Butterflies of the Western Ghats
354 butterflies on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats.
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 Western Ghats on the list (354)
- Abisara bifasciata Double-banded Judy
- Abisara echeria
- Acraea terpsicore Tawny Coster
- Acraea violarum Speckled Red Acraea
- Acytolepis puspa Common Hedge Blue
- Aeromachus dubius Dingy Scrub Hopper
- Aeromachus pygmaeus Pygmy Scrub Hopper
- Amathusia travancorica
- Amblypodia anita Purple Leaf Blue
- Ampittia dioscorides Common Bush Hopper
- Ancema blanka Silver Royal
- Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue
- Anthene lycaenina Pointed Ciliate Blue
- Apatura parisatis
- Aphnaeus elima Scarce Shot Silverline
- Appias albina White Albatross
- Appias indra Plain Puffin
- Appias lalage Spot Puffin
- Appias libythea Western Striped Albatross
- Appias lyncida Chocolate Albatross
- Appias wardii
- Argynnis hyperbius Tropical Fritillary
- Argyreus hyperbius Indian Fritillary
- Arhopala abseus Aberrant Oakblue
- Arhopala alea
- Arhopala amantes Large Oakblue
- Arhopala bazaloides Tamil Oakblue
- Arhopala centaurus Dull Oak-blue
- Ariadne ariadne Angled Castor
- Ariadne merione Common Castor Butterfly
- Arnetta mercara Coorg Forest Hopper
- Arnetta vindhiana Vindhyan Bob
- Azanus jesous African Babul Blue
- Azanus ubaldus Bright Babul Blue
- Azanus uranus Dull Babul Blue
- Badamia exclamationis Brown Awl
- Baoris farri Paintbrush Swift
- Baracus vittatus hedge-hopper
- Belenois aurota Pioneer White
- Bibasis gomata Pale Green Awlet
- Bibasis jaina Common Orange Awlet
- Bibasis sena Orangetail Awlet
- Bindahara phocides Sword-tailed Flash
- Borbo cinnara Formosan Swift
- Byblia ilithyia Spotted Joker
- Caleta caleta Angled Pierrot
- Caleta decidia Angled Pierrot
- Caltoris canaraica Canara Swift
- Caltoris kumara Blank Swift
- Caltoris philippina Philippine Swift
- Caprona agama Spotted Angle
- Caprona ransonnettii
- Castalius ananda Dark Pierrot
- Castalius rosimon Common Pierrot
- Catapaecilma major Common Tinsel
- Catochrysops panormus Silver Forget-me-not
- Catochrysops strabo Forget-me-not
- Catopsilia pomona Lemon Migrant
- Catopsilia pyranthe Mottled Emigrant
- Celaenorrhinus ambareesa Malabar Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus leucocera Common Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus putra Restricted Spotted Flat
- Celaenorrhinus ruficornis Tamil Spotted Flat
- Celastrina lavendularis Plain Hedge Blue
- Cephrenes augiades Orange Palm Dart
- Cephrenes chrysozona
- Cepora nadina Lesser Gull
- Cepora nerissa Common Gull
- Cethosia nietneri Tamil Lacewing Butterfly
- Charaxes bernardus Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes psaphon Plain Tawny Rajah
- Charaxes solon Black Rajah
- Cheritra freja Common Imperial
- Chilades lajus
- Chilades parrhasius Small Cupid
- Chilasa clytia
- Chliaria nilgirica
- Chliaria othona Orchid Tit
- Choaspes benjaminii Indian Awlking
- Cigaritis conjuncta
- Cirrochroa thais Tamil Yeoman
- Cogia indrani
- Colias erate Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow
- Colotis amata Small Salmon Arab
- Colotis aurora Plain Orange-tip
- Colotis danae Banded Scarlet Tip
- Colotis etrida Little Orange-tip
- Colotis eucharis Colotis eucharis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colotis euippe Round-winged Orange Tip
- Colotis fausta Large Salmon Arab Tip
- Creon cleobis Broad-tail Royal
- Cupha erymanthis Rustic
- Cupitha purreea Wax Dart
- Curetis acuta Angled Sunbeam
- Curetis dentata
- Curetis siva Shiva Sunbeam
- Curetis thetis Indian Sunbeam
- Cyaniris albidisca white-disc hedge blue
- Cyrestis thyodamas Common Mapwing
- 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
- Discophora lepida Southern Duffer
- Doleschallia bisaltide Autumn Leaf
- Edales pandava
- Elkalyce argiades
- Elymnias caudata Tailed Palmfly
- Elymnias hypermnestra Common Palmfly
- Elymnias malelas Spotted Palmfly
