Butterflies of Assam
717 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Assam.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for butterflies yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
All butterflies of Assam on the list (717)
- Abisara bifasciata Double-banded Judy
- Abisara chela spot Judy
- Abisara echeria
- Abisara neophron Tailed Judy
- Abrota ganga Sergeant-major
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Acraea vesta
- Acraea violarum Speckled Red Acraea
- Acytolepis puspa Common Hedge Blue
- Aemona amathusia Yellow Dryad
- Aeromachus jhora Grey Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus pygmaeus Pygmy Scrub Hopper
- Aglais caschmirensis Indian Tortoiseshell
- Agriades alexis
- Allotinus drumila Crenelate Darkwing
- Amathuxidia amythaon Koh-I-Noor
- Amblypodia anita Purple Leaf Blue
- Amblypodia areste
- Amnosia decora Ninja
- Ampittia dioscorides Common Bush Hopper
- Ampittia virgata Striped Bush Hopper
- Ancema blanka Silver Royal
- Ancema ctesia Bi-spot Royal
- Ancema ister Tajuria ister
- Ancistroides nigrita Chocolate Demon
- Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue
- Anthene lycaenina Pointed Ciliate Blue
- Apatura ambica Indian Purple Emperor
- Apatura parisatis
- Aphnaeus elima Scarce Shot Silverline
- Aphnaeus himalayanus
- Aphnaeus syama
- Aporia agathon Great Blackvein
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias galba Indian Orange Albatross
- Appias indra Plain Puffin
- Appias lalage Spot Puffin
- Appias libythea Western Striped Albatross
- Appias lyncida Chocolate Albatross
- Appias nero Orange Albatross
- Appias olferna Eastern Striped Albatross
- Appias paulina Yellow Albatross
- Araotes lapithis Witch
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Argyronome laodice
- Arhopala abseus Aberrant Oakblue
- Arhopala adriana
- Arhopala amantes Large Oakblue
- Arhopala andamanica
- Arhopala anthelus Magnificent Oakblue
- Arhopala arvina
- Arhopala atrax Indian Oakblue
- Arhopala bazaloides Tamil Oakblue
- Arhopala bazalus Powdered Oakblue
- Arhopala camdeo Lilac Oakblue
- Arhopala centaurus Dull Oak-blue
- Arhopala corinda Ultramarine Oakblue
- Arhopala diardi
- Arhopala dispar Frosted Oakblue
- Arhopala eumolphus Green Oakblue
- Arhopala fulla Spotless Oakblue
- Arhopala moolaiana
- Arhopala moolaina
- Arhopala nicevillei
- Arhopala oenea Lackluster Oakblue
- Arhopala paramuta Hooked Oakblue
- Arhopala perimuta Yellowdisc Oakblue
- Arhopala silhetensis Sylhet Oakblue
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Aricia agestis Brown Argus
- Arnetta atkinsoni Atkinson's Bob
- Artipe eryx Green Flash
- Asbolis capucinus Monk Skipper
- Astictopterus jama Forest Hopper
- Atrophaneura aidoneus Lesser Batwing
- Atrophaneura varuna Common Batwing
- Badamia exclamationis Brown Awl
- Baoris farri Paintbrush Swift
- Baoris penicillata Paintbrush swift
- Bassarona recta
- Bassarona teuta Banded Marquis
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Bhutanitis lidderdalii Bhutan Glory
- Bibasis amara Small Green Awlet
- Bibasis gomata Pale Green Awlet
- Bibasis harisa Orange Awlet
- Bibasis sena Orangetail Awlet
- Bindahara phocides Sword-tailed Flash
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Byasa dasarada great windmill
- Byasa latreillei rose windmill
- Byasa plutonius Pink-spotted Windmill
- Byasa polyeuctes Common Windmill
- Caleta decidia Angled Pierrot
- Calinaga buddha Orange-breasted Freak Butterfly
- Callerebia annada Ringed Argus
- Calliana pieridoides
- Caltoris aurociliata
- Caltoris cahira Colon Swift
- Caltoris kumara Blank Swift
- Capila jayadeva Striped Dawnfly
- Capila phanaeus Fulvous Dawnfly
- Capila zennara pale striped dawnfly
- Caprona ransonnettii
- Carcharodus alceae Mallow Skipper
- Carterocephalus palaemon Chequered Skipper
- Castalius ananda Dark Pierrot
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catapaecilma elegans
- Catapaecilma major Common Tinsel
- Catapaecilma subochrea Yellow Tinsel
- Catochrysops panormus Silver Forget-me-not
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celaenorrhinus asmara White Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus aurivittata Dark Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus dhanada Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera Common Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus nigricans Small Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus pulomaya multi-spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus putra Restricted Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus zea
