Butterflies of Punjab
95 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Punjab.
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 Punjab on the list (95)
- Aglais caschmirensis Indian Tortoiseshell
- Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Azanus ubaldus Bright Babul Blue
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Byasa latreillei rose windmill
- Byasa polyeuctes Common Windmill
- Calinaga buddha Orange-breasted Freak Butterfly
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Chilasa clytia
- Colias fieldii Dark Clouded Yellow
- Curetis thetis Indian Sunbeam
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Edales pandava
- Elymnias hypermnestra Common Palmfly
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea mulciber Striped Blue Crow
- Eurema andersoni One-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema brigitta Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia nais
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Gegenes nostrodamus Mediterranean Skipper
- Graphium doson Common Jay
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Ixias marianne White Orange Tip
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- 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
- Kallima inachus Orange Oakleaf
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Lethe confusa Banded Treebrown
- Lethe europa Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe rohria Common Treebrown
- Limenitis procris
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Mycalesis perseus Dingy Bushbrown
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Pantoporia hordonia Common Lascar
- Papilio bianor Chinese Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio demoleus Lime Swallowtail
- Papilio machaon Old World Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parathyma nefte inara
- Parnara naso
- Parnassius honrathi Honrath's Apollo
- Pelopidas mathias Small Branded Swift
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Pieris brassicae Large White
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris rapae Small White
- Polyura agraria
- Polyura agrarius
- Pontia edusa Eastern Bath White
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Pseudoborbo bevani Bevan's Swift
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Rapala iarbus Common Red Flash
- Sarangesa dasahara Common Small Flat
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spindasis vulcanus
- Suastus gremius Indian Palm Bob
- Talicada nyseus Red Pierrot
- Tarucus balkanica Balkan Pierrot
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Vagrans sinha
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
- Ypthima baldus Common Five-ring
- Ypthima inica Lesser Three-ring
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zizina otis Lesser Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax Tiny Grass Blue
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Other species of Punjab
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 · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species