title: List of butterflies of Pakistan
text: # List of butterflies of Pakistan
  
  The following is a list of the butterflies of Pakistan.
  
  ## Family Papilionidae (Apollo butterflies and swallowtails)
  
  Subfamily: Parnassiinae (Apollo butterflies)
  
  * Hypermnestra helios (desert Apollo)
  * Parnassius acco (varnished Apollo)
  * Parnassius actius (pale keeled Apollo)
  * Parnassius jacquemontii (keeled Apollo)
  * Parnassius tianschanica (large keeled Apollo)
  * Parnassius boedromius
  * Parnassius charltonius (regal Apollo)
  * Parnassius delphius (kafir banded Apollo)
  * Parnassius epaphus (common red Apollo)
  * Parnassius hardwickii (common blue Apollo)
  * Parnassius inopinatus
  * Parnassius loxias
  * Parnassius simo (black-edged Apollo)
  * Parnassius staudingeri (Karakoram banded Apollo)
  * Parnassius stenosemus (Pir Panjal banded Apollo)
  * Parnassius stoliczkanus (Ladak banded Apollo)
  * Parnassius cardinalis (Astor banded Apollo)
  
  Subfamily: Papilioninae (swallowtails, peacocks and mimes)
  
  * Graphium cloanthus (glassy bluebottle)
  * Graphium sarpedon (common bluebottle)
  * Papilio alexanor (Alexanor or southern swallowtail or Baluchi yellow swallowtail)
  * Papilio arcturus (blue peacock)
  * Papilio clytia or Chilasa clytia (common mime)
  * Papilio demoleus (lemon butterfly or lime butterfly)Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
  * Papilio machaon (common yellow swallowtail)
  * Papilio polyctor or Papilio bianor (common peacock)
  * Papilio polytes (common Mormon)Papilio demoleus, Taxila
  * Atrophaneura polyeuctes (common windmill)
  * Pachliopta aristolochiae (common rose)
  
  ## Family Pieridae (whites and yellows)
  
  Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)
  
  * Leptosia nina (Psyche)
  * Baltia shawi (Shaw's dwarf)
  * Baltia butleri (Butler's dwarf or two-spotted dwarf)
  * Euchloe charlonia (lemon white)
  * Euchloe lucilla (pale lemon white)
  * Euchloe belemia (striped white)
  * Euchloe daphalis (pearl white)
  * Pontia chloridice (lesser Bath white)
  * Pontia callidice (lofty Bath white or peak white)
  * Pontia daplidice (Bath white)
  * Pontia glauconome (desert Bath white)
  * Pieris devta (Chitral green-banded white)
  * Pieris ajaka (Himalayan green-veined white or Murree green-veined white)
  * Pieris deota (alpine or Kashmir large white)
  * Pieris canidia (Asian cabbage white)
  * Pieris rapae (small cabbage white)
  * Pieris brassicae (large cabbage white)
  * Aporia leucodice (Himalayan blackvein)
  * Aporia nabellica (dusky blackvein)
  * Delias belladonna (hill Jezebel)
  * Delias sanaca (pale Jezebel)
  * Delias eucharis (common Jezebel)
  * Belenois aurota (pioneer)
  * Cepora nerissa (common gull)
  * Pareronia hippia (Indian wanderer)
  * Appias libythea (western striped albatross)
  
  Subfamily: Coliadinae (yellows)
  
  * Catopsilia pomona (common emigrant or lemon migrant butterfly)
  * Catopsilia pyranthe (mottled emigrant or white migrant butterfly)Catopsilia pyranthe, Taxila
  * Ixias pyrene (yellow orangetip)
  * Ixias marianne (white orangetip) not confirmed
  * Eurema hecabe (common grass yellow)
  * Eurema brigitta (small grass yellow)
  * Eurema laeta (short-bordered or spotless grass yellow)
  * Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow)
  * Gonepteryx rhamni (common brimstone)
  * Gonepteryx mahaguru (lesser brimstone)
  * Gonepteryx farinosa (Chitral brimstone) (subspecies G. f. chitralensis)
  * Colias fieldii (dark clouded yellow)
  * Colias erate (pale clouded yellow)Colias erate, Taxila
  * Colias marcopolo (Marcopolo's clouded yellow)
  * Colias alpherakii (green clouded yellow)
  * Colias wiskotti (broad-bordered clouded yellow)
  * Colias stoliczkana (orange clouded yellow)
  * Colias cocandica (Pamir clouded yellow)
  * Colias ladakensis (Ladak clouded yellow)
  * Colias eogene (fiery clouded yellow)
  * Colias leechi (glaucous clouded yellow)
  * Colotis amata (small salmon Arab)
  * Colotis protractus (blue-spotted Arab)
  * Colotis vestalis (white Arab)
  * Colotis fausta (large salmon Arab)
  * Colotis liagore (desert orangetip)
  * Colotis etrida (little or small orangetip)Colotis etrida, Taxila
  * Colotis danae (crimsontip or scarlet-tip)
  
  ## Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
  
  This huge family is represented in Pakistan by following 11 subfamilies:
  
  * Charaxinae 1 species
  * Apaturinae 5 species
  * Calinaginae 1 species
  * Biblidinae 1 species
  * Nymphalinae 28 species
  * Cyrestinae 1 species
  * Limenitidinae 8 species
  * Heliconiinae 15 species
  * Danainae 4 species
  * Libytheinae 2 species
  * Satyrinae 55 species
  
  Subfamily: Charaxinae (leafwings)
  
  * Polyura athamas (common nawab)
  
  Subfamily: Apaturinae (emperors and allies)
  
  * Apatura ambica (Indian purple emperor)
  * Hestina nicevillei (scarce siren)
  * Sephisa dichroa (western courtier)
  * Limenitis lepechini (Chitral white admiral)
  * Limenitis trivena (Indian white admiral)
  
  Subfamily: Calinaginae (freaks)
  
  * Calinaga buddha (freak)
  
  Subfamily: Biblidinae (castors etc.)
  
  * Ariadne merione (common castor)
  
  Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs, fritillaries, pansies, eggflies, etc.)
  
  * Junonia hierta (yellow pansy)
  * Junonia orithya (blue pansy)
  * Junonia almana (peacock pansy)
  * Junonia lemonias (lemon pansy)
  * Junonia iphita (chocolate pansy or chocolate soldier)
  * Junonia atlites (grey pansy)
  * Vanessa indica (Indian red admiral)
  * Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)
  * Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
  * Kaniska canace (blue admiral)
  * Polygonia egea (eastern comma)
  * Polygonia c-album (comma)
  * Nymphalis vaualbum (false comma or comma tortoiseshell)
  * Nymphalis xanthomelas (large tortoiseshell or scarce tortoiseshell or yellow-legged tortoiseshell)
  * Nymphalis polychloros (blackleg large tortoiseshell)
  * Aglais caschmirensis (Indian tortoiseshell)
  * Aglais rizana (mountain tortoiseshell)
  * Hypolimnas misippus (Danaid eggfly)
  * Hypolimnas bolina (great eggfly)
  * Melitaea shandura (Shandur fritillary)
  * Melitaea persea, M. p. dodgsoni (Persian fritillary or desert fritillary)
  * Melitaea lutko (Balochi fritillary)
  * Melitaea trivia, M. t. robertsi (lesser spotted fritillary)
  * Melitaea didyma, M. d. mixta mixta (spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary or fiery fritillary)
  * Melitaea chitralensis (Chitral redband fritillary)
  * Melitaea minerva (Pamir fritillary)
  * Melitaea arcesia, M. s. balbita (blackvein fritillary)
  * Melitaea ala or Melitaea pseudoala
  
  Subfamily: Cyrestinae (maps)
  
  * Cyrestis thyodamas (common map butterfly)
  
  Subfamily: Limenitidinae (sergeants, sailers, barons, etc.)
  
  * Limenitis trivena (Indian white admiral)
  * Limenitis lepechini (Chitral white admiral)
  * Athyma opalina (hill sergeant or Himalayan sergeant)
  * Neptis sappho (Pallas's sailer or common glider)
  * Neptis mahendra (Himalayan sailer)
  * Neptis zaida (pale-green sailer)
  * Neptis soma (sullied sailer)
  * Neptis nata (clear sailer)
  * Euthalia aconthea (common baron)
  * Euthalia patala (grand duchess)
  
  Subfamily: Heliconiinae (heliconians or longwings)
  
