List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands

This is a list of butterflies of the Cayman Islands. According to a recent estimate, there are 52 butterfly species found on the Cayman Islands. The abbreviation (Es) is used to indicate endemic subspecies.

Papilionidae

 * Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane, 1946) – Polydamas swallowtail
 * Heraclides andraemon andraemon (Hübner, 1823) – Andraemon swallowtail
 * Heraclides andraemon tailori (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Grand Cayman swallowtail (Es)
 * Heraclides aristodemus (Esper, 1794) – dusky swallowtail

Pieridae

 * Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) – black bordered orange, sleepy orange
 * Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775) – yellow angled sulphur
 * Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur
 * Aphrissa statira cubana (D'Almeida, 1939) – migrant sulphur
 * Ascia monuste eubotea (Godart, 1819) – great southern white
 * Eurema daira palmira (Godart, 1819) – barred sulphur
 * Eurema elathea (Cramer, 1777) – false barred sulphur
 * Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler, 1872) – Florida white
 * Nathalis iole (Boisduval, 1836) – dainty sulphur, dwarf yellow
 * Phoebis agarithe antillia (Brown, 1929) – giant orange sulphur
 * Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775) – apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur
 * Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763) – orange-barred sulphur
 * Phoebis sennae sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless sulphur
 * Pyrisitia lisa euterpe (Ménétriés, 1832) – little sulphur
 * Pyrisitia messalina (Fabricius, 1787) – shy yellow
 * Pyrisitia nise nise (Cramer, 1775) – mimosa sulphur, blacktip sulphur

Nymphalinae

 * Anaea troglodyta cubana (Fabricius, 1775) – Cuban red leaf butterfly, troglodyte
 * Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis (Möshler, 1886) – white peacock
 * Euptoieta hegesia hegesia (Cramer, 1779)
 * Hamadryas amphichloe (Boisduval, 1870) – Haitian cracker, click butterfly
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) – mimic
 * Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779) – mangrove buckeye
 * Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1780) – Caribbean buckeye, tropical buckeye
 * Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) – many-banded daggerwing
 * Marpesia eleuchea (Hübner, 1818) – Antillean ruddy daggerwing
 * Memphis verticordia danielana (Witt, 1972) – Cayman brown leaf butterfly (Es)
 * Phyciodes phaon (W.H.Edwards, 1864) – Cayman crescent spot
 * Phyciodes tharos (Drury, [1773])
 * Siproeta stelenes bilagiata (Fruhstorfer, 1907) – malachite
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) – painted lady

Danainae

 * Danaus eresimus tethys (Cramer, 1777) – soldier
 * Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer, 1775) – queen
 * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) – monarch

Satyrinae

 * Calisto herophile (Hübner, 1823) – ringlet

Heliconiinae

 * Agraulis vanillae insularis (Maynard, 1889) – Gulf fritillary
 * Dryas iulia zoe (Miller & Steinhauser, 1992) – Julia, flambeau (Es)
 * Heliconius charitonius (Linnaeus, 1767) – zebra

Lycaenidae



 * Brephidium exilis thompsoni (Carpenter & Lewis, 1943) – pygmy blue (Es)
 * Chlorostrymon maesites (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak
 * Cyclargus ammon erembis Nabokov, 1948 – Lucas's blue (Es)
 * Electrostrymon angelia (Hewitson, 1874) – fulvous hairstreak
 * Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala
 * Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey, 1832) – Hanno blue
 * Leptoptes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857) – Cassius blue
 * Strymon acis (Drury, 1773) – Drury's hairstreak
 * Strymon istapa (Reakirt, 1867) – Hewitson's hairstreak
 * Strymon martialis (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – Cuban grey hairstreak

Hesperiidae



 * Asbolis capucinus (Lucas, 1857) – monk
 * Atalopedes mesogramma (Latreille, 1824) – striped skipper
 * Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782) – canna skipper, Brazilian skipper
 * Cymaenes tripuntus (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – three spot skipper
 * Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) – fiery skipper
 * Panoquina lucas (Fabricius, 1793) – purple-washed skipper, sugar cane skipper
 * Panoquina ocala (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Ocala skipper
 * Panoquina panoquinoides (Skinner, 1891) – obscure skipper
 * Phocides pigmalion batabano (Lucas, 1857) – mangrove skipper
 * Urbanus dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857) – Dorantes skipper
 * Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) – long-tailed skipper