Lycaenidae of Thailand Checklist

Lycaenidae of Thailand Checklist

A checklist of all Lycaenidae butterfly species found in Thailand



Aphnaeinae

Cigaritis elwesi
Cigaritis evansii
Cigaritis learmondi
Cigaritis leechi
Cigaritis lohita
Cigaritis masaeae
Cigaritis maximus
Cigaritis miyamotoi
Cigaritis rukma
Cigaritis seliga
Cigaritis syama
Cigaritis vixinga
Cigaritis vulcanus

 
Curetinae

Curetis bulis
Curetis dentata
Curetis felderi
Curetis freda
Curetis insularis
Curetis metayei
Curetis regula
Curetis santana
Curetis saronis
Curetis sperthis
Curetis tagalica

Liphyrinae

Liphyra brassolis
 
Lycaeninae

Heliophorus brahma
Heliophorus epicles
Heliophorus eventa
Heliophorus ila
Heliophorus indicus
Heliophorus kohimensis

Miletinae

Allotinus apries
Allotinus corbeti
Allotinus davidis
Allotinus drumila
Allotinus fabius
Allotinus fallax
Allotinus horsfieldi
Allotinus leogoron
Allotinus portunus
Allotinus sarrastes
Allotinus strigatus
Allotinus substrigosus
Allotinus subviolaceus
Allotinus taras
Allotinus unicolor
Liphyra brassolis
Logania distanti
Logania malayica
Logania marmorata
Logania regina
Logania watsoniana
Miletus ancon
Miletus archilochus
Miletus biggsii
Miletus chinensis
Miletus croton
Miletus gaesa
Miletus gallus
Miletus gigantes
Miletus gopara
Miletus mallus
Miletus nymphis
Miletus shania
Spalgis baiongus
Spalgis epius
Taraka hamada
Taraka mahanetra


Polyommatinae

Acytolepis lilacea
Acytolepis puspa
Anthene emolus
Anthene licates
Anthene lycaenina
Azanus urios
Bothrinia chennelli
Caerulea coeligena
Caleta decidia
Caleta elna
Caleta roxus
Callenya lenya
Callenya melaena
Castalius rosimon
Catochrysops panormus
Catochrysops strabo
Catopyrops ancyra
Cebrella pellecebra
Celastrina argiolus
Celastrina hersilia
Celastrina lavendularis
Celatoxia marginata
Chilades lajus
Cupido argiades
Discolampa ethion
Euchrysops cnejus
Everes huegelii
Everes lacturnus
Famegana nisa
Freyeria putli
Freyeria trochylus
Ionolyce helicon
Jamides abdul
Jamides alecto
Jamides bochus
Jamides caeruleus
Jamides celeno
Jamides cunilda
Jamides cyta
Jamides elpis
Jamides ferrari
Jamides malaccanus
Jamides parasaturatus
Jamides philatus
Jamides pura
Jamides talinga
Lampides boeticus
Leptotes plinius
Lestranicus transpectus
Luthrodes pandava
Lycaenopsis haraldus
Megisba malaya
Monodontides musina
Nacaduba angusta
Nacaduba berenice
Nacaduba beroe
Nacaduba biocellata
Nacaduba calauria
Nacaduba hermus
Nacaduba kirtoni
Nacaduba kurava
Nacaduba pactolus
Nacaduba pavana
Nacaduba pendleburyi
Nacaduba russelli
Nacaduba sanaya
Nacaduba solta
Nacaduba subperusia
Neopithecops zalmora
Niphanda asialis
Niphanda cymbia
Niphanda tessellata
Orthomiella fukienensis
Orthomiella rantaizana
Petrelaea dana
Pithecops corvus
Plautella cossaea
Prosotas aluta
Prosotas bhutea
Prosotas dubiosa
Prosotas gracilis
Prosotas lutea
Prosotas nelides
Prosotas nora
Prosotas noreia
Prosotas pia  
Pseudozizeeria maha
Shijimia potanini
Talicada nyseus
Tarucus callinara
Tarucus waterstradti
Tongeia ion
Udara albocaerulea
Udara cyma
Udara dilecta
Udara placidula
Udara selma
Una usta
Zizeeria karsandra
Zizina otis
Zizula hylax


Poritiinae

Cyaniriodes libna
Deramas alixae
Deremas jasoda
Deremas livens
Deremas nolens
Poritia erycinoides
Poritia hewitsoni
Poritia karennia
Poritia manilia
Poritia philota
Poritia plateni
Poritia pleurata
Poritia promula
Poritia sumatrae
Simiskina pasira
Simiskina pavonica
Simiskina pediada
Simiskina phalena
Simiskina phalia
Simiskina pharyge
Simiskina pheretia
Simiskina proxima


