title: List of butterflies of Meghalaya
text: # List of butterflies of Meghalaya
  
  This is a tentative list of butterfly species found in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
  
  ## Family Papilionidae
  
  * Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775)
  * Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758
  * Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
  * Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
  * Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836
  * Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, [1775]
  * Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775
  * Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
  * Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday, 1845
  * Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)
  * Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)
  
  ## Family Pieridae
  
  * Aporia agathon (Gray)
  * Appias lyncida (Cramer)
  * Appias pandione (Geyer)
  * Catopsilia crocale (Cramer)
  * Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus)
  * Colias electo fieldi Menetries
  * Delias acalis (Godart)
  * Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)
  * Delias belladonna (Fabricius)
  * Delias descombesi (Boisduval)
  * Delias hyparete (Linnaeus)
  * Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace)
  * Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace)
  * Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus)
  * Eurema leata (Boisduval)
  * Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus)
  * Pieis brassicae nepalensis (Doubleday)
  * Pieis canidia (Sparrman)
  * Pieis napi (Linnaeus)
  * Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday)
  
  ## Family Nymphalidae
  
  * Parantica aglea (Stoll)
  * Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus)
  * Danaus genutia (Cramer)
  * Danaus melaneus (Cramer)
  * Danaus sita (Kollar)
  * Euploea core (Cramer)
  * Euploea mulciber (Cramer)
  * Lethe confusa Aurivillius
  * Lethe verma (Kollar)
  * Lethe yama (Moore)
  * Lethe vindhya (C. Felder)
  * Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)
  * Melanitis phedima (Stoll)
  * Melanitis zitenius (Herbst)
  * Ypthima nareda (Kollar)
  * Ypthima sakra Moore
  * Elymnias hypermnestra Linnaeus
  * Elymnias malelas (Hewitson)
  * Ethope himachala (Moore)
  * Thaumantis diores Doubleday
  * Argynnis childreni Gray
  * Argynnis hyperbius (Johanssen)
  * Argynnis laodice (Pallas)
  * Cethosia biblis (Drury)
  * Cethosia cyane (Drury)
  * Cirrochroa aoris Doubleday
  * Cyrestis thyodamas (Boisduval)
  * Ergolis merione (Cramer)
  * Eriboea dolon (Westwood)
  * Eriboea arja (Felder)
  * Neptis hordonia Stoll
  * Neptis hylas Moore
  * Neptis nandina Moore
  * Neptis yeburyi Butler
  * Pantoporia perius (Linnaeus)
  * Pantoporia selanophora (Kollar)
  * Phalanta phalantha (Drury)
  * Junonia almana (Linnaeus)
  * Junonia atlites (Linnaeus)
  * Junonia hierta (Fabricius)
  * Junonia iphita (Cramer)
  * Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)
  * Junonia orithya (Linnaeus)
  * Kaniska canace (Linnaeus)
  * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus)
  * Vanessa indica (Herbst)
  * Kallima inachus (Boisduval)
  * Cynthia erota (Fabricius)
  * Chersonesia risa (Doubleday)
  * Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart)
  * Hestina nama (Doubleday)
  * Apatura ambica (Kollar)
  * Stibochiona nicea (Gray)
  * Charaxes polyxena (Cramer)
  * Issoria sinha (Kollar)
  * Euthalia phemius (Doubleday)
  * Euthalia lepidea (Butler)
  * Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer)
  * Acraea issoria (Hübner)
  
  ## Family Riodinidae
  
  * Abisara chela (de Nicéville)
  * Zemeros flegyas (Cramer)
  
  ## Family Lycaenidae
  
  * Heliophorus androcles (Hewitson)
  * Heliophorus brahma (Moore)
  * Jamides alecto (Felder)
  * Zizeeria maha (Kollar)
  
  ## Family Hesperiidae
  
  * Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius)
  * Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar)
  * Notocrypta curvifacia (Felder)
  * Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius)
  * Udaspes folus (Cramer)
  