List of butterflies of Mauritius
This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius[1] and Rodrigues,[2] seven of which are endemic.[3]
Location of Mauritius
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
- Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Theclini
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini
- Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae
- Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)
- Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)
Satyrinae
Satyrini
- Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922
- Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
Neptidini
- Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
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
Aeromachini
- Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Baorini
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
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