Butterflies of the Trans-Himalaya
98 butterflies on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Trans-Himalaya.
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 Trans-Himalaya on the list (98)
- Aglais caschmirensis Indian Tortoiseshell
- Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell
- Albulina orbitulus
- Aporia nabellica Dusky Blackvein
- Atrophaneura varuna Common Batwing
- Baltia butleri Butler's Dwarf
- Baltia shawii Baltia shawi
- Byasa polyeuctes Common Windmill
- Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue
- Charaxes bernardus Tawny Rajah
- Chilasa agestor Tawny Mime
- Chilasa epycides
- Chonala masoni Chumbi Wall
- Colias eogene Fiery Clouded Yellow
- Colias erate Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow
- Colias fieldii Dark Clouded Yellow
- Colias ladakensis Ladakh Clouded Yellow
- Colias stoliczkana Orange Clouded Yellow
- Colias thrasibulus
- Colotis vestalis White Arab
- Cupido ariana
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- Dacalana cotys White Banded Royal
- Daimio phisara
- Deudorix epijarbas Cornelian
- Fabriciana adippe
- Fabriciana niobe
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium aristeus Chain Swordtail
- Graphium cloanthus Glassy Bluebottle
- Graphium eurous Six-bar Swordtail
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Heliophorus androcles Green Sapphire
- Hesperia comma Common Branded Skipper
- Hyponephele davendra
- Hyponephele hilaris
- Issoria gemmata
- Junonia iphita Chocolate Pansy
- Kallima horsfieldii Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Lethe kanjupkula
- Lethe nicetas yellow woodbrown
- Lethe serbonis Brown Forester
- Lycaena kasyapa green copper
- Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper
- Melitaea arcesia Blackvein Fritillary
- Mesoacidalia clara
- Mycalesis evansii Tytler's Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseoides Burmese Bushbrown
- Nymphalis xanthomelas Scarce Tortoiseshell
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Papilio alcmenor Redbreast Swallowtail
- Papilio bianor Chinese Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio castor Common Raven Butterfly
- Papilio krishna Krishna peacock
- Papilio machaon Old World Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio paris Paris Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio protenor Spangle Swallowtail
- Parantica sita Chestnut Tiger
- Parnassius acco Varnished Apollo
- Parnassius acdestis Dusky Apollo
- Parnassius actius Scarce Red Apollo
- Parnassius charltonius Regal Apollo
- Parnassius delphius Banded Apollo
- Parnassius epaphus Common Red Apollo
- Parnassius hardwickii Common Blue Apollo
- Parnassius maharaja Royal Apollo
- Parnassius orleans
- Parnassius simo Black-edged Apollo
- Parnassius stenosemus
- Parnassius stoliczkanus Many-eyed Apollo
- Pieris brassicae Large White
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris deota dusky white
- Pieris krueperi Krüper's Small White
- Pieris napi Green-veined White
- Pieris rapae Small White
- Plebejus christophi Small Jewel Blue
- Polygonia c-album European Comma
- Polyommatus lehanus
- Polyura dolon Stately Nawab
- Pontia callidice Peak White
- Pontia chloridice Lesser Bath White
- Pontia daplidice Bath White
- Pontia edusa Eastern Bath White
- Pseudophilotes baton Baton Blue
- Pyrgus cashmirensis
- Rhaphicera satricus large tawny wall
- Sarangesa dasahara Common Small Flat
- Satyrus huebneri
- Satyrus padma
- Satyrus pumilus
- Speyeria aglaja Dark Green Fritillary
- Teinopalpus imperialis Kaiser-i-Hind NT
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
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 · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Himalaya · Desert · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of the Trans-Himalaya
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