Theclinae

Ahmetia achaja
Amblypodia anita
Amblypodia narada
Ancema blanka
Ancema ctesia
Apporasa atkinsoni
Araotes lapithis
Arhopala aberrans
Arhopala ace
Arhopala achelous
Arhopala aedias
Arhopala aeeta
Arhopala agaba
Arhopala agelastus
Arhopala agesilaus
Arhopala agrata
Arhopala aida
Arhopala alaconia
Arhopala alax
Arhopala alesia
Arhopala alitaeus
Arhopala allata
Arhopala amantes
Arhopala ammon
Arhopala ammonides
Arhopala amphimuta
Arhopala anarte
Arhopala anthelus


- Elwes’ Silverline
- Evan’s Silverline
- Pale-banded Silverline
- Aroon’s Silverline
- Long-banded Silverline
- Masae’s Silverline
- Karen Silverline
- n/a
- Silver-red Silverline
- Lg Long-banded Silverline
- Club Silverline
- Aberrant Silverline
- Common Silverline




- Bright Sunbeam
- Angled Sunbeam
- White-beaked Sunbeam
- Parallel Sunbeam
- Narrow-banded Sunbeam
- n/a
- Regular Sunbeam
- Malayan Sunbeam
- Indo-chine Sunbeam
- Rounded Sunbeam
- Southern Sunbeam



- Moth Butterfly



- Golden Sapphire
- Common Purple Sapphire
- Dusky Sapphire
- Restricted Purple Sapphire
- Indian Purple Sapphire
- Naga Saphire


 
- n/a
- Rounded Darkie
- Short-branded Darkie
- Crenulate Darkie
- n/a
- White Darkie
- Common Darkie
- Broad-branded Darkie
- n/a
- Peninsular Darkie
- Small Malayan Darkie
- Lesser Darkie
- Blue Darkie
- n/a
- Unicoloured Darkie
- Moth Butterfly
- Entire Mottle
- Malayan Mottle
- Pale Mottle
- Rounded Mottle
- Dark Mottle
- Divided Brownie
- Siamese Brownie
- Biggs’s Brownie
- Common Brownie
- Plain Brownie
- Brown Brownie
- Extended Brownie
- Giant Brownie
- Round-band Brownie
- Narrow-banded Brownie
- Square-band Brownie
- n/a
- n/a
- Apefly
- Forest Pierrot
- Lesser Pierrot
 


 
- Hampson’s Hedge Blue
- Common Hedge Blue
- Common Ciliate Blue
- White Ciliate Blue
- Pointed Ciliate Blue
- Siam Babul Blue
- Hedge Cupid
- Large-spot Blue
- Angled Pierrot
- Elbowed Pierrot
- Straight Pierrot
- Long-winged Hedge Blue
- Metallic Hedge Blue
- Common Pierrot
- Silver Forget-me-not
- Forget-me-not
- Felder’s Lineblue
- Three-spotted Hedge Blue
- Jyntea Hedge Blue
- n/a
- Plain Hedge Blue
- Margined Hedge Blue
- Lime Blue
- Chapman’s Cupid
- Banded Blue Pierrot
- Gram Blue
- Tailed Cupid
- Indian Cupid
- Black-spotted Grass Blue
- Small Grass Jewel
- Large Grass Jewel
- Pointed Lineblue
- Abdul Cerulean
- Metallic Cerulean
- Dark Cerulean
- Royal Cerulean
- Common Cerulean
- Dusky Cerulean
- Bordered Cerulean
- Glistening Cerulean
- Ferrar’s Cerulean
- Malacca Cerulean
- Glassy Cerulean
- Burmese Cerulean
- White Cerulean
- Lesser Cerulean
- Peablue
- Zebra Blue
- White-banded Hedge Blue
- Plains Cupid
- Felder’s Hedge Blue
- Malayan
- Swinhoe’s Hedge Blue
- White Lineblue
- Rounded Sixline Blue
- Opaque Sixline Blue
- Two Spotted Line Blue
- Richy Sixline Blue
- Pale Fourline Blue
- n/a
- Transparent Sixline Blue
- Large Fourline Blue
- Jewel Fourline Blue
- n/a
- Dark Malayan Sixline Blue
- Small Fourline Blue
- n/a
- Violet Fourline Blue
- Common Quaker
- White-banded Pierrot
- Small Pointed Pierrot
- Large Pointed Pierrot
- Burmese Straight-wing Blue
- Chinese Straight-wing Blue
- Dingy Lineblue
- Forest Quake
- Dark-bordered Hedge Blue
- Barred Lineblue
- Bhutea Lineblue
- Tailless Lineblue
- Dark-based Lineblue
- Banded Lineblue
- n/a
- Common Lineblue
- White-tipped Lineblue
- Margined Lineblue   
- Pale Grass Blue
- Dark Cupid
- Common Red Pierrot
- Spotted Pierrot
- Dark Pierrot
- Black Spotted Cupid
- Albocerulean
- Cyma Hedge Blue
- Pale Hedge Blue
- Narrow-bordered H/Blue
- Bicoloured Hedge Blue
- Singleton
- Dark Grass Blue
- Lesser Grass Blue
- Tiny Grass Blue


