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BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY OF UTTARAKHAND: CHECKLIST, RECENT WORK AND FUTURE GOALS APPENDIX 1 No. COMMON NAME NAME LOCALITY REMARKS SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE LATREILLE 1802 1 Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius 2 Golden Birdwing Troides aeacus Felder & Felder Restricted to forests with perennial water sources. Smetacek 2011d 3 Common Windmill Byasa polyeuctes letincius Fruhstorfer Smetacek 2011d 4 Great Windmill Byasa dasarada ravana Moore Smetacek 2011d 5 Rose Windmill Byasa latreillei latreillei Donovan 6 Lesser Batwing Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday No recent records. 7 Common Batwing Atrophaneura varuna astorion Westwood 8 Common Mormon Papilio polytes romulus Cramer Smetacek 2006 9 Common Peacock Papilio bianor polyctor Boisduval Smetacek 2006 10 Paris Peacock Papilio paris paris Linnaeus 11 Blue Peacock Papilio arcturus arius Rothschild 12 Spangle Papilio protenor euprotenor Fruhstorfer Smetacek 2006 13 Redbreast Papilio alcmenor Felder & Felder No recent records. Confirmation required. Hannyngton 1910. 14 Tailed Redbreast Papilio bootes
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BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY OF UTTARAKHAND: CHECKLIST, RECENT WORK AND FUTURE GOALS APPENDIX 1 No. COMMON NAME NAME LOCALITY REMARKS SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE
LATREILLE 1802
1 Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius
2 Golden Birdwing Troides aeacus Felder & Felder
Restricted to forests with perennial water sources.
Smetacek 2011d
3 Common Windmill Byasa polyeuctes letincius Fruhstorfer
Smetacek 2011d
4 Great Windmill Byasa dasarada ravana Moore
Smetacek 2011d
5 Rose Windmill Byasa latreillei latreillei Donovan
6 Lesser Batwing Atrophaneura aidoneus Doubleday
No recent records.
7 Common Batwing Atrophaneura varuna astorion Westwood
8 Common Mormon Papilio polytes romulus Cramer
Smetacek 2006
9 Common Peacock Papilio bianor polyctor Boisduval
Smetacek 2006
10 Paris Peacock Papilio paris paris Linnaeus
11 Blue Peacock Papilio arcturus arius Rothschild
12 Spangle Papilio protenor euprotenor Fruhstorfer
Smetacek 2006
13 Redbreast Papilio alcmenor Felder & Felder
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Hannyngton 1910.
14 Tailed Redbreast Papilio bootes
janaka Moore 15 Red Helen Papilio helenus
helenus Linnaeus
16 Yellow Swallowtail Papilio machaon asiatica Menetries
17 Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus
18 Tawny Mime Papilio agestor govindra Moore
19 Common Mime Papilio clytia clytia Linnaeus
20 Sixbar Swordtail Graphium eurous cashmirensis Rothschild
Smetacek 2012b.
21 Spectacle Swordtail Graphium mandarinus garhwalica Katayama
22 Graphium nomius nomius Esper
23 Common Jay Graphium doson axion Felder & Felder
24 Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon agamemnon Linnaeus
25 Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon sarpedon Linnaeus
26 Glassy Bluebottle Graphium cloanthus Westwood
27 Graphium xenocles phrontis de Niceville
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Hannyngton 1910.
28 Brown Gorgon Meandrusa lachinus Fruhstorfer
Singh 2006.
29 Keeled Apollo Parnassius jacquemontii Boisduval
No recent records.
30 Red Apollo Parnassius epaphus Oberthur
31 Blue Apollo Parnassius hardwickei hardwickei Gray
32 Banded Apollo Parnassius delphius florenciae Tytler
No recent records.
Nanda Devi Banded Apollo
Parnassius nandadevinensis Eisner
No recent records.
Confirmation of taxonomic status required.
33 Black-edged Apollo Parnassius simo simo Gray
No recent records.
34 Regal Apollo Parnassius charltonius charltonius Gray
No recent records.
SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE LATREILLE 1809
35 Branded Orange Awlet
Bibasis oedipodea belesis Mabille
36 Orange Awlet Bibasis jaina jaina Moore
37 Plain Orange Awlet Bibasis anadi de Niceville
38 Green Awlet Bibasis vasutana Moore
No recent records.
