Uttarakhand Butterfly Checklist
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BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY OF UTTARAKHAND: CHECKLIST, RECENT WORK AND FUTURE GOALS APPENDIX 1 No. COMMON NAME NAME LOCALITY REMARKS SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE LATREILLE 1802 1 Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius 2 Golden Birdwing Troides aeacus Restricted to Smetacek 2011d Felder & Felder forests with perennial water sources. 3 Common Windmill Byasa polyeuctes Smetacek 2011d letincius Fruhstorfer 4 Great Windmill Byasa dasarada Smetacek 2011d ravana Moore 5 Rose Windmill Byasa latreillei latreillei Donovan 6 Lesser Batwing Atrophaneura No recent aidoneus records. Doubleday 7 Common Batwing Atrophaneura varuna astorion Westwood 8 Common Mormon Papilio polytes Smetacek 2006 romulus Cramer 9 Common Peacock Papilio bianor Smetacek 2006 polyctor Boisduval 10 Paris Peacock Papilio paris paris Linnaeus 11 Blue Peacock Papilio arcturus arius Rothschild 12 Spangle Papilio protenor Smetacek 2006 euprotenor Fruhstorfer 13 Redbreast Papilio alcmenor No recent Hannyngton Felder & Felder records. 1910. Confirmation required. 14 Tailed Redbreast Papilio bootes janaka Moore 15 Red Helen Papilio helenus helenus Linnaeus 16 Yellow Swallowtail Papilio machaon asiatica Menetries 17 Lime Butterfly Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus 18 Tawny Mime Papilio agestor govindra Moore 19 Common Mime Papilio clytia clytia Linnaeus 20 Sixbar Swordtail Graphium eurous Smetacek 2012b. cashmirensis Rothschild 21 Spectacle Swordtail Graphium mandarinus garhwalica Katayama 22 Graphium nomius nomius Esper 23 Common Jay Graphium doson axion Felder & Felder 24 Tailed Jay Graphium agamemnon agamemnon Linnaeus 25 Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon sarpedon Linnaeus 26 Glassy Bluebottle Graphium cloanthus Westwood 27 Graphium xenocles No recent Hannyngton phrontis de records. 1910. Niceville Confirmation required. 28 Brown Gorgon Meandrusa Singh 2006. lachinus Fruhstorfer 29 Keeled Apollo Parnassius No recent jacquemontii records. Boisduval 30 Red Apollo Parnassius epaphus Oberthur 31 Blue Apollo Parnassius hardwickei hardwickei Gray 32 Banded Apollo Parnassius delphius No recent florenciae Tytler records. Nanda Devi Banded Parnassius No recent Confirmation of Apollo nandadevinensis records. taxonomic status Eisner required. 33 Black-edged Apollo Parnassius simo No recent simo Gray records. 34 Regal Apollo Parnassius No recent charltonius records. charltonius Gray SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE LATREILLE 1809 35 Branded Orange Bibasis oedipodea Awlet belesis Mabille 36 Orange Awlet Bibasis jaina jaina Moore 37 Plain Orange Awlet Bibasis anadi de Niceville 38 Green Awlet Bibasis vasutana No recent Hannyngton Moore records. 1910. 39 Orange Tailed Bibasis sena sena Awlet Moore 40 Slate Awl Hasora anura de No recent Evans 1949. Niceville records. 41 Common Banded Hasora chromus Awl chromus Cramer 42 White Banded Awl Hasora taminatus Not recorded Evans 1949. bhavara Fruhstorfer from Uttarakhand, but known from Kangra and Sikkim. 43 Brown Awl Badamia exclamationis Fabricius 44 Indian Awlking Choaspes benjaminii japonica Murray 45 Similar Awlking Choaspes xanthopogon Kollar 46 Double spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Niceville 47 Multi-spotted Flat Celaenorrhinus pulomaya pulomaya Moore 48 Tytler’s Multi- Celaenorrhinus No recent Evans 1949. spotted Flat ratna daphne Evans records. 49 Mussoorie Spotted Celaenorrhinus Flat pero pero de Niceville 50 Common Spotted Celaenorrhinus Flat leucocera leucocera Kollar 51 Himalayan Spotted Celaenorrhinus Flat munda Moore 52 Himalayan Yellow- Celaenorrhinus banded Flat dhanada Moore 53 Marbled Flat Lobocla liliana ignatius Plotz 54 Himalayan White Seseria dohertyi Flat Watson 55 Sikkim White Flat Seseria sambara No recent Evans 1949. sambara Moore records. 56 Dusky Yellow Gerosis phisara No recent Breast Flat phisara Moore records. 57 Suffused Snow Flat Tagiades japetus ravi Moore 58 Spotted Snow Flat Tagiades menaka menaka Moore 59 Water Snow Flat Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Mosch. 60 Striped Snow Flat Tagiades cohaerens Mabille 61 Yellow Flat Mooreana No recent Evans 1949. trichoneura pralaya records. Moore 62 Fulvous Pied Flat Pseudocoladenia dan fatih Kollar 63 Tricolour Pied Flat Coladenia indrani indrani Moore 64 Spotted Small Flat Sarangesa purendra Moore 65 Common Small Flat Sarangesa dasahara dasahara Moore 66 Hairy Angle Darpa hanria No recent Moore records. 67 Tawny Angle Ctenoptilum vasava No recent Moore records. 68 Chestnut Angle Odontoptilum angulata angulata Felder 69 Spotted Angle Caprona agama agama Moore 70 Yerbury’s Golden Caprona alida Angle yerburyi Evans 71 Indian Skipper Spialia galba Fabricius 72 Kashmir Mountain Pyrgus Recorded from Hannyngton Skipper cashmirensis Moore the Niti Pass 1910. 