List of butterflies of Taiwan

Subfamily

Pyrginae

• Abraximorpha davidii ermasis Fruhstorfer, 1914 magpie flat
• Celaenorrhinus chihhsiaoi
  Hsu, 1990 ※endemic
• Celaenorrhinus horishanus Shirozu, 1960 ※endemic
• Celaenorrhinus kurosawai Shirozu, 1960 ※endemic
• Celaenorrhinus maculosus (C. & R. Felder, 1919)
• Celaenorrhinus osculus major Hsu, 1990
• Celaenorrhinus pulomaya formosanus Fruhstorfer, 1909
• Celaenorrhinus ratna Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Coladenia pinsbukana (Shimonoya & Murayama, 1976) ※endemic
• Daimio tethys
  niitakana Matsumura, 1907
• Lobocla bifasciata kodairai Sonan, 1936
• Pseudocoladenia dan sadakoe (Sonan & Mitono, 1936)
• Satarupa formosibia Strand, 1927 ※endemic
• Satarupa majasra Fruhstorfer, 1910
• Seseria formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1909) ※endemic
• Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914
• Tagiades trebellius martinus Plotz, 1884

Family

Papilionidae

Subfamily Papilioninae

Tribe Leptocircini

• Graphium agamemnon (Linneaeus, 1758) tailed jay
• Graphium cloanthus kuge (Fruhstorfer, 1908) glassy bluebottle
• Graphium doson postianum (Fruhstorfer, 1908) common jay
• Graphium sarpedon connectens (Fruhstorfer, 1906) common bluebottle
• Pazala eurous
  asakurae (Matsumura, 1908)
• Graphium mullah Pazala timur chungianum (Murayama, 1961)

Tribe Papilionini

• Papilio maraho (Shiraki & Sonan, 1934) ※endemic
• Papilio agestor matsumurae (Fruhstorfer, 1909) tawny mime
• Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777 Chinese peacock
  • P. b. kotoensis Sonan, 1927
  • P. b. thrasymedes Fruhstorfer 1909
• Papilio castor formosanus Rothschild, 1896
• Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 lime butterfly
• Papilio dialis tatsuta Murayama, 1970 southern Chinese peacock
• Papilio epycides melanoleucus (Ney, 1911)
• Papilio helenus fortunius Fruhstorfer, 1908 red Helen
• Papilio paris hermosanus Rebel, 1906
• Papilio hoppo Matsumura, 1907 ※endemic
• Papilio machaon sylvina Hemming, 1933
• Papilio memnon heronus Fruhstorfer, 1903 great Mormon
• Papilio nephelus chaonulus Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Papilio paris nakaharai Shirozu, 1960 Paris peacock
• Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758 common Mormon
  • P. p. ledebouria Eschscholtz, 1821 ※vagrant
  • P. p. pasikrates Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • P. p. polytes Linnaeus, 1758 ※vagrant
• Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775 spangle
• Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821 ※vagrant
• Papilio taiwanus
  Rothschild, 1898 ※endemic
• Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 Asian swallowtail

Tribe Troidini

• Atrophaneura horishana (Matsumura, 1910) ※endemic
• Atrophaneura semperi (C.& R. Felder, 1861) ※vagrant
• Byasa alcinous mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901)
• Byasa impediens febanus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Byasa polyeuctes termessus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Pachliopta aristolochiae interpositus (Fruhstorfer, 1901) common rose
• Troides aeacus formosanus Rothschild, 1899 golden birdwing
• Troides magellanus sonani Matsumura, 1932
• Troides plateni (Staudinger, 1889) ※vagrant

Family Pieridae

Subfamily Coliadinae

• Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775) lemon emigrant
• Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) mottled emigrant
• Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Fabricius, 1787) ※exotic
• Colias erate formosana Shirozu, 1955
• Eurema alitha esakii Shirozu, 1953
• Eurema andersonii godana (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
• Eurema blanda arsakia (Fruhstorfer, 1910) three-spot grass yellow
• Eurema brigitta hainana (Moore, 1878) small grass yellow
• Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758) common grass yellow
• Eurema laeta punctissima (Matsumura, 1909) spotless grass yellow
• Gonepteryx amintha formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Gonepteryx taiwana Paravicini, 1913 ※endemic