Hannyngton 1910.
39 Orange Tailed Awlet
Bibasis sena sena Moore
40 Slate Awl Hasora anura de Niceville
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
41 Common Banded Awl
Hasora chromus chromus Cramer
42 White Banded Awl Hasora taminatus bhavara Fruhstorfer
Not recorded from Uttarakhand, but known from Kangra and Sikkim.
Evans 1949.
43 Brown Awl Badamia exclamationis Fabricius
44 Indian Awlking Choaspes benjaminii japonica Murray
45 Similar Awlking Choaspes xanthopogon Kollar
46 Double spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Niceville
47 Multi-spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus pulomaya pulomaya Moore
48 Tytler’s Multi- Celaenorrhinus No recent Evans 1949.
spotted Flat ratna daphne Evans records. 49 Mussoorie Spotted
Flat Celaenorrhinus pero pero de Niceville
50 Common Spotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus leucocera leucocera Kollar
51 Himalayan Spotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus munda Moore
52 Himalayan Yellow-banded Flat
Celaenorrhinus dhanada Moore
53 Marbled Flat Lobocla liliana ignatius Plotz
54 Himalayan White Flat
Seseria dohertyi Watson
55 Sikkim White Flat Seseria sambara sambara Moore
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
56 Dusky Yellow Breast Flat
Gerosis phisara phisara Moore
No recent records.
57 Suffused Snow Flat Tagiades japetus ravi Moore
58 Spotted Snow Flat Tagiades menaka menaka Moore
59 Water Snow Flat Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Mosch.
60 Striped Snow Flat Tagiades cohaerens Mabille
61 Yellow Flat Mooreana trichoneura pralaya Moore
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
62 Fulvous Pied Flat Pseudocoladenia dan fatih Kollar
63 Tricolour Pied Flat Coladenia indrani indrani Moore
64 Spotted Small Flat Sarangesa purendra Moore
65 Common Small Flat Sarangesa dasahara dasahara Moore
66 Hairy Angle Darpa hanria Moore
No recent records.
67 Tawny Angle Ctenoptilum vasava Moore
No recent records.
68 Chestnut Angle Odontoptilum angulata angulata Felder
69 Spotted Angle Caprona agama agama Moore
70 Yerbury’s Golden Angle
Caprona alida yerburyi Evans
71 Indian Skipper Spialia galba Fabricius
72 Kashmir Mountain Skipper
Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore
Recorded from the Niti Pass
Hannyngton 1910.
73 Orange & Silver Hopper
Carterocephalus avanti avanti de Niceville
Hannyngton 1915.
74 Forest Hopper Astictopterus jama olivascens Moore
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
75 Tiger Hopper Ochus subvittatus Moore
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
76 Bush Hopper Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides Fabricius
77 Veined Scrub Hopper
Aeromachus stigmata stigmata Moore
78 Mussoorie Bush Bob
Pedesta masuriensis de Niceville
79 Indian Palm Bob Suastus gremius gremius Fabricius
80 Chocolate Demon Kerana nigrita Godart
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
81 Grass Demon Udaspes folus Cramer
82 Common Banded Demon
Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer
83 Spotted Demon Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos Moore
84 Giant Redeye Gangara thyrsis thyrsis Fabricius
Not recorded from Uttarakhand but recorded from Kangra, Delhi and Sikkim.
Evans 1949.
85 Sikkim Palm Red-Eye
Erionota torus Evans
86 Common Redeye Matapa aria Moore
87 Tree Flitter Hyarotis adrastus prabha Moore
No recent records.
88 Purple & Gold Flitter
Zographetus satwa de Niceville
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
89 Chequered Ace Sovia lucasii separata Moore
No recent records.
Evans 1949.
90 Graham’s Ace Sovia grahami Evans
No recent records.
91 Garhwal Ace Thoressa aina aina de Niceville
92 Olive Ace Thoressa gupta gupta de Niceville
No recent records.
93 Moore’s Ace Halpe porus Mabille
94 Veined Dart Actinor radians Moore
No recent records.
Hannyngton 1910.
95 Chestnut Bob Iambrix salsala salsala Moore
No recent records.
