List of butterflies of Seychelles
This is a list of butterflies of Seychelles. About 25 species are known from Seychelles,[1] three of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]Papilionini
[edit]- Papilio phorbanta nana Oberthür, 1879
Pieridae
[edit]Coliadinae
[edit]- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae
[edit]- Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)
Pierini
[edit]- Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896) (endemic)
- Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)
Lycaenidae
[edit]Theclinae
[edit]Theclini
[edit]- Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
Polyommatinae
[edit]Polyommatini
[edit]- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Nymphalidae
[edit]Danainae
[edit]Danaini
[edit]- Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
- Euploea mitra Moore, 1858 (endemic)
Satyrinae
[edit]Melanitini
[edit]- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalinae
[edit]Nymphalini
[edit]- Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
- Junonia oenone epiclelia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Heliconiinae
[edit]Acraeini
[edit]- Acraea neobule legrandi Carcasson, 1964
Vagrantini
[edit]- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893) (endemic)
Hesperiidae
[edit]Pyrginae
[edit]Tagiadini
[edit]- Eagris sabadius aldabranus Fryer, 1912
- Eagris sabadius maheta Evans, 1937
Hesperiinae
[edit]Baorini
[edit]- Borbo borbonica morella (de Joannis, 1893)
- Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)