Subfamily Pierinae

• Aporia agathon moltrechti (Oberthür, 1909)
• Aporia gigantea cheni Hsu & Chou, 1999
• Aporia potanini insularis Shirozu, 1959
• Appias albina semperi (Moore, 1905) common albatross
• Appias indra aristoxemus Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Appias lyncida formosana (Wallace, 1866) chocolate albatross
• Appias nero domitia (C. & R. Felder, 1862) ※vagrant
• Appias olferna peducaea Fruhstorfer, 1910 ※vagrant
• Appias paulina minato (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
• Cepora aspasia olga (Eschscholtz, 1821) ※exotic
• Cepora coronis cibyra (Fruhstorfer, 1910) common gullwing
• Cepora nandina eunama (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
• Delias berinda wilemani Jordan, 1925
• Delias hyparete luzonensis C. & R. Felder, 1862 painted Jezebel
• Delias lativitta formosana Matsumura, 1909
• Delias pasithoe curasena Fruhstorfer, 1908 red-base Jezebel
• Hebomoia glaucippe formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 great orange tip
• Ixias pyrene insignis Butler, 1879 yellow orange tip
• Leptosia nina niobe (Wallace, 1866)
• Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768) Indian cabbage white
• Pieris rapae crucivora Boisduval, 1836 cabbage white
• Prioneris thestylis formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 spotted sawtooth
• Saletara panda
  nathalia (C. & R. Felder, 1862) ※vagrant
• Talbotia naganum karumii (Ikeda, 1937) Naga white

Family Riodinidae

• Abisara burnii etymander (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Dodona eugenes (Guerin, 1843)
  • D. e. esakii Shirozu, 1952
  • D. e. formosana Matsumura, 1919

Family Lycaenidae

Subfamily

Curetinae

• Curetis acuta formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Curetis brunnea Wileman, 1909 ※endemic

Subfamily Lycaeninae

• Heliophorus ila matsumurae (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Subfamily Miletinae

Tribe Spalgini

• Spalgis epeus
  dilama (Moore, 1878)

Tribe Tarakini

• Taraka hamada thalaba Fruhstorfer, 1922

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Tribe Polyommatini

• Acytolepis puspa myla (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
• Callenya melaena shonen (Esaki, 1932)
• Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)
• Catochrysops strabo luzonensis Tite, 1959
• Catopyrops ancyra almora (Druce, 1873) ※exotic
• Celastrina argiolus
  caphis (Fruhstorfer, 1922)
• Celastrina lavendularis himilcon (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
• Celastrina oreas arisana (Matsumura, 1910)
• Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu, 1987
• Celatoxia marginata (de Niceville, 1884)
• Chilades lajus koshunensis Matsumura, 1919
• Danis schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821) ※vagrant
• Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Everes argiades
  hellotia (Menetries, 1857)
• Everes lacturnus
  rileyi Godfrey, 1916
• Famegana alsulus
  taiwana (Sonan, 1938) ※extinct
• Freyeria putli formosanus (Matsumura, 1919)
• Jamides alecto dromicus Fruhstorfer, 1910
• Jamides bochus formosanus Fruhstorfer, 1909
• Jamides celeno (Cramer, 1775)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Luthrodes peripatria (Hsu, 1989)
• Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884
• Nacaduba berenice leei Hsu, 1990
• Nacaduba beroe asakusa Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba kurava therasia Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba pactolus hainani Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, 1869)
• Orthomiella rantaizana (Wileman, 1910)
• Phengaris atroguttata formosana (Matsumura, 1926)
• Phengaris daitozana Wileman, 1908 ※endemic
• Pithecops corvus cornix Cowan, 1965
• Pithecops fulgens urai Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Prosotas nora formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Shijimia moorei (Leech, 1889)
• Syntarucus plinius
  (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tongeia filicaudis mushanus (Tanikawa, 1940)
• Tongeia hainani (Bethune-Baker, 1914) ※endemic
• Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)
• Udara dilecta (Moore, 1879)
• Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
• Zizeeria maha
  okinawana (Matsumura, 1929)
• Zizina otis riukuensis (Matsumura, 1929)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

