Biology:List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)

From HandWiki
Short description: none
Common palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra, a satyrine butterfly found in India.

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae 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.

A total of 177 species belonging to 22 genera are found in India.

Cyllogenes - evening browns

Melanitis - evening browns

Parantirrhoea - Travancore evening brown

  • Travancore evening brown, Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, 1880[4]

Lethe - treebrowns

  • Bamboo treebrown, Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775)[5]
  • Common treebrown, Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787)[2][5]
  • Tamil treebrown, Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, 1863)[5]
  • Banded treebrown, Lethe confusa Aurivillius, [1898][5]
  • Common red forester, Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858])[5]
  • Angled red forester, Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858)[2][5]
  • Pallid forester, Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880[5][6]
  • Scarce red forester, Lethe distans Butler, 1870[2][5]
  • Naga treebrown, Lethe naga Doherty, 1889[5]
  • Bhutan treebrown, Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882)[2][5]
  • Common forester, Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844)[5]
  • Brown forester, Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876)[5][7]
  • Blue forester, Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857)[5]
  • Black forester, Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859)[5]
  • Bamboo forester, Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857)[2][5]
  • Tailed red forester, Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863)[2][5]
  • Pale forester, Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863[2][5]
  • Dull forester, Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887[5]
  • Rusty forester, Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857)[2][5]
  • Straight-banded treebrown, Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844)[5]
  • White-edged woodbrown, Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865)[2][5]
  • Scarce woodbrown, Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880[2][5]
  • Common woodbrown, Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863)[2][5]
  • Small woodbrown, Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887[2][5]
  • Barred woodbrown, Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880[2][5]
  • Yellow woodbrown, Lethe nicetas Hewitson, ?1868[5]
  • Manipur goldenfork, Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914[5][8]
  • Small silverfork, Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880)[5][9]
  • Moeller's silverfork, Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887)[9]
  • Large goldenfork, Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865)[5][9]
  • Lilacfork, Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849)[5][9]
  • Treble silverstripe, Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886)[5][9]
  • Small goldenfork, Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876[5][9]
  • Single silverstripe, Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887)[5][9]
  • Manipur woodbrown, Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884)[5]
  • Spotted mystic, Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887[2][5]
  • Tytler's treebrown, Lethe gemina Leech, 1891[5][10]
  • Chinese labyrinth, Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881[5]
  • Anderson's labyrinth, Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871)[5][11]
  • Dismal mystic, Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885[2][5]
  • Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939[5][12]
  • Scarce lilacfork, Lethe dura, (Marshall, 1882)[5][9]

Neope - labyrinths

Chonala - Chumbi wall

Lasiommata - walls

Orinoma - tiger brown

Rhapicera - tawny walls

Penthema - kaisers

Ethope - dusky diadem

Neorina - owl

Elymnias - palmflies

Rhapicera - walls

Mycalesis - bushbrowns

Heteropsis - red-eye bushbrown

Orsotriaena - nigger

Coelites - catseye

  • Scarce catseye, Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850 (Assam)[36]

Erites - cyclops

  • Common cyclops, Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, ?1886[37][38]

Ragadia - ringlets

Coenonympha - heath

  • Tibetan heath, Coenonympha sinica Alphéraky, 1888[41]

Zipaetis - catseye

Hyponephele - meadowbrowns

Aulocera - satyrs

Callerebia - arguses

Chazara - rockbrowns

Karanasa

Loxerebia - mottled argus

  • Mottled argus, Loxerebia narasingha (Moore, 1857)[50][51]

Paralasa

  • Paralasa chitralica (Evans, 1923)[52]
  • Paralasa mani (de Nicéville, 1880)[52]

Paroeneis - mountain arguses

  • Mountain argus, Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)[53][54]
  • Arctic argus, Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889)[53][55]

