii - Mackinnon's silverspot
* Issoria gemmata - gem silverspot

### Subfamily Nymphalinae

* Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana - common jester
* Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda - spotted jester
* Symbrenthia brabira sivokana - Himalayan jester
* Symbrenthia niphanda niphanda - blue-tail jester
* Vanessa cardui - painted lady
* Vanessa indica - Indian red admiral
* Aglais caschmirensis aesis - Indian tortoiseshell
* Aglais ladakensis - Ladakh tortoiseshell
* Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens - large tortoiseshell
* Kaniska canace canace - blue admiral
* Polygonia agnicula - Nepal comma (endemic)
* Junonia hierta hierta - yellow pansy
* Junonia orithya ocyale - blue pansy
* Junonia lemonias - lemon pansy
* Junonia almana almana - peacock pansy
* Junonia atlites atlites - grey pansy
* Junonia iphita - chocolate pansy
* Hypolimnas misippus - Danaid eggfly
* Hypolimnas bolina jacintha - great eggfly
* Kallima inachus - orange oakleaf
* Doleschallia bisaltide indica - autumn leaf
* Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis - blackvein fritillary

### Subfamily Biblidinae

* Ariadne ariadne pallidor - angled castor
* Ariadne merione - common castor

### Subfamily Limenitidinae

**Tribe Limenitidini**

* Limenitis trivena pallida - Indian white admiral
* Limenitis procris procris - commander
* Limenitis zulema - scarce white commodore
* Limenitis dudu - white commodore
* Limenitis daraxa daraxa - green commodore
* Limenitis zayla - bicolour commodore
* Limenitis danava - common commodore
* Lebadea martha martha - knight
* Neurosigma siva siva - panther
* Abrota ganga ganga - sergeant major
* Athyma perius - common sergeant
* Athyma jina jina - Bhutan sergeant
* Athyma asura asura - studded sergeant
* Athyma ranga ranga - blackvein sergeant
* Athyma opalina orientalis - Himalayan sergeant
* Athyma selenophora selenophora - staff sergeant
* Athyma zeroca zeroca - small staff sergeant
* Athyma cama cama - orange staff sergeant
* Athyma nefte inara - colour sergeant

**Tribe Neptini**

* Pantoporia hordonia hordonia - common lascar
* Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni - extra lascar
* Lasippa viraja viraja - yellowjack sailer
* Neptis clinia susrata - sullied sailer
* Neptis sappho astola - Pallas' sailer
* Neptis hylas kamarupa - common sailer
* Neptis soma butleri - creamy sailer
* Neptis nata - clear sailer
   * Neptis nata adipala
   * Neptis nata yerburii
* Neptis mahendra mahendra - Himalayan sailer
* Neptis pseudovikasi - dingy sailer
* Neptis miah miah - small yellow sailer
* Neptis sankara - broad-banded sailer
   * Neptis sankara sankara
   * Neptis sankara amba
* Neptis cartica cartica - plain sailer (endemic)
* Neptis magadha khasiana - spotted sailer
* Neptis ananta ochracea - yellow sailer
* Neptis zaida bhutanica - pale green sailer
* Neptis armandia melba - variegated sailer
* Neptis radha radha - great yellow sailer
* Neptis narayana nana - broadstick sailer
* Neptis manasa manasa - pale hockeystick sailer
* Neptis nycteus - hockeystick sailer
* Phaedyma aspasia kathmandia - great hockeystick sailer
* Phaedyma columella ophiana - short-banded sailer

**Tribe Euthaliini**

* Tanaecia julii appiades - common earl
* Tanaecia lepidea lepidea - grey count
* Euthalia aconthea suddhodana - common baron
* Euthalia monina arhat - powdered baron
* Euthalia telchinia - blue baron
* Euthalia phemius - white-bordered blue baron
* Euthalia lubentina indica - gaudy baron
* Euthalia franciae franciae - French duke (endemic)
* Euthalia durga durga - blue duke
* Euthalia duda - blue duchess
* Euthalia nara nara - bronze duke
* Euthalia sahadeva sahadeva - green duke
* Euthalia patala patala - grand duchess
* Symphedra nais - baronet

### Subfamily Cyrestinae

* Pseudergolis wedah - tabby
* Dichorragia nesimachus - constable
* Stibochiona nicea - popinjay (endemic)
* Cyrestis thyodamas - common map
* Chersonesia risa - common maplet

### Subfamily Apaturinae

* Apatura ambica - Indian purple emperor
   * Apatura ambica ambica
   * Apatura ambica chitralensis
* Apatura chevana - sergeant emperor
* Rohana parisatis parisatis - black prince
* Dilipa morgiana - golden emperor
* Hestina nama nama - Circe
* Diagora persimilis persimilis - common Siren
* Diagora nicevillei - scarce Siren
* Euripus consimilis - painted courtesan
* Herona marathus marathus - pasha
* Sephisa dichroa - western courtier
* Sephisa chandra chandra - eastern courtier

### Subfamily Charaxinae

* Charaxes bernardus imna - tawny raja
* Charaxes bernardus hemana
* Charaxes bernardus hierax
* Charaxes aristogiton - scarce tawny raja
* Charaxes marmax - yellow raja
* Charaxes kahruba - variegated raja
* Charaxes solon - black raja
* Polyura athamas - common nawab
* Polyura agrarius - Swinhoe's nawab
* Polyura arja - pallid nawab
* Polyura dolon centralis - stately nawab
* Polyura eudamippus eudamippus - great nawab

### Subfamily Morphinae

* Enispe euthymius tesallata - red caliph
* Discophora sondaica zal - common duffer
* Thaumantis diores diores - jungle-glory
* Stichophthalma camadeva camadeva - northern jungle-queen