• Cigaritis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919) ※endemic
• Cigaritis lohita formosana (Moore, 1877)
• Cigaritis syama (Horsfield, 1829)

Subfamily Theclinae

Tribe Arhopalini

• Arhopala bazalus turbata (Butler, 1881)
• Arhopala birmana asakurae (Matsumura, 1910)
• Arhopala ganesa formosana Kato, 1930
• Arhopala japonica (Murray, 1875)
• Arhopala paramuta horishana Matsumura, 1910
• Mahathala ameria hainani Bethune-Baker, 1903

Tribe Catapaecilmatini

• Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908)

Tribe Deudorigini

• Artipe eryx horiella (Matsumura, 1929)
• Deudorix epijarbas menesicles Fruhstorfer, 1911
• Deudorix rapaloides (Naritomi, 1911)
• Deudorix repercussa sankakuhonis Matsumura, 1938
• Rapala caerulea liliacea Nire, 1920
• Rapala nissa hirayamana Matsumura, 1926
• Rapala takasagonis Matsumura, 1929 ※endemic
• Rapala varuna formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911
• Sinthusa chandrana kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919)

Tribe Eumaeini

• Fixsenia watarii (Matsumura, 1927) ※endemic
• Satyrium austrinum (Murayama, 1943)
• Satyrium esakii (Shirozu, 1942) ※endemic
• Satyrium eximium mushanum (Matsumura, 1929)
• Satyrium formosanum (Matsumura, 1910)
• Satyrium inouei (Shirozu, 1959)
• Satyrium tanakai (Shirozu, 1943) ※endemic

Tribe Horagini

• Horaga albimacula triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943
• Horaga onyx moltrechti Matsumura, 1919
• Horaga rarasana Sonan, 1936 ※endemic

Tribe Hypolycaenini

• Hypolycaena othona
  Hewitson, 1865 ※extinct
• Hypolycaena kina
  inari (Wileman, 1908)

Tribe Iolaini

• Tajuria caerulea Nire, 1920 ※endemic
• Tajuria diaeus karenkonis Matsumura, 1929
• Tajuria illurgis tattaka (Araki, 1949)

Tribe Remelanini

• Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

Tribe Theclini

• Amblopala avidiena
  y-fasciata (Sonan, 1929)
• Antigius attilia obsoletus (Takeuchi, 1923)
• Araragi enthea morisonensis (M. Inoue, 1942)
• Chrysozephyrus ataxus
  lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
• Chrysozephyrus disparatus pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)
• Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940)
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928)
• Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938)
• Chrysozephyrus nishikaze (Araki & Sibatani, 1886) ※endemic
• Chrysozephyrus rarasanus (Matsumura, 1939)
• Chrysozephyrus splendidulus Murayama, 1965 ※endemic
• Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1965 ※endemic
• Cordelia comes wilemaniella (Matsumura, 1929)
• Euaspa forsteri (Esaki & Shirozu, 1943)
• Euaspa milionia formosana Nomura, 1931
• Euaspa tayal (Esaki & Shirozu, 1943)
• Iratsume orsedice
  suzukii (Sonan, 1940)
• Japonica patungkoanui Matsumura, 1956 ※endemic
• Leucantigius atayalicus (Shirozu & Murayama, 1943)
• Neozephyrus taiwanus (Wileman, 1908) ※endemic
• Ravenna nivea
  (Nire, 1920)
• Sibataniozephyrus kuafui Hsu & Lin, 1994 ※endemic
• Teratozephyrus arisanus (Wileman, 1909)
• Teratozephyrus elatus Hsu & Lu, 2005
• Teratozephyrus yugaii (Kano, 1928) ※endemic
• Ussuriana michaelis takarana (Araki & Hirayama, 1941)
• Wagimo sulgeri insularis (Shirozu, 1957)

Family Nymphalidae

Subfamily Apaturinae

• Chitoria chrysolora (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Chitoria ulupi arakii (Naritomi, 1959)
• Helcyra plesseni (Fruhstorfer, 1912) ※endemic
• Helcyra superba takamukui Matsumura, 1919
• Hestina assimilis formosana (Moore, 1895) red ring skirt
• Sasakia charonda formosana Shirozu, 1963
• Sephisa chandra androdamas Fruhstorfer, 1908 eastern courtier
• Sephisa daimio Matsumura, 1910 ※endemic
• Timelaea albescens formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908

