Butterflies of Nagaland
343 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Nagaland.
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 Nagaland on the list (343)
- Abisara neophron Tailed Judy
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Acraea vesta
- Acytolepis puspa Common Hedge Blue
- Aemona amathusia Yellow Dryad
- Aeromachus kali Blue-spotted Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus pygmaeus Pygmy Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus stigmata Veined Scrub Hopper
- Aglais caschmirensis Indian Tortoiseshell
- Ancema ctesia Bi-spot Royal
- Ancistroides nigrita Chocolate Demon
- Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue
- Apatura ambica Indian Purple Emperor
- Apatura parisatis
- Apatura ulupi Chitoria ulupi
- Aporia agathon Great Blackvein
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias galba Indian Orange Albatross
- Appias indra Plain Puffin
- Appias lalage Spot Puffin
- Appias lyncida Chocolate Albatross
- Araschnia prorsoides Mongol
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Arhopala centaurus Dull Oak-blue
- Arhopala hellenore Doherty's Green Oakblue
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Atrophaneura aidoneus Lesser Batwing
- Baoris penicillata Paintbrush swift
- Bhutanitis lidderdalii Bhutan Glory
- Bibasis amara Small Green Awlet
- Byasa crassipes Black Windmill
- Byasa dasarada great windmill
- Byasa latreillei rose windmill
- Byasa plutonius Pink-spotted Windmill
- Byasa polla De Nicéville's Windmill
- Byasa polyeuctes Common Windmill
- Calinaga buddha Orange-breasted Freak Butterfly
- Callerebia annada Ringed Argus
- Callerebia watsoni Bent Argus
- Castalius ananda Dark Pierrot
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catapaecilma major Common Tinsel
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celaenorrhinus aspersa
- Celaenorrhinus dhanada Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera Common Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus morena
- Celaenorrhinus pulomaya multi-spotted flat
- Celaenorrhinus putra Restricted Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus ratna Ratna Flat
- Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue
- Celastrina lavendularis Plain Hedge Blue
- Cepora nadina Lesser Gull
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Cethosia biblis Red Lacewing Butterfly
- Cethosia cyane Leopard Lacewing Butterfly
- Charaxes athamas
- Charaxes bernardus Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes etheocles Variegated Black Prince
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Cheritrella truncipennis Truncate Imperial
- Chilasa agestor Tawny Mime
- Chilasa clytia
- Chilasa epycides
- Chilasa paradoxa
- Childrena childreni Large Silverstripe
- Chliaria kina Blue Tit
- Choaspes benjaminii Indian Awlking
- Choaspes plateni Branded Awlking
- Chrysozephyrus syla Silver Hairstreak
- Chrysozephyrus vittata
- Cigaritis evansii
- Cigaritis syama Club Silverline
- Cirrochroa aoris Large Yeoman
- Cirrochroa tyche Common Yeoman
- Coladenia agnioides Scarce Pied Flat
- Coladenia dan
- Colias fieldii Dark Clouded Yellow
- Curetis acuta Angled Sunbeam
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- Daimio phisara
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Delias acalis Red-breast Jezebel
- Delias agostina Yellow Jezebel
- Delias belladonna hill jezebel
- Delias berinda Dark Jezebel
- Delias descombesi Red-spot Jezebel
- Delias hyparete Painted Jezebel
- Delias lativitta White-streaked Jezebel
- Delias pasithoe Red-based Jezebel
- Dercas lycorias plain sulphur
- Dichorragia nesimachus Constable
- Dilipa morgiana Golden Emperor
- Discolampa ethion Banded Blue Pierrot
- Discophora celinde
- Discophora deo Banded Duffer
- Discophora sondaica Common Duffer
- Dodona adonira Striped Punch
- Dodona dipoea lesser Punch
- Dodona egeon Orange Punch
- Doleschallia bisaltide Autumn Leaf
