Nymphalidae of Thailand Checklist

Nymphalidae of Thailand Checklist

A checklist of all Nymphalidae butterfly species found in Thailand



Apaturinae

Chitoria naga
Chitoria sordida
Eulaceura osteria
Euripus consimilis
Euripus nyctelius
Helcyra hemina
Herona marathus
Herona sumatrana
Hestinalis nama
Hestina persimilis
Mimathyma ambica
Mimathyma chevana
Rohana nakula
Rohana parisatis
Rohana parvata
Rohana tonkiniana
Sephisa chandra


Biblidinae

Ariadne ariadne
Ariadne isaeus
Ariadne merione
Ariadne specularia
Laringa castelnaui
Laringa horsfieldi


Calinaginae

Calinaga sudassana


Charaxinae

Agatasa calydonia
Charaxes aristogiton
Charaxes bernardus
Charaxes borneensis
Charaxes distanti
Charaxes durnfordi
Charaxes kahruba
Charaxes marmax
Eriboea solon
Polyura arja
Polyura athamas
Polyura delphis
Polyura dolon
Polyura eudamippus
Polyura hebe
Polyura jalysus
Polyura moori
Polyura nepenthes
Polyura paulettae
Polyura schreiber
Prothoe franck


Cyrestinae

Chersonesia intermedia
Chersonesia peraka
Chersonesia rahria
Chersonesia risa
Cyrestis cocles
Cyrestis maenalis
Cyrestis nivea
Cyrestis themire
Cyrestis thyodamas


Danainae

Danaus affinis
Danaus chrysippus
Danaus genutia
Danaus melanippus
Euploea algea
Euploea camaralzeman
Euploea core
Euploea crameri
Euploea doubledayi
Euploea eunice
Euploea eyndhovii
Euploea klugii
Euploea midamus
Euploea modesta
Euploea mulciber
Euploea orontobates
Euploea phaenareta
Euploea radamanthus
Euploea sylvester
Euploea tulliolus
Idea hypermnestra
Idea leuconoe
Idea lynceus
Idea stolli
Ideopsis gaura
Ideopsis similis
Ideopsis vulgaris
Parantica aglea
Parantica agleoides
Parantica aspasia
Parantica melaneus
Parantica sita
Parantica swinhoei
Tirumala gautama
Tirumala limniace
Tirumala septentrionis


Heliconiinae

Acraea terpsicore
Algia fasciata
Argynnis childreni ****
Argynnis hyperbius
Cethosia biblis
Cethosia cyane
Cethosia hypsea
Cethosia methypsea
Cirrochroa aoris
Cirrochroa chione
Cirrochroa emalea
Cirrochroa orissa
Cirrochroa satellita
Cirrochroa surya
Cirrochroa tyche
Cupha erymanthis
Dryas iulia *
Phalanta alcippe
Phalanta phalantha
Telchinia issoria
Terinos atlita
Terinos clarissa
Terinos terpander
Vagrans sinha
Vindula dejone
Vindula erota


Libytheinae

Libythea lepita
Libythea geoffroyi
Libythea myrrha
Libythea narina


Limenitidinae

Athyma agneya
Athyma assa
Athyma cama
Athyma clerica
Athyma daraxa
Athyma kanwa
Athyma matanga
Athyma nefte
Athyma opalina
Athyma perius
Athyma pravara
Athyma punctata
Athyma ranga
Athyma reta
Athyma selenophora
Athyma whitei
Athyma yui
Athyma zeroca
Auzakia danava
Bhagadatta austenia
Cynitia cocytina
Cynitia cocytus
Cynitia flora
Cynitia godartii
Cynitia lepidea
Cynitia telchinia
Euthalia aconthea
Euthalia adonia
Euthalia alpheda
Euthalia anosia
Euthalia byakko
Euthalia djata
Euthalia dunya
Euthalia eriphylae
Euthalia evelina
Euthalia franciae
Euthalia haradai
Euthalia ipona
Euthalia kanda
Euthalia khambournei
Euthalia lubentina
Euthalia mahadeva
Euthalia malaccana
Euthalia merta
Euthalia monilis
Euthalia monina
Euthalia nara
Euthalia narayana
Euthalia patala
Euthalia phemius
Euthalia recta
Euthalia saitaphernes
Euthalia teuta
Euthalia tinna
Euthalia whiteheadi
Lasippa camboja
Lasippa heliodore
Lasippa monata
Lasippa tiga
Lasippa viraja
Lebadea martha
Lexias albopunctata
Lexias canescens
Lexias cyanipardus
Lexias dirtea
Lexias pardalis
Limenitis asura
Limenitis dudu
Limenitis sulpitia
Moduza procris
Neptis ananta
Neptis anjana
Neptis armandia
Neptis capnodes
Neptis cartica
Neptis clinia
Neptis duryodana


