List of butterflies of Singapore

This is a list of butterflies of Singapore. About 305 species are known from Singapore.

Papilioninae

 * Chilasa clytia clytia – common mime
 * Graphium agamemnon agamemnon – tailed jay
 * Graphium doson evemonides – common jay
 * Graphium evemon eventus – blue jay
 * Graphium sarpedon luctatius – common bluebottle
 * Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris – common rose
 * Papilio demoleus malayanus – lime butterfly
 * Papilio demolion demolion – banded swallowtail
 * Papilio iswara iswara – great Helen
 * Papilio memnon agenor – great Mormon
 * Papilio polytes romulus – common Mormon
 * Papilio prexaspes prexaspes – blue Helen
 * Pathysa antiphates itamputi – five bar swordtail
 * Troides amphrysus ruficollis – Malayan birdwing
 * Troides helena cerberus – common birdwing

Coliadinae

 * Catopsilia pomona pomona – lemon emigrant
 * Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe – mottled emigrant
 * Catopsilia scylla cornelia – orange emigrant
 * Eurema andersonii andersonii – Anderson's grass yellow
 * Eurema blanda snelleni – three spot grass yellow
 * Eurema brigitta senna – no brand grass yellow
 * Eurema hecabe contubernalis – common grass yellow
 * Eurema sari sodalis – chocolate grass yellow
 * Eurema simulatrix tecmessa
 * Gandaca harina distanti – tree yellow

Pierinae

 * Appias indra plana – plain puffin
 * Appias libythea olferna – striped albatross
 * Appias lyncida vasava – chocolate albatross
 * Delias hyparete metarete – painted Jezebel
 * Delias pasithoe parthenope – red base Jezebel
 * Hebomoia glaucippe aturia – great orange tip
 * Leptosia nina malayana – Psyche
 * Pareronia valeria lutescens – wanderer
 * Pieris canidia canidia – cabbage white

Danainae

 * Danaus chrysippus chrysippus – plain tiger
 * Danaus genutia genutia – common tiger
 * Danaus melanippus hegesippus – black veined tiger
 * Euploea camaralzeman malayica – Malayan crow
 * Euploea crameri bremeri – spotted black crow
 * Euploea eyndhovii gardineri – striped black crow
 * Euploea midamus singapura – blue spotted crow
 * Euploea mulciber mulciber – striped blue crow
 * Euploea phaenareta castelnaui – king crow
 * Euploea radamanthus radamanthus – magpie crow
 * Euploea tulliolus ledereri – dwarf crow
 * Idea leuconoe chersonesia – mangrove tree nymph
 * Idea stolli logani – common tree nymph
 * Ideopsis vulgaris macrina – blue glassy tiger
 * Parantica agleoides agleoides – dark glassy tiger
 * Parantica aspasia aspasia – yellow glassy tiger

Satyrinae

 * Elymnias hypermnestra agina – common palmfly
 * Elymnias panthera panthera – tawny palmfly
 * Elymnias penanga penanga – pointed palmfly
 * Lethe europa malaya – bamboo tree brown
 * Melanitis leda leda – common evening brown
 * Mycalesis fusca fusca – Malayan bush brown
 * Mycalesis mineus macromalayana – dark brand bush brown
 * Mycalesis orseis nautilus – purple bush brown
 * Mycalesis perseoides perseoides
 * Mycalesis perseus cepheus – dingy bush brown
 * Mycalesis visala phamis – long branded bush brown
 * Orsotriaena medus cinerea – nigger
 * Ypthima baldus newboldi – common five ring
 * Ypthima fasciata torone
 * Ypthima horsfieldii humei - Malayan five ring
 * Ypthima huebneri – common four ring
 * Ypthima pandocus corticaria – common three ring

Morphinae

 * Amathusia phidippus phidippus – palm king
 * Discophora sondaica despoliata – common duffer
 * Faunis canens arcesilas – common faun
 * Thaumantis klugius lucipor – dark blue jungle glory
 * Zeuxidia amethystus amethystus – Saturn

