This is a list of butterfly species found in the union territory of Chandigarh in India.
Milkweed butterflies (Danainae)[1][2] edit
- Tirumala limniace (blue tiger)
- Danaus genutia (common tiger)
- Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger)
- Euploea core (common Indian crow)
- Melanitis leda (common evening brown)
Satyrs or browns (Satyrinae) edit
- Mycalesis perseus (common bushbrown)
- Mycalesis mineus (dark-branded bushbrown)
- Ypthima baldus (common fivering)
- Ypthima asterope (common threering)
Brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) edit
- Phalanta phalantha (common leopard)
- Ariadne merione (common castor)
- Ariadne ariadne (angled castor)
- Acraea violae (tawny coster)
- Junonia lemonias (lemon pansy)
- Junonia almana (peacock pansy)
- Junonia atlites (grey pansy)
- Junonia iphita (chocolate pansy)
- Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
- Vanessa indica (Indian red admiral)
- Argynnis hyperbius (Indian fritillary)
- Precis hierta (yellow pansy)
- Junonia orithya (blue pansy)
- Neptis hylas (common sailer)
- Cyrestis thyodamas (common map)
- Libythea myrrha (club beak)
- Athyma selenophora (staff sergeant)
Gossamerwings (Lycaenidae) edit
- Talicada nyseus (red Pierrot)
- Castalius rosimon (common Pierrot)
- Azanus ubaldus (bright babul blue)
- Freyeria trochylus (grass jewel)
- Lampides boeticus (pea blue)
- Cigaritis vulcanus (common silverline)
- Virachola isocrates (common guava blue)
- Leptotes plinius (zebra blue)
- Zizeeria maha (pale grass blue)
Whites and sulphurs (Pieridae) edit
- Delias eucharis (common Jezebel)
- Pontia daplidice (Bath white)
- Belenois aurota (pioneer white)
- Gonepteryx rhamni (common brimstone)
- Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow)
- Catopsilia crocale (common emigrant)
- Catopsilia pyranthe (mottled emigrant)
- Ixias marianne (white orange tip)
- Ixias pyrene (yellow orange tip)
- Colias croceus (dark clouded yellow
- Pieris brassicae (Indian large cabbage white)[3]
- Pieris canidia (Indian cabbage white)
Swallotails (Papilionidae) edit
- Papilio polytes (common Mormon)
- Papilio demoleus (lime butterfly)
- Graphium doson (common jay)
Skippers (Hesperiidae) edit
- Spialia galba (Indian skipper)
- Baoris guttatus bada (straight swift)
- Pelopidas mathias (small branded swift )
References edit
- ^ Kunte, K., S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). 2012. Butterflies of India. v. 1.05. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- ^ Pieris brassicae by Navtej Singh at Panjab University, Chandigarh