  * Phalanta phalanta (common leopard)
  * Acraea violae (tawny coster or Indian acraea) synonym: Telchinia violae
  * Issoria lathonia (Queen of Spain fritillary)
  * Issoria isaea (Himalayan queen fritillary)
  * Argynnis hyperbius (tropical or Indian fritillary)
  * Argynnis pandora pasargades (cardinal or western silverstripe)
  * Argynnis childreni (large silverstripe or Himalayan fritillary)
  * Speyeria aglaja (dark green fritillary)
  * Fabriciana jainadeva
  * Fabriciana kamala (common silverstripe)
  * Fabriciana argyrospilata (Afghan fritillary)
  * Clossiana jerdoni (Jerdon's silverspot)
  * Clossiana hegemone (whitespot (false) fritillary)
  * Boloria pales (straightwing silverspot or shephard`s fritillary)
  
  Subfamily: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)
  
  * Tirumala limniace (blue tiger)
  * Danaus genutia (common or striped tiger or Indian monarch)
  * Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger)Danaus chrysippus, Taxila
  * Euploea core (common crow)
  
  Subfamily: Libytheinae (beaks)
  
  * Libythea celtis (common beak)
  * Libythea celtis (European beak or nettle tree butterfly)
  
  Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns)
  
  * Lethe verma (straight-banded tree brown)
  * Lethe rohria (common tree brown)
  * Lethe confusa (banded tree brown)
  * Lasiommata schakra (common wall)
  * Lasiommata maerula (Kashmir wall or scarce wall)
  * Lasiommata ananda (Chitral wall)
  * Lasiommata menava (dark wall)
  * Kirinia eversmanni (yellow wall)
  * Hyponephele pulchra (dusky meadow brown or beautiful meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele pulchella (tawny meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele carbonelli (Baltistan meadowbrown)
  * Hyponephele narica (tawny branded meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele lupina (Branded meadow brown or Oriental meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele davendra (white-ringed meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele tenuistigma (lesser white-ringed meadow brown)
  * Maniola mandane (oval spot meadow brown)
  * Hyponephele hilaris (Pamir meadow brown)
  * Coenonympha myops subspecies macmahoni (Balochi heath)
  * Hipparchia parisatis (white-edged rock brown)
  * Eumenis thelephassa (Baluchi rock brown)
  * Hipparchia persephone subspecies enervata (dark rock brown)
  * Chazara heydenreichi subspecies shandura (Shandur rock brown)
  * Pseudochazara mniszechii subspecies gilgitica (tawny rock brown) synonym: Eumenis baldiva
  * Pseudochazara annieae (Annie's rockbrown)
  * Satyrus pimpla (dark or black satyr)
  * Karanasa bolorica (Turkestan satyr)
  * Karanasa leechi subspecies hunza (Leech's satyr)
  * Karanasa digna (Chitrali satyr) synonym: Kanetisa digna
  * Karanasa pupilata (Chitral satyr)
  * Karanasa modesta (modest satyr)
  * Karanasa astorica (Astor satyr)
  * Karanasa huebneri (tawny satyr)
  * Karanasa safeda (Safed Koh satyr)
  * Karanasa cadesia (Moore's satyr)
  * Hipparchia moorei (Turkestan satyr or Shandur satyr)
  * Aulocera padma (great satyr)
  * Aulocera swaha (common satyr)
  * Aulocera saraswati (striated satyr)
  * Callerebia nirmala (common argus)
  * Callerebia annada (ringed argus)
  * Callerebia scanda subspecies caeca (ringed argus)
  * Callerebia kalinda (scarce mountain argus)
  * Callerebia shallada (mountain argus)
  * Paralasa mani (yellow argus) synonym: Erebia mani
  * Ypthima inica (lesser threering)
  * Ypthima nareda (large threering)
  * Ypthima asterope (common threering or African ringlet)
  * Ypthima huebneri (common fourring)
  * Ypthima bolanica (desert fourring)
  * Ypthima lisandra (jewel fourring) or Ypthima avanta
  * Ypthima baldus (common fivering)
  * Ypthima nikaea (Moore's fivering or West Himalayan five-ring) formerly Ypthima sakra (Himalayan fivering)
  * Melanitis leda (common evening brown)
  * Mycalesis perseus (common bush brown)
  * Mycalesis nicotia (bright-eyed bush brown)
  
  ## Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
  
  Subfamily: Polyommatinae (blues)
  
