List of butterflies of Kerala

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This is a list of butterfly species found in the Kerala, India.

Family: Papilionidae[edit]

Subfamily: Papilioninae[edit]

Genus: Graphium (swordtails, bluebottles and jays)[edit]

Graphium agamemnon (tailed jay)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Graphium antiphates (fivebar swordtail)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Graphium doson (common jay)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Graphium nomius (spot swordtail)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Graphium teredon (southern / narrow-banded bluebottle)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Ventral view

Genus: Pachliopta (red-bodied swallowtail, roses)[edit]

Pachliopta aristolochiae (common rose)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Pachliopta hector (crimson rose)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Eggs
Prepupa
Pupa

Pachliopta pandiyana (Malabar rose)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Papilio (swallowtails, mimes)[edit]

Papilio buddha (Malabar banded peacock)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Papilio clytia (common mime)[edit]

Dorsal view (Form clytia)
Dorsal view (Form dissimilis)
Ventral view (Form clytia)
Ventral view (Form dissimilis)
Prepupa
Pupa

Papilio crino (common banded peacock)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Ventral view

Papilio demoleus (lime butterfly)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Papilio dravidarum (Malabar raven)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Papilio helenus (red Helen)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Papilio liomedon (Malabar banded swallowtail)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Eggs
Larva
Pupa

Papilio paris (Paris peacock)[edit]

Dorsal view
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Papilio polymnestor (blue Mormon)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Papilio polytes (common Mormon)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Ventral view (male)
Dorsal view (female, form stichius)
Ventral view (female, form stichius)
Dorsal view (female, form romulus)
Ventral view (female, form romulus)
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Troides (birdwings)[edit]

Troides minos (southern birdwing)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa
Pupa

Family: Pieridae[edit]

Subfamily: Coliadinae (yellows)[edit]

Genus: Catopsilia (emigrants)[edit]

Catopsilia pomona (common emigrant)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Catopsilia pyranthe (mottled emigrant)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)
Eggs
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Colias (clouded yellows)[edit]

Colias nilagiriensis (Nilgiri clouded yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)

Genus: Eurema (grass yellows)[edit]

Eurema andersonii (one-spot grass yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Ventral view

Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Eggs
Larvae

Eurema brigitta (small grass yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Eurema hecabe (common grass yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Eurema laeta (spotless grass yellow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Eurema nilgiriensis (Nilgiri grass yellow)[edit]

Ventral view
Ventral view

Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)[edit]

Genus: Appias (puffins and albatrosses)[edit]

Appias albina (common albatross)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)
Form semiflava (female)
Mud puddling

Appias indra (plain puffin)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Appias lalage (spot puffin)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Ventral view

Appias libythea (striped albatross)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)
Eggs

Appias lyncida (chocolate albatross)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Appias wardii (Indian / Ward's albatross)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Genus: Belenois (pioneers)[edit]

Belenois aurota (pioneer)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Eggs
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Cepora (gulls)[edit]

Cepora nadina (lesser gull)[edit]

Dorsal view
Dorsal view
Ventral view

Cepora nerissa (common gull)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Pupa

Genus: Colotis (Arabs)[edit]

Colotis amata (small salmon Arab)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Eggs

Colotis aurora (plain orange-tip)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Ventral view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view (female)

Colotis danae (crimson-tip)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view
Eggs
Larva

Colotis etrida (little orange-tip)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view

Colotis fausta (large salmon Arab)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Ventral view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view (female)

Genus: Delias (Jezebels)[edit]

Delias eucharis (common Jezebel)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view
Eggs
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Hebomoia (great orange tips)[edit]

Hebomoia glaucippe (great orange tip)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Ixias (Indian orange tips)[edit]

Ixias marianne (white orange tip)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view

Ixias pyrene (yellow orange tip)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view

Genus: Leptosia (Psyche)[edit]

Leptosia nina (Psyche)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Pareronia (wanderers)[edit]

Pareronia ceylanica (dark wanderer)[edit]

Male, Dorsal view
Ventral view

Pareronia hippia (common wanderer)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Dorsal view (female, form philomela)
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)
Eggs
Prepupa
Pupa

Genus: Pieris (whites)[edit]

Pieris canidia (Indian cabbage white)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Genus: Prioneris (sawtooths)[edit]

Prioneris sita (painted sawtooth)[edit]

Ventral view
Wing images of Prioneris sita and Delias eucharis

Family: Nymphalidae[edit]

Subfamily: Apaturinae[edit]

Genus: Euripus (courtesans)[edit]

Euripus consimilis (painted courtesan)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Pupa

Genus: Rohana (princes)[edit]

Rohana parisatis (black prince)[edit]

Male (dorsal view)
Female (dorsal view)
Male (ventral view)
Female (ventral view)
Pupa

Subfamily: Biblidinae[edit]

Genus: Ariadne (castors)[edit]

Ariadne ariadne (angled castor)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Ariadne merione (common castor)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Byblia (jokers)[edit]

Byblia ilithyia (joker)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva

Subfamily: Charaxinae[edit]

Genus: Charaxes (rajahs and nawabs)[edit]

Charaxes agrarius (anomalous nawab)[edit]

Dorsal view with one apical spot missing (left)
Ventral view
Ventral view

Charaxes athamas/bharata (common/Indian nawab)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Chrysalis

Charaxes psaphon (plain tawny rajah)[edit]

Dorsal view (male)
Dorsal view (female)
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)

Charaxes schreiber (blue nawab)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Charaxes solon (black rajah)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva

Subfamily: Cyrestinae[edit]

Genus: Cyrestis (maps)[edit]

Cyrestis thyodamas (common map)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva

Subfamily: Danainae[edit]

Genus: Danaus (tigers)[edit]

Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Dorsal view (form alcippoides)
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Danaus genutia (common/striped tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view (male)
Ventral view (female)
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Euploea (crows)[edit]

Euploea core (common crow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Euploea klugii (king crow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Ventral view

Euploea sylvester (double-branded crow)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Genus: Idea (tree nymphs)[edit]

Idea malabarica (Malabar tree nymph)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Genus: Parantica (glassy tigers)[edit]

Parantica aglea (glassy tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Larva
Pupa

Parantica nilgiriensis (Nilgiri tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

Genus: Tirumala (blue tigers)[edit]

Tirumala limniace (blue tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

Tirumala septentrionis (dark blue tiger)[edit]

Dorsal view
Ventral view
Egg
Larva
Pupa

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