List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)



This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself forms part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

A total of 177 species belonging to 22 genera are found in India.

Cyllogenes - evening browns

 * Scarce evening brown, Cyllogenes janetae de Nicéville, 1887 (Bhutan, Naga Hills.)
 * Branded evening brown, Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore, 1857) (N.India, Sikkim - Bhutan.)

Melanitis - evening browns

 * Common evening brown, Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Dark evening brown, Melanitis phedima (Cramer, 1780)
 * Great evening brown, Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796)

Parantirrhoea - Travancore evening brown

 * Travancore evening brown, Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, 1880

Lethe - treebrowns

 * Bamboo treebrown, Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Common treebrown, Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Tamil treebrown, Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, 1863)
 * Banded treebrown, Lethe confusa Aurivillius, [1898]
 * Common red forester, Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858])
 * Angled red forester, Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858)
 * Pallid forester, Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880
 * Scarce red forester, Lethe distans Butler, 1870
 * Naga treebrown, Lethe naga Doherty, 1889
 * Bhutan treebrown, Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882)
 * Common forester, Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844)
 * Brown forester, Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876)
 * Blue forester, Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857)
 * Black forester, Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859)
 * Bamboo forester, Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857)
 * Tailed red forester, Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863)
 * Pale forester, Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863
 * Dull forester, Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887
 * Rusty forester, Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857)
 * Straight-banded treebrown, Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844)
 * White-edged woodbrown, Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865)
 * Scarce woodbrown, Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880
 * Common woodbrown, Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863)
 * Small woodbrown, Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887
 * Barred woodbrown, Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880
 * Yellow woodbrown, Lethe nicetas Hewitson, ?1868
 * Manipur goldenfork, Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914
 * Small silverfork, Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880)
 * Moeller's silverfork, Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887)
 * Large goldenfork, Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865)
 * Lilacfork, Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849)
 * Treble silverstripe, Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886)
 * Small goldenfork, Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876
 * Single silverstripe, Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887)
 * Manipur woodbrown, Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884)
 * Spotted mystic, Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887
 * Tytler's treebrown, Lethe gemina Leech, 1891
 * Chinese labyrinth, Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881
 * Anderson's labyrinth, Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871)
 * Dismal mystic, Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885
 * Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939
 * Scarce lilacfork, Lethe dura, (Marshall, 1882)

Neope - labyrinths

 * Chinese labyrinth, Neope armandii (Oberthür, 1879) (Khasi hills)
 * Veined labyrinth, Neope pulaha (Moore, 1857)
 * Indo-Chinese labyrinth, Neope pulahoides (Moore, 1892) (Karen hills)
 * Scarce labyrinth, Neope pulahina (Evans, 1923)
 * Dusky labyrinth, Neope yama (Moore, 1857)
 * Tailed labyrinth, Neope bhadra (Moore, 1857)

Chonala - Chumbi wall

 * Chumbi wall, Chonala masoni (Elwes, 1882)

Lasiommata - walls

 * Large wall, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Common wall, Lasiommata schakra (Kollar, [1844])
 * Kashmir wall, Lasiommata maerula C. & R. Felder, 1867
 * Dark wall, Lasiommata menava Moore, 1865

Orinoma - tiger brown

 * Tiger brown, Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846

Rhapicera - tawny walls

 * Small tawny wall, Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867
 * Large tawny wall, Rhaphicera satricus (Doubleday, [1849])

Penthema - kaisers

 * Yellow kaiser, Penthema lisarda (Doubleday, 1845)
 * Blue kaiser, Penthema darlisa Moore, 1879

Ethope - dusky diadem

 * Dusky diadem, Ethope himachala (Moore, 1857)

Neorina - owl

 * Yellow owl, Neorina hilda Westwood, 1850
 * White owl, Neorina patria Leech, 1891

Elymnias - palmflies

 * South Indian palmfly, Elymnias caudata Butler, 1872 (Appears that Elymnias hypermnestra caudata is raised to status of species.)
 * Andaman palmfly, Elymnias cottonis Hewitson, 1874 (Andamans)
 * Common palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763)
 * Spotted palmfly, Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1865
 * Tiger palmfly, Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764)


 * Tawny palmfly, Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) (Nicobars)
 * Blue striped palmfly, Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851)
 * Peal's palmfly, Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, ?1883
 * Pointed palmfly, Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851)


 * Jezebel palmfly, Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857

Rhapicera - walls

 * Large tawny wall, Rhaphicera satricus (Doubleday, 1849)
 * Small tawny wall, Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867