- Celastrina albocoeruleus
- Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue
- Celastrina huegeli
- Celastrina lavendularis Plain Hedge Blue
- Cephrenes augiades Orange Palm Dart
- Cephrenes trichopepla Yellow Palm Dart
- Cepora nadina Lesser Gull
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Cethosia biblis Red Lacewing Butterfly
- Cethosia cyane Leopard Lacewing Butterfly
- Cethosia penthesilea Plain Lacewing Butterfly
- Chaetocneme beata Eastern Dusk-Flat
- Chaetocneme tenuis
- Charana mandarinus Mandarin Blue
- Charaxes amycus
- Charaxes aristogiton Scarce Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes athamas
- Charaxes bernardus Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes harmodius Double Eye-spotted Rajah
- Charaxes kahruba Variegated Rajah
- Charaxes marmax Yellow Rajah
- Charaxes psaphon Plain Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes solon Black Rajah
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Cheritra jafra
- Cheritrella truncipennis Truncate Imperial
- Chersonesia intermedia Intermediate Maplet
- Chersonesia rahria Wavy Maplet
- Chersonesia risa Common Maplet
- Chilades lajus
- Chilasa agestor Tawny Mime
- Chilasa clytia
- Chilasa epycides
- Chilasa moerneri NT
- Chilasa paradoxa
- Childrena childreni Large Silverstripe
- Chliaria othona Orchid Tit
- Choaspes benjaminii Indian Awlking
- Choaspes hemixanthus Orange Red Skirt
- Choaspes xanthopogon similar awlking
- Cigaritis syama Club Silverline
- Cirrochroa aoris Large Yeoman
- Cirrochroa fasciata
- Cirrochroa tyche Common Yeoman
- Coelites nothis Scarce Catseye
- Cogia indrani
- Coladenia agni Conjoin-spotted Pied Flat
- Coladenia dan
- Colias erate Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow
- Colias fieldii Dark Clouded Yellow
- Colotis amata Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis danae Banded Scarlet Tip
- Colotis eucharis Colotis eucharis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colotis phisadia Blue-Spotted Arab
- Colotis vestalis White Arab
- Creon cleobis Broad-tail Royal
- Cupha erymanthis Rustic
- Cupitha purreea Wax Dart
- Curetis acuta Angled Sunbeam
- Curetis bulis Bright Sunbeam
- Curetis saronis Sumatran Sunbeam
- Curetis thetis Indian Sunbeam
- Cyrestis cocles Marbled Map
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- Dacalana cotys White Banded Royal
- Dacalana pencilligera
- Daimio phisara
- Daimio sinica
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus plexippus Monarch
- Delias acalis Red-breast Jezebel
- Delias agostina Yellow Jezebel
- Delias belladonna hill jezebel
- Delias descombesi Red-spot Jezebel
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Delias hyparete Painted Jezebel
- Delias pasithoe Red-based Jezebel
- Dercas gobrias Angled Sulfur
- Dercas lycorias plain sulphur
- Dercas verhuelli Tailed Sulphur
- Deudorix epijarbas Cornelian
- Deudorix perse
- Dichorragia nesimachus Constable
- Discolampa ethion Banded Blue Pierrot
- Discophora celinde
- Discophora sondaica Common Duffer
- Dodona adonira Striped Punch
- Dodona egeon Orange Punch
- Dodona eugenes Tailed Punch
- Dodona ouida Mixed Punch
- Doleschallia bisaltide Autumn Leaf
- Edales pandava
- Elymnias congruens
- Elymnias hypermnestra Common Palmfly
- Elymnias malelas Spotted Palmfly
- Elymnias nesaea Tiger Palmfly
- Elymnias patna Blue-striped Palmfly
- Elymnias pealii Phallic palmfly
- Elymnias penanga Pointed palmfly
- Elymnias vasudeva Jezebel Palmfly
- Enispe cycnus Blue Caliph
- Enispe euthymius Red Caliph
- Erebia herse
- Erionota acroleucus
- Erionota acroleucus apex
- Erionota thrax Banana Skipper
- Erionota torus Rounded Palm-redeye
- Ethope himachala Dusky Diadem
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Euploea alcathoe No-brand Crow
- Euploea algea Long-branded Blue Crow Butterfly
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea diocletia
- Euploea doubledayi Greater Striped Black Crow
- Euploea eunice Blue-banded King Crow Butterfly
- Euploea klugii Brown King Crow Butterfly
- Euploea leucostictos Fijian Crow Butterfly
- Euploea midamus Blue-spotted Crow Butterfly
- Euploea modesta Plain Blue Crow