- Elymnias nesaea Tiger Palmfly
- Erionota thrax Banana Skipper
- Erionota torus Rounded Palm-redeye
- Euchrysops cnejus Gram Blue
- Euploea core Common Crow
- Euploea klugii Brown King Crow Butterfly
- Euploea redtenbacheri Malayan Crow
- Euploea sylvester Double-branded Crow Butterfly
- Eurema andersoni One-spot Grass Yellow
- Eurema blanda Three-spotted Grass Yellow
- Eurema brigitta Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
- Eurema drona
- Eurema hecabe Common Grass Yellow
- Eurema laeta Spotless Grass Yellow
- Eurema nilgiriensis Nilgiri Grass Yellow
- Euripus consimilis Painted Courtesan
- Euthalia aconthea Common Baron
- Euthalia dirtea
- Euthalia evelina Red-spot Duke
- Euthalia lubentina Gaudy Baron
- Everes lacturnus
- Freyeria putli Jewelled Grass-blue
- Freyeria trochylus Brown Grass Jewel
- Gangara thyrsis Giant Redeye
- Gerosis bhagava
- Gomalia elma Green-marbled Sandman
- Graphium agamemnon Tailed Jay
- Graphium antiphates Five-bar Swordtail
- Graphium doson Common Jay
- Graphium nomius Spot Swordtail
- Graphium sarpedon Common Bluebottle
- Halpe homolea Indian ace
- Halpe porus Moore's Ace
- Hasora badra Common Awl
- Hasora chromus Common Banded Awl
- Hasora taminatus White Banded Awl
- Hasora vitta Plain Banded Awl
- Hebomoia glaucippe Great Orange Tip
- Horaga onyx Common Onyx
- Hyarotis adrastus Tree Flitter
- Hypolimnas bolina Great Eggfly
- Hypolimnas dinarcha Large Variable Diadem
- Hypolimnas misippus Danaid Eggfly
- Iambrix salsala Chestnut Bob
- Idea malabarica Malabar Tree Nymph NT
- Ionolyce helicon Pointed Line Blue
- Iraota timoleon Silverstreak Blue
- Ixias flavipennis
- Ixias marianne White Orange Tip
- Ixias pyrene Yellow Orange Tip
- Jamides alecto Metallic Cerulean
- Jamides alocina
- 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 horsfieldii Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
- Kallima inachus Orange Oakleaf
- Kallima sylvia
- Lampides boeticus Pea Blue
- Lasippa viraja Yellowjack Sailer
- Leptosia nina Psyche
- Leptotes plinius Zebra Blue
- Lethe atkinsonia
- Lethe drypetis Tamil Treebrown
- Lethe europa Bamboo Treebrown
- Lethe rohria Common Treebrown
- Libythea laius African Snout
- Libythea myrrha Club Beak
- Limenitis procris
- Loxura atymnus Common Yamfly
- Matapa aria Common Redeye
- Megisba malaya Malayan
- Melanitis leda Common Evening Brown
- Melanitis phedima Dark Evening Brown
- Melanitis zitenius Great Evening Brown
- Mycalesis adolphei
- Mycalesis anaxias White-bar Bushbrown
- Mycalesis malsara White-line Bushbrown
- Mycalesis mamerta
- Mycalesis mineus Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Mycalesis oculus red-disc bushbrown
- Mycalesis patnia Glad-eye Bushbrown
- Mycalesis perseus Dingy Bushbrown
- Mycalesis subdita Tamil Bushbrown
- Mycalesis visala Long Brand Bushbrown
- Nacaduba berenice Rounded Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba beroe Opaque Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba calauria Dark Malayan Sixline Blue
- Nacaduba hermus Pale Four-line Blue
- Nacaduba kurava Transparent 6-line Blue
- Nacaduba pactolus Large Fourline Blue
- Nacaduba sinhala Pale Ceylon line blue
- Neopithecops zalmora Quaker
- Neptis clinia Southern Sullied Sailer
- Neptis hylas Common Sailer
- Neptis jumbah Chestnut-streaked Sailer
- Neptis mahendra Himalayan Sailer
- Neptis nata Sullied Brown Sailer
- Neptis soma Cream-spotted Sailor
- Notocrypta curvifascia Restricted Demon
- Notocrypta paralysos common banded demon
- Odontoptilum angulata Chestnut Angle
- Ops melastigma
- Oriens concinna Sahyadri Dartlet
- Oriens gola Common Dartlet
- Oriens goloides Smaller Dartlet
- Orsotriaena medus Smooth-eyed Bushbrown
- Pachliopta aristolochiae Common Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta hector Crimson Rose Swallowtail
- Pachliopta pandiyana Malabar Rose
- 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 liomedon Malabar Banded Swallowtail