73 Orange & Silver Carterocephalus Hannyngton Hopper avanti avanti de 1915. Niceville 74 Forest Hopper Astictopterus jama No recent Evans 1949. olivascens Moore records. 75 Tiger Hopper Ochus subvittatus No recent Evans 1949. Moore records. 76 Bush Hopper Ampittia dioscorides dioscorides Fabricius 77 Veined Scrub Aeromachus Hopper stigmata stigmata Moore 78 Mussoorie Bush Pedesta Bob masuriensis de Niceville 79 Indian Palm Bob Suastus gremius gremius Fabricius 80 Chocolate Demon Kerana nigrita No recent Evans 1949. Godart records. 81 Grass Demon Udaspes folus Cramer 82 Common Banded Notocrypta Demon paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer 83 Spotted Demon Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos Moore 84 Giant Redeye Gangara thyrsis Not recorded Evans 1949. thyrsis Fabricius from Uttarakhand but recorded from Kangra, Delhi and Sikkim. 85 Sikkim Palm Red- Erionota torus Eye Evans 86 Common Redeye Matapa aria Moore 87 Tree Flitter Hyarotis adrastus No recent prabha Moore records. 88 Purple & Gold Zographetus satwa No recent Evans 1949. Flitter de Niceville records. 89 Chequered Ace Sovia lucasii No recent Evans 1949. separata Moore records. 90 Graham’s Ace Sovia grahami No recent Evans records. 91 Garhwal Ace Thoressa aina aina de Niceville 92 Olive Ace Thoressa gupta No recent gupta de Niceville records. 93 Moore’s Ace Halpe porus Mabille 94 Veined Dart Actinor radians No recent Hannyngton Moore records. 1910. 95 Chestnut Bob Iambrix salsala No recent salsala Moore records. 96 Himalayan Grass Taractrocera danna Dart Moore 97 Common Grass Dart Taractrocera maevius sagara Moore 98 Pale Dart Potanthus pallida Evans 99 Himalayan Dart Potanthus dara Kollar 100 Indian Dart Potanthus pseudomaesa clio Evans 101 Sikkim Dart Potanthus mara mara Evans 102 Formosan Dart Potanthus pava pava Fruhstorfer 103 Pale Palm Dart Telicota colon colon Fabricius 104 Dark Palm Dart Telicota ancilla bambusae Moore 105 Himalayan Darter Ochlodes brahma brahma Moore 106 Chequered Darter Hesperia comma No recent dimila Moore records. 107 Straight Swift Parnara guttatus mangala Moore 108 Mauritian Swift Parnara naso bada Moore 109 Rice Swift Borbo cinnara Wallace 110 Bevan’s Swift Borbo bevani Moore 111 Large Branded Pelopidas sinensis Swift Mabille 112 Obscure Branded Pelopidas agna No recent Swift agna Moore records. 113 Variable Swift Pelopidas mathias mathias Fabricius 114 Great Swift Pelopidas assamensis de Niceville 115 Himalayan Swift Polytremis discreta discreta Elwes & Edwards 116 Yellow Spot Swift Polytremis eltola eltola Hewitson 117 Farr’s Swift Baoris farri farri Moore PIERIDAE 118 Psyche Leptosia nina nina Fabricius 119 Common Jezebel Delias eucharis Drury 120 Painted Jezebel Delias hyparete No recent Hannyngton indica Wallace records. 1910. Confirmation required. 121 Hill Jezebel Delias belladonna horsfieldi Gray 122 Pale Jezebel Delias sanaca sanaca Moore 123 Redbreast Jezebel Delias acalis Smetacek 2001 pyramus Wallace 124 Spotted Sawtooth Prioneris thestylis thestylis Doubleday 125 Pioneer Anaphaeis aurota aurota Fabricius 126 Thibet Blackvein Mesapia peloria No recent Hewitson records. 127a Himalayan Aporia leucodice Blackvein soracta Moore b Aporia leucodice sara Evans 128a Great Blackvein Aporia agathon phryxe Boisduval b Aporia agathon caphusa Moore c Aporia agathon agathon Gray 129 Dusky Blackvein Aporia nabellica No recent nabellica Boisduval records. 130 Pearl White Euchloe ausonia No recent Known only from daphalis Moore records. the type- specimen taken in Kumaon in April (Hannyngton 1910). 131 Butler’s Dwarf Baltia butleri No recent butleri Moore records. 132 Indian Cabbage Pieris canidia White indica Evans 133 Large Cabbage Pieris brassicae White nepalensis Doubleday 134 Greenvein White Pieris ajaka Moore 135 Lofty Bath White Pontia callidice No recent kallora Moore records. 136 Lesser Bath White Pontia chloridice No recent Hubner records. 137 Bath White Pontia daplidice Smetacek 2002 moorei Rober 138 Desert Bath White Pontia glauconome Smetacek 2002 Klug 139 Common Gull Cepora nerissa phryne Fabricius 140 Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene satadra Moore 141 White Orange Tip Ixias marianne Cramer 142 Spot Puffin Appias lalage lalage Doubleday 143 Common Albatross Appias albina darada Felder & Felder 144 Striped Albatross Appias libythea Fabricius 145 Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius 146 Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linnaeus 147 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni nepalensis Doubleday 148 Lesser Brimstone Gonepteryx mahaguru mahaguru Gistel 149 Common Grass Eurema hecabe Yellow fimbriata Wallace 150 One Spot Grass Eurema andersoni No recent Mackinnon & de Yellow andersoni Moore records. Niceville 1899 Confirmation required. 151 Three Spot Grass Eurema blanda Yellow silhetana Wallace 152 Spotless Grass Eurema laeta laeta Yellow Boisduval 153 Small Grass Yellow Eurema brigitta rubella Wallace 154 Pale Clouded Colias erate Yellow