Subfamily Biblidinae

• Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899) angled castor

Subfamily

Calinaginae

• Calinaga buddha formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908

Subfamily Charaxinae

• Polyura eudamippus formosana (Rothschild, 1899) great nawab
• Polyura narcaea meghaduta (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Subfamily Cyrestinae

• Cyrestis thyodamas formosana Fruhstorfer, 1898 common map
• Dichorragia nesimachus formosanus Fruhstorfer, 1909 constable

Subfamily Danainae

• Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) plain tiger
• Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779) common tiger
• Danaus melanippus edmondii (Bougainville, 1837) ※vagrant
• Danaus plexippus
  (Linnaeus, 1758) ※extirpated
• Euploea camaralzeman cratis Butler, 1866 ※vagrant
• Euploea core godartii Lucas, 1853 common Indian crow ※vagrant
• Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)
  • E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877)
  • E. e. kadu Eschscholtz, 1821 ※vagrant
• Euploea klugii Moore, 1858 ※vagrant
• Euploea mulciber barsine Fruhstorfer, 1904 striped blue crow
• Euploea phaenareta juvia Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※extinct
• Euploea swainson
  (Godart, 1824) ※vagrant
• Euploea sylvester swinhoei Wallace & Moore, 1866 double-branded black crow
• Euploea tulliolus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • E. t. koxinga Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • E. t. pollita Erichson, 1834 ※vagrant
• Idea leuconoe Erichson, 1834
  • I. l. clara (Butler, 1867)
  • I. l. kwashotoensis (Sonan, 1928)
• Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758) Ceylon blue glassy tiger
• Parantica aglea maghaba (Fruhstorfer, 1909) glassy tiger
• Parantica luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1863) ※vagrant
• Parantica sita niphonica (Moore, 1883) chestnut tiger
• Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883) Swinhoe's chocolate tiger
• Tirumala hamata orientalis (Semper, 1879) ※vagrant
• Tirumala limniace (Cramer, 1775) blue tiger
  • T. l. limniace (Cramer, 1775)
  • T. l. orestilla (Fruhstorfer, 1910) ※vagrant
• Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) dark blue tiger

Subfamily Heliconiinae

• Acraea issoria formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1912) yellow coster
• Argynnis paphia
  formosicola Matsumura, 1927
• Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763) Indian fritillary
• Boloria pales yangi Hsu & Yen, 1997 ※extinct
• Cupha erymanthis (Drury, 1773) rustic
• Paduca fasciata
  (C.& R. Felder, 1860) ※vagrant
• Phalanta phalantha (Drury, 1773) common leopard ※exotic
• Vindula dejone (Erichson, 1834) ※vagrant

Subfamily Limenitidinae

• Abrota ganga formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Aldania ilos nirei Nomura, 1935
• Athyma asura baelia (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Athyma cama zoroastes (Butler, 1877)
• Athyma fortuna kodahirai (Sonan, 1938)
• Athyma jina sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
• Athyma opalina hirayamai (Matsumura, 1935)
• Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Athyma selenophora laela (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Athyma sulpitia tricula (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Euthalia formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
• Euthalia hebe kosempona Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Euthalia irrubescens fulguralis (Matsumura, 1909)
• Euthalia malapana Shirozu & Chung, 1958 ※endemic
• Euthalia insulae Hall, 1930
• Neptis hesione podarces Nire, 1920
• Neptis hylas luculenta Fruhstorfer, 1907
• Neptis nata lutatia Fruhstorfer, 1913
• Neptis noyala ikedai Shirozu, 1952
• Neptis philyra splendens Murayama, 1942
• Neptis philyroides sonani Murayama, 1942
• Neptis pryeri jucundita Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Neptis reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
• Neptis sankara shirakiana Matsumura, 1929
• Neptis sappho formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Neptis soma tayalina Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968
• Neptis sylvana esakii Nomura, 1935
• Neptis taiwana Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
• Pantoporia hordonia rihodona (Moore, 1878)
• Parasarpa dudu jinamitra (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Parthenos silvia philippensis Fruhstorfer, 1898

