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86Species Recorded

Delhi’s Fauna & Flora

Butterflies

Surveys conducted in 2024 recorded a total of 86 butterfly species, including the Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya), Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace), Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana), and Zebra Blue (Leptotes plinius).

  1. African Babul Blue (Azanus jesous) (Guérin, 1847)
  2. Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace) (Cramer, 1775)
  4. Bright Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus) (Stoll, 1782)
  5. Common Albatross (Appias albina) (Boisduval, 1836)
  6. Common Awl Banded (Hasora chromus) (Cramer, 1782)
  7. Common Castor (Ariadne merione) (Cramer, 1777)
  8. Common Crow (Euploea core) (Cramer, 1780)
  9. Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) (Fabricius, 1775)
  10. Common Brown Evening (Melanitis leda) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Common Yellow Grass (Eurema hecabe) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Common Gull (Cepora nerissa) (Fabricius, 1775)
  13. Common Jay (Graphium doson) (C. & R. Felder, 1864)
  14. Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) (Drury, 1773)
  15. Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha) (Drury, 1773)
  16. Common Mime (Papilio clytia) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  17. Common Mormon Swallowtail (Papilio polytes) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  18. Common Pale Blue (Polyommatus icarus) (Rottemburg, 1775)
  19. Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon) (Fabricius, 1775)
  20. Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) (Fabricius, 1775)
  21. Common Silverline (Cigaritis vulcanus) (Fabricius, 1775)
  22. Common Ring Three (Ypthima asterope) (Klug, 1832)
  23. Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus) (Linnaeus, 1764)
  24. Dingy Swift (Gegenes nostrodamus) (Fabricius, 1793)
  25. Forget Me Not (Catochrysops strabo) (Fabricius, 1793)
  26. Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus) (Fabricius, 1798)
  27. Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Indian Skipper Grizzled (Spialia galba) (Fabricius, 1793)
  29. Indian Palm Bob (Suastus gremius) (Fabricius, 1798)
  30. Large White (Pieris brassicae) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  32. Lesser Three Ring (Ypthima inica) (Hewitson, 1865)
  33. Lime Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  34. Mottled Emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  35. Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  36. Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) (Kollar, 1844)
  37. Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) (Linnaeus, 1767)
  38. Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Plain Cupid (Luthrodes pandava) (Horsfield, 1829)
  40. Plain Orange Tip (Colotis aurora) (Cramer, 1780)
  41. Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  42. Red Pierrot (Talicada nyseus) (Guérin, 1843)
  43. Rice Swift (Borbo cinnara) (Wallace, 1866)
  44. Small Cupid (Chilades parrhasius) (Fabricius, 1793)
  45. Small Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta) (Cramer, 1780)
  46. Spotless Yellow Grass (Eurema laeta) (Boisduval, 1836)
  47. Small Orange Tip (Colotis etrida) (Boisduval, 1836)
  48. Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia) (Cramer, 1779)
  49. Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. White Orange Tip (Ixias pyrene) (Cramer, 1779)
  51. Yellow Orange Tip (Ixias marianne) (Linnaeus, 1764)
  52. Yellow Pansy (Junonia hierta) (Fabricius, 1798)
  53. Zebra Blue (Leptotes plinius) (Fabricius, 1793)
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