Mycalesis - bushbrowns

 * Whitebar bushbrown, Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862
 * Lilacine bushbrown, Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, 1780)
 * Watson's bushbrown, Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1897
 * Chinese bushbrown, Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857
 * Purple bushbrown, Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864
 * Dingy bushbrown, Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Dark-branded bushbrown, Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Small long-brand bushbrown, Mycalesis igilia Fruhstorfer, 1911
 * Long-brand bushbrown, Mycalesis visala Moore, 1858
 * Tamil bushbrown, Mycalesis visala subdita Moore
 * Tytler's bushbrown, Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914
 * Red-disc bushbrown, Mycalesis oculus Marshall, 1880
 * Plain bushbrown, Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868
 * Moore's bushbrown, Mycalesis heri Moore, 1857
 * White-edged bushbrown, Mycalesis mestra Hewitson, 1862
 * Wood-Mason's bushbrown, Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason, 1883
 * Brighteye bushbrown, Mycalesis nicotia Hewitson, 1850
 * Salmon-branded bushbrown, Mycalesis misenus de Nicéville, 1901
 * Blind-eye bushbrown, Mycalesis mamerta (Stoll, 1780)
 * Palni bushbrown, Mycalesis mamerta davisoni Moore
 * Whiteline bushbrown, Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857
 * Annam bushbrown, Mycalesis annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1906
 * Mycalesis watsoni Evans, 1912 is correctly Mycalesis annamitica lepcha
 * Lepcha bushbrown, Mycalesis lepcha (Moore, 1880)
 * Gladeye bushbrown, Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857
 * Many-tufted bushbrown, Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891
 * Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1858
 * Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886
 * Mycalesis mnasicles Hewitson, 1864
 * Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969
 * Mycalesis radza Moore, 1878
 * Intermediate bushbrown, Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, 1892)
 * Pachmarhi bushbrown, Mycalesis mercea Evans (nomen nudum ?)

Heteropsis - red-eye bushbrown

 * Red-eye bushbrown, Heteropsis adolphei (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843)

Orsotriaena - nigger

 * Nigger, Orsotriaena medus (Fabricius, 1775)

Coelites - catseye

 * Scarce catseye, Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850 (Assam)

Erites - cyclops

 * Common cyclops, Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, ?1886

Ragadia - ringlets

 * Striped ringlet, Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, 1862
 * Ringlet, Ragadia crito de Nicéville, 1890

Coenonympha - heath

 * Tibetan heath, Coenonympha sinica Alphéraky, 1888

Zipaetis - catseye

 * Dark catseye, Zipaetis scylax Hewitson, 1863
 * Tamil Catseye, Zipaetis saitis Hewitson, 1863

Hyponephele - meadowbrowns

 * Oriental or branded meadowbrown, Hyponephele lupina (Costa, 1836)
 * White-ringed meadowbrown, Hyponephele davendra (Moore, 1865)
 * Hyponephele brevistigma (Moore, 1893)
 * Hyponephele tenuistigma (Moore, 1893)
 * Hyponephele narica (Hübner, [1808-1813])
 * Hyponephele pulchella (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
 * Tawny meadowbrown, Hyponephele pulchra (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Aulocera - satyrs

 * Great satyr, Aulocera padma (Kollar, 1844)
 * Narrow-banded satyr, Aulocera brahminus (Blanchard, 1853)
 * Aulocera brahminoides (Moore, 1901)
 * Common satyr, Aulocera swaha (Kollar, [1844])
 * Striated satyr, Aulocera saraswati (Kollar, [1844])

Callerebia - arguses

 * Pallid argus, Callerebia scanda (Kollar, 1844)
 * Ringed argus, Callerebia annada (Moore, 1858)

Chazara - rockbrowns

 * Shandur rockbrown, Chazara heydenreichi (Lederer, 1853)

Karanasa

 * Karanasa modesta Moore, 1893-96
 * Karanasa astorica Tytler, 1926
 * Karanasa huebneri (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
 * Karanasa rohtanga Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951

Loxerebia - mottled argus

 * Mottled argus, Loxerebia narasingha (Moore, 1857)

Paralasa

 * Paralasa chitralica (Evans, 1923)
 * Paralasa mani (de Nicéville, 1880)

Paroeneis - mountain arguses

 * Mountain argus, Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
 * Arctic argus, Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889)

Pesudochazara - tawny rockbrown

 * Tawny rockbrown, Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
 * Pseudochazara baldiva (Moore, 1865)
 * Pseudochazara lehana (Moore, 1878)

Satyrus - satyrs

 * Black satyr, Satyrus actaea (Esper, [1780])
 * Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Satyrus pimpla C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Ypthima - rings

 * Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893
 * Common threering, Ypthima asterope
 * Jewel fourring, Ypthima avanta Moore, 1875
 * Common fivering, Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Ypthima cantlei Norman, 1958
 * White fourring, Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1865
 * Nilgiri fourring, Ypthima chenui (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
 * Great five-ring, Ypthima dohertyi (Moore, 1893)
 * Common fourring, Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871
 * Brown argus, Ypthima hyagriva Moore, 1857
 * Western five-ring, Ypthima indecora Moore, 1883
 * Lesser three-ring, Ypthima inica Hewitson, 1865
 * Ypthima lisandra (Cramer, 1780) (Ypthima avanta bara Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (3): 786, 797, No. D. 14/12b)
 * Variegated five-ring, Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1865
 * Plain three-ring, Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889
 * Looped three-ring, Ypthima watsoni (Moore, 1893)
 * Large three-ring, Ypthima nareda (Kollar, 1844)
 * Ypthima hannyngtoni Eliot, 1967
 * Eastern fivering, Ypthima persimilis Elwes & Edwards, 1893
 * Baby fivering, Ypthima philomela (Linnaeus, 1763)
 * Himalayan five-ring, Ypthima sakra (Moore, 1857)
 * Ypthima parasakra Eliot, 1987
 * Ypthima nikaea Moore, 1875
 * Ypthima kedarnathensis Singh, 2007
 * Pallid five-ring, Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Eastern five-ring, Ypthima similis Elwes & Edwards, 1893
 * Ypthima sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1893
 * Ypthima striata Hampson, 1888
 * Palni fourring, Ypthima ypthimoides Moore, 1881