- Emerald
- n/a
- Silver-marked Bluejohn
- Common Bluejohn
- Orange-Crowned Bluejohn
- Blue Gem
- Common Gem
- Karen Gem
- Bicoloured Gem
- Malay Gem
- Borneo Gem
- Indian Green Gem
- n/a   
- Sumatran Gem
- Green-blue Brilliant
- n/a
- Mixture Blue Brilliant
- Broad-banded Brilliant
- Blue Brilliant
- Blue-line Brilliant
- Streaked Blue Brilliant
- Silver-blue Brilliant




- Siamese Onyx
- Purple Leaf Blue
- Blue Leaf Blue
- Silver Royal
- Bi-spot Royal
- Crenulate Oakblue
- Witch
- Pale Bushblue
- Tytler’s Dull Oakblue
- n/a
- Large Metallic Oakblue
- Dawnas Tailess Oakblue
- Purple-glazed Oakblue
- Green-edged Tailess O/B
- Corbet Dull Oakblue
- de Niceville’s Dull Oakblue
- White-stained Oakblue
- Patchy Oakblue
- Silky Oakblue
- Pale Pallid Oakblue
- Purple Broken-band O/B
- Rosy Oakblue
- Large Oakblue
- Malayan Bushblue
- Dark Bushblue
- Broad Yellow Oakblue
- Magnificent Oakblue
- Magnificent Oakblue