- Euploea mulciber Striped Blue Crow
- Euploea radamanthus Magpie Crow Butterfly
- Euploea sylvester Double-branded Crow Butterfly
- Eurema andersoni One-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema blanda Three-spotted Grass Yellow
- Eurema brigitta Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
- Eurema drona
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Eurema laeta Spotless Grass Yellow
- Eurema simulatrix Hill Grass Yellow
- Euripus consimilis Painted Courtesan
- Euripus halitherses
- Euripus nyctelius Courtesan
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia alpheda Streaked Baron
- Euthalia anosia Grey Baron
- Euthalia confucius
- Euthalia cyanipardus
- Euthalia dirtea
- Euthalia duda Blue Duchess
- Euthalia evelina Red-spot Duke
- Euthalia franciae French Duke
- Euthalia kesava
- Euthalia lubentina Gaudy Baron
- Euthalia monina Powdered Baron
- Euthalia narayana
- Euthalia phemius White-edged blue baron
- Euthalia sahadeva green duke
- Euthalia telchinia Blue Baron
- Euthalia teuta Banded Marquis
- Everes lacturnus
- Faunis canens Common Faun
- Faunis eumeus Large Faun
- Flos apidanus Plain Plushblue
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Gandaca harina Tree Yellow
- Gangara thyrsis Giant Redeye
- Gerosis bhagava
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium agetes Four-bar Swordtail
- Graphium antiphates Five-bar Swordtail
- Graphium aristeus Chain Swordtail
- Graphium bathycles Striped Jay
- Graphium chironides Veined Jay
- Graphium cloanthus Glassy Bluebottle
- Graphium doson Common Jay
- Graphium eurous Six-bar Swordtail
- Graphium eurypylus Great Jay
- Graphium evemon Lesser Jay
- Graphium macareus Lesser Zebra
- Graphium mandarinus Spectacle Swordtail
- Graphium megarus Spotted Zebra
- Graphium sarpedon Common Bluebottle
- Graphium septentrionicolus
- Graphium xenocles Great Zebra
- Halpe homolea Indian ace
- Halpe homolea aucma
- Halpe ormenes
- Halpe porus Moore's Ace
- Halpe zema Dark Banded Ace
- Halpe zola Long-banded Ace
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hasora vitta Plain Banded Awl
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Helcyra hemina White Emperor
- Heliophorus brahma Golden Sapphire
- Heliophorus epicles Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus ila Restricted Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus indicus Dark Sapphire
- Hermeuptychia hermes Hermes Satyr
- Herona marathus Yellow Pasha
- Hesperia comma Common Branded Skipper
- Hestina persimilis Siren
- Hestinalis nama Circe
- Hidari bhawani Veined Palmer
- Horaga onyx Common Onyx
- Hyarotis adrastus Tree Flitter
- Hyarotis microstictum Small Brush Flitter
- Hypolimnas alimena Blue-banded Eggfly
- Hypolimnas anomala Malayan Eggfly
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Hypolycaena erylus Common Tit
- Hyponephele lycaon Dusky Meadow Brown
- Iambrix salsala Chestnut Bob
- Iambrix unicolor
- Ideopsis similis Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger
- Ionolyce helicon Pointed Line Blue
- Iraota rochana Scarce Silverstreak Blue
- Iraota timoleon Silverstreak Blue
- Issoria sinha
- Iton semamora Common Wight
- Iton watsonii Watson's Wight
- Ixias marianne White Orange Tip
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides alecto Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides bochus Dark Cerulean
- Jamides boswelliana
- Jamides caerulea royal cerulean
- Jamides celeno Common Cerulean
- Jamides pura White Cerulean
- Junonia almana Peacock Pansy
- Junonia atlites Grey Pansy
- Junonia hedonia Brown Pansy
- Junonia hierta Yellow Pansy
- Junonia iphita Chocolate Pansy
- Junonia lemonias Lemon Pansy
- Junonia orithya Blue Pansy
- Kallima inachus Orange Oakleaf
- Kallima sylvia
- Koruthaialos butleri Dark Velvet Bob
- Koruthaialos rubecula Narrow-banded Velvet Bob
- Koruthaialos sindu Bright Red Velvet Bob
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Lampides elpis
- Lamprolenis nitida
- Lamproptera curius White Dragontail Butterfly
- Lamproptera meges Green Dragontail Butterfly
- Lasippa camboja
- Lasippa tiga Malayan Lascar
- Lasippa viraja Yellowjack Sailer
- Lebadea alankara
- Lebadea martha Knight
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Lethe bhairava rusty forester
- Lethe chandica Angled Red Forester
- Lethe confusa Banded Treebrown
