Butterflies of Puducherry
170 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Puducherry.
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 Puducherry on the list (170)
- Abisara bifasciata Double-banded Judy
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Acraea violarum Speckled Red Acraea
- Acytolepis puspa Common Hedge Blue
- Aeromachus pygmaeus Pygmy Scrub Hopper
- Amblypodia anita Purple Leaf Blue
- Ampittia dioscorides Common Bush Hopper
- Anthene lycaenina Pointed Ciliate Blue
- Aphnaeus elima Scarce Shot Silverline
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias lyncida Chocolate Albatross
- Arhopala amantes Large Oakblue
- Arhopala centaurus Dull Oak-blue
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Azanus ubaldus Bright Babul Blue
- Badamia exclamationis Brown Awl
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Bindahara phocides moorei
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Byblia ilithyia Spotted Joker
- Caleta decidia Angled Pierrot
- Caprona ransonnettii
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera Common Spotted Flat
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Charaxes solon Black Rajah
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Chilades lajus
- Chilades parrhasius Small Cupid
- Chilasa clytia
- Cirrochroa thais Tamil Yeoman
- Cogia indrani
- Colotis amata Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis aurora Plain Orange-tip
- Colotis danae Banded Scarlet Tip
- Colotis eucharis Colotis eucharis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Cupha erymanthis Rustic
- Curetis thetis Indian Sunbeam
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus plexippus Monarch
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Deudorix epijarbas Cornelian
- Discolampa ethion Banded Blue Pierrot
- Doleschallia bisaltide Autumn Leaf
- Edales pandava
- Elymnias caudata Tailed Palmfly
- Erionota torus Rounded Palm-redeye
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea klugii Brown King Crow Butterfly
- Euploea sylvester Double-branded Crow Butterfly
- Eurema blanda Three-spotted Grass Yellow
- Eurema drona
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia evelina Red-spot Duke
- Euthalia lubentina Gaudy Baron
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Freyeria trochylus Brown Grass Jewel
- Gangara thyrsis Giant Redeye
- Gomalia elma Green-marbled Sandman
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium doson Common Jay
- Graphium teredon
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hasora taminatus White Banded Awl
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Iambrix salsala Chestnut Bob
- Iraota timoleon Silverstreak Blue
- 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 iphita Chocolate Pansy
- Junonia lemonias Lemon Pansy
- Junonia orithya Blue Pansy
- Kallima sylvia
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Limenitis procris
- Loxura atymnus Common Yamfly
- Megisba malaya Malayan
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima Dark Evening Brown
- Mycalesis mineus Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis patnia Glad-eye Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseus Dingy Bushbrown
- Nacaduba berenice Rounded Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba pavana
- Neopithecops zalmora Quaker
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Neptis jumbah Chestnut-streaked Sailer
- Notocrypta curvifascia Restricted Demon
- Notocrypta paralysos common banded demon
- Oriens goloides Smaller Dartlet
- Orsotriaena medus Smooth-eyed Bushbrown
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Pantoporia hordonia Common Lascar
- Pantoporia sandaka Extra Lascar
- Papilio buddha Malabar Banded Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio crino Common Banded Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio dravidarum Malabar Raven Butterfly
- Papilio helenus Red Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio memnon Great Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio paris Paris Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parathyma ranga
- Pareronia anais Common Wanderer
- Pareronia ceylanica Dark Wanderer
- Pareronia valeria Wanderer
- Parnara naso
- Pelopidas agna Little Branded Swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta Conjoined Swift
- Pelopidas thrax Pale Small-branded Swift
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Polytremis lubricans Contiguous Swift
- Polyura bharata
- Potanthus confucius Chinese Dart
- Potanthus palnia Bush Dart
- Prosotas dubiosa Tailless Lineblue
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Pseudocoladenia dan Fulvous Pied Flat
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Psolos fuligo Dusky Partwing
- Rapala manea Slate Flash
- Rathinda amor Monkey Puzzle
- Sarangesa dasahara Common Small Flat
- Sarangesa purendra Spotted Small Flat
- Spalgis epeus
- Spalgis epius Apefly
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spindasis lohita Long-banded Silverline
- Spindasis vulcanus
- Suastus gremius Indian Palm Bob
- Surendra quercetorum Common Acacia Blue
- Tagiades gana Suffused Snow Flat
- Tagiades japetus Pied Flat
- Tagiades litigiosa Water Snow Flat
- Tajuria cippus Peacock Royal
- Tajuria jehana Plains Blue Royal
- Talicada nyseus Red Pierrot
- Tanaecia lepidea Grey Count
- Taractrocera maevius Common Grass-dart
- Telicota ancilla Dark Palm Dart
- Telicota colon Pale Palm Dart
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis Dark Blue Tiger
- Troides minos Southern Birdwing
- Udaspes folus Grass Demon
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Ypthima baldus Common Five-ring
- Ypthima huebneri Common Four-ring
- Zesius chrysomallus Redspot
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zizina otis Lesser Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax Tiny Grass Blue
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Other species of Puducherry
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