- Naga Emperor
- Vietnamese Emperor
- Elegant Emperor
- Painted Courtesan
- Common Courtesan
- White Emperor
- Yellow Pasha
- White Pasha
- Circe
- Siren
- Indian Purple Emperor
- Sailor Emperor
- Sumatran Prince
- Siamese Black Prince
- Brown Prince
- Tonkin Black Prince
- Eastern Courtier




- Angled Castor
- Malayan Castor
- Common Castor
- Banded Castor
- Blue Dandy
- Banded Dandy



 
- Orange Freak



 
- Glorious Begum
- Scarce Tawny Rajah
- Tawny Rajah
- White-banded Rajah
- Malay Rajah
- Chestnut Rajah
- Variegated Rajah
- Yellow Rajah
- Black Rajah
- Pallid Nawab
- Common Nawab
- Jewelled Nawab
- Stately Nawab
- Great Nawab
- Southern Nawab
- Indian Yellow Nawab
- Malayan Yellow Nawab
- Shan Nawab
- n/a
- Blue Nawab
- Blue Begum



 
- Indian Red Maplet
- Rounded Maplet
- Wavy Maplet
- Common Maplet
- Marbled Map
- Malayan Map
- Straight-lined Map
- Little Map
- Common Map



 
- Malay Tiger
- Plain Tiger
- Common Tiger
- White Tiger
- Long-branded Blue Crow
- Blue King Crow
- Common Indian Crow
- Spotted Black Crow
- Greater Striped Black Crow
- Blue-branded King Crow
- Lesser Striped Black Crow
- Brown King Crow
- Blue-Spotted Crow
- Plain Blue Crow
- Striped Blue Crow
- Chanthaburi Crow
- Great Crow
- Magpie Crow
- Double-branded Blue Crow
- Dwarf Crow
- Malayan Tree Nymph
- Siam Tree Nymph
- Common Tree Nymph
- Ashy-white Tree Nymph
- Small Wood Nymph
- Blue Glassy Tiger
- Dark Blue Glassy Tiger
- Glassy Tiger
- Dark Glassy Tiger
- Yellow Glassy Tiger
- Chocolate Tiger
- Chestnut Tiger
- Swinhoe's Tiger
- Scarce Blue Tiger
- Broad Blue Tiger
- Dark Blue Tiger


 
 
- Tawny Coster
- Little Banded Yeoman
- Large Silverstripe
- Indian Fritillary
- Red Lacewing
- Leopard Lacewing
- Malay Lacewing
- Orange Lacewing
- Large Yeoman
- Dark Banded Yeoman
- Malay Yeoman
- Yellow-banded Yeoman
- Satelline Yeoman
- Little Yeoman
- Common Yeoman
- The Rustic
- The Julia
- Small Leopard
- Common Leopard
- Yellow Coster
- Large Assyrian
- Malayan Assyrian
- Royal Assyrian
- The Vagrant
- Malayan Cruiser
- Common Cruiser



