Butterflies of Sikkim
547 butterflies on the India list have an open record placed in Sikkim, 1 of them threatened (1 Vulnerable).
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.
Threatened butterflies of Sikkim (1)
- Troides andromache Borneo Birdwing VU
All butterflies of Sikkim on the list (547)
- Abisara echeria
- Abrota ganga Sergeant-major
- Abrota mirus
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Acraea vesta
- Acupicta delicatum Dark Tinsel
- Acytolepis puspa Common Hedge Blue
- Aeromachus stigmata Veined Scrub Hopper
- Aglais caschmirensis Indian Tortoiseshell
- Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell
- Albulina asiatica
- Allotinus drumila Crenelate Darkwing
- Amblypodia areste
- Ancema ctesia Bi-spot Royal
- Ancistroides nigrita Chocolate Demon
- Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue
- Anthene lycaenina Pointed Ciliate Blue
- Apatura ambica Indian Purple Emperor
- Apatura parisatis
- Apatura parvata
- Apatura sordida Chitoria sordida
- Aphnaeus himalayanus
- Aphnaeus peguanus
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias galba Indian Orange Albatross
- Appias indra Plain Puffin
- Appias lalage Spot Puffin
- Appias libythea Western Striped Albatross
- Appias lyncida Chocolate Albatross
- Appias olferna Eastern Striped Albatross
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Argyreus hyperbius Indian Fritillary
- Argyronome laodice
- Arhopala abseus Aberrant Oakblue
- Arhopala asoka
- Arhopala centaurus Dull Oak-blue
- Arhopala paramuta Hooked Oakblue
- Arhopala pirithous
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Aricia agestis Brown Argus
- Arnetta atkinsoni Atkinson's Bob
- Atrophaneura aidoneus Lesser Batwing
- Atrophaneura varuna Common Batwing
- Badamia exclamationis Brown Awl
- Baoris farri Paintbrush Swift
- Baoris oceia Rice Paintbrush Swift
- Baoris pagana Figure-of-eight Swift
- Baoris penicillata Paintbrush swift
- Bibasis amara Small Green Awlet
- Bibasis anadi Plain Orange Awlet
- Bibasis gomata Pale Green Awlet
- Bibasis jaina Common Orange Awlet
- Bibasis oedipodea Orange Awlet
- Bibasis vasutana Green Awlet
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Byasa dasarada great windmill
- Byasa latreillei rose windmill
- Byasa plutonius Pink-spotted Windmill
- Byasa polyeuctes Common Windmill
- Caleta decidia Angled Pierrot
- Calinaga buddha Orange-breasted Freak Butterfly
- Callerebia hyagriva Brown Argus
- Caltoris cahira Colon Swift
- Caltoris kumara Blank Swift
- Caltoris plebeia Tufted Swift
- Caltoris tulsi Purple Swift
- Capila lidderdali Ringed Dawnfly
- Carterocephalus palaemon Chequered Skipper
- Castalius ananda Dark Pierrot
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catapaecilma major Common Tinsel
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia florella African Migrant
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celaenorrhinus ambareesa Malabar Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus dhanada Yellow-banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera Common Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus morena
- Celaenorrhinus nigricans Small Banded Flat
- Celaenorrhinus patula Flash Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus plagifera Large-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
- Charana mandarinus Mandarin Blue
- Charaxes aristogiton Scarce Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes bernardus Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes candiope Green-veined Emperor
- Charaxes kahruba Variegated Rajah
- Charaxes marmax Yellow Rajah
- Charaxes psaphon Plain Tawny Rajah
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Cheritrella truncipennis Truncate Imperial
- Chersonesia risa Common Maplet
- Chilades lajus
- Chilasa agestor Tawny Mime
- Chilasa clytia
- Chilasa epycides
- Chilasa paradoxa
- Chilasa slateri
- Childrena childreni Large Silverstripe
- Chliaria kina Blue Tit
- Chliaria othona Orchid Tit
- Choaspes benjaminii Indian Awlking
- Choaspes plateni Branded Awlking
- Chonala masoni Chumbi Wall
- Chrysozephyrus duma
- Chrysozephyrus syla Silver Hairstreak