- Edales pandava
- Elkalyce argiades
- Elkalyce kala
- Elymnias hypermnestra Common Palmfly
- Elymnias malelas Spotted Palmfly
- Enispe cycnus Blue Caliph
- Epargyreus clarus Silver-spotted Skipper
- Erionota torus Rounded Palm-redeye
- Ethope himachala Dusky Diadem
- Euploea alcathoe No-brand Crow
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea doubledayi Greater Striped Black Crow
- Euploea mulciber Striped Blue Crow
- Euploea radamanthus Magpie Crow Butterfly
- Eurema andersoni One-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema blanda Three-spotted Grass Yellow
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Euripus nyctelius Courtesan
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia curvifascia
- Euthalia durga Blue Duke
- Euthalia eriphylae Grey-tipped Baron
- Euthalia franciae French Duke
- Euthalia japroa
- Euthalia lubentina Gaudy Baron
- Euthalia nara bronze duke
- Euthalia phemius White-edged blue baron
- 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 macareus Lesser Zebra
- Graphium paphus
- Graphium sarpedon Common Bluebottle
- Graphium xenocles Great Zebra
- Halpe arcuata Overlapped Ace
- Halpe porus Moore's Ace
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora schoenherr Yellow Banded Awl
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Heliophorus androcles Green Sapphire
- Heliophorus brahma Golden Sapphire
- Heliophorus epicles Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus ila Restricted Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus indicus Dark Sapphire
- Heliophorus kohimensis Naga sapphire
- Hestina persimilis Siren
- Hestinalis nama Circe
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolycaena erylus Common Tit
- Iambrix salsala Chestnut Bob
- Iolaus diaeus
- Ionolyce helicon Pointed Line Blue
- Iraota timoleon Silverstreak Blue
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides alecto Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides bochus Dark Cerulean
- Jamides celeno Common 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
- Kallima alompra
- Kallima inachus Orange Oakleaf
- Kallima knyvettii
- Kallima sylvia
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Lamproptera curius White Dragontail Butterfly
- Lamproptera meges Green Dragontail Butterfly
- Lebadea martha Knight
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Lethe bhairava rusty forester
- Lethe chandica Angled Red Forester
- Lethe confusa Banded Treebrown
- Lethe europa Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe mekara Red Forester
- Lethe rohria Common Treebrown
- Lethe sidonis Common Woodbrown Butterfly
- Lethe sura Lilacfork
- Lethe verma Straight-banded Treebrown
- Limenitis danava
- Limenitis daraxa
- Limenitis dudu
- Limenitis procris
- Liphyra brassolis Moth Butterfly
- Lobocla liliana Marbled Flat
- Loxura atymnus Common Yamfly
- Lycaenopsis marginata
- Matapa aria Common Redeye
- Meandrusa payeni Yellow Gorgon
- Megisba malaya Malayan
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima Dark Evening Brown
- Mimathyma ambica
- Monodontides musina Swinhoe's hedge blue
- Morpho rhetenor Rhetenor blue morpho
- Mycalesis francisca Lilacine Bushbrown
- Mycalesis lepcha Lepcha Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mineus Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Nacaduba pactolus Large Fourline Blue
- Neope armandii Yellow Labyrinth
- Neope bhadra Tailed Labyrinth
- Neope pulaha Veined Labyrinth
- Neptis ananta Yellow Sailer
- Neptis cartica Plain Sailer
- Neptis clinia Southern Sullied Sailer
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Neptis nata Sullied Brown Sailer
- Neptis sappho Pallas' Sailer
- Neptis soma Cream-spotted Sailor
- Neptis zaida Variable Sailor
- Notocrypta paralysos common banded demon
- Ochlodes siva Assam Darter
- Ochus subvittatus Tiger Hopper
- Odontoptilum angulata Chestnut Angle
- Orinoma damaris Tigerbrown
- Orsotriaena medus Smooth-eyed Bushbrown
