title: List of butterflies of Mauritius
text: # List of butterflies of Mauritius
  
  This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, seven of which are endemic.
  
  ## Papilionidae
  
  ### Papilioninae
  
  **Papilionini**
  
  * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
  * Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
  
  ## Pieridae
  
  ### Coliadinae
  
  * Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
  * Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
  * Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
  
  ## Lycaenidae
  
  ### Theclinae
  
  **Theclini**
  
  * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
  
  ### Polyommatinae
  
  **Polyommatini**
  
  * Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
  * Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
  * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
  * Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
  * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907)
  * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  
  ## Nymphalidae
  
  ### Libytheinae
  
  * Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
  
  ### Danainae
  
  **Danaini**
  
  * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)
  * Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  * Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)
  
  ### Satyrinae
  
  **Satyrini**
  
  * Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
  
  **Melanitini**
  
  * Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Nymphalinae
  
  **Nymphalini**
  
  * Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908
  * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
  * Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
  * Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922
  * Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
  * Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
  * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  
  ### Limenitinae
  
  **Neptidini**
  
  * Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
  
  ### Heliconiinae
  
  **Vagrantini**
  
  * Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  
  ## Hesperiidae
  
  ### Coeliadinae
  
  * Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
  * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  
  ### Pyrginae
  
  **Tagiadini**
  
  * Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
  
  ### Hesperiinae
  
  **Aeromachini**
  
  * Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
  
  **Baorini**
  
  * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
  * Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
  