Subfamily Libytheinae

• Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer, 1909
• Libythea geoffroy philippina Staudinger, 1889 ※vagrant

Subfamily Morphinae

• Discophora sondaica (Boisduval, 1836) large faun – ※exotic
• Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) common duffer ※exotic
• Stichophthalma howqua formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908

Subfamily Nymphalinae

• Doleschallia bisaltide philippensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ※vagrant
• Hypolimnas anomala Wallace, 1869 Malayan egg-fly ※exotic
• Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) great egg-fly
  • H. b. jacintha (Drury, 1773) ※exotic
  • H. b. kezia (Butler, 1877)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Danaid egg-fly
• Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758) peacock pansy
• Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1758) grey pansy ※exotic
• Junonia hedonia ida (Cramer, 1776) yellow pansy ※vagrant
• Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779) chocolate pansy
• Junonia lemonias aenaria Tsukada & Kaneko, 1985 lemon pansy
• Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) blue pansy
• Kallima inachus formosana Fruhstorfer, 1912 orange oakleaf
• Kaniska canace drilon (Fruhstorfer, 1908) blue admiral
• Nymphalis xanthomelas formosana (Matsumura, 1925)
• Polygonia c-album asakurai Nakahara, 1920
• Polygonia c-aureum lunulata Esaki & Nakahara, 1923 comma
• Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus Fruhstorfer, 1908 common jester
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) painted lady
• Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794) Indian red admiral
• Yoma sabina podium Tsukada, 1985 Australian lurcher

Subfamily Satyrinae

• Elymnias hypermnestra hainana Moore, 1878 common palmfly
• Lethe bojonia Fruhstorfer, 1913
• Lethe butleri periscelis Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe chandica ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe diana australis Naritomi, 1943
• Lethe europa pavida Fruhstorfer, 1908 bamboo treebrown
• Lethe gemina zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914
• Lethe insana formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe mataja Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
• Lethe rohria daemoniaca Fruhstorfer, 1908 common tree brown
• Lethe verma cintamani Fruhstorfer, 1848 straight-banded treebrown
• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758) common evening brown
• Melanitis phedima polishana Fruhstorfer, 1908 dark evening brown
• Minois nagasawae (Matsumura, 1906) ※endemic
• Mycalesis francisca formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis gotama nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758) dark-banded bushbrown
• Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798) dingy bushbrown
• Mycalesis sangaica mara Fruhstorfer, 1908 single ring bushbrown
• Mycalesis suaveolens kagina Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis zonata Matsumura, 1909 South China bushbrown
• Neope armandii lacticolora (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Neope bremeri taiwana Matsumura, 1919
• Neope muirheadi nagasawae Matsumura, 1919 Muirhead's labyrinth
• Neope pulaha didia Fruhstorfer, 1909
• Palaeonympha opalina
  macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911
• Penthema formosanum (Rothschild, 1898)
• Ypthima akragas Fruhstorfer, 1911 ※endemic
• Ypthima angustipennis Takahashi, 2000 ※endemic
• Ypthima baldus zodina (Fruhstorfer, 1911) common five-ring
• Ypthima conjuncta yamanakai Sonan, 1938
• Ypthima esakii Shirozu, 1960 ※endemic
• Ypthima formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 ※endemic
• Ypthima motschulskyi (Bremer & Grey, 1853) large three-ring
• Ypthima multistriata Butler, 1883
• Ypthima norma posticalis Matsumura, 1909 small three-ring ※extinct
• Ypthima okurai (Okano, 1962)
• Ypthima praenubilia common four-ring
  • Y. p. kanonis Matsumura, 1929
  • Y. p. neobilia Murayama, 1980
• Ypthima tappana Matsumura, 1909
• Ypthima wangi Lee, 1998 ※endemic
• Zophoessa dura neoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
• Zophoessa niitakana (Matsumura, 1906) ※endemic
• Zophoessa siderea kanoi (Esaki & Nomura, 1937)

See also

List of moths of Taiwan

References

• Igarashi, S. & H. Fukuda. 1997. The life histories of Asian butterflies vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.
• http://booksfromtaiwan.com/Butterfly_Books.html