Nymphalinae

 * Doleschallia bisaltide ?bisalitide var. – autumn leaf
 * Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa – autumn leaf
 * Hypolimnas anomala anomala – Malayan eggfly
 * Hypolimnas bolina bolina – great eggfly
 * Hypolimnas bolina jacintha – Jacintha eggfly
 * Hypolimnas misippus misippus – Danaid eggfly
 * Junonia almana javana – peacock pansy
 * Junonia atlites atlites – grey pansy
 * Junonia hedonia ida – chocolate pansy
 * Junonia orithya wallacei – blue pansy
 * Vanessa cardui – painted lady
 * Vanessa indica indica – Indian red admiral

Heliconiinae

 * Acraea violae – tawny coster
 * Cethosia cyane – leopard lacewing
 * Cethosia hypsea hypsina – Malay lacewing
 * Cethosia penthesilea methypsea – plain lacewing
 * Cirrochroa orissa orissa – banded yeoman
 * Cupha erymanthis lotis – rustic
 * Phalanta phalantha phalantha – leopard
 * Terinos terpander robertsia – royal Assyrian
 * Vindula dejone erotella – cruiser

Limenitidinae

 * Athyma asura idita – studded sergeant
 * Athyma kanwa kanwa – dot-dash sergeant
 * Athyma nefte subrata – colour sergeant
 * Athyma pravara helma – lance sergeant
 * Athyma reta moorei – Malay staff sergeant
 * Euthalia aconthea gurda – baron
 * Euthalia adonia pinwilli – green baron
 * Euthalia merta merta – white tipped baron
 * Euthalia monina monina – Malay baron
 * Lasippa heliodore dorelia – Burmese lascar
 * Lasippa tiga siaka – Malayan lascar
 * Lebadea martha parkeri – knight
 * Lexias canescens pardalina – yellow archduke
 * Lexias dirtea merguia – black tipped archduke
 * Lexias pardalis dirteana – archduke
 * Moduza procris milonia – commander
 * Neptis harita harita – chocolate sailor
 * Neptis hylas papaja – common sailor
 * Neptis leucoporos cresina – grey sailor
 * Pandita sinope sinope – colonel
 * Pantoporia hordonia hordonia – common lascar
 * Pantoporia paraka paraka – Perak lascar
 * Phaedyma columella singa – short banded sailor
 * Symbrenthia hippoclus – common jester
 * Tanaecia japis puseda – Horsfield's baron
 * Tanaecia pelea pelea – Malay viscount

Cyrestinae

 * Chersonesia peraka peraka – little maplet

Apaturinae

 * Eulaceura osteria kumana – purple duke
 * Euripus nyctelius eupleoides – courtesan

Charaxinae

 * Charaxes solon echo – black rajah
 * Polyura hebe plautus – plain nawab
 * Polyura schreiber tisamenus – blue nawab

Riodininae

 * Abisara geza niya – spotted Judy
 * Abisara saturata kausamboides – Malayan plum Judy
 * Abisara savitri savitri – Malay tailed Judy
 * Laxita thuisto thuisto – lesser harlequin
 * Taxila haquinus haquinus – harlequin

Poritiinae

 * Poritia philota philota – Malayan Gem
 * Poritia sumatrae sumatrae – Sumatran Gem

Miletinae

 * Allotinus unicolor unicolor – lesser darkie
 * Liphyra brassolis abbreviata – moth butterfly
 * Logania marmorata damis – pale mottle
 * Miletus biggsii biggsii – Bigg's brownie
 * Miletus gopara gopara
 * Miletus symethus petronius
 * Spalgis epius epius – apefly

Curetinae

 * Curetis santana malayica – Malayan sunbeam
 * Curetis saronis sumatrana – Sumatran sunbeam

Aphnaeinae

 * Cigaritis lohita senama – long banded silverline
 * Cigaritis syama terana – club silverline

