Butterflies of the Thar and Kutch deserts
73 butterflies on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Thar and Kutch deserts.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). 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 the Thar and Kutch deserts on the list (73)
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Appias libythea Western Striped Albatross
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Azanus jesous African Babul Blue
- Azanus ubaldus Bright Babul Blue
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Byblia ilithyia Spotted Joker
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Chilades lajus
- Chilades parrhasius Small Cupid
- Colotis amata Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis aurora Plain Orange-tip
- Colotis danae Banded Scarlet Tip
- Colotis etrida Little Orange-tip
- Colotis eucharis Colotis eucharis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colotis fausta Large Salmon Arab Tip
- Colotis phisadia Blue-Spotted Arab
- Colotis protractus Blue-spotted Arab
- Colotis vestalis White Arab
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Discolampa ethion Banded Blue Pierrot
- Edales pandava
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Eurema brigitta Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
- Eurema drona
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Eurema laeta Spotless Grass Yellow
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Freyeria trochylus Brown Grass Jewel
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Ixias marianne White Orange Tip
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides celeno Common Cerulean
- Junonia almana Peacock Pansy
- Junonia atlites Grey Pansy
- Junonia hierta Yellow Pansy
- Junonia lemonias Lemon Pansy
- Junonia orithya Blue Pansy
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Parnassius delphius Banded Apollo
- Pelopidas mathias Small Branded Swift
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Pyrgus malvae Grizzled Skipper
- Rapala iarbus Common Red Flash
- Sarangesa purendra Spotted Small Flat
- Spialia doris Desert Grizzled Skipper
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Suastus gremius Indian Palm Bob
- Tarucus balkanica Balkan Pierrot
- Tarucus extricatus
- Tarucus theophrastus Common Tiger Blue
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
- Ypthima asterope Common Three-ring
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zizina otis Lesser Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax Tiny Grass Blue
Butterflies elsewhere
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Other species of the Thar and Kutch deserts
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · 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 · Other flowering plants and conifers · Fungi · Other species