 
- Common Beak
- Blue Beak
- Club Beak
- White-spot Beak



 
- Malayan Commodore
- n/a
- Orange Staff Sergeant
- Strange Sergeant
- Green Commodore
- Dot-dash Sergeant
- Lesser C-streak Sergeant
- Colour Sergeant
- Himalayan Sergeant
- Common Sergeant
- Lance Sergeant
- White-patched Sergeant
- Black-veined Sergeant
- Malay Staff Sergeant
- Staff Sergeant
- Blue-bordered Sergeant
- Tibetan Sergeant
- Small Staff Sergeant
- Chocolate Commodore
- Grey Commodore
- Horsfield's Baron
- Lavender Count
- Blue Count
- Malay Count
- Grey Count
- Indian Blue Baron
- Mango Baron
- White-banded Red Baron
- Streaked Baron
- Grey Baron
- Banded Duke
- Red-spot Baron
- Great Marquis
- White-tipped Baron
- Red-spot Duke
- French Duke
- Chinese Duke
- Silvery Blue Baron
- Yellow Baron
- n/a
- Gaudy Baron
- Blue Baron
- Malay Red Baron
- Dark-male Baron
- Redtail Marquis
- Malay Baron
- Bronze Duke
- Green Duke
- Grand Duchess
- White-edged Blue Baron
- Nan Red-Spot Marquis
- n/a
- Banded Marquis
- Peninsular Baron
- Tricoloured Baron
- n/a
- Burmese Lascar
- Tiger Lascar
- Malayan Lascar
- Yellow-jak Lascar
- The Knight
- Blue-spot Archduke
- Yellow Archduke
- Great Archduke
- Black-tip Archduke
- Common Archduke
- Studded Sergeant
- White Commodore
- Five-dot Sergeant
- Common Commander
- Ananta Yellow Sailor
- Dark Purple-brown Sailor
- Chinese Hill Sailor
- Yerbury's Sailor
- Plain Sailor
- Clear Sailor
- Malayan Sailor
Limenitidinae con'd

Neptis harita
Neptis hylas
Neptis ilira
Neptis jumbah
Neptis leucoporos
Neptis magadha
Neptis manasa
Neptis miah
Neptis namba
Neptis narayana
Neptis nashona
Neptis nata
Neptis omeroda
Neptis pseudovikasi
Neptis radha
Neptis reducta
Neptis sankara
Neptis sappho
Neptis sedata
Neptis soma
Neptis zaida
Neurosigma siva
Pandita sinope
Pantoporia aurelia
Pantoporia bieti
Pantoporia dindinga
Pantoporia hordonia
Pantoporia paraka
Pantoporia sandaka
Parasarpa houlberti
Parasarpa zulema
Parthenos sylvia
Phaedyma columella
Tacola larymna **
Tanaecia aruna
Tanaecia clathrata
Tanaecia jahnu
Tanaecia julii
Tanaecia munda
Tanaecia palguna
Tanaecia pelea


Morphinae

Aemona lena
Amathusia friedrici
Amathusia masina
Amathusia ochraceofusca
Amathusia perakana
Amathusia phidippus
Amathusia schoenbergi
Amathuxidia amythaon
Discophora deo
Discophora necho
Discophora sondaica
Discophora timora
Enispe cycnus
Enispe duranius
Enispe euthymius
Faunis canens
Faunis eumeus
Faunis gracilis
Faunis kirata
Melanocyma faunula
Stichophthalm camadeva
Stichophthalma cambodia
Stichophthalma godfreyi
Stichophthalma howqua
Stichophthalma louisa
Thaumantis diores
Thaumantis klugius
Thaumantis noureddin
Thaumantis odana
Thauria aliris
Thauria lathyi
Zeuxidia amethystus
Zeuxidia aurelius
Zeuxidia doubledayi
Zeuxidia masoni


Nymphalinae

Doleschallia bisaltide
Hypolimnas anomala
Hypolimnas bolina
Hypolimnas misippus
Junonia almana
Junonia atlites
Junonia hedonia *****
Junonia hierta
Junonia iphita
Junonia lemonias
Junonia orithya
Kallima alicia
Kallima inachus
Kallima incognita
Kallima knyvetti
Kallima limborgii
Kaniska canace
Polygonia c-album
Polygonia c-aureum
Rhinopalpa polynice
Symbrenthia hypatia
Symbrenthia hypselis
Symbrenthia lilaea
Symbrenthia silana ***
Vanessa cardui
Vanessa indica
Yoma sabina