- Cigaritis syama Club Silverline
- Cirrochroa aoris Large Yeoman
- Cirrochroa tyche Common Yeoman
- Cogia indrani
- Coladenia agni Conjoin-spotted Pied Flat
- Coladenia dan
- Colias eogene Fiery Clouded Yellow
- Colias fieldii Dark Clouded Yellow
- Colias stoliczkana Orange Clouded Yellow
- Ctenoptilum vasava Tawny Angle
- Cupha erymanthis Rustic
- Curetis acuta Angled Sunbeam
- Curetis bulis Bright Sunbeam
- Curetis dentata
- Cyllogenes suradeva
- Cyrestis cocles Marbled Map
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- Dacalana cotys White Banded Royal
- Daimio phisara
- Daimio sinica
- Danaus chrysippus Plain Tiger Butterfly
- Danaus genutia Common Tiger Butterfly
- Darpa hanria Hairy Angle
- Delias acalis Red-breast Jezebel
- Delias agostina Yellow Jezebel
- Delias belladonna hill jezebel
- Delias descombesi Red-spot Jezebel
- Delias eucharis Common Jezebel
- Delias hyparete Painted Jezebel
- Delias pasithoe Red-based Jezebel
- Delias sanaca pale Jezebel
- Dercas gobrias Angled Sulfur
- Dercas lycorias plain sulphur
- Dercas verhuelli Tailed Sulphur
- Deudorix epijarbas Cornelian
- Dichorragia nesimachus Constable
- Discophora sondaica Common Duffer
- Dodona adonira Striped Punch
- Dodona dipoea lesser Punch
- Dodona egeon Orange Punch
- Dodona eugenes Tailed Punch
- Dodona ouida Mixed Punch
- Doleschallia bisaltide Autumn Leaf
- Edales pandava
- Elymnias casiphone
- Elymnias hypermnestra Common Palmfly
- Elymnias malelas Spotted Palmfly
- Elymnias nesaea Tiger Palmfly
- Elymnias patna Blue-striped Palmfly
- Elymnias vasudeva Jezebel Palmfly
- Enispe euthymius Red Caliph
- Erionota thrax Banana Skipper
- Erionota torus Rounded Palm-redeye
- Ethope himachala Dusky Diadem
- Euploea algea Long-branded Blue Crow Butterfly
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea diocletia
- Euploea klugii Brown King Crow Butterfly
- Euploea midamus Blue-spotted Crow Butterfly
- Euploea mulciber Striped Blue Crow
- Euploea radamanthus Magpie Crow Butterfly
- Euploea sylvester Double-branded Crow Butterfly
- Eurema blanda Three-spotted Grass Yellow
- Eurema drona
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Eurema laeta Spotless Grass Yellow
- Eurema sari Chocolate Grass Yellow
- Euripus halitherses
- Euripus nyctelius Courtesan
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia dirtea
- Euthalia duda Blue Duchess
- Euthalia durga Blue Duke
- Euthalia evelina Red-spot Duke
- Euthalia franciae French Duke
- Euthalia iva grand duke
- Euthalia jana
- Euthalia kesava
- Euthalia lubentina Gaudy Baron
- Euthalia monina Powdered Baron
- Euthalia nara bronze duke
- Euthalia patala Grand Duchess
- Euthalia phemius White-edged blue baron
- Euthalia sahadeva green duke
- Euthalia telchinia Blue Baron
- Flos chinensis
- Flos fulgida Shining Plushblue
- Gandaca harina Tree Yellow
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium agetes Four-bar Swordtail
- Graphium antiphates Five-bar Swordtail
- Graphium aristeus Chain Swordtail
- 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 mandarinus Spectacle Swordtail
- Graphium nomius Spot Swordtail
- Graphium paphus
- Graphium sarpedon Common Bluebottle
- Graphium xenocles Great Zebra
- Halpe arcuata Overlapped Ace
- Halpe homolea Indian ace
- Halpe kumara
- Halpe zema Dark Banded Ace
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora salanga Black-tailed Awl
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Helcyra hemina White Emperor
- Heliophorus androcles Green Sapphire
- Heliophorus brahma Golden Sapphire
- Heliophorus epicles Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus ila Restricted Purple Sapphire
- Heliophorus indicus Dark Sapphire
- Heliophorus tamu Powdery Green Sapphire
- Heliophorus viridipunctata
- Herona marathus Yellow Pasha
- Hestina persimilis Siren
- Hestinalis nama Circe
- Hyarotis adrastus Tree Flitter
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Hypolycaena erylus Common Tit
- Iambrix salsala Chestnut Bob
- Iolaus diaeus
- Iraota timoleon Silverstreak Blue
- Issoria altissima
- Issoria gemmata
- Issoria issaea
- Issoria lathonia Queen of Spain Fritillary
