List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)

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Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra, a satyrine butterfly found in India.

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 (Nymphalidae) which itself forms part of the complete list of butterflies of India.

A total of 177 species belonging to 22 genera are found in India.

Cyllogenes - The Evening Browns

Melanitis - The Evening Browns

Parantirrhoea -The Travancore Evening Brown

Lethe - The Treebrowns

Neope - The Labyrinths

Chonala - The Chumbi Wall

Lasiommata - The Walls

Orinoma - The Tigerbrown

Rhapicera - The Tawny Walls

Penthema - The Kaisers

Ethope - The Dusky Diadem

Neorina - The Owl

Elymnias -The Palmflies

Rhapicera - The Walls

Mycalesis - The Bushbrowns

Heteropsis - The Red-eye Bushbrown

Orsotriaena -The Nigger

Coelites - The Catseye

Erites - The Cyclops

Ragadia - The Ringlets

Coenonympha - Heath

Zipaetis - The Catseye

Hyponephele - The Meadowbrowns

Aulocera - The Satyrs

Callerebia - The Arguses

Chazara - The Rockbrowns

Karanasa

Loxerebia - The Mottled Argus

Paralasa -

Paroeneis - The Mountain Arguses

Pesudochazara - The Tawny Rockbrown

Satyrus - The Satyrs

Ypthima - The Rings

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Cyllogenes genus.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 Haribal, Meena (1994) The butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their natural history.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Melanitis genus.
  4. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Parantirrhoea genus.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lethe genus.
  6. de Nicéville, 1880; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 49 (4): 246
  7. Haribal (1994) mentions L. s. serbonis and L. s. teesta
  8. Tytler, 1914²; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23:
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Haribal, 1994:Noted under Zophoessa
  10. Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 3
  11. (Atkinson, 1871); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 215
  12. Tytler, 1939; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41 (2): 245
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Neope genus.
  14. Evans, 1923; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 536 (or ?531)
  15. Meena Haribal, 1994:138.
  16. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chonala genus.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lasiommata genus.
  18. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Orinoma genus.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Rhapicera genus.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Penthema genus.
  21. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ethope genus.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Neorina genus.
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.9 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Elymnias genus.
  24. Assam. Wood-Mason, ?1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11: 62
  25. Assam. Khasi hills
  26. 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16 26.17 26.18 26.19 26.20 26.21 26.22 26.23 26.24 26.25 26.26 26.27 26.28 26.29 26.30 26.31 26.32 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Mycalesis genus.
  27. Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 650, pl. A, f. 1
  28. Haribal, 1994:143 M. g. charaka
  29. Tytler, 1914; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 224
  30. de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 343, pl. F, f. 1-2
  31. Doherty, 1886; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (3): 257
  32. Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 583
  33. Moore, [1892]; Lepidoptera Indica, 1 (9): 187, TL: Sylhet, Tenasserim
  34. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Heteropsis genus.
  35. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Orsotriaena genus.
  36. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Coelites genus.
  37. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Erites genus.
  38. Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 237, TL: Cachar
  39. 39.0 39.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ragadia genus.
  40. Haribal, 1994: Under Ragadia crisilda crito
  41. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Coenonympha genus.
  42. 42.0 42.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Zipaetis genus.
  43. 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Aulocera genus.
  44. Haribal, 1994" Gives as A. brahminus brahminoides (Moore), 1892. Markku Savela splits A. brahminus and A. brahminoides.
  45. 45.0 45.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Callerebia genus.
  46. Haribal, 1994: Notes C. scanda scanda and C. s. opima
  47. Haribal, 1994:Lists as Callerbia ananda with ssp. caeca and ananda
  48. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Chazara genus.
  49. 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Karanasa genus.
  50. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Loxerebia genus.
  51. 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
  52. 52.0 52.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Paralasa genus.
  53. 53.0 53.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Paroeneis genus.
  54. Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis pumilus bicolor (Seitz, 1908)
  55. Haribal, 1994:Lists as Paraoeneis palaearcticus sikkimensis (Staudinger) 1889
  56. 56.0 56.1 56.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pseudochazara genus.
  57. 57.0 57.1 57.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Satyrus genus.
  58. 58.00 58.01 58.02 58.03 58.04 58.05 58.06 58.07 58.08 58.09 58.10 58.11 58.12 58.13 58.14 58.15 58.16 58.17 58.18 58.19 58.20 58.21 58.22 58.23 58.24 58.25 58.26 58.27 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Ypthima genus.
  59. Elwes & Edwards, 1893²; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893: f. 30
  60. Norman, 1958; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 55 (1): 180
  61. de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 165
  62. Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 567
  63. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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].
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, M. (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.

See also