List of butterflies of Pakistan

The following is a list of the butterflies of Pakistan.

Family Papilionidae (Apollo butterflies and swallowtails)

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Subfamily: Parnassiinae (Apollo butterflies)

 
Common Mormon
 
Common blue Apollo (Parnassius hardwickii)
 
Banded Apollo (Parnassius delphius)

Subfamily: Papilioninae (swallowtails, peacocks and mimes)

 
Common mime (Papilio clytia)

Family Pieridae (whites and yellows)

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Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)

Subfamily: Coliadinae (yellows)

Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

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Indian purple emperor

This huge family is represented in Pakistan by following 11 subfamilies:

Subfamily: Charaxinae (leafwings)

Subfamily: Apaturinae (emperors and allies)

Subfamily: Calinaginae (freaks)

Subfamily: Biblidinae (castors etc.)

 
Ariadne merione in Taxila

Subfamily: Nymphalinae (nymphs, fritillaries, pansies, eggflies, etc.)

Subfamily: Cyrestinae (maps)

Subfamily: Limenitidinae (sergeants, sailers, barons, etc.)

Subfamily: Heliconiinae (heliconians or longwings)

Subfamily: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)

Subfamily: Libytheinae (beaks)

Subfamily: Satyrinae (browns)

Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)

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Subfamily: Polyommatinae (blues)

Subfamily: Lycaeninae (coppers and sapphires)

Subfamily: Theclinae (hairstreaks and allies)

Subfamily: Aphnaeinae

Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)

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Subfamily: Nemeobiinae (punches)

Family Hesperiidae (skippers)

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Subfamily: Coeliadinae (awls)

Subfamily: Pyrginae (spread-winged skippers: flats and angles)

Subfamily: Hesperinae (grass skippers: swifts and darts etc.)

References

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  • Pakistan Agriculture Research Council
  • Evans, W. H. (1927). The Identification of Indian Butterflies. The Diocesan Press, Madras: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Koçak, A. O & Kemal, M. (12 July 2014). "Preliminary annotated checklist of the species recorded in Pakistan". Cesa News. Ankara. (96).
  • Naz, F.; Ilyas, M.; Ashfaque, M. & Shahzad, A. (2010). "The genus Junonia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Pakistan". Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 26 (2): 267-270.
  • Pages, J. (15 November 2007). "A new Pseudochazara from Pakistan". Nota Lepidopterologica. 30 (2): 361–365. ISSN 0342-7536.
  • Pages, J. & Charmeux, J. F. (1 June 2004). "Une nouvelle espèce du genre Turanana du Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae); Phegea. 32 (2): 63-69.
  • Van Gasse, Paul Butterflies of India – Annotated Checklist.
  • Roberts, T. J. (2001). Butterflies of Pakistan, Oxford Univ. Press, 5-Bangalore Town, Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Ashfaq, M. et al. (2013). "DNA barcode analysis of butterfly species from Pakistan points towards regional endemism". Molecular Ecology Resources. 13 (5): 832-43. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12131