Pesudochazara - tawny rockbrown

Satyrus - satyrs

Ypthima - rings

  • Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58][59]
  • Common threering, Ypthima asterope[58]
  • Jewel fourring, Ypthima avanta Moore, 1875[58]
  • Common fivering, Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775)[58]
  • Ypthima cantlei Norman, 1958[58][60]
  • White fourring, Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1865[58]
  • Nilgiri fourring, Ypthima chenui (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)[58]
  • Great five-ring, Ypthima dohertyi (Moore, 1893)[58]
  • Common fourring, Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871[58]
  • Brown argus, Ypthima hyagriva Moore, 1857[58]
  • Western five-ring, Ypthima indecora Moore, 1883[58]
  • Lesser three-ring, Ypthima inica Hewitson, 1865[58]
  • Ypthima lisandra (Cramer, 1780)[58](Ypthima avanta bara Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (3): 786, 797, No. D. 14/12b)
  • Variegated five-ring, Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1865[58]
  • Plain three-ring, Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889[58][61]
  • Looped three-ring, Ypthima watsoni (Moore, 1893)[58]
  • Large three-ring, Ypthima nareda (Kollar, 1844)[58]
  • Ypthima hannyngtoni Eliot, 1967[58]
  • Eastern fivering, Ypthima persimilis Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
  • Baby fivering, Ypthima philomela (Linnaeus, 1763)[58]
  • Himalayan five-ring, Ypthima sakra (Moore, 1857)[58]
  • Ypthima parasakra Eliot, 1987[58]
  • Ypthima nikaea Moore, 1875[58][62]
  • Ypthima kedarnathensis Singh, 2007[63]
  • Pallid five-ring, Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887[58]
  • Eastern five-ring, Ypthima similis Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
  • Ypthima sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1893[58]
  • Ypthima striata Hampson, 1888[58]
  • Palni fourring, Ypthima ypthimoides Moore, 1881[58]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Cyllogenes.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. .
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Melanitis.
  4. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Parantirrhoea.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lethe.
  6. de Nicéville, 1880; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, (II) 49 (4): 246
  7. Haribal (1994) mentions L. s. serbonis and L. s. teesta
  8. Tytler, 19142; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23:
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Haribal, 1994:Noted under Zophoessa
  10. Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 3
  11. (Atkinson, 1871); Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 215
  12. Tytler, 1939; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 41 (2): 245
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Neope.
  14. Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29: 536 (or ?531)
  15. Meena Haribal, 1994:138.
  16. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chonala.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Lasiommata.
  18. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Orinoma.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Rhapicera.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Penthema.
  21. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ethope.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Neorina.
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.9 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Elymnias.
  24. Assam. Wood-Mason, ?1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11: 62
  25. Assam. Khasi hills
  26. 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16 26.17 26.18 26.19 26.20 26.21 26.22 26.23 26.24 26.25 26.26 26.27 26.28 26.29 26.30 26.31 26.32 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Mycalesis.
  27. Watson, 1897; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 10: 650, pl. A, f. 1
  28. Haribal, 1994:143 M. g. charaka
  29. Tytler, 1914; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23: 224
  30. de Nicéville, 1891; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 6 (3): 343, pl. F, f. 1-2
  31. Doherty, 1886; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2) 55 (3): 257
  32. Moore, 1878; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 583
  33. Moore, [1892]; Lepidoptera Indica, 1 (9): 187, TL: Sylhet, Tenasserim
  34. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Heteropsis.
  35. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Orsotriaena.
  36. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Coelites.
  37. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Erites.
  38. Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 237, TL: Cachar
  39. 39.0 39.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ragadia.
  40. Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
  41. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Coenonympha.
  42. 42.0 42.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Zipaetis.
  43. 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Aulocera.
  44. Haribal, 1994" Gives as A. brahminus brahminoides (Moore), 1892. Markku Savela splits A. brahminus and A. brahminoides.
  45. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Callerebia.
  46. Haribal, 1994: Notes C. scanda scanda and C. s. opima
  47. Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia ananda with ssp. caeca and ananda
  48. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Chazara.
  49. 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Karanasa.
  50. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Loxerebia.
  51. Haribal, 1994: Lists as Callerbia narasingha (sic). Markku Savela gives Loxerebia narasingha dohertyi and gives reference to Evans, 1923; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (3): 785
  52. 52.0 52.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Paralasa.
  53. 53.0 53.1 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Paroeneis.
  54. Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis pumilus bicolor (Seitz, 1908)
  55. Haribal, 1994: Lists as Paraoeneis palaearcticus sikkimensis (Staudinger) 1889
  56. 56.0 56.1 56.2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Pseudochazara.
  57. 57.0 57.1 57.2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Satyrus.
  58. 58.00 58.01 58.02 58.03 58.04 58.05 58.06 58.07 58.08 58.09 58.10 58.11 58.12 58.13 58.14 58.15 58.16 58.17 58.18 58.19 58.20 58.21 58.22 58.23 58.24 58.25 58.26 58.27 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Ypthima.
  59. Elwes & Edwards, 18932; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893: f. 30
  60. Norman, 1958; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55 (1): 180
  61. de Nicéville, 1889; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 4 (3): 165
  62. Moore, [1875]; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 (4): 567
  63. Singh, Arun P. (2007). "A new butterfly species of the genus Ypthima Hubner (Nymphalidae:Satyrinae) from the Garhwal Himalaya, India.". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104 (2): 191–194. 

References