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Clipper (
Parthenos sylvia ), a nymphalid butterfly found in
India .
Great eggfly (
Hypolimnas bolina ), a nymphalid butterfly found at
Visakhapatnam , India
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family
Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full
List of butterflies of India .
See
List of butterflies of India (Danainae) .
Please see
List of butterflies of India (Morphinae) .
Please see
List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae) .
Please see
List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)
Chestnut rajah,
Charaxes durnfordi Distant, 1884
Tawny rajah,
Charaxes bernardus (
Fabricius , 1793)
Scarce tawny rajah,
Charaxes aristogiton C. & R. Felder, 1867
Yellow rajah,
Charaxes marmax (
Westwood , 1847)
Variegated rajah,
Charaxes kahruba (
Moore 1895)
Black rajah,
Charaxes solon (
Fabricius , 1793)
Stately nawab,
Polyura dolon (Westwood, 1847) (formerly a Rajah)
Blue nawab,
Polyura schreiberi (
Godart , 1824)
Common nawab,
Polyura athamas (
Drury , 1773)
Pallid nawab,
Polyura arja (
C. Felder &
R. Felder , 1867)
Malayan nawab,
Polyura moori (Distant, 1883)
Great nawab,
Polyura eudamippus (
Doubleday , 1843)
Jewelled nawab,
Polyura delphis (
Doubleday , 1843)
China nawab,
Polyura narcaeus (Hewitson, 1854)
Issoria - Queen of Spain fritillary
Argynnis - fritillaries and silverstripes
Fabriciana - silverstripes
Mimathyma - purple emperors
Eulacera - Tytler's emperor
Sephisa chandra
Gray pansy,
Monsanto Insectarium ,
St. Louis Zoo
Common jester,
Symbrenthia lilaea Hewitson, 1864 (= Symbrenthia hippoclus in part)
Spotted jester,
Symbrenthia hypselis (Godart, 1824)
Himalayan jester,
Symbrenthia brabira Moore, 1872
Tytler's jester,
Symbrenthia doni Tytler, 1940 (= dalailama Huang, 1998)
Blue-tail jester,
Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
Scarce jester,
Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville
Vanessa - Indian red admiral
Nymphalis - tortoiseshells
Gray pansy,
Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)
Peacock pansy,
Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Yellow pansy,
Junonia hierta (Fabricius, 1798)
Chocolate pansy,
Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779)
Lemon pansy,
Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blue pansy,
Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orange oakleaf,
Kallima inachus (Boisduval, 1846)
Andaman oakleaf,
Kallima albofasciata (Moore, 1877) (Andaman Is.)
Scarce blue oakleaf,
Kallima alompra (Moore, 1879) (Sikkim)
South Indian blue oakleaf,
Kallima horsfieldii (Kollar, 1844)
Ceylon blue oakleaf,
Kallima philarchus (Westwood, 1848) (Sri Lanka)
Kallima knyvetti (de Nicéville, 1886) (Bhutan, Assam)
Indian leafwing,
Kallima paralekta (Horsfield, 1829) (Indonesia, Malaysia)
Doleschallia - autumn leaf