Theclinae

 * Ancema blanka blanka – silver royal
 * Arhopala abseus abseus – aberrant oakblue
 * Arhopala aedias agnis – large metallic oakblue
 * Arhopala ammon ammon
 * Arhopala amphimuta amphimuta
 * Arhopala antimuta antimuta
 * Arhopala athada athada – vinous oakblue
 * Arhopala atosia malayana – tailed disc oakblue
 * Arhopala aurea
 * Arhopala centaurus nakula – centaur oakblue
 * Arhopala epimuta epiala – common disc oakblue
 * Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli – green oakblue
 * Arhopala major major
 * Arhopala myrzala lammas
 * Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta – Raffles oakblue
 * Arhopala silhetensis adorea – Sylhet oakblue
 * Arhopala trogon
 * Bindahara phocides phocides – plane
 * Catapaecilma major emas – gray tinsel
 * Cheritra freja frigga – common imperial
 * Deudorix elioti – Eliot's cornelian
 * Deudorix epijarbas cinnabarus – cornelian
 * Drupadia ravindra moorei – common posy
 * Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia – pygmy posy
 * Drupadia theda thesmia – dark posy
 * Eliotia jalindra burbona – banded royal
 * Eooxylides tharis distanti – branded imperial
 * Flos anniella anniella – darky plushblue
 * Flos apidanus saturatus – plain plushblue
 * Flos diardi capeta – bifid plushblue
 * Flos fulgida singhapura – shining plushblue
 * Horaga syrinx maenala – Ambon onyx
 * Hypolycaena erylus teatus – common tit
 * Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides – dark tit
 * Iraota distanti distanti – spotted silverstreak
 * Iraota rochana boswelliana – scarce silverstreak
 * Jacoona anasuja anasuja – great imperial
 * Loxura atymnus fuconius – yamfly
 * Manto hypoleuca terana – green imperial
 * Neocheritra amrita amrita – grand imperial
 * Pratapa deva relata – white royal
 * Pseudotajuria donatana donatana – golden royal
 * Rachana jalindra burbona – banded royal
 * Rapala dieneces dieneces – scarlet flash
 * Rapala domitia domitia – yellow flash
 * Rapala iarbus iarbus – common red flash
 * Rapala manea chozeba – slate flash
 * Rapala pheretima sequiera – copper flash
 * Rapala suffusa barthema – suffused flash
 * Rapala varuna orseis – indigo flash
 * Remelana jangala travana – chocolate royal
 * Semanga superba deliciosa – red-edge
 * Sinthusa nasaka amba – narrow spark
 * Surendra vivarna amisena – acacia blue
 * Tajuria cippus maxentius – peacock royal
 * Tajuria dominus dominus
 * Tajuria mantra mantra – Felder's royal
 * Virachola kessuma deliochus – pitcher blue
 * Zeltus amasa maximinianus – fluffy tit

Polyommatinae

 * Acytolepis puspa lambi – common hedge blue
 * Anthene emolus goberus – ciliate blue
 * Anthene lycaenina miya – pointed ciliate blue
 * Caleta elna elvira – elbowed Pierrot
 * Castalius rosimon rosimon – common Pierrot
 * Catochrysops panormus exiguus – silver forget-me-not
 * Catochrysops strabo strabo – forget-me-not
 * Catopyrops ancyra – Ancyra blue
 * Euchrysops cnejus cnejus – gram blue
 * Everes lacturnus rileyi – Indian Cupid
 * Ionolyce helicon merguiana – pointed line blue
 * Jamides alecto ageladas – metallic caerulean
 * Jamides bochus nabonassar – dark caerulean
 * Jamides caeruleus caeruleus – sky blue
 * Jamides celeno aelianus – common caerulean
 * Jamides elpis pseudelpis – glistening caerulean
 * Jamides malaccanus malaccanus – Malaccan caerulean
 * Lampides boeticus – pea blue
 * Luthrodes pandava pandava – cycad blue
 * Megisba malaya sikkima – Malayan
 * Nacaduba angusta kerriana – white four-line blue
 * Nacaduba berenice icena – rounded six line blue
 * Nacaduba beroe neon – opaque six line blue
 * Nacaduba biocellata – two spotted line blue
 * Nacaduba calauria malayica – dark Malayan six line blue
 * Nacaduba pactolus odon – large four-line blue
 * Nacaduba pavana singapura – Singapore four-line blue
 * Nacaduba sanaya elioti – jewel four-line blue
 * Neopithecops zalmora zalmora – Quaker
 * Petrelaea dana dana – dingy line blue
 * Prosotas dubiosa lumpura – tailess line blue
 * Prosotas lutea sivoka – banded lineblue
 * Prosotas nora superdates – common line-blue
 * Zizeeria maha serica – pale grass blue
 * Zizina otis lampa – lesser grass blue
 * Zizula hylax pygmaea – pygmy grass blue