Pseudergolinae

Dichorragia nesimachus
Pseudergolis wedah
Stibochiona nicea

Satyrinae

Callerebia annada
Callerebia narasingha
Coelites epiminthia
Coelites euptychioides
Coelites nothis
Elymnias dara
Elymnias esaca
Elymnias harterti
Elymnias hypermnestra
Elymnias malelas
Elymnias nesaea
Elymnias obnubila
Elymnias panthera
Elymnias patna
Elymnias penanga
Elymnias saola
Elymnias saueri
Elymnias vasudeva
Erites angularis
Erites argentina
Erites falcipennis
Erites medura
Ethope diademoides
Ethope himachala
Ethope noirei
Lethe bhairava
Lethe chandica
Lethe confusa
Lethe distans
Lethe dura
Lethe europa
Lethe gemina
Lethe gulnihal
Lethe hyrania
Lethe kansa
Lethe latiaris
Lethe mekara
Lethe minerva
Lethe naga
Lethe philesanoides
Lethe rohria
Lethe siderea
Lethe sinorix
Lethe sura
Lethe verma
Lethe vindhya
Mandarinia regalis
Melanitis leda
Melanitis phedima
Melanitis zitenius
Mycalesis adamsoni
Mycalesis anapita
Mycalesis anaxias
Mycalesis anaxioides
Mycalesis annamitica
Mycalesis distanti
Mycalesis francisca
Mycalesis fusca
Mycalesis gotama
Mycalesis inayoshii
Mycalesis intermedia
Mycalesis janardana
Mycalesis lepcha
Mycalesis maianeas
Mycalesis malsara
Mycalesis mineus
Mycalesis mnasicles
Mycalesis nicotia
Mycalesis oroatis
Mycalesis orseis
Mycalesis perseoides
Mycalesis perseus
Mycalesis sangaica
Mycalesis siamica
Mycalesis suaveolens
Mycalesis thailandica
Mycalesis visala
Neope armandii
Neope bhadra
Neope muirheadi
Neope pulahoides
Neope yama
Neorina crishna
Neorina lowii
Neorina patria
Orinoma damaris
Orsotriaena medus
Penthema darlisa
Ragadia crisilda
Ragadia critias
Ragadia makuta
Xanthotaenia busiris
Ypthima affectata
Ypthima akbar
Ypthima atra
Ypthima baldus
Ypthima confusa
Ypthima dohertyi
Ypthima evansi
Ypthima fasciata
Ypthima huebneri
Ypthima iarba
Ypthima lisandra
Ypthima nebulosa
Ypthima norma
Ypthima pandocus
Ypthima persimilis
Ypthima sakra
Ypthima savara
Ypthima similis
Ypthima singorensis
Ypthima sobrina
Ypthima watsoni
Ypthima yunosukei


- Dingiest Sailor
- Common Sailor
- Dark Dingy Sailor
- Chestnut-streak Sailor
- Burmese Sailor
- Spotted Sailor
- Pale Hockey-stick Sailor
- Small Yellow Sailor
- Indian Yellow Sailor
- Narayana Sailor
- Long-stick Sailor
- Sullied Brown Sailor
- Dingy Sailor
- Pseudo Dingy Sailor
- Great Yellow Sailor
- n/a
- Broad-banded Sailor
- Common Hill Sailor
- Scarce Dark Sailor
- Cream-spotted Sailor
- Variable Sailor
- The Panther
- The Colonel
- Baby Lascar
- Lesser Yellow Sailor
- Grey-lined Lascar
- Common Lascar
- Perak Lascar
- Broad-striped Lascar
- Golden Commodore
- Scarce Wht Commodore
- The Clipper
- Short-banded Sailor
- Great Siam Sergeant
- Short-banded Viscount
- Violet-bordered Viscount
- Plain Earl
- Common Earl
- Peninsular Viscount
- Long-tailed Viscount
- Malay Viscount



 
- White Dryad
- Bicolour-haired Palmking
- Rusty Palmking
- Pale-haired Palmking
- Perak Palmking
- Common Palmking
- Scalling Palmking
- Koh-I-Noor
- Banded Duffer
- Blue Duffer
- Common Duffer
- Great Duffer
- Blue Caliph
- Red Caliph
- n/a
- Common Faun
- Large Faun
- Narrow Striped Faun
- Broad Striped Faun
- Pallid Faun
- Northern Junglequeen
- Cambodian Junglequeen
- Godfrey's Junglequeen
- n/a
- Siamese Junglequeen
- Common Jungleglory
- Dark Jungleglory
- Chocolate Jungleglory
- Malayan Jungleglory
- Tufted Jungleking
- Siam Jungleglory
- Common Saturn
- Great Saturn
- Scarce Saturn
- Burmese Saturn



