Biology:List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)

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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself forms part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

There are 20 species spanning nine genera which are to be found in Indian limits. However, detailed lepidopterological investigations in the north east of India may locate additional or new species.

The southern duffer (Discophora lepida) is a species of morphid butterfly found in South India.

Taxa of subfamily Morphinae

Faunis - fauns

• Common faun, Faunis canens Hübner, 1826
• Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787). Also considered as conspecific with Faunis carens above. If separate, may be called the Indian faun instead.
• Assam faun, Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
• Large faun, Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773)

Aemona - dryads

• Yellow dryad, Aemona amathusia (Hewitson, 1867)

Stichophthalma - junglequeens

• Northern jungle queen, Stichophthalma camadeva (Westwood, 1848)
• Chocolate jungle queen, Stichophthalma nourmahal (Westwood, 1851)
• Manipur jungle queen, Stichophthalma sparta de Nicéville, 1889

Thaumantis - jungleglories

• Jungle glory, Thaumantis diores Doubleday, 1845

Thauria - jungleking

• Jungleking, Thauria lathyi Frühstorfer, 1902

Amathusia - palmkings

• Palmking, Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Andaman palmking, Amathusia andamanensis Frühstorfer, 1899

Amathuxidia - kohinoor

• Koh-i-noor, Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847)

Discophora - duffers

• Banded duffer, Discophora deo de Nicéville, 1898
• Southern duffer, Discophora lepida (Moore, 1857)
• Common duffer, Discophora sondaica Boisduval, 1836
• Great duffer, Discophora timora Westwood, 1850

Enispe - caliphs

• Blue caliph, Enispe cycnus Westwood, 1851
• Red caliph, Enispe euthymius (Doubleday, 1845)
• Enispe intermedia Rothschild, 1916. A name intermediate caliph is proposed.

See also

• Nymphalidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References

Online

• Savela, Markku's page on subfamily Morphinae (family Nymphalidae). Accessed on 20 May 2007.

Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. 
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences. 
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. 
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.