List of butterflies of Papua New Guinea

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Location of Papua New Guinea

This is a list of butterflies of Papua New Guinea. This list includes species recorded from mainland Papua New Guinea, but also all islands that are part of the country, such as the Trobriand Islands, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Hesperiidae[edit]

Pyrginae[edit]

Coeliadinae[edit]

Trapezitinae[edit]

Hesperiinae[edit]

Papilionidae[edit]

Papilioninae[edit]

Pieridae[edit]

Coliadinae[edit]

Pierinae[edit]

Riodinidae[edit]

Lycaenidae[edit]

Curetinae[edit]

Miletinae[edit]

Theclinae[edit]

Polyommatinae[edit]

Nymphalidae[edit]

Libytheinae[edit]

Danainae[edit]

Morphinae[edit]

Satyrinae[edit]

Charaxinae[edit]

Apaturinae[edit]

Limenitidinae[edit]

Nymphalinae[edit]

Heliconiinae[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Rothschild, W., 1895. A Revision of the Papilios of the eastern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae II (3):167-463. pdf
  • Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology. 736 pp., Academic Press, London.
  • Mastrigt, H. van & E. Rosariyanto, 2005. Buku Panduan Lapangan Kupu-kupu. Untuk Wilayah Mamberamo Sampai Pegunungan Cyclops [Field guide to the butterflies of the Birdshead Peninsula] 146 pp., Conservation International, Jakarta.
  • Adalbert Seitz, 1927 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln. Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart
  • J. L. Gressitt and J. J. H. Szent-Ivany, 1968 Bibliography of New Guinea entomology Pacific Insects Monograph 18: 1-674 pdf Full list of literature to that date.