96 Himalayan Grass Dart
Taractrocera danna Moore
97 Common Grass Dart Taractrocera maevius sagara Moore
98 Pale Dart Potanthus pallida Evans
99 Himalayan Dart Potanthus dara Kollar
100 Indian Dart Potanthus pseudomaesa clio Evans
101 Sikkim Dart Potanthus mara mara Evans
102 Formosan Dart Potanthus pava pava Fruhstorfer
103 Pale Palm Dart Telicota colon colon Fabricius
104 Dark Palm Dart Telicota ancilla bambusae Moore
105 Himalayan Darter Ochlodes brahma brahma Moore
106 Chequered Darter Hesperia comma dimila Moore
No recent records.
107 Straight Swift Parnara guttatus mangala Moore
108 Mauritian Swift Parnara naso bada Moore
109 Rice Swift Borbo cinnara Wallace
110 Bevan’s Swift Borbo bevani Moore
111 Large Branded Swift
Pelopidas sinensis Mabille
112 Obscure Branded Swift
Pelopidas agna agna Moore
No recent records.
113 Variable Swift Pelopidas mathias mathias Fabricius
114 Great Swift Pelopidas assamensis de Niceville
115 Himalayan Swift Polytremis discreta discreta Elwes & Edwards
116 Yellow Spot Swift Polytremis eltola eltola Hewitson
117 Farr’s Swift Baoris farri farri Moore
PIERIDAE 118 Psyche Leptosia nina nina
Fabricius
119 Common Jezebel Delias eucharis Drury
120 Painted Jezebel Delias hyparete indica Wallace
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Hannyngton 1910.
121 Hill Jezebel Delias belladonna horsfieldi Gray
122 Pale Jezebel Delias sanaca sanaca Moore
123 Redbreast Jezebel Delias acalis pyramus Wallace
Smetacek 2001
124 Spotted Sawtooth Prioneris thestylis thestylis Doubleday
125 Pioneer Anaphaeis aurota aurota Fabricius
126 Thibet Blackvein Mesapia peloria Hewitson
No recent records.
127a Himalayan Blackvein
Aporia leucodice soracta Moore
b Aporia leucodice sara Evans
128a Great Blackvein Aporia agathon
phryxe Boisduval b Aporia agathon
caphusa Moore
c Aporia agathon agathon Gray
129 Dusky Blackvein Aporia nabellica nabellica Boisduval
No recent records.
130 Pearl White Euchloe ausonia daphalis Moore
No recent records.
Known only from the type-specimen taken in Kumaon in April (Hannyngton 1910).
131 Butler’s Dwarf Baltia butleri butleri Moore
No recent records.
132 Indian Cabbage White
Pieris canidia indica Evans
133 Large Cabbage White
Pieris brassicae nepalensis Doubleday
134 Greenvein White Pieris ajaka Moore 135 Lofty Bath White Pontia callidice
kallora Moore No recent records.
136 Lesser Bath White Pontia chloridice Hubner
No recent records.
137 Bath White Pontia daplidice moorei Rober
Smetacek 2002
138 Desert Bath White Pontia glauconome Klug
Smetacek 2002
139 Common Gull Cepora nerissa phryne Fabricius
140 Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene satadra Moore
141 White Orange Tip Ixias marianne Cramer
142 Spot Puffin Appias lalage lalage Doubleday
143 Common Albatross Appias albina darada Felder & Felder
144 Striped Albatross Appias libythea Fabricius
145 Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius
146 Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe
pyranthe Linnaeus 147 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
nepalensis Doubleday
148 Lesser Brimstone Gonepteryx mahaguru mahaguru Gistel
149 Common Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe fimbriata Wallace
150 One Spot Grass Yellow
Eurema andersoni andersoni Moore
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Mackinnon & de Niceville 1899
151 Three Spot Grass Yellow
Eurema blanda silhetana Wallace
152 Spotless Grass Yellow
Eurema laeta laeta Boisduval
153 Small Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta rubella Wallace
154 Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias erate lativitta Moore
155 Dark Clouded Yellow
Colias fieldii Menetries
156 Fiery Clouded Yellow
Colias eogene eogene Felder
No recent records.
157 Ladak Clouded Yellow
Colias ladakensis Felder & Felder
No recent records.
