Butterflies of Delhi
116 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Delhi.
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 Delhi on the list (116)
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Ampittia dioscorides Common Bush Hopper
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias libythea Western Striped Albatross
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Arhopala atrax Indian Oakblue
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Azanus jesous African Babul Blue
- Azanus ubaldus Bright Babul Blue
- Azanus uranus Dull Babul Blue
- Badamia exclamationis Brown Awl
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Callerebia annada Ringed Argus
- Callerebia scanda Pallid Argus
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celastrina gigas Silvery Hedge Blue
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Chilades lajus
- Chilades parrhasius Small Cupid
- Chilasa clytia
- Colotis amata Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis danae Banded Scarlet Tip
- Colotis etrida Little Orange-tip
- Colotis fausta Large Salmon Arab Tip
- Colotis phisadia Blue-Spotted Arab
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Edales pandava
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea mulciber Striped Blue Crow
- 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
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Freyeria trochylus Brown Grass Jewel
- Gegenes nostrodamus Mediterranean Skipper
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium doson Common Jay
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hasora taminatus White Banded Awl
- Heliophorus sena Sorrel Sapphire
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Ixias marianne White Orange Tip
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides alecto Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides bochus Dark Cerulean
- Junonia almana Peacock Pansy
- Junonia atlites Grey Pansy
- Junonia hierta Yellow Pansy
- Junonia iphita Chocolate Pansy
- Junonia lemonias Lemon Pansy
- Junonia orithya Blue Pansy
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Oriens goloides Smaller Dartlet
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio memnon Great Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parnara naso
- Pelopidas agna Little Branded Swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta Conjoined Swift
- Pelopidas mathias Small Branded Swift
- Pelopidas thrax Pale Small-branded Swift
- Phalanta alcippe
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Pieris brassicae Large White
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris rapae Small White
- Polytremis lubricans Contiguous Swift
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Pyrisitia nise Mimosa Yellow
- Rapala iarbus Common Red Flash
- Spalgis epius Apefly
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spindasis icter
- Spindasis lohita Long-banded Silverline
- Spindasis vulcanus
- Suastus gremius Indian Palm Bob
- Talicada nyseus Red Pierrot
- Taractrocera maevius Common Grass-dart
- Tarucus balkanica Balkan Pierrot
- Tarucus callinara Spotted Pierrot
- Tarucus theophrastus Common Tiger Blue
- Tarucus theophrastus indica
- Telicota ancilla Dark Palm Dart
- Telicota colon Pale Palm Dart
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis Dark Blue Tiger
- Vagrans egista Tailed Rustic
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
- Ypthima asterope Common Three-ring
- Ypthima inica Lesser Three-ring
- Ypthima philomela baby fivering
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zizina labradus Common Grass Blue
- Zizina otis Lesser Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax Tiny Grass Blue
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Other species of Delhi
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species