- Papilio memnon Great Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio nephelus Black-and-white Helen Swallowtail
- Papilio palinurus Emerald Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio paris Paris Peacock Swallowtail
- Papilio polymnestor Blue Mormon Swallowtail
- Papilio polytes Common Mormon Swallowtail
- Parantica aglea Glassy Tiger
- Parantica nilgiriensis Nilgiri Tiger NT
- Parantirrhoea marshalli Travancore evening brown
- Parathyma nefte
- Parathyma perius
- Parathyma ranga
- Parathyma selenophora
- Pareronia anais Common Wanderer
- Pareronia ceylanica Dark Wanderer
- Pareronia valeria Wanderer
- Parnara ganga Continental Swift
- Parnara naso
- Pelopidas agna Little Branded Swift
- Pelopidas assamensis Great Swift
- Pelopidas conjuncta Conjoined Swift
- Pelopidas mathias Small Branded Swift
- Pelopidas subochracea Large Branded Swift
- Pelopidas thrax Pale Small-branded Swift
- Petrelaea dana Dingy Lineblue
- Phaedyma columella Short Banded Sailer
- Phalanta alcippe
- Phalanta phalantha Common Leopard
- Pieris canidia Indian Cabbage White
- Pieris rapae Small White
- Polytremis lubricans Contiguous Swift
- Polyura agrarius
- Polyura athamas Common Nawab
- Polyura schreiber Blue Nawab
- Potanthus confucius Chinese Dart
- Potanthus palnia Bush Dart
- Potanthus pava Yellow Band Dart
- Potanthus pseudomaesa Indian Dart
- Pratapa deva White Royal
- Prioneris sita Painted Sawtooth
- Prosotas dubiosa Tailless Lineblue
- Prosotas nora Common Line Blue
- Prosotas noreia White-tipped Line Blue
- Prosotas pia Margined Lineblue
- Pseudoborbo bevani Bevan's Swift
- Pseudocoladenia dan Fulvous Pied Flat
- Pseudozizeeria maha Pale Grass Blue
- Psolos fuligo Dusky Partwing
- Pycnophallium elna
- Quedara basiflava Golden Flitter
- Rachana jalindra Banded Royal
- Rapala iarbus Common Red Flash
- Rapala lankana Malabar Flash
- Rapala manea Slate Flash
- Rapala varuna Indigo Flash
- Rathinda amor Monkey Puzzle
- Salanoemia sala Maculate Lancer
- 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
- Suastus minuta Small Palm Bob
- Surendra quercetorum Common Acacia Blue
- Symphaedra nais
- Tagiades gana Suffused Snow Flat
- Tagiades japetus Pied Flat
- Tagiades litigiosa Water Snow Flat
- Tagiades menaka Dark-edged Snow Flat
- Tajuria cippus Peacock Royal
- Tajuria jehana Plains Blue Royal
- Tajuria maculatus
- Talicada nyseus Red Pierrot
- Tanaecia lepidea Grey Count
- Tapena thwaitesi Black Angle
- Taractrocera ceramas Tamil Grass Dart
- Taractrocera maevius Common Grass-dart
- Tarucus balkanica Balkan Pierrot
- Telicota ancilla Dark Palm Dart
- Telicota colon Pale Palm Dart
- Thaduka multicaudata Many-tailed Oakblue
- Thoressa astigmata Southern Spotted Ace
- Thoressa evershedi Evershed's ace
- Thoressa honorei Madras Ace
- Thoressa sitala Nilgiri Plain Ace
- Tirumala hamata Blue Wanderer
- Tirumala limniace Blue Tiger
- Tirumala septentrionis Dark Blue Tiger
- Troides aeacus Golden Birdwing
- Troides helena Common birdwing
- Troides minos Southern Birdwing
- Udara akasa White Hedge Blue
- Udaspes folus Grass Demon
- Vanessa canace
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
- Vanessa indica Indian Red Admiral
- Vindula erota Common Cruiser
- Yasoda tripunctata Branded Yamfly
- Ypthima asterope Common Three-ring
- Ypthima avanta Jewel Five-ring
- Ypthima baldus Common Five-ring
- Ypthima ceylonica White Four Ring
- Ypthima chenu Nilgiri Four-ring
- Ypthima huebneri Common Four-ring
- Ypthima inica Lesser Three-ring
- Ypthima philomela baby fivering
- Ypthima watsoni
- Ypthima ypthimoides Palni Four-ring
- Zeltus amasa Fluffy Tit
- Zesius chrysomallus Redspot
- Zinaspa todara Silver Streaked Acacia Blue
- Zipaetis saitis Tamil Catseye
- Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue
- Zizina otis Lesser Grass Blue
- Zizula hylax Tiny Grass Blue
- Zographetus ogygia Purple-spotted Flitter
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