- Lethe distans Scarce Red Forester
- Lethe dyrta
- Lethe europa Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe insana Common Forester
- Lethe kansa Bamboo Forester
- Lethe latiaris Pale Forester
- Lethe maitrya
- Lethe mekara Red Forester
- Lethe rohria Common Treebrown
- Lethe sinorix Tailed Red Forester
- Lethe sura Lilacfork
- Lethe verma Straight-banded Treebrown
- Lethe vindhya Black Forester
- Lexias albopunctata
- Lexias canescens
- Lexias cyanipardus Great Archduke
- Libythea lepita Common Beak
- Libythea myrrha Club Beak
- Limenitis asura
- Limenitis danava
- Limenitis daraxa
- Limenitis procris
- Limenitis zulema
- Liphyra brassolis Moth Butterfly
- Lobocla liliana Marbled Flat
- Logania distanti Dark Mottle
- Logania massalia
- Losaria coon Yellow Marked Clubtail
- Losaria doubledayi
- Loxura atymnus Common Yamfly
- Lycaena roxane
- Lycaena rutilans
- Lycaenopsis marginata
- Lycaenopsis transpectus
- Mahathala ameria Falcate Oak Blue
- Matapa aria Common Redeye
- Matapa cresta Fringed Redeye
- Matapa sasivarna Black-veined Redeye
- Meandrusa lachinus Brown Gorgon
- Meandrusa payeni Yellow Gorgon
- Meandrusa sciron Brown Gorgon
- Megisba malaya Malayan
- Melanargia galathea Marbled White
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima Dark Evening Brown
- Melanitis velutina
- Melanitis zitenius Great Evening Brown
- Melitaea acraeina
- Miletographa drumila
- Miletus chinensis Common Brownie
- Mimathyma ambica
- Mimathyma schrenckii Schrenck's emperor
- Mooreana trichoneura Yellow Flat
- Mycalesis adamsoni Watson's Bushbrown
- Mycalesis anaxias White-bar Bushbrown
- Mycalesis francisca Lilacine Bushbrown
- Mycalesis gotama Chinese Bushbrown
- Mycalesis malsara White-line Bushbrown
- Mycalesis malsarida
- Mycalesis mestra
- Mycalesis mineus Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis misenus
- Mycalesis nicotia Bright-eye Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseoides Burmese Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseus Dingy Bushbrown
- Mycalesis visala Long Brand Bushbrown
- Nacaduba berenice Rounded Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba beroe Opaque Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba hermus Pale Four-line Blue
- Nacaduba kurava Transparent 6-line Blue
- Nacaduba pactolus Large Fourline Blue
- Nacaduba pavana
- Nacaduba subperusia Violet Fourline Blue
- Neope bhadra Tailed Labyrinth
- Neope yama Dusky Labyrinth
- Neopithecops zalmora Quaker
- Neorina crishna Tailed Yellow Owl
- Neorina patria White Owl
- Neptis aceris
- Neptis ananta Yellow Sailer
- Neptis cartica Plain Sailer
- Neptis clinia Southern Sullied Sailer
- Neptis clinioides
- Neptis harita Chocolate Sailer
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Neptis jumbah Chestnut-streaked Sailer
- Neptis leucoporos Grey Sailer
- Neptis magadha Spotted Sailer
- Neptis miah Small Yellow Sailer
- Neptis namba Indian Yellow Sailer
- Neptis nandina
- Neptis nashona Less Rich Sailer
- Neptis nata Sullied Brown Sailer
- Neptis sankara Broad-banded Sailer
- Neptis sappho Pallas' Sailer
- Neptis soma Cream-spotted Sailor
- Neptis vikasi
- Neurosigma doubledayi
- Notocrypta clavata Clavated Banded Demon
- Notocrypta curvifascia Restricted Demon
- Notocrypta feisthamelii Spotted Demon
- Notocrypta paralysos common banded demon
- Ochlodes subhyalina Sub-hyaline Darter
- Ochus subvittatus Tiger Hopper
- Odontoptilum angulata Chestnut Angle
- Oriens gola Common Dartlet
- Oriens goloides Smaller Dartlet
- Orinoma damaris Tigerbrown
- Orsotriaena medus Smooth-eyed Bushbrown
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Pantoporia cama
- Pantoporia epimethis
- Pantoporia hordonia Common Lascar
- Pantoporia paraka Perak Lascar
- Pantoporia sandaka Extra Lascar
- Pantoporia zeroca
- Papilio alcmenor Redbreast Swallowtail
- Papilio arcturus Blue Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio ascalaphus Ascalaphus swallowtail
- Papilio bianor Chinese Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio bootes Tailed Redbreast
- Papilio buddha Malabar Banded Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio castor Common Raven Butterfly
- Papilio crino Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio elephenor yellow-crested spangle
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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