List of butterflies of Dominica

Fifty-five species of butterflies have been officially recorded in Dominica, an island-nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.

Two species are endemic to Dominica: the Dominican hairstreak (Electrostrymon dominicana) and the Dominican snout (Libytheana fulvescens). An additional seven species are endemic to the Lesser Antilles: Godman's hairstreak (Allosmaitia piplea), bronze hairstreak (Electrostrymon angerona), Godman's leaf (Memphis dominicana), St Lucia mestra (Mestra cana), lesser whirlabout (Polites dictynna), broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia ophites), and the stub-tailed skipper (Urbanus obscurus).

Subfamily Pyrginae

 * Jung's dusky wing (Achlyodes mithridates)
 * Zestos skipper (Epargyreus zestos)
 * Hairy dusky wing (Ephyriades arcas)
 * Jamaican dusky wing (Ephyriades brunnea)

Subfamily Eudaminae

 * Roy's skipper (Astraptes anaphus)
 * Hammock skipper (Polygonus leo)
 * Manuel's skipper (Polygonus manueli)
 * Mercury skipper (Proteides mercurius)
 * Stub-tailed skipper (Urbanus obscurus) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
 * Common long-tail skipper (Urbanus proteus)

Subfamily Hesperiinae

 * Canna skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
 * Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
 * Nyctelius skipper (Nyctelius nyctelius)
 * Sugar cane skipper (Panoquina sylvicola)
 * Lesser whirlabout (Polites dictynna) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
 * Tropical chequered skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
 * Broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia ophites) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

Subfamily Libytheinae

 * Dominican snout (Libytheana fulvescens) (Dominican endemic)

Subfamily Theclinae

 * St. Peter's hairstreak (Allosmaitia coelebs)
 * Godman's hairstreak (Allosmaitia piplea) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
 * Clench's hairstreak (Chlorostrymon maesites)
 * St. Christopher's hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
 * Bronze hairstreak (Electrostrymon angerona) (Lesser Antillean endemic)
 * Dominican hairstreak (Electrostrymon dominicana) (Dominican endemic)
 * Drury's hairstreak (Strymon acis)
 * Bubastus hairstreak (Strymon bubastus)
 * Hewitson's hairstreak (Strymon columella)

Subfamily Polyommatinae

 * Hanno blue (Hemiargus hanno)
 * Cassius blue (Leptotes cassius)

Subfamily Charaxinae

 * Godman's leaf (Memphis dominicana) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

Subfamily Cyrestinae

 * Southern dagger tail (Marpesia petreus)

Subfamily Danainae

 * Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Subfamily Heliconiinae

 * Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
 * Silver spot (Dione juno)
 * Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia)
 * Zebra butterfly (Heliconius charithonia)

Subfamily Limenitidinae

 * Red rim (Biblis hyperia)
 * Orion cecropian (Historis odius)
 * St Lucia mestra (Mestra cana) (Lesser Antillean endemic)

Subfamily Nymphalinae

 * White peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
 * Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus)
 * Caribbean buckeye (Junonia evarete)
 * Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Subfamily Papilioninae

 * Polydamas swallowtail (Battus polydamas)

Subfamily Pierinae

 * Migrant sulphur (Aphrissa statira)
 * Florida white (Appias drusilla)
 * Great southern white (Ascia monuste)

Subfamily Coliadinae

 * Barred sulphur (Eurema daira)
 * False barred sulphur (Eurema elathea)
 * Hall's sulphur (Eurema leuce)
 * Little sulphur (Eurema lisa)
 * Little yellow (Eurema venusta)
 * Large orange sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
 * Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
 * Straight-line sulphur (Rhabdodryas trite or Phoebis trite)

Disputed and unconfirmed

 * Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta.) Evans & James (1997) considered the record of this species questionable.
 * Unidentified Heliconius sp., noted by Evans & James (1997) to have been sighted on two occasions at the edge of dry forest.