- Orthomiella pontis Straightwing Blue
- Pantoporia cama
- Pantoporia hordonia Common Lascar
- Papilio alcmenor Redbreast Swallowtail
- Papilio arcturus Blue Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio bianor Chinese Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio bootes Tailed Redbreast
- Papilio castor Common Raven Butterfly
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio helenus Red Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio krishna Krishna peacock
- Papilio memnon Great Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus chaon Khasi Yellow Helen
- Papilio paris Paris Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio protenor Spangle Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parantica melaneus Chocolate Tiger
- Parantica sita Chestnut Tiger
- Parathyma nefte
- Parathyma nefte inara
- Parathyma opalina
- Parathyma perius
- Parathyma ranga
- Parathyma selenophora
- Pareronia avatar Pale Wanderer
- Parnara guttata
- Parnara guttatus
- Parnara naso
- Pedesta panda
- Pelopidas agna Little Branded Swift
- Pelopidas assamensis Great Swift
- Pelopidas mathias Small Branded Swift
- Petrelaea dana Dingy Lineblue
- Phaedyma columella Short Banded Sailer
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Phengaris atroguttata Great Spotted Blue
- Pieris brassicae Large White
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris melete Asian Green-veined White
- Polytremis discreta Himalayan Swift
- Polytremis eltola Yellow-spot Swift
- Polyura athamas Common Nawab
- Polyura bharata
- Polyura dolon Stately Nawab
- Polyura eudamippus Great Nawab
- Polyura narcaeus Chinese Nawab
- Poritia erycinoides Blue Gem
- Poritia hewitsoni Common Gem
- Potanthus trachala Lesser Band Dart
- Pratapa icetas Dark Blue Royal
- Prioneris philonome Redspot Sawtooth
- Prioneris thestylis Spotted sawtooth
- Prosotas aluta Barred Lineblue
- Prosotas bhutea Bhutya Lineblue
- Prosotas butea
- Prosotas dubiosa Tailless Lineblue
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Pseudergolis wedah Tabby
- Pseudocoladenia dan Fulvous Pied Flat
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Pudicitia pholus
- Rapala rectivitta
- Rapala suffusa Suffused Flash
- Sarangesa dasahara Common Small Flat
- Satarupa zulla
- Sephisa chandra Eastern Courtier
- Seseria sambara Notched Seseria
- Spalgis epius Apefly
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spindasis lohita Long-banded Silverline
- Spitosa fylla
- Stibochiona nicea Popinjay
- Stichophthalma camadeva Northern Jungle Queen
- Stichophthalma nourmahal
- Surendra quercetorum Common Acacia Blue
- Symbrenthia hypselis Himalayan jester
- Symbrenthia niphanda bluetail jester
- Tagiades japetus Pied Flat
- Tagiades litigiosa Water Snow Flat
- Talicada nyseus Red Pierrot
- Tanaecia jahnu Plain Earl
- Tanaecia julii Common Earl
- Tanaecia lepidea Grey Count
- Taraka hamada Forest Pierrot
- Tarucus waterstradti Separate Pierrot (Assam Pierrot)
- Teinopalpus imperialis Kaiser-i-Hind NT
- Telicota ancilla Dark Palm Dart
- Thaumantis diores Jungle Glory
- Thoressa hyrie Large-spot Plain Ace
- Ticherra acte Blue Imperial
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis Dark Blue Tiger
- Troides aeacus Golden Birdwing
- Troides helena Common birdwing
- Udara dilectus Pale Hedge Blue
- Udaspes folus Grass Demon
- Una usta Singleton
- Vanessa canace
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa caschmirensis
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
- Vindula erota Common Cruiser
- Ypthima baldus Common Five-ring
- Ypthima huebneri Common Four-ring
- Ypthima nareda Large Three-ring
- Ypthima nikaea Moore’s Fivering
- Zeltus amasa Fluffy Tit
- Zemeros flegyas Punchinello
- Zipaetis scylax Dark Catseye
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zographetus satwa Purple and Gold Flitter
Butterflies elsewhere
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