List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)

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This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.

1 Satyrinae
2 Notes
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Satyrinae

Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dark Evening Brown Melanitis phedima (Cramer, 1780)
Great Evening Brown Melanitis zitenius (Herbst, 1796)^[1]
Travancore Evening Brown Parantirrhoea marshalli Wood-Mason, 1880
Branded Evening Brown Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore, 1857)^[1]
Elymnias caudata Butler, 1872 (=Elymnias hypermnestra caudata?)
Elymnias cottonis Hewitson, 1874 (Andamans)
Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887
Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851)
Spotted Palmfly Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1865^[1]
Tiger Palmfly Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764)^[1]
Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, ?1883 ^[2]
Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) (Nicobars)
Blue Striped Palmfly Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851)^[1]
Peal's Palmfly Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, ?1883 ^[3]
Pointed Palmfly Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851)^[4]
Ceylon Palmfly Elymnias singhala Moore, 1875
Jezebel Palmfly Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857^[1]
Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763)
Penthema darlisa Moore, ?1880 (Assam)
Yellow Kaiser Penthema lisarda (Doubleday, 1845) (Sikkim)
Dusky Diadem, Anadebis himachala syn. Ethope himachala (Moore, 1857)
Yellow Owl Neorina hilda Westwood, 1850
White Owl Neorina patria Leech, 1891
Tiger Brown Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846^[1]
Large Tawny Wall Rhaphicera satricus (=Rhaphicera satrica) (Doubleday, 1849)^[1]
Small Tawny Wall Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867^[1]
Tatinga thibetanus (Oberthür, 1876) (Tibet, Yunnan)
Common Treebrown Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787)^[1]
Tamil Treebrown Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, ?1868)
Lethe daretis Hewitson, ?1868 (Ceylon)
Lethe dynaste Hewitson, ?1868 (Ceylon)
Pallid Forester Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880 (Assam)^[5]
Scarce Red Forester Lethe distans Butler, 1870^[1]
Lethe naga Doherty, 1889
Bhutan Treebrown Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882)^[1]
Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844)
Brown Forester Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876)^[6]
Blue Forester, Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857)
Bamboo Forester Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857)^[1]
Pale Forester Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863^[1]
Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887 (Bhutan)
Forester Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857)^[1]
White-edged Woodbrown Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865)^[1]
Scarce Woodbrown Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880^[1]
Common Woodbrown, Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863)^[1]
Small Woodbrown Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887^[1]
Barred Woodbrown Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880^[1]
Yellow Woodbrown Lethe nicetas Hewitson, ?1868
Manipur Goldenfork Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914 (Manipur)^[7]
Lethe nosei (Koiwaya, 2000) (N. Burma)
Small Silverfork Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880)^[8]
Moeller's Silverfork Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887)^[8]
Large Goldenfork Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865)^[8]
Lilacfork Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849)^[8]
Treble Silverstripe Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886)^[8]
Small Goldenfork Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876^[8]
Single Silverstripe Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887)^[8]
Manipur Woodbrown Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884) (Manipur)
Spotted Mystic Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887^[1]
Dismal Mystic Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885^[1]
Tytler's Treebrown Lethe gemina Leech, 1891 (Naga hills)^[9]
Chinese Labyrinth Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881 (Assam)
Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871) (Cherrapunji)^[10]
Lethe cybele Leech, (Tibet, China)
Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939 (Kashmir) ^[11]
Scarce Lilacfork, Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882)^[8]
Lethe elwesi Moore, (Himalayas)
Common Forester Lethe isana (Hewitson, 1883)^[1]
Lethe philemon Fruhstorfer, 1902 (Assam ?)
Bamboo Treebrown Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775)^[1]
Common Red Forester Lethe mekara (Moore, 1858)^[1]
Banded Treebrown Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1898^[12]
Black Forester, Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859)
Tailed Red Forester Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863)^[1]
Angled Red Forester Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858)^[1]
Straight-Banded Treebrown, Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844)
Neope armandii (Oberthür, 1879) (Khasi hills)
Veined Labyrinth Neope pulaha (Moore, 1857)^[1]
Scarce Labyrinth Neope pulahina (Evans, 1923)^[1]^[13]
Neope pulahoides (Moore, 1892) (Karen hills)
Dusky Labyrinth Neope yama (Moore, 1857)^[12]
Straight-banded Treebrown Neope verma (Fruhstorfer, 1911)^[1]
Tailed Labyrinth Neope bhadra (Moore, 1857)^[1]
Chumbi Wall Chonala masoni (Elwes, 1882)^[1]
Nigger Orsotriaena medus (Fabricius, 1775)
Orsotriaena jopas Hewitson, 1864
Whitebar Bushbrown Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862
Lilacine Bushbrown, Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, 1780)
Watson's Bushbrown Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1897 (Manipur)^[14]
Chinese Bushbrown Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857^[15]
Purple Bushbrown Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864 (Naga hills)
Small Longbrand Bushbrown Mycalesis igilia Fruhstorfer, 1909
Long-Brand Bushbrown Mycalesis visala Moore, 1858
Intermediate Bushbrown Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, 1892) (Sylhet)^[16]
Pachmarhi Bushbrown Mycalesis mercea Evans, (nomen nudum ?)
Palebrand Bushbrown Mycalesis khasia orcha (Sometimes clubbed with previous)
Cingalese Bushbrown Mycalesis rama (Moore, 1892) (Ceylon)
Tytler's Bushbrown Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914 (Manipur)^[17]