  * Castalius rosimon (common Pierrot)
  * Tarucus balkanicus nigra (Balkan Pierrot or little tiger blue)
  * Tarucus nara synonym: Tarucus extricatus (striped or rounded Pierrot)
  * Tarucus indicus (Indian Pierrot)
  * Tarucus rosacea or Tarucus mediterraneae (Balochistan Pierrot or Mediterranean Pierrot)
  * Tarucus callinara (spotted Pierrot)
  * Tarucus venosus (Himalayan Pierrot or veined Pierrot)
  * Tarucus hazara (Hazara Pierrot)
  * Leptotes plinius (zebra blue)
  * Azanus jesous (African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue)
  * Azanus ubaldus (bright babul blue or desert babul blue-or-velvet-spotted blue)
  * Azanus uranus (dull babul blue or Indian babul blue)
  * Cupido buddhista (Shandur Cupid or Buddhist blue)
  * Cupido argiades diporides (Himalayan Cupid or Chapman's Cupid)
  * Cupido argiades indica (short-tailed blue or tailed Cupid)
  * Cupido huegelii (dusky-blue Cupid)
  * Celastrina huegeli (large hedge blue)
  * Celastrina ladonides or Celastrina gigas? (silvery hedge blue)
  * Celastrina argiolus subspecies kollari (holly blue or hill hedge blue)
  * Acytolepis puspa (common hedge blue)
  * Oreolyce vardhana (dusky hedge blue)
  * Pseudophilotes vicrama (lesser chequered blue or eastern baton blue)
  * Aricia agestis subspecies nazira (brown argus)
  * Eumedonia astorica (Astor argus)
  * Eumedonia eumedon (streaked argus or geranium argus)
  * Plebejus kwaja (dark jewel blue)
  * Plebejus christophe (small jewel blue)
  * Kretania beani (Balochi jewel blue or zephyr blue)
  * Turanana cytis subspecies laspura (spotted argus blue)
  * Turanana chitrali (Chitral argus blue)
  * Agriades pheretiades (Tien Shan blue)
  * Agriades jaloka (greenish mountain blue or Jaloka mountain blue)
  * Agriades asiatica (azure mountain blue)
  * Afarsia iris (jewel argus)
  * Afarsia sieversii felicia (pale jewel blue)
  * Pamiria omphisa (dusky green underwing)
  * Glaucopsyche alexis (western green underwing or green-underside blue)
  * Iolana gigantea subspecies gilgitica (Gilgit mountain blue)
  * Plebejidea loewii (large jewel blue)
  * Alpherakya sarta (brilliant meadow blue)
  * Alpherakya devanica (dusky meadow blue)
  * Polyommatus bogra (Balochi meadow blue)
  * Polyommatus icarus (common blue or violet meadow blue)
  * Polyommatus eros (common meadow blue)
  * Polyommatus florenciae (silvery meadow blue)
  * Chilades lajus (lime blue)
  * Luthrodes contracta (small Cupid)
  * Luthrodes pandava (plains Cupid or cycad blue)
  * Freyeria trochylus (southern grass jewel)
  * Pseudozizeeria maha (pale grass blue)
  * Zizeeria karsandra (dark grass blue)
  * Lachides galba subspecies phiala (small desert blue or Persian grass blue)
  * Zizina otis (lesser grass blue)
  * Zizula hylax or Zizula gaika (tiny grass blue or Gaika blue)
  * Euchrysops cnejus (gram blue or spotted pea blue)
  * Catochrysops strabo (forget-me-not)
  * Lampides boeticus (pea blue or long-tailed pea blue)
  * Jamides celeno (common cerulean)
  * Jamides bochus (dark cerulean)
  * Prosotas nora (common lineblue or Nora lineblue or long-tailed lineblue)
  * Prosotas dubiosa (tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue)
  
  Subfamily: Lycaeninae (coppers and sapphires)
  
  * Lycaena metallica (small green underwing)
  * Lycaena galathea (large green underwing)
  * Lycaena pavana (white-bordered copper)
  * Lycaena phlaeas (small copper or common copper)
  * Lycaena kasyapa (green copper)
  * Lycaena solskyi subspecies aditya (golden copper)
  * Lycaena caspius (purple copper)
  * Lycaena phoenicurus (Baluchi copper)
  * Lycaena lampon (Persian fiery copper)
  * Heliophorus sena (sorrel sapphire)
  * Heliophorus bakeri (western blue sapphire)
  * Heliophorus tamu (powdery green sapphire)
  
  Subfamily: Theclinae (hairstreaks and allies)
  