158 Little Orange Tip Colotis etrida etrida Boisduval
159 Common Wanderer Pareronia valeria hippia Fabricius
RIODINIDAE GROTE
160 Common Punch Dodona durga Kollar
161 Tailed Punch Dodona eugenes eugenes Bates
162 Lesser Punch Dodona dipoea nostia Fruhstorfer
163 Mixed Punch Dodona ouida phlegra Fruhstorfer
164 Dark Judy Abisara fylla Doubleday
165 Plum Judy Abisara echerius suffusa Moore
166 Punchinello Zemeros flegyas
indicus Fruhstorfer BLUES, COPPERS,
HAIRSTREAKS LYCAENIDAE LEACH
167 Common Gem Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni Moore
168 Common Brownie Miletus chinensis assamensis Doherty
169 Great Darkie Allotinus drumila drumila Moore
No recent records.
Recorded from Askot by Doherty (Hannyngton 1910).
170 Apefly Spalgis epeus epeus Westwood
171 Bright Sunbeam Curetis bulis bulis Doubleday
172 Angled Sunbeam Curetis acuta dentata Moore
173 White-line Hairstreak
Strymonidia sassanides Kollar
No recent records.
Recorded from Garhwal by Mackinnon & de Niceville 1899.
174 Water Hairstreak Euaspa milionia Hewitson
175 White-spotted Hairstreak
Euaspa ziha de Niceville
176 Dull Green Hairstreak
Esakiozephyrus icana Moore
177a Indian Purple Hairstreak
Esakiozephyrus mandara mandara Doherty
b Indian Purple Hairstreak
Esakiozephyrus mandara dohertyi de Niceville
178 Fawn Hairstreak Chrysozephyrus birupa Moore
179 Silver Hairstreak Chrysozephyrus syla syla Kollar
180 Wonderful Hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus ataxus ataxus Doubleday
181 Walnut Blue Chaetoprocta odata odata Hewitson
182 Indian Oakblue Arhopala atrax Hewitson
183 Large Oakblue Arhopala amantes apella Swinhoe
184 Centaur Oakblue Arhopala pseudocentaurus pirithous Moore
No recent records.
1 male taken in Jeolikote by Hannyngton (1910).
185 Dark Himalayan Oakblue
Arhopala rama rama Kollar
186 Pale Himalayan Oakblue
Arhopala dodonea Moore
187 Aberrant Bushblue Arhopala abseus indicus Riley
Smetacek 2011
188 Tailless Bushblue Arhopala ganesa ganesa Moore
189 Dusky Bushblue Arhopala paraganesa paraganesa de Niceville
190 Spangled Plushblue Flos asoka de Niceville
Smetacek 2011
191 Common Acacia Blue
Surendra quercetorum Moore
192 Silverstreak Blue Iraota timoleon Stoll
193 Redspot Zesius chrysomallus Hubner
Singh 2005a
194 Common Tinsel Catapaecilma major major Fruhstorfer
No recent records.
195 Common Onyx Horaga onyx onyx Moore
196 Brown Onyx Horaga albimacula viola Moore
197 Yamfly Loxura atymnus continentalis Fruhstorfer
198 Common Imperial Cheritra freja evansi Cowan
No recent records. Confirmation required.
199 Blue Imperial Ticherria acte acte Moore
No recent records. Confirmation required.
200 Common Silverline Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus Fabricius
201 Common Silverline Spindasis ictis Hewitson
202 Long-banded Silverline
Spindasis lohita himalayanus Moore
203 Silver-grey Silverline
Spindasis nipalicus nipalicus Moore
204 Elwes’ Silverline Spindasis elwesi Riley
No recent records.
205 Scarce Shot Silverline
Spindasis elima uniformis Moore
206 Lilac Silverline Apharitis lilacinus Moore
207 Chestnut & Black Royal
Tajuria yajna yajna Doherty
No recent records.
208 Branded Royal Tajuria melastigma de Niceville
No recent records.
209 Straightline Royal Tajuria diaeus Hewitson
210 Peacock Royal Tajuria cippus cippus Fabricius
211 White Royal Tajuria illurgis Hewitson
212 Scarce White Royal Tajuria illurgioides de Niceville
213 White Tufted Royal Pratapa deva lila Moore
214 Dark Blue Royal Pratapa icetas icetas Hewitson
215 Broadtail Royal Creon cleobis cleobis Godart
216 Bispot Royal Ancema ctesia ctesia Hewitson
217 Orchid Tit Chilaria othona othona Hewitson
218 Blue Tit Chliaria kina kina Hewitson
219 Common Guava Blue
Virachola isocrates Fabricius
220 Large Guava Blue Virachola perse perse Hewitson
221 Cornelian Deudorix epijarbas ancus Fruhstorfer
222 Indigo Flash Rapala varuna grisea Moore
223 Slate Flash Rapala manea schistacea Moore
224 Assam Flash Rapala tara de Niceville
No recent records.
