List of butterflies of Réunion
Appearance
This is a list of butterflies of Réunion. About 28 species are known from Réunion,[1] three of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]Papilionini
[edit]- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio phorbanta Linnaeus, 1771 (endemic)
Pieridae
[edit]Coliadinae
[edit]- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae
[edit]Miletinae
[edit]- Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval, 1833)
Theclinae
[edit]Theclini
[edit]- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
[edit]Polyommatini
[edit]- Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptomyrina phidias (Fabricius, 1793)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Nymphalidae
[edit]Danainae
[edit]Danaini
[edit]- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Euploea goudotii Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)
Satyrinae
[edit]Melanitini
[edit]- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
[edit]- Heteropsis narcissus narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Heteropsis narcissus borbonica (Oberthür, 1916)
Nymphalinae
[edit]Nymphalini
[edit]- Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1879)
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Salamis augustina Boisduval, 1833
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
[edit]Neptidini
[edit]- Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)
Heliconiinae
[edit]Vagrantini
[edit]- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae
[edit]Coeliadinae
[edit]- Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
[edit]Tagiadini
[edit]- Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
Hesperiinae
[edit]Baorini
[edit]- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937