Coeliadinae

 * Badamia exclamationis – brown awl
 * Bibasis sena uniformis – orange tailed awl
 * Burara etelka – great orange awlet
 * Burara harisa consobrina – orange awlet
 * Hasora badra badra – common awl
 * Hasora chromus chromus – common banded awl
 * Hasora schoenherr chuza – yellow banded awl
 * Hasora taminatus malayana – white banded awl
 * Hasora vitta vitta – plain banded awl

Pyrginae

 * Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara – white banded flat
 * Gerosis limax dirae – black and white flat
 * Gerosis sinica minima
 * Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura – yellow flat
 * Odina hieroglyphica ortina – hieroglyphic flat
 * Odontoptilum angulatum angulatum – chestnut angle
 * Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana – fulvous pied flat
 * Tagiades calligana – Malayan snow flat
 * Tagiades gana gana – large snow flat
 * Tagiades japetus atticus – common snow flat
 * Tagiades ultra – ultra snow flat
 * Tapena thwaitesi bornea

Hesperiinae

 * Ampittia dioscorides camertes – bush hopper
 * Ancistroides nigrita maura – chocolate demon
 * Astictopterus jama jama – forest hopper
 * Baoris farri farri – bamboo paintbrush swift
 * Baoris oceia – paintbrush swift
 * Borbo cinnara cinnara – Formosan swift
 * Caltoris cormasa – full stop swift
 * Caltoris philippina philippina – Philippine swift
 * Cephrenes trichopepla – yellow palm dart
 * Cephrenes acalle niasicus – plain palm dart
 * Eetion elia – white spot palmer
 * Erionota acroleuca apicalis – white-tipped skipper
 * Erionota thrax thrax – banana skipper
 * Erionota torus – torus skipper
 * Gangara lebadea lebadea – banded redeye
 * Gangara thyrsis thyrsis – giant redeye
 * Halpe zema – dark-banded ace
 * Hidari irava – coconut skipper
 * Hyarotis adrastus praba – tree flitter
 * Iambrix salsala salsala – chestnut bob
 * Iambrix stellifer stellifer – starry bob
 * Matapa aria – common redeye
 * Notocrypta paralysos varians – banded demon
 * Oriens gola pseudolus – common dartlet
 * Oriens paragola – Malay dartlet
 * Pelopidas assamensis – great swift
 * Pelopidas conjunctus conjunctus – conjoined swift
 * Pelopidas mathias mathias – small branded swift
 * Pemara pugnans – pugnacious lancer
 * Plastingia naga – chequered lancer
 * Plastingia pellonia – yellow chequered lancer
 * Polytremis lubricans lubricans – contiguous swift
 * Potanthus omaha omaha – lesser dart
 * Potanthus serina – large dart
 * Potanthus trachala tytleri – detached dart
 * Pyroneura latoia latoia – yellow vein lancer
 * Quedara monteithi monteithi
 * Salanoemia tavoyana – yellow streak darter
 * Suastus everyx everyx – white palm bob
 * Suastus gremius gremius – palm bob
 * Taractrocera archias quinta – yellow grass dart
 * Taractrocera ardonia lamia
 * Telicota augias augias – palm dart
 * Telicota besta bina – Besta palm dart
 * Telicota colon stinga – common palm dart
 * Udaspes folus – grass demon
 * Unkana ambasa batara – hoary palmer
 * Zela storeyi
 * Zographetus doxus – spotted flitter