List of butterflies of Réunion

This is a list of butterflies of Réunion. About 28 species are known from Réunion,^[1] three of which are endemic.^[2]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio phorbanta Linnaeus, 1771 (endemic)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
• Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
• Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Catopsilia thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)

Lycaenidae

Miletinae

• Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval, 1833)

Theclinae

Theclini

• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

• Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
• Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
• Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptomyrina phidias (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Euploea goudotii Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Heteropsis narcissus narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Heteropsis narcissus borbonica (Oberthür, 1916)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1879)
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
• Salamis augustina Boisduval, 1833
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Neptidini

• Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833 (endemic)

Heliconiinae

Vagrantini

• Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

• Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)

Hesperiinae

Baorini

• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937

See also

• List of moths of Réunion
• Wildlife of Réunion

References