Confirmation required.
225 Copper Flash Rapala pheretima petosiris Hewitson
Smetacek 1995
226 Common Red Flash Rapala iarbus Fabricius
227 Common Flash Rapala nissa nissa Kollar
228 Himalayan Red Flash
Rapala micans selira Moore
229 Narrow Spark Sinthusa nasaka pallidior Fruhstorfer
230 Broad Spark Sinthusa chandrana chandrana Moore
231 Lister’s Hairstreak Pamela dudgeoni de Niceville
Last record 1974, Bhimtal.
232 White-bordered Copper
Lycaena pavana Kollar
233 Common Copper Lycaena phlaeas indicus Evans
234 Green Copper Lycaena kasyapa Moore
No recent records.
235 Sorel Sapphire Heliophorus sena Kollar
236 Purple Sapphire Heliophorus epicles indicus Fruhstorfer
Re-discovered in Askot Wildlife Sanctuary by Manoj Chandran IFS, Dec. 2011.
237 Eastern Blue Sapphire
Heliophorus oda Hewitson
238 Golden Sapphire Heliophorus brahma brahma Moore
239 Green Sapphire Heliophorus androcles coruscans Moore
240 Powdery Green Sapphire
Heliophorus tamu tamu Kollar
241 Transparent Six-line Blue
Nacaduba kurava euplea Fruhstorfer
Smetacek 2011.
242 Banded Lineblue Nacaduba aluta coelestis Wood-Mason & de
No recent records.
Recorded from Jhulaghat in August by
Niceville Doherty (Hannyngton 1910).
243 Common Lineblue Prosotas nora C. Felder
244 White-tipped Lineblue
Prosotas noreia hampsoni de Niceville
245 Tailless Lineblue Prosotas dubiosa indica Evans
246 Dingy Lineblue Petrelaea dana dana de Niceville
247 Dark Cerulean Jamides bochus bochus Stoll
248 Common Cerulean Jamides celeno celeno Cramer
249 Forget-me-not Catochrysops strabo strabo Fabricius
250 Peablue Lampides boeticus Linnaeus
251 Zebra Blue Syntarucus plinius Fabricius
252 Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus Guerin-Meneville
Singh 2005; Smetacek 2011.
253 Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon rosimon Fabricius
254 Pointed Pierrot Tarucus indica Evans
255 Himalayan Pierrot Tarucus venosus venosus Moore
256 Spotted Pierrot Tarucus callinara Butler
257 Striped Pierrot Tarucus nara alteratus Moore
258 Pale Grass Blue Pseudozizeeria maha maha Kollar
259 Dark Grass Blue Zizeeria karsandra Moore
260 Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis otis Fabricius
261 Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax hylax Fabricius
262 Chapman’s Cupid Everes argiades diporides Chapman
263 Tailed Cupid Everes huegelii
huegelii Gistel 264 Bright Babul Blue Azanus ubaldus
Cramer
265 Dull Babul Blue Azanus uranus Butler
266 African Babul Blue Azanus jesous gamra Lederer
267 Quaker Neopithecops zalmora zalmora Butler
268 Malayan Megisba malaya sikkima Moore
269 Common Hedge Blue
Acytolepis puspa gisca Fruhstorfer
270 Margined Hedge Blue
Celatoxia marginata marginata de Niceville
271 Hill Hedge Blue Celastrina argiolus kollari Westwood
272 Silvery Hedge Blue Celastrina gigas Hemming
273 Large Hedge Blue Celastrina huegelii huegelii Moore
274 Pale Hedge Blue Udara dilecta dilecta Moore
275 Albocaerulean Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea Moore
276 Dusky Hedge Blue Oreolyce vardhana vardhana Moore
277 Gram Blue Euchrysops cnejus cnejus Fabricius
278 Plains Cupid Chilades pandava pandava Horsfield
279 Lime Blue Chilades lajus lajus Stoll
280 Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus Freyer
281 Least Grass Jewel Freyeria putli Kollar
282 Stoliczka’s Meadow Blue
Polyommatus stoliczkana Felder & Felder
283 Orange-bordered Argus
Aricia astrarche Berg.