Theclinae

Arhopala antimuta
Arhopala ariana
Arhopala arianaga
Arhopala ariel
Arhopala aroa
Arhopala arvina
Arhopala asinarus
Arhopala asopia
Arhopala athada
Arhopala atosia
Arhopala atrax
Arhopala aurea
Arhopala aurelia
Arhopala avatha
Arhopala barami
Arhopala bazaloides
Arhopala bazalus
Arhopala belphoebe
Arhopala birmana
Arhopala buddha
Arhopala camdana
Arhopala camdeo
Arhopala centaurus
Arhopala cleander
Arhopala comica
Arhopala corinda
Arhopala delta
Arhopala democritus
Arhopala dispar
Arhopala elizabethae
Arhopala elopura
Arhopala epimete
Arhopala epimuta
Arhopala eumolphus
Arhopala evansi
Arhopala fulla
Arhopala hellada
Arhopala hellenore
Arhopala horsfieldi
Arhopala hypomuta
Arhopala ijanensis
Arhopala inornata
Arhopala khamti
Arhopala kinabala
Arhopala kurzi
Arhopala labuana
Arhopala lurida
Arhopala major
Arhopala metamuta
Arhopala milleri
Arhopala moolaiana
Arhopala moorei
Arhopala muta
Arhopala myrzala
Arhopala nicevillei
Arhopala norda
Arhopala normani
Arhopala oenea
Arhopala opalina
Arhopala paraganesa
Arhopala paralea
Arhopala paramuta
Arhopala perimuta
Arhopala phaenops
Arhopala phanda
Arhopala pseudomuta
Arhopala rama
Arhopala selta
Arhopala silhetensis
Arhopala similis
Arhopala singla
Arhopala sublustris
Arhopala trogon
Arhopala varro
Arhopala vihara
Arhopala wildeyana
Arhopala zambra
Arhopala zylda
Artipe eryx
Bindahara phocides
Britomartis cleoboides
Bullis buto
Bullis elioti **
Bullis stigmata
Catapaecilma elegens
Catapaecilma evansi
Catapaecilma major
Catapaecilma subochrea
Charana mandarina
Cheritra freja
Cheritrella truncipennis
Chrysozephyrus disparatus
Chrysozephyrus inthanonensis
Chrysozephyrus kabrua
Chrysozephyrus paona
Creon cleobis
Dacalana azyada
Dacalana burmana
Dacalana cotys
Dacalana cremera
Dacalana inorthodoxa
Dacalana pencilligera
Dacalana sinhara
Dacalana sulabha
Dacalana vui
Deudorix elioti
Deudorix epijarbus
Deudorix hypargyria
Deudorix staudingeri
Drina donina
Drina maneia
Drupadia cinesoides
Drupadia estella
Drupadia johorensis
Drupadia niasica
Drupadia ravindra
Drupadia rufontaenia
Drupadia scaeva
Drupadia theda
Eooxylides tharis
Flos abseus
Flos adriana
Flos anniella
Flos apidanus
Flos areste
Flos diardi
Flos fulgida
Flos morphina
Horaga albimacula
Horaga amethystus
Horaga chalcedonyx
Horaga onyx
Horaga syrinx
Hypochrysops coelisparsus
Hypolycaena amabilis
Hypolycaena amasa
Hypolycaena balua
Hypolycaena erylus
Hypolycaena kina
Hypolycaena merguia
Hypolycaena othona
Hypolycaena thecloides
Iraota distanti
Iraota rochana
Iraota timoleon
Jacoona anasuja
Loxura atymnus
Loxura cassiopeia
Mahathala ameria
Mahathala ariadeva
Manto hypoleuca
Mantoides gama
Mota massyla
Neocheritra amrita
Neocheritra fabronia
Neomyrina hiemalis
Novasatsuma oppocoenosa
Pamela dudgeonii
Pratapa deva
Pratapa icetasl
Pratapa icetoides
Pseudotajuria donatana
Purlisa gigantea
Rachana jalindra
Rapala damona
Rapala dieneces
Rapala domitia
Rapala duma
Rapala hades
Rapala iarbus
Rapala manea
Rapala melida
Rapala nissa
Rapala persephone
Rapala pheretima
Rapala rectivitta
Rapala rhodopsis
Rapala rhoecus
Rapala rosacea
Rapala scintilla
Rapala stirni
Rapala suffusa
Rapala tara ***
Rapala varuna
Remelana jangala
Ritra aurea
Satyrium mackwoodi
Satyrium yangi
Semanga superba
Sinthusa chandrana
Sinthusa malika
Sinthusa menglaensis
Sinthusa nasaka
Sinthusa virgo
Sithon nedymond
Suasa lisides
Surendra florimel
Surendra quercetorum
Surendra vivarna
Tajuria albiplaga
Tajuria berenis
Tajuria cippus
Tajuria culta
Tajuria deudorix
Tajuria diaeus
Tajuria dominus
Tajuria illurgis
Tajuria illurgioides
Tajuria isaeus
Tajuria ister
Tajuria luculentus
Tajuria maculata
Tajuria mantra
Tajuria megistia
Tajuria melastigma
Tajuria sekii
Tajuria yajna
Thaduka multicaudata
Thamala marciana
Ticherra acte
Ussuriana michaelis
Virachola isocrates
Virachola kessuma
Virachola perse
Virachola refulgens
Virachola rubida
Virachola smilis
Virachola subguttata
Yasoda androconifera
Yasoda pita dohertyi
Yasoda tripunctata
Zinaspa todara

 
- Small Tailess Oakblue
- Pinkish-washed Oakblue
- n/a
- Chocolate Bushbrown
- Deep-purple Oakblue
- Purple-brown Tailess O/B
- Broad-banded Oakblue
- Plain Tailess Oakblue
- Vinous Oakblue
- Tailed Disc Oakblue
- Indian Oakblue
- Long-celled Oakblue
- Grey-washed Oakblue
- Niceville’s Dull Oakblue
- Wood’s Oakblue
- Tamil Oakblue
- Powdered Oakblue
- n/a
- Burmese Bushblue
- Buddha Oakblue
- Moonstone Oakblue
- Lilac Oakblue
- Common Oakblue
- Large Mergui Oakblue
- Comic Oakblue
- Ultramarine Oakblue
- Deltal Dull Oakblue
- White-dot Oakblue
- Frosted Oakblue
- n/a
- Yellow Tailed Oakblue
- Violetdisc Oakblue
- Tailess Disc Oakblue
- Common Green Oakblue
- Kalimantan Oakblue
- Spotless Oakblue
- Long-banded Oakblue
- Pointed Green Oakblue
- Peacock Oakblue
- Violet Oakblue
- White-banded Oakblue
- Brown Tornal Oakblue
- Doherty’s Dull Oakblue
- Golden-spotted Oakblue
- n/a
- Labuan Oakblue
- Lesser Disc Oakblue
- Major Yellow Oakblue
- Bicolour Oakblue
- Indigo Oakblue
- Pale Yellow Oakblue
- Moore’s Oakblue
- Mutal Oakblue
- Malayan Oakblue
- Large-spotted Oakblue
- Langkawi Yellow Oakblue
- Norman’s Oakblue
- Hewitson’s Dull Oakblue
- Opal Oakblue
- Dusky Bushblue
- Glazed Oakblue
- Hooked Oakblue
- Yellow-disc Oakblue
- Sumatran Oakblue
- Golden Oakblue
- Raffles’s Oakblue
- Dark Himalayan Oakblue
- Reddish-brown Oakblue
- Sylhet Oakblue
- Druce's Oakblue
- Yellow-disc Oakblue
- Bright Oakblue
- Green-suffused Oakblue
- Upright-band Oakblue
- Large Spotted Oakblue
- White-wavy Oakblue
- Zambra Oakblue
- Rounded Yellow Oakblue
- Green Flash
- The Plane
- Azure Royal
- Baby Royal
- Eliot's Royal
- Small Branded Royal
- Common Tinsel
- Evan's Tinsel
- Grey Tinsel
- Yellow Tinsel
- Mandarin Blue
- Common Imperial
- Truncate Imperial
- Howarth’s Hairstreak
 
