title: List of butterflies of Nepal
text: # 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
  