  * Neolycaena connae (Baluchi hairstreak)
  * Callophrys rubi (green hairstreak)
  * Superflua sassanides (whiteline hairstreak)
  * Euaspa milionia (water hairstreak)
  * Thecla ziha (white-spotted hairstreak)
  * Chrysozephyrus ataxus (wonderful hairstreak)
  * Chrysozephyrus syla (silver hairstreak)
  * Chaetoprocta odata (walnut blue)
  * Arhopala dodonaea (pale Himalayan oakblue)
  * Amblypodia rama (dark Himalayan oakblue)
  * Arhopala alemon (Indian oakblue)
  * Panchala ganesa (tailless bushblue or tailless oakblue)
  * Tajuria cippus (peacock royal)
  * Deudoryx epijarbas (cornelian)
  * Virachola isocrates (common guava blue)
  * Rapala manea (slate flash)
  * Rapala iarbus (common red flash)
  * Rapala nissa (common flash)
  * Rapala extensa (Chitral flash)
  * Baspa melampus (Indian red flash)
  * Bidaspa selira (Himalayan red flash)
  * Tomares callimachus (red copper)
  
  Subfamily: Aphnaeinae
  
  * Cigaritis epargyros (yellow silverline)
  * Cigaritis acamas (tawny silverline or Arab leopard)
  * Cigaritis vulcanus (common silverline)
  * Cigaritis ictis (common shot silverline)
  * Cigaritis elima (scarce shot silverline)
  
  ## Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)
  
  Subfamily: Nemeobiinae (punches)
  
  * Dodona durga (common punch)
  * Dodona dipoea (lesser punch)
  * Dodona eugenes (tailed punch)
  
  ## Family Hesperiidae (skippers)
  
  Subfamily: Coeliadinae (awls)
  
  * Bibasis sena (orangetail awl or pale-green awlet)
  * Hasora chromus (common banded awl)
  * Badamia exclamationis (brown awl)
  * Choaspes xanthopogon (similar awlking or Indian awlking)
  
  Subfamily: Pyrginae (spread-winged skippers: flats and angles)
  
  * Celaenorrhinus leucocera (common spotted flat)
  * Celaenorrhinus munda (Himalayan spotted flat)
  * Sarangesa purendra subspecies pandra (spotted small flat)
  * Seseria dohertyi (contiguous seseria or Himalayan white flat)
  * Lobocla liliana (marbled flat)
  * Tagiades cohaerens subspecies cynthia (Evans's snow flat)
  * Caprona agama (spotted angle)
  * Caprona alida (yellow-spotted or Alida angle)
  
  Subfamily: Hesperinae (grass skippers: swifts and darts etc.)
  
  * Gomalia elma (marbled skipper or African mallow skipper)
  * Spialia galba (Indian skipper or Indian grizzled skipper)
  * Spialia sertorius = Syrichtus orbifer carnea (red-underwing skipper or brick skipper)
  * Spialia phlomidis (Persian skipper or Balochi skipper)
  * Spialia geron = Spialia doris evanida (Aden skipper)
  * Muschampia staudingeri (Syrian skipper or streaked skipper)
  * Hesperia alpina subspecies alichurensis (mountain skipper)
  * Pyrgus cashmirensis (Kashmir skipper)
  * Carcharodus altheae (tufted marbled skipper)
  * Carcharodus alceae (plain marbled skipper or mallow skipper)
  * Nisoniades marloyi (marloyi)
  * Erynnis pathan (Chitral inky skipper) [synonym: Nisoniades marloyi ?]
  * Aeromachus stigmata (veined scrub hopper)
  * Suastus gremius (palm bob)
  * Notocrypta feisthamelii (spotted demon)
  * Halpe homolea (Indian/Ceylon ace)
  * Actinor radians (veined dart)
  * Taractrocera danna (Himalayan grass dart)
  * Taractrocera maevius (common or Oriental grass dart)
  * Potanthus dara (Himalayan dart)
  * Telicota bambusae (dark palm dart)
  * Telicota colon (pale palm dart or pale-orange darter)
  * Pamphila comma (chequered darter or silver-spotted skipper)
  * Polytremis eltola (yellow spot swift)
  * Polytremis discreta (white-fringed swift or Himalayan swift)
  * Pelopidas mathias (dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift or rice skipper)
  * Pelopidas agna (obscure branded or dark branded swift)
  * Pelopidas thrax (white-branded swift)
  * Parnara guttata (common straight swift)
  * Pseudoborbo bevani (Bevan's swift or lesser rice swift)
  * Gegenes nostrodamus (dingy swift, light pygmy skipper or Mediterranean skipper)
  * Gegenes pumilio (pygmy swift or pygmy skipper or dark Hottentot)
  * Eogenes alcides (alcides skipper or torpedo)
  * Eogenes lesliei (Leslie's hopper)
  