284 Common Mountain Blue
Albulina lehana Moore
No recent records.
285 Large Green Underwing
Albulina galathea galathea Blanchard
286 Tibetan Jewel Plebejus eversmanni Staudinger
Smetacek 1992
NYMPHALIDAE 287 Common Beak Libythea lepita
lepita Moore
288 Club Beak Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer
289 Tawny Coster Acraea violae Fabricius
290 Yellow Coster Acraea issoria anomala Kollar
291 Leopard Lacewing Cethosia cyane Drury
No recent records. Confirmation required.
292 Rustic Cupha erymanthis lotis Sulz
293 Vagrant Vagrans egista pallida Evans
294 Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha phalantha Drury
295 Indian Fritillary Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius Linnaeus
296 Large Silverstripe Argynnis childreni sakontala Kollar
297 Common Silverstripe
Argynnis kamala Moore
298 Highbrown Silverspot
Argynnis adippe jainadeva Moore
299 Silverstreak Argynnis clara clara Blanchard
No recent records.
300 Gem Silverspot Argynnis gemmata Butler
No recent records.
301 Mackinnon’s Silverspot
Argynnis mackinnoni de Niceville
No recent records.
302 Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia issaea Doubleday
303 Straightwing Silverspot
Boloria pales sipora Moore
No recent records.
From Tehri in Coll. FRI
304 Blackvein Fritillary Melitaea arcesia sindura Moore
305 Common Jester Symbrenthia lilaea khasiana Moore
306 Spotted Jester Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda Moore
307 Himalayan Jester Symbrenthia brabira sivokana Moore
308 Bluetail Jester Symbrenthia niphanda niphanda Moore
309 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Linnaeus
310 Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica indica Herbst
311 Indian Tortoiseshell Aglais cashmirensis aesis Fruhstorfer
312 Ladakh Tortoiseshell
Aglais ladakensis Moore
No recent records.
Reported from Kalapani, Pithoragarh by Doherty (Hannyngton 1910).
313 Mountain Tortoiseshell
Aglais rizana Moore
No recent records.
314 Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens Stichel
315 Blue Admiral Kaniska canace himalaya Evans
316 Nepal Comma Polygonia agnicula Moore
317 Eastern Comma Polygonia c-album cognata Moore
318 Yellow Pansy Junonia hierta hierta Fabricius
319 Blue Pansy Junonia orithya swinhoei Butler
320 Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias persicaria Fruhstorfer
321 Peacock Pansy Junonia almana almana Linnaeus
322 Grey Pansy Junonia atlites
atlites Linnaeus 323 Chocolate Pansy Junonia iphita
siccata Stichel
324 Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus
325 Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus
326 Orange Oakleaf Kallima inachus huegelii Kollar
327 Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne pallidor Fruhstorfer
328 Common Castor Ariadne merione tapestrina Moore
329 Indian White Admiral
Limenitis trivena pallida Tytler
No known locality in Kumaon. Known from Garhwal and Nepal.
330 Commander Moduza procris procris Cramer
331 Green Commodore Sumalia daraxa daraxa Doubleday & Hewitson
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Record from Kumaon vide Atkinson 1882.
332 Commodore Auzakia danava Moore
333 Common Sergeant Athyma perius Linnaeus
334 Studded Sergeant Athyma asura asura Moore
335 Himalayan Sergeant Athyma opalina opalina Kollar
336 Staff Sergeant Athyma selenophora selenophora Kollar
337 Small Staff Sergeant Athyma zeroca zeroca Moore
No recent records.
338 Orange Staff Sergeant
Athyma cama cama Moore
339 Common Lascar Pantoporia hordonia hordonia Stoll
340 Anomalous Lascar Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot
341 Sullied Sailer Neptis clinia
praedicta Smetacek 342 Pallas’ Sailer Neptis sappho
astola Moore
343 Common Sailer Neptis hylas kamarupa Eliot
344 Creamy Sailer Neptis soma butleri Eliot
345 Burmese Sailer Neptis nata yerburii Butler
346 Himalayan Sailer Neptis mahendra mahendra Moore
347 Dingy Sailer Neptis pseudovikasi Moore
No recent records. Confirmation required.