Redeye Bushbrown Mycalesis adolphei (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843)
Red-Disc Bushbrown Mycalesis oculus Marshall, 1880
Whiteline Bushbrown Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857
Plain Bushbrown Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868 (Assam)
Moore's Bushbrown Mycalesis heri Moore, 1857
White-edged Bushbrown Mycalesis mestra Hewitson, 1862
Wood-Mason's Bushbrown Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason, 1883
Brighteye Bushbrown Mycalesis nicotia Hewitson, 1850
Salmon-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis misenus de Nicéville, 1901^[1]
Blind-eye Bushbrown Mycalesis mamerta (Stoll, 1780)
- Palni Bushbrown Mycalesis mamerata davisoni
Lepcha Bushbrown Mycalesis lepcha (Moore, 1880) (Pachmarhi, Bhutan, Assam)
Gladeye Bushbrown, Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857
Many-tufted Bushbrown Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891^[18]
Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1858 (Assam?)
Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886 (Nicobars Is.)^[19]
Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969 (N India, Burma)
Mycalesis radza Moore, 1878 (Andaman Is.)^[20]
Tamil Bushbrown Mycalesis subdita Moore
Common Bushbrown Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775)
Dark-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scarce Catseye Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850 (Assam)
Common Cyclops Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, ?1886 (Cachar)^[21]
Striped Ringlet Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, 1862
Ringlet Ragadia crito de Nicéville, 1890^[22]
Darl Catseye Zipaetis scylax Hewitson, 1863^[1]
Tamil Catseye Zipoetis saitis Hewitson, 1863
Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893 (Assam, Manipur) ^[23]
Common Threering Ypthima asterope
Jewel Fourring Ypthima avanta Moore, 1875
Common Fivering Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775)
Ypthima cantlei Norman, 1958 (Assam)^[24]
White Fourring Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1865
Nilgiri Fourring Ypthima chenui (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Brown Argus Ypthima hyagriva Moore, 1857 (Kashmir, Kumaon)
Great Five-Ring Ypthima dohertyi (Moore, 1893) (Manipur)
Common Fourring Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871
Western Five-Ring Ypthima indecora Moore, 1883 (Kashmir, Kumaon)
Lesser Three-Ring Ypthima inica Hewitson, 1865 (Bengal, N India)
Ypthima lisandra (Cramer, 1780) (Ypthima avanta bara Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 786, 797, No. D. 14/12b)
Variegated Five-Ring, Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1865
Plain Three-Ring Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889 (Assam, Sikkim)^[25]
Looped Three-Ring Ypthima watsoni (Moore, 1893) (Assam, Manipur)
Large Three-Ring, Ypthima newara Moore, 1874
Ypthima confusa Shirozu & Shima, 1977 (Nepal)
Large Three-Ring Ypthima nareda (Kollar, 1844) (Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Ladakh)
Eastern Fivering Ypthima persimilis Elwes & Edwards, 1893^[1]
Baby Fivering Ypthima philomela (Linnaeus, 1763)
Himalayan Five-Ring, Ypthima sakra (Moore, 1857)
Ypthima parasakra Eliot, 1987 (Nepal, Bhutan)
Ypthima nikaea Moore, 1875 (Western Himalayas) ^[26]
Pallid Five-Ring Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887 (Manipur, Assam)
Eastern Five-Ring Ypthima similis Elwes & Edwards, 1893 (Assam, Manipur)
Ypthima singala Felder, 1868 (Ceylon)
Ypthima sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1893 (Assam)
Ypthima striata Hampson, 1888 (Nilgiris)
Palni Fourring Ypthima ypthimoides Moore, 1881
Great Satyr, Aulocera padma (Kollar, 1844)
Narrow-banded Satyr Aulocera brahminoides (Moore, 1901)^[27]
Pallid Argus Callerebia scanda (Kollar, 1844)^[28]
Ringed Argus Callerebia annada (Moore, 1858)^[29]
Mottled Argus Loxerebia narasingha (Moore, 1857)^[30]
Mountain Argus Paroeneis pumilus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)^[31]
Arctic Argus Paroeneis sikkimensis (Staudinger, 1889)^[32]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai Haribal, Meena (1994) The butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their natural history.
^ Listed in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883; Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 265, 272
^ Assam. Wood-Mason, ?1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11: 62
^ Assam. Khasi hills
^ de Nicéville, 1880; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 49 (4): 246
^ Haribal (1994) mentions L. s. serbonis and L. s. teesta
^ Tytler, 1914²; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23:
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Haribal, 1994:Noted under Zophoessa
^ Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 3
^ (Atkinson, 1871); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 215
^ Tytler, 1939; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41 (2): 245
^ ^a ^b Meena Haribal, 1994:138 under Neope.
^ Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 536 (or ?531)
^ Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 650, pl. A, f. 1
^ Haribal, 1994:143 M. g. charaka
^ Moore, [1892]; Lepidoptera Indica, 1 (9): 187, TL: Sylhet, Tenasserim
^ Tytler, 1914; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 224
^ de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 343, pl. F, f. 1-2
^ Doherty, 1886; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (3): 257
^ Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 583
^ Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 237, TL: Cachar
^ Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
^ Elwes & Edwards, 1893²; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893: f. 30
^ Norman, 1958; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 55 (1): 180
^ de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 165
^ Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 567
^ Haribal, 1994" Gives as A. brahminus brahminoides (Moore), 1892. Markku Savela splits A. brahminus and A. brahminoides.
^ Haribal, 1994: Notes C. scanda scanda and C. s. opima
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia ananda with ssp. caeca and ananda
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia narasingha(sic). Marrku Savela gives Loxerebia narasingha dohertyi and gives reference to Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 785
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis pumilus bicolor (Seitz, 1908)
^ Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis palaearcticus sikkimensis (Staudinger) 1889

[edit] References

Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] [accessed 14 Oct 2006]
Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.