 
- Autumn Leaf
- Malayan Eggfly
- Great Eggfly
- Danaid Eggfly
- Peacock Pansy
- Grey Pansy
- n/a
- Yellow Pansy
- Chocolate Pansy
- Lemon Pansy
- Blue Pansy
- n/a
- Orange Oakleaf
- Broad-banded Oakleaf
- Scarce Blue Oakleaf
- Malayan Oakleaf
- Blue Admiral
- Himalayan Comma
- Golden Comma
- Wizard
- Intricate Jester
- Himalayan Jester
- Common Jester
- Scarce Jester
- Painted Lady
- Indian Red Admiral
- Lurcher



 
- Constable
- Tabby
- Popinjay


 
- Ringed Argus
- Mottled Argus
- Straight-banded Catseye
- Restricted Catseye
- Scarce Catseye
- White-banded Palmfly
- Green Palmfly
- Black Palmfly
- Common Palmfly
- Spotted Palmfly
- Tiger Palmfly
- Chestnut Palmfly
- Tawny Palmfly
- Blue-striped Palmfly
- Pointed Palmfly
- Marbled Palmfly
- Dried-leaf Palmfly
- Jezebel Palmfly
- Angled Cyclops
- Eyed Cyclops
- Common Cyclops
- Curved Cyclops
- White Diadem
- Dusky Diadem
- Starry Diadem
- Rusty Forester
- Angle Red Forester
- Banded Treebrown
- Scarce Red Forester
- Scarce Lilacfork
- Bamboo Treebrown
- Double-spot Forester
- Dull Forester
- Step-banded Forester
- Bamboo Forester
- Pale Forester
- Common Red Forester
- Banded Red Forester
- Naga Treebrown
- Interrupted Treebrown
- Common Treebrown
- Scarce Woodbrown
- Red-tailed Forester
- Dark Lilacfork
- Straight Treebrown
- Black Forester
- The Mandarin
- Common Evening Brown
- Dark Evening Brown
- Great Evening Brown
- Watson's Bushbrown
- Tawny Bushbrown
- White-bar Bushbrown
- Large White-bar Bushbrown
- Annam Bushbrown
- Wavy Bushbrown
- Lilacine Bushbrown
- Malayan Bushbrown
- Chinese Bushbrown
- Phu Kha Bushbrown
- Intermediate Bushbrown
- Lesser Bushbrown
- Lepcha Bushbrown
- Bandless Bushbrown
- White-line Bushbrown
- Dark-branded Bushbrown
- Cyclops Bushbrown
- Bright-eye Bushbrown
- Red Bushbrown
- Purple Bushbrown
- Burmese Bushbrown
- Common Bushbrown
- Painted Bushbrown
- Siamese Bushbrown
- Wood Mason's Bushbrown
- Thai Bushbrown
- Long-branded Bushbrown
- Yellow Labyrinth
- Tailed Labyrinth
- Black-spotted Labyrinth
- Veined Labyrinth
- Pale Labyrinth
- Tailed Yellow Owl
- Malayan Owl
- White Owl
- Tigerbrown
- Dark Grass Brown
- Three-coloured Kaiser
- Striped Ringlet
- Siamese Ringlet
- Malayan Ringlet
- The Pan
- Curve-Banded Fivering
- Talbot's Threering
- Black Fivering
- Common Fivering
- Confusing Threering
- Great Fivering
- Evans's Fivering
- Straight-banded Fivering
- Common Fourring
- Curve-banded Fivering
- Jewel Fourring
- Malayan Fivering
- Burmese Threering
- Looped Threering
- Phu Kha Fivering
- Himalayan Fivering
- Pallid Fivering
- Eastern Fivering
- Singor Fivering
- Varigated Fivering
- Watson's Looped Threering
- Dark-eyed Fivering



NOTE 1:  * Dryas iulia is not native to Thailand, colonies probably established by escapees from captivity.
NOTE 2:  ** Tacola larymna is a very rare species formerly placed in the Athyma genus.
NOTE 3:  *** Symbrenthia silana is a new species to Thailand recorded by A.Giudici in March 2020 at Umphang, Tak.
NOTE 4:  **** Argynnis childreni has not been seen for many years and is probably now extinct in Thailand.
NOTE 5:  ***** Junonia hedonia is a new species to Thailand recorded by A.Giudici in July 2023 in the south of Narathiwat.
NOTE 6:  The English Common Names are those generally used for Thai species and may differ in some other countries.




Updated 7th October 2024