348 Small Yellow Sailer Neptis miah varshneyi Smetacek
Smetacek 2004.
349 Broad-banded Sailer Neptis sankara sankara Kollar
350 Plain Sailer Neptis cartica cartica Moore
Smetacek 1993.
351 Yellow Sailer Neptis ananta ananta Moore
352 Pale Green Sailer Neptis zaida zaida Doubleday
353 Great Yellow Sailer Neptis radha radha Moore
No recent records. Confirmation required.
354 Broadstick Sailer Neptis narayana narayana Moore
355 Pale Hockeystick Sailer
Neptis manasa Moore
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Atkinson 1882.
356 Short-banded Sailer Phaedyma columella ophiana Moore
357 Common Earl Tanaecia julii appiades Menetries
358 Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea lepidea Butler
359 Common Baron Euthalia aconthea anagama Fruhstorfer
360 Gaudy Baron Euthalia lubentina
indica Fruhstorfer 361 Grand Duchess Euthalia patala
patala Kollar
362 Baronet Symphaedra nais Forster
363 Tabby Pseudergolis wedah Kollar
364 Constable Dichorragia nesimachus Boisduval
365 Popinjay Stibochiona nicea nicea Gray
366 Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas ganescha Kollar
367 Common Maplet Chersonesia risa Doubleday
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Hannyngton 1910.
368 Indian Purple Emperor
Apatura ambica ambica Kollar
369 Black Prince Rohana parisatis parisatis Westwood
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Seen by Doherty (Hannyngton 1910).
370 Golden Emperor Dilipa morgiana Westwood
371 Circe Hestina nama nama Doubleday
372 Siren Diagora persimilis zella Butler
373 Scarce Siren Diagora nicevillei Moore
No recent records.
Known from Dalhousie and Nepal.
374 Painted Courtesan Euripus consimilis consimilis Westwood
375 Courtesan Euripus nyctelius Doubleday
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Single specimen from Musoorie in Coll. FRI
376 Western Courtier Sephisa dichroa Kollar
377 Tawny Rajah Charaxes bernardus hemana Butler
378 Yellow Rajah Charaxes marmax No recent Specimen from
Westwood records. Jeolikote in Coll. FRI
379 Black Rajah Charaxes solon Fabricius
380 Common Nawab Polyura athamas Drury
381 Anomalous Nawab Polyura agraria Swinhoe
382 Pallid Nawab Polyura arja Felder No recent records. Confirmation required.
Record vide Mackinnon & de Niceville 1899.
383 Stately Nawab Polyura dolon dolon Westwood
384 Great Nawab Polyura eudamippus eudamippus Doubleday
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Hannyngton 1910.
385 Common Evening Brown
Melanitis leda ismene Cramer
386 Dark Evening Brown
Melanitis phedima bela Moore
387 Great Evening Brown
Melanitis zitenius zitenius Herbst
388 Treble Silverstripe Lethe baladeva aisa Fruhstorfer
389 Bamboo Treebrown Lethe europa niladana Fruhstorfer
390 Common Treebrown
Lethe rohria dyrta Felder
391 Banded Treebrown Lethe confusa confusa Aurivillius
392 Common Forester Lethe insana insana Kollar
393 Bamboo Forester Lethe kansa Moore 394 Straight-banded
Treebrown Lethe verma Kollar
395 Common Woodbrown
Zophoessa sidonis sidonis Hewitson
396 Yellow Woodbrown Zophoessa nicetas Hewitson
397 Barred Woodbrown Zophoessa maitrya maitrya de Niceville
No recent records.
398 Small Silverfork Zophoessa
jalaurida jalaurida de Niceville
399 Large Goldenfork Zophoessa goalpara goalpara Moore
400 Veined Labyrinth Neope pulaha pulaha Moore
401 Dusky Labyrinth Patala yama yama Moore
402 Scarce Wall Lasiommata moerula Felder
403 Common Wall Lasiommata schakra Kollar
404 Small Tawny Wall Rhaphicera moorei Butler
405 Tigerbrown Orinoma damaris Gray
406 Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra undularis Drury
407 Spotted Palmfly Elymnias malelas nilamba Fruhstorfer
408 Blue-streaked Palmfly
Elymnias patna Westwood
Re-discovered in Askot Wildlife Sanctuary by Manoj Chandran IFS, Oct. 2011.