### Subfamily Satyrinae

**Tribe Melanitini**

* Melanitis leda ismene - common evening brown
* Melanitis phedima bela - dark evening brown
* Melanitis zitenius zitenius - great evening brown

**Tribe Lethini**

* Lethe baladeva baladeva - treble silverstripe
* Lethe europa niladana - bamboo treebrown
* Lethe rohria rohria - common treebrown
* Lethe confusa confusa - banded treebrown
* Lethe insana dinarbus - common forester
* Lethe serbonis teesta - brown forester
* Lethe vindhya - black forester
* Lethe kansa - bamboo forester
* Lethe sinorix - red-tail forester
* Lethe latiaris hige - pale forester
* Lethe verma sintica - straight-banded treebrown
* Lethe siderea - scarce woodbrown
* Lethe sidonis sidonis - common woodbrown
* Lethe dakwania - Garhwal woodbrown
* Lethe nicetella - small woodbrown
* Lethe nicetas - yellow woodbrown
* Lethe maitrya maitrya - barred woodbrown
* Lethe tristigmata - spotted mystic
* Lethe jalaurida jalaurida - small silverfork
* Lethe jalaurida elwesi
* Lethe atkinsonia - small goldenfork
* Lethe goalpara goalpara - large goldenfork
* Lethe sura - lilacfork
* Lethe dura gammiei - scarce lilacfork
* Nemetis mekara mekara - straight red forester
* Nemetis chandica - angled red forester
* Lethe distans - scarce red forester
* Neope pulaha pulaha - veined labyrinth
* Neope pulahoides tamur - Tamur labyrinth
* Neope pulahina - scarce labyrinth
* Neope bhadra bhadra - tailed labyrinth
* Patala yama yama - dusky labyrinth
* Patala yama buckleyi
* Lasiommata menava menava - dark wall brown
* Lasiommata schakra - common wall brown
* Rhaphicera moorei - small tawny wall
* Rhaphicera satricus satricus - large tawny wall
* Crebeta lehmanni - Nepal woodland brown
* Orinoma damaris - tigerbrown

**Tribe Elymniini**

* Elymnias hypermnestra undularis - common palmfly
* Elymnias nesaea - tiger palmfly
* Elymnias malelas malelas - spotted palmfly
* Elymnias patna patna - blue-streaked palmfly
* Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva - Jezebel palmfly

**Tribe Mycalesini**

* Mycalesis anaxias aemate - white-bar bushbrown
* Mycalesis adamsonii - double-branded bushbrown
* Mycalesis francisca sanatana - lilacine bushbrown
* Mycalesis perseus blasius - common bushbrown
* Mycalesis mineus mineus - dark-brand bushbrown
* Mycalesis visala visala - long-brand bushbrown
* Mycalesis suaveolens tytleri - Wood-Mason's bushbrown
* Mycalesis heri - Moore's bushbrown
* Mycalesis nicotia - bright-eye bushbrown
* Mycalesis malsara - white-line bushbrown
* Mycalesis mamerta - blind-eye bushbrown
* Mycalesis lepcha - Lepcha bushbrown
* Orsotriaena medus medus - jungle brown

**Tribe Ypthimini**

* Ypthima sakra - Himalayan fivering
* Ypthima hannyngtoni khumbuensis - Hannyngton's fivering
* Ypthima parasakra - Himalayan fourring
* Ypthima baldus - common fivering
* Ypthima indecora - western fivering
* Ypthima avanta avanta - jewel fourring
* Ypthima singala - small jewel fourring
* Ypthima huebneri - common fourring
* Ypthima kasmira - Kashmir fourring
* Ypthima nareda - large threering
* Ypthima asterope mahratta - common threering
* Ypthima inica - lesser threering
* Ypthima newara - Newar threering
* Ypthima confusa - confusing threering
* Dallacha hyagriva hyagriva - brown argus
* Dallacha hyagriva nepalica
* Dallacha narasingha narasingha - mottled argus
* Callerebia annada caeca - ringed argus
* Callerebia hybrida - hybrid argus
* Callerebia scanda opima - pallid argus
* Callerebia nirmala nirmala - common argus
* Paralasa nepalica - Nepal argus

**Tribe Coenonymphini**

* Coenonympha amaryllis forsteri - Mustang heath

**Tribe Maniolini**

* Hyponephele lupinus cheerna - branded meadow brown

**Tribe Satyrini**

* Aulocera brahminus dokwana - narrow-banded satyr
* Aulocera padma padma - great satyr
* Aulocera loha - Doherty's satyr
* Aulocera swaha - common satyr
* Aulocera swaha gauena
* Aulocera saraswati - striated satyr
* Hipparchia parisatis - mountain satyr
* Paroeneis pumilus grandis - mountain satyr
* Paroeneis sikkimensis - Sikkim mountain satyr

### Subfamily Danainae

**Tribe Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus chrysippus - plain tiger
* Danaus genutia - common tiger
* Danaus genutia nipalensis
* Tirumala limniace exoticus - blue tiger
* Tirumala septentrionis - dark blue tiger (endemic)
* Parantica aglea melanoides - glassy tiger
* Parantica melaneus plataniston - chocolate tiger
* Parantica sita sita - chestnut tiger (endemic)
* Parantica pedonga - Talbot's chestnut tiger (endemic)
* Euploea midamus rogenhoferi - blue-spotted crow
* Euploea diocletianus ramsayi - magpie crow
* Euploea klugii klugii - blue king crow
* Euploea klugii kollari - brown king crow
* Euploea mulciber mulciber - striped blue crow
* Euploea sylvester hopei - double-branded blue crow
* Euploea core core - common Indian crow
* Euploea algea deione - long-branded blue crow
