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The following is a '''list of the [[butterflies]] of [[India]]'''. <br />
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India has extremely diverse [[terrain]], [[climate]] and [[vegetation]], which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons.<ref name="Evans">{{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |author-link=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 |page=1 }}</ref> India forms a large part of the [[Indomalaya]]n biogeographical zone; many of the floral and faunal forms show Malayan affinities with some [[taxa]] being unique to the Indian region. In addition, India hosts three of the world's [[biodiversity hotspot]]s: the [[Western Ghats]], the [[Eastern Himalaya]]s, and the hilly ranges bordering India and [[Myanmar]], each having numerous [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] species. Accordingly, India's diverse and varied fauna include a rich variety of [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s. [[W. H. Evans|Brigadier William Harry Evans ]] recorded approximately 1439 species of butterfly from British India, including [[Ceylon]] and [[Burma]].<ref name="Evans species number">{{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |author-link=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 |page=23 }}</ref> After 1947, the rise of several new nations led to a reduction of the area forming part of India proper, and the number of species has been noted to be an estimated 1318 species.<ref>Cotton, Adam & Fric, Zdenek & Jit Gupta, Inder & Van Gasse, Paul & Inayoshi, Yutaka & Sin Khoon, Khew & G Kirton, Laurence & Larsen, Torben & Markhasiov, Maxim & Majumdar, Mridula & Pequin, Olivier & Rieger, Jiri & Motoki, Saito & P Smith, Colin & K Varshney, Rajendra & Smetacek, Peter. (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.</ref><br />
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==Per-family lists==<br />
[[Image:Ind bfly thumbstrip.jpg|thumb|100px|Butterfly diversity]]<br />
Six [[Family (biology)|families]] of butterflies are represented in India.<br />
The quoted numbers of species per family are likely to evolve as a result of advances in taxonomy and in the collection of data regarding occurrence and distribution.<!--Under updation from synoptic catalogue--><br />
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* [[List of butterflies of India (Papilionidae)|Papilionidae - swallowtail butterflies]] (84 species)<br />
* [[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)|Hesperiidae - skipper butterflies]] (277 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)|Coeliadinae]] (22 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)|Pyrginae]] (69 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)|Hesperiinae]] (133 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)#Subfamily Heteropterinae|Heteropterinae]] (1 species)<br />
* [[List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)|Pieridae - yellow and white butterflies]] (81 species)<br />
* [[List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)|Riodinidae - punches & judies]] (16 species)<br />
* [[List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)|Lycaenidae - blues, hairstreaks and gossamer-winged butterflies]] (318 species)<br />
* [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)|Nymphalidae - brush-footed butterflies]] (439 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Danainae)|