- Ixias malumsinicum
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides alecto Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides bochus Dark Cerulean
- Jamides celeno Common Cerulean
- Jamides pura White 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 horsfieldii Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
- Kallima inachus Orange Oakleaf
- Kallima sylvia
- Koruthaialos rubecula Narrow-banded Velvet Bob
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Lampides elpis
- Lamproptera curius White Dragontail Butterfly
- Lebadea alankara
- Lebadea martha Knight
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Lethe atkinsonia
- Lethe baladeva treble silverstripe
- Lethe bhairava rusty forester
- Lethe chandica Angled Red Forester
- Lethe confusa Banded Treebrown
- Lethe dakwania White-wedged Woodbrown
- Lethe dura Scarce Lilacfork
- Lethe europa Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe goalpara Large Goldenfork
- Lethe goalpara gana
- Lethe hyrania
- Lethe insana Common Forester
- Lethe jalaurida Small Silverfork
- Lethe kanjupkula
- Lethe kansa Bamboo Forester
- Lethe latiaris Pale Forester
- Lethe maitrya
- Lethe mekara Red Forester
- Lethe moelleri
- Lethe nicetas yellow woodbrown
- Lethe nicetella small woodbrown
- Lethe ramadeva
- Lethe rohria Common Treebrown
- Lethe samio
- Lethe scanda Blue Forester
- Lethe serbonis Brown Forester
- Lethe siderea
- Lethe sidonis Common Woodbrown Butterfly
- Lethe sinorix Tailed Red Forester
- Lethe sura Lilacfork
- Lethe tristigmata
- Lethe verma Straight-banded Treebrown
- Lethe visrava white-edged woodbrown
- Libythea myrrha Club Beak
- Limenitis danava
- Limenitis daraxa
- Limenitis dudu
- Limenitis jina
- Limenitis procris
- Limenitis zayla
- Loxura atymnus Common Yamfly
- Lycaena ardates
- Lycaena panava White-bordered Copper
- Lycaenopsis marginata
- Lycaenopsis transpectus
- Maneca bhotea Slate Royal
- Matapa aria Common Redeye
- Matapa druna Grey-brand Redeye
- Matapa sasivarna Black-veined Redeye
- Meandrusa lachinus Brown Gorgon
- Meandrusa payeni Yellow Gorgon
- Meandrusa sciron Brown Gorgon
- Megisba malaya Malayan
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima Dark Evening Brown
- Melanitis zitenius Great Evening Brown
- Melitaea arcesia Blackvein Fritillary
- Miletus chinensis Common Brownie
- Mimathyma ambica
- Monodontides musina Swinhoe's hedge blue
- Mooreana trichoneura Yellow Flat
- Mycalesis anaxias White-bar Bushbrown
- Mycalesis evansii Tytler's Bushbrown
- Mycalesis francisca Lilacine Bushbrown
- Mycalesis janardana Common Bushbrown
- Mycalesis lepcha Lepcha Bushbrown
- Mycalesis malsara White-line Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mamerta
- Mycalesis mineus Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseoides Burmese Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseus Dingy Bushbrown
- Mycalesis visala Long Brand Bushbrown
- Nacaduba pactolus Large Fourline Blue
- Neope armandii Yellow Labyrinth
- Neope bhadra Tailed Labyrinth
- Neope muirheadii Black-spotted Labyrinth
- Neope pulaha Veined Labyrinth
- Neope pulahina
- Neope yama Dusky Labyrinth
- Neopithecops zalmora Quaker
- Neorina hilda Yellow Owl
- Neptis ananta Yellow Sailer
- Neptis cartica Plain Sailer
- Neptis clinia Southern Sullied Sailer
- Neptis harita Chocolate Sailer
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Neptis ilira Dark Dingy Sailor
- Neptis magadha Spotted Sailer
- Neptis miah Small Yellow Sailer
- Neptis mindorana
- Neptis nandina
- Neptis nashona Less Rich Sailer
- Neptis nata Sullied Brown Sailer
- Neptis nycteus
- Neptis radha Great Yellow Sailer
- Neptis sankara Broad-banded Sailer
- Neptis sappho Pallas' Sailer
- Neptis soma Cream-spotted Sailor
- Neptis vikasi
- Neptis yerburii Yerbury's Sailer
- Neptis zaida Variable Sailor
- Notocrypta clavata Clavated Banded Demon
- Notocrypta curvifascia Restricted Demon
- Notocrypta feisthamelii Spotted Demon
- Notocrypta paralysos common banded demon
- Ochus subvittatus Tiger Hopper
- Odontoptilum angulata Chestnut Angle
- Oriens gola Common Dartlet
- Oriens goloides Smaller Dartlet
- Orinoma damaris Tigerbrown