409 Lilacine Bushbrown Mycalesis francisca sanatana Moore
410 Common Bushbrown
Mycalesis perseus typhulus Fruhstorfer
411 Dark-brand Bushbrown
Mycalesis mineus mineus Linnaeus
412 Long-brand Bushbrown
Mycalesis visala visala Moore
413 Wood-Mason’s Bushbrown
Mycalesis suaveolens ranotei Smetacek
Smetacek 2012
414 Moore’s Bushbrown Mycalesis heri Moore
415 Bright-Eye Bushbrown
Mycalesis nicotia Doubleday & Hewitson
No recent records.
416 Lepcha Bushbrown Mycalesis lepcha lepcha Moore
417 Jungle Brown/ Nigger
Orsotrioena medus medus Fabricius
418 Himalayan Fivering Ypthima sakra Moore
419 Moore’s Fivering Ypthima nikaea Moore
420 Hannyngton’s Fivering
Ypthima hannyngtoni Eliot
421 Common Fivering Ypthima baldus baldus Fabricius
422 Western Fivering Ypthima indecora Moore
423 Jewel Fourring Ypthima avanta avanta Moore
424 Common Fourring Ypthima hubneri hubneri Kirby
425 Large Threering Ypthima nareda nareda Kollar
426 Newar Threering Ypthima newara Moore
No recent records.
From Dehra Dun in Coll. FRI
427 Common Threering Ypthima asterope mahratta Moore
428 Lesser Threering Ypthima inica Hewitson
429 Brown Argus Dallacha hyagriva hyagriva Moore
430 Ringed Argus Callerebia annada caeca Watkins
431 Hybrid Argus Callerebia hybrida Butler
432 Pallid Argus Callerebia scanda Kollar
433 Common Argus Callerebia nirmala Moore
434 Mountain Argus Callerebia shallada Lang
No recent records.
435 Scarce Mountain Argus
Callerebia kalinda Moore
No recent records.
436 Branded Meadowbrown
Hyponephele lupinus cheena Moore
No recent records.
437 White-ringed Meadowbrown
Maniola davendra Moore
438 Dusky Meadowbrown
Maniola pulchra Felder & Felder
No recent records.
439 Tawny Maniola pulchella No recent
Meadowbrown Felder & Felder records. 440 Narrow Banded
Satyr Aulocera brahminus brahminus Blanchard
441 Great Satyr Aulocera padma padma Kollar
442 Doherty’s Satyr Aulocera loha Doherty
443 Common Satyr Aulocera swaha swaha Kollar
444 Striated Satyr Aulocera saraswati Kollar
445 White edged Rockbrown
Hipparchia parisatis parsis Le Cerf
No recent records.
Reported from Western Garhwal by Mackinnon & de Niceville 1899..
446 Mountain Satyr Paroenis pumilus Felder & Felder
No recent records.
Recorded from “Chinese Tibet” by Doherty (Hannyngton 1910). Presence in Uttarakhand uncertain.
447 Thibetan Satyr Paroeneis buddha garhwalica Tytler
No recent records.
Reported from N. Garhwal (Evans 1932).
448 Freak Calinaga buddha buddha Moore
No recent records.
From Mussoorie in Coll. FRI.
449 Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus chrysippus Linnaeus
450 Common Tiger Danaus genutia Cramer
451 Blue Tiger Tirumala limniace Cramer
452 Dark Blue Tiger Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis Butler
453 Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea melanoides Moore
454 Chocolate Tiger Parantica melaneus plataniston Fruhstorfer
455 Chestnut Tiger Parantica sita
Kollar 456 Blue Spotted Crow Euploea midamus
rogenhoferi Felder & Felder
No recent records. Confirmation required.
Recorded from E. Kumaon vide Bingham (Hannyngton 1910).
457 Striped Blue Crow Euploea mulciber mulciber Cramer
458 Magpie Crow Euploea radamanthus Fabricius
No recent records. Confirmation required.
From Mussoorie in Coll. FRI.
459 Common Crow Euploea core core Cramer
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