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This is a list of
butterfly species found in the
Kerala ,
India .
Genus:
Graphium (swordtails, bluebottles and jays)
Graphium teredon (southern / narrow-banded bluebottle)
Genus:
Pachliopta (red-bodied swallowtail, roses)
Genus:
Papilio (swallowtails, mimes)
Dorsal view (Form clytia )
Dorsal view (Form dissimilis )
Ventral view (Form clytia )
Ventral view (Form dissimilis )
Dorsal view (female, form stichius )
Ventral view (female, form stichius )
Dorsal view (female, form romulus )
Ventral view (female, form romulus )
Genus:
Troides (birdwings)
Subfamily:
Coliadinae (yellows)
Genus:
Colias (clouded yellows)
Genus:
Eurema (grass yellows)
Subfamily:
Pierinae (whites)
Genus:
Appias (puffins and albatrosses)
Appias wardii (Indian / Ward's albatross)
Genus:
Belenois (pioneers)
Genus:
Cepora (gulls)
Genus:
Colotis (Arabs)
Genus:
Delias (Jezebels)
Genus:
Hebomoia (great orange tips)
Genus:
Ixias (Indian orange tips)
Genus:
Pareronia (wanderers)
Dorsal view (female, form philomela )
Genus:
Pieris (whites)
Genus:
Prioneris (sawtooths)
Wing images of Prioneris sita and Delias eucharis
Genus:
Euripus (courtesans)
Genus:
Rohana (princes)
Genus:
Ariadne (castors)
Genus:
Byblia (jokers)
Genus:
Charaxes (rajahs and nawabs)
Dorsal view with one apical spot missing (left)
Genus:
Danaus (tigers)
Dorsal view (form alcippoides )
Genus:
Euploea (crows)
Genus:
Idea (tree nymphs)
Genus:
Parantica (glassy tigers)
Genus:
Tirumala (blue tigers)
Genus:
Acraea (costers)
Genus:
Argynnis (fritillaries)
Genus:
Cethosia (lacewings)
Genus:
Cupha (rustics)
Genus:
Phalanta (leopards)
Genus:
Vindula (cruisers)
Genus:
Athyma (sergeants)
Genus:
Dophla (dukes)
Genus:
Moduza (commanders)
Genus:
Neptis (sailers)
Neptis jumbah (chestnut-streaked sailer)
Genus:
Junonia (pansies)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Dorsal view (wet-season form)
Dorsal view (dry-season form)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Genus:
Kallima (oakleaves)
Genus:
Vanessa (admirals, ladies)
Genus:
Amathusia (palmkings)
Genus:
Elymnias (palmflies)
Genus:
Lethe (treebrowns)
Genus:
Melanitis (evening browns)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Dorsal view (wet-season form)
Dorsal view (dry-season form)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Genus:
Mycalesis (bushbrowns)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Brand on the underside of the forewing
Brand on the upperside of the hindwing
Orsotriaena medus (dark grass-brown / smooth-eyed bushbrown)
Genus:
Ypthima (rings)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Genus:
Zipaetis (catseyes)
Genus:
Abisara (Judies)
Genus:
Curetis (sunbeams)
Genus:
Spalgis (apeflies)
Genus:
Acytolepis (hedge blues)
Genus:
Anthene (ciliate blues)
Genus:
Azanus (babul blues)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Genus:
Jamides (ceruleans)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Genus:
Prosotas (lineblues)
Zinaspa todara (silver streaked acacia blue)
Ventral view (wet-season form)
Ventral view (dry-season form)
Parnara bada (Oriental/variable swift)
Pelopidas agna (dark/obscure branded swift)
Sovia hyrtacus (bicolour/white-branded ace)
Gomalia elma (African marbled skipper)
Tagiades gana (large/suffused snow flat)
Dorsal view (wet-season form)
Dorsal view (dry-season form)
See also
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