List of butterflies of India 2975956 217698349 2008-06-07T06:45:56Z Sardanaphalus 427947 updating link using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{WildlifeofIndia}} [[India]] has an extremely diverse [[terrain]], [[climate]] and [[vegetation]], which comprises extremes of heat and cold, of desert and jungle, of low lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons.<ref name="Evans">Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pp 1</ref> India forms a large part of the [[Indomalaya]]n biogeographical zone; many of the floral and faunal forms show Malayan affinities with some [[taxa]] being unique to the Indian region. In addition, India hosts three of the world's [[biodiversity hotspot]]s : the [[Western Ghats]], the [[Eastern Himalaya]]s, and the hilly ranges bordering India and [[Myanmar]], each having numerous [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] species.<ref name="TERI website">http://www.teriin.org/biodiv/hotspot.htm</ref> Accordingly India's diverse and varied fauna include a rich heritage in [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s. [[W. H. Evans|Brig W. H. Evans]] recorded approximately 1439 species of butterfly from British India, including [[Ceylon]] and [[Burma]].<ref name="Evans species number">Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pp 23</ref> After 1947, the rise of several new nations led to a reduction of the area forming part of [[India]] proper, and the number of species dropped to an estimated 1200 species. The following is a list of the '''butterflies of [[India]]'''. The families and the numbers of species in them, 1163 of which are listed below, are likely to change due to advances in taxonomy and collection of data regarding occurrence and distribution. ==Superfamily Papilionoidea== * [[List of butterflies of India (Papilionidae)|Papilionidae - Swallowtail Butterflies]] (84 species) * [[List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)|Pieridae - Yellow-White Butterflies]] (81 species) * [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)|Nymphalidae- Brush-Footed Butterflies]] (439 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Danainae)|Danainae]] (26 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)|Morphinae]] (20 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)|Satyrinae]] (176 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)|Limenitidinae]] (99 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Libytheinae|Libytheinae]] (3 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Charaxinae|Charaxinae]] (16 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Calinaginae|Calinaginae]] (3 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Heliconiinae|Heliconiinae]] (27 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Cyrestinae|Cyrestinae]] (10 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Pseudergolinae|Pseudergolinae]] (1 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Biblidinae|Biblidinae]] (4 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Apaturinae|Apaturinae]] (17 species) ** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Nymphalinae|Nymphalinae]](37 species) * [[List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)|Lycaenidae- Blues, hairstreaks and Gossamer-Winged Butterflies]] (318 species) * [[List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)|Riodinidae - Punches & Judies]] (16 species) ==Superfamily Hesperioidea== [[Image:Ind bfly thumbstrip.jpg|thumb|100px|Butterfly diversity]] * [[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)|Hesperiidae - Skipper Butterflies]] (225 species) **[[List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)|Coeliadinae]] (22 species) **[[List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)|Pyrginae]] (69 species) **[[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)|Hesperiinae]] (133 species) **[[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)#Subfamily Heteropterinae|Heteropterinae]] (1 species) ==State-wise lists== [[India]] has 28 states and 7 union territories. The checklist of butterflies for each state can be found using the index below: '''States''' * [[List of butterflies of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] * [[List of butterflies of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] * [[List of butterflies of Assam|Assam]] * [[List of butterflies of Bihar|Bihar]] * [[List of butterflies of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]] * [[List of butterflies of Goa|Goa]] * [[List of butterflies of Gujarat|Gujarat]] * [[List of butterflies of Haryana|Haryana]] * [[List of butterflies of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] * [[List of butterflies of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] * [[List of butterflies of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]] * [[List of butterflies of Karnataka|Karnataka]] * [[List of butterflies of Kerala|Kerala]] * [[List of butterflies of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] * [[List of butterflies of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] * [[List of butterflies of Manipur|Manipur]] * [[List of butterflies of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] * [[List of butterflies of Mizoram|Mizoram]] * [[List of butterflies of Nagaland|Nagaland]] * [[List of butterflies of Orissa|Orissa]] * [[List of butterflies of Punjab|Punjab]] * [[List of butterflies of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] * [[List of butterflies of Sikkim|Sikkim]] * [[List of butterflies of Tamilnadu|Tamilnadu]] * [[List of butterflies of Tripura|Tripura]] * [[List of butterflies of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] * [[List of butterflies of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] * [[List of butterflies of West Bengal|West Bengal]] '''Union Territories''': * [[List of butterflies of Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] * [[List of butterflies of Chandigarh|Chandigarh]] * [[List of butterflies of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] * [[List of butterflies of Daman and Diu|Daman and Diu]] * [[List of butterflies of Lakshadweep|Lakshadweep]] * [[List of butterflies of National Capital Territory of Delhi|Delhi]] * [[List of butterflies of Puducherry|Puducherry]] ==See also== * [[Butterfly]] * [[Fauna and flora of India]] * [[Western Ghats Butterflies]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other sources== *{{aut|Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B.}} (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 6 January 2007] *{{aut|Collins, N. M. & M. G. Morris}} (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6 *{{aut|Evans, W. H.}} (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India *{{aut|Gay, T., Kehimkar, I. & J. C. Punetha}} (1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India. *{{aut|Haribal, M.}} (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. *{{aut|Kunte, K.}} (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press. *{{aut|Wynter-Blyth, M. A.}} (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India. *{{aut|Basu Roy Arjan, Das Rudra Prasad & Mukherjee P}} (2007) A pictorial guide : Butterflies of Bengal Plains, Yapanchitra Books and Nature Mates, Kolkata, India. ==External links== * [http://meghalaya.nic.in/naturalres/butterflies.htm Butterflies of Meghalaya] * [http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/Nymphalidae/Orientspecies.htm Oriental Nymphalidae] * [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/rhopnos.html Butterfly taxonomy] * [http://www.nerdybirders.com/html/butterflies/butterflies.html Indian Butterfly photographs] * [http://indiabutterflies.tripod.com Photographs of Indian Butterflies and Moths] * [http://www.srilankaninsects.net Insects of Sri Lanka] * [http://www.warblersandwaders.org/checklist/butterflies/WG_Checklist%5B1%5D.pdf Western Ghats list] * [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/intro.html Markku Savela's pages] * [http://www.pieris.ch/systematik/dia_ladakh_01.html Heiner Ziegler's pages] * [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/legis.html#R Indian Wildlife Act and scheduled species lists] ** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s1.html Schedule 1] ** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s2.html Schedule 2] {{Butterflies and moths of India}} [[Category:Regional butterfly lists|India]] [[Category:Butterflies of India|*]] [[Category:Butterflies and moths of Asia]]