- Orsotriaena medus Smooth-eyed Bushbrown
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Pantoporia cama
- Pantoporia epimethis
- Pantoporia hordonia Common Lascar
- Pantoporia jina
- Pantoporia larymna
- Pantoporia sandaka Extra Lascar
- Pantoporia zeroca
- Papilio agestor Tawny Mime Swallowtail
- 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 janaka Himalayan Tailed Redbreast
- Papilio karna Jungle Jade Swallowtail
- Papilio krishna Krishna peacock
- Papilio machaon Old World Swallowtail
- Papilio memnon Great Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus chaon Khasi Yellow Helen
- Papilio paris Paris Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio polymnestor Blue Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio protenor Spangle Swallowtail
- Papilio rumanzovia Scarlet Mormon Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parantica melaneus Chocolate Tiger
- Parantica pedonga Pedong Tiger
- Parantica sita Chestnut Tiger
- Parathyma nefte
- Parathyma nefte inara
- Parathyma opalina
- Parathyma perius
- Parathyma pravara
- Parathyma ranga
- Parathyma selenophora
- Pareronia avatar Pale Wanderer
- Pareronia valeria Wanderer
- Parnara guttata
- Parnara guttatus
- Parnassius epaphus Common Red Apollo
- Parnassius hardwickii Common Blue Apollo
- Parnassius jacquemontii Keeled Apollo
- Parnassius tianschanicus Large Keeled Apollo
- Parthenos sylla
- Parthenos tigrina New Guinea Clipper
- Pedesta masuriensis Mussoorie Bush Bob
- Pelopidas agna Little Branded Swift
- Pelopidas assamensis Great Swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta Conjoined Swift
- Petrelaea dana Dingy Lineblue
- Phaedyma columella Short Banded Sailer
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Pieris brassicae Large White
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris rapae Small White
- Pithauria murdava Dark Straw Ace
- Pithauria stramineipennis light straw ace
- Polytremis eltola Yellow-spot Swift
- Polytremis lubricans Contiguous Swift
- Polyura arja Pallid Nawab
- Polyura athamas Common Nawab
- Polyura bharata
- Polyura dolon Stately Nawab
- Polyura eudamippus Great Nawab
- Pontia edusa Eastern Bath White
- Poritia hewitsoni Common Gem
- Potanthus pseudomaesa Indian Dart
- Potanthus trachala Lesser Band Dart
- Prioneris thestylis Spotted sawtooth
- Prosotas dubiosa Tailless Lineblue
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Pseudergolis wedah Tabby
- Pseudoborbo bevani Bevan's Swift
- Pseudocoladenia dan Fulvous Pied Flat
- Pseudocoladenia fabia Dented Pied Flat
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Psolos fuligo Dusky Partwing
- Pycnophallium elna
- Rapala manea Slate Flash
- Rapala nissa Common Flash
- Rapala pheretima Copper Flash
- Rapala rosacea
- Rapala tara Assam Flash
- Rapala varuna Indigo Flash
- Remelana jangala Chocolate Royal
- Rhaphicera satricus large tawny wall
- Sarangesa dasahara Common Small Flat
- Satarupa gopala Large White Flat
- Satyrus loha
- Satyrus padma
- Scobura cephala Extra Forest Bob
- Sebastonyma dolopia Tufted Ace
- Sephisa chandra Eastern Courtier
- Sephisa dichroa Western Courtier Butterfly
- Seseria dohertyi Himalayan White Flat
- Seseria sambara Notched Seseria
- Sinthusa chandrana Broad Spark
- Sinthusa nasaka Narrow Spark
- Sithon ravata
- Spalgis epius Apefly
- Spialia galba Asian Grizzled Skipper
- Spindasis lohita Long-banded Silverline
- Spitosa fylla
- Stibochiona nicea Popinjay
- Stichophthalma camadeva Northern Jungle Queen
- Stichophthalma howqua
- Stimula swinhoei
- Surendra quercetorum Common Acacia Blue
- Symbrenthia hippoclus Common Jester
- Symbrenthia hypselis Himalayan jester
- Symbrenthia niphanda bluetail jester
- Symbrenthia silana scarce jester
- Taenaris honrathi
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
Butterflies elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chandigarh · Chhattisgarh · Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Lakshadweep · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Desert · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of Sikkim
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