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)Papilio machaon2.jpg (Papilio machaon)]]
 * Papilio machaon (common yellow swallowtail)
 * Papilio polyctor or Papilio bianor (common peacock)
 * Papilio polytes (common Mormon)Papilio demoleus - Taxila Sept 2014.JPG'', 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 September 2014.JPG'', 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 May 2014.JPG'', 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 May 2014.JPG'', 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 Autumn 2014.JPG'', 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)