- n/a
- Kabru Hairstreak
- Paona Hairstreak
- Broadtail Royal
- Medium-branded Royal
- Burmese Tufted Royal
- White-banded Royal
- Orange-stripe Royal
- n/a
- Assam Tufted Royal
- Long-branded Royal
- n/a
- n/a
- Eliot’s Cornelian
- Common Cornelian
- Scarce Cornelian
- n/a
- Brown Yam
- Blue Yam
- Circular-branded Posy
- White-Craved Posy
- Johore Posy
- Intermediate Posy
- Common Posy
- Lesser Posy
- Blue Posy
- Dark Posy
- Branded Imperial
- Aberrant Plushblue
- Variegated Plushblue
- Darky Plushblue
- Plain Plushblue
- Tailess Plushblue
- Bifid Plushblue
- Shining Plushblue
- Plain Plushblue
- n/a
- Purple Onyx
- n/a
- Common Onyx
- Ambon Onyx
- Orange Greenline
- Violet Tit
- Fluffy Tit
- Red Tit
- Common Tit
- Blue Tit
- Purple Tit
- Orchid Tit
- Brown Tit
- Malayan Silverstreak Blue
- Scarce Silverstreak Blue
- Silver-streak Blue
- Great Imperial
- Common Yamfly
- Malayan Yamfly
- Falcate Oakblue
- Malayan Falcate Oakblue
- Green Imperial
- Distant’s Imperial
- Saffron
- Common Grand Imperial
- Pale Grand Imperial
- Great White-Imperial
- n/a
- Angle-wing Hairstreak
- White Royal
- Dark Blue Royal
- Smoky Blue Royal
- Dawnas Royal
- Giant Imperial
- Banded Royal
- Malayan Red Flash
- Scarlet Flash
- Sulfur Flash
- Abnormal Flash
- Myanmar Flash
- Common Red Flash
- Slate Flash
- Frustorfer’s Flash
- Common Flash
- Vietnamese Flash
- Copper Flash
- Shot Flash
- Single-lined Red Flash
- Brilliant Flash
- Rosy Flash
- Scarce Shot Blue
- Stirn’s Flash
- Suffused Flash
- Branded Flash
- Indigo Flash
- Chocolate Royal
- Orange Imperial
- Mackwood’s Hairstreak
- n/a
- Red-edge
- Broad Spark
- Spotted Spark
- n/a
- Narrow Spark
- Pale Spark
- The Plush
- Red Imperial
- Steely Acacia Blue
- Common Acacia Blue
- Green-scaled Acacia Blue
- Pallid Royal
- Larut's Royal
- Peacock Royal
- n/a
- Flash Royal
- Straight-lined Royal
- Influent Royal
- White Royal
- Scarce White Royal
- Bornean Royal
- Uncertain Royal
- Chinese Royal
- Spotted Royal
- Large Branded Royal
- Orange and Black Royal
- Branded Royal
- Vietnamese Royal
- Chestnut and Black Royal
- Many-tailed Oakblue
- The Cardinal
- Blue Imperial
- Large-spot White
- Common Guava Blue
- Whiteline Guava Blue
- Large Guava Blue
- Refulgent Flash
- Tytler’s Flash
- Scarce Guava Blue
- Spotted Guava Blue
- Fruhstorfer’s Yamfly
- Malayan Branded Yamfly
- Three-spot Yamfly
- Silver-streak Acacia Blue





NOTE:  The English Common Names are those generally used for Thai species and may differ in some other countries.
**   new species added July 2020
***  new species added October 2020




Updated 5th September 2024