This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius[1] and Rodrigues,[2] seven of which are endemic.[3]
Papilionidae edit
Papilioninae edit
Papilionini edit
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
Pieridae edit
Coliadinae edit
- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
- Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae edit
Theclinae edit
Theclini edit
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae edit
Polyommatini edit
- Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nymphalidae edit
Libytheinae edit
- Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
Danainae edit
Danaini edit
- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)
- Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)
Satyrinae edit
Satyrini edit
- Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
Melanitini edit
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalinae edit
Nymphalini edit
- Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922
- Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae edit
Neptidini edit
- Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
Heliconiinae edit
Vagrantini edit
- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae edit
Coeliadinae edit
- Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae edit
Tagiadini edit
- Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
Hesperiinae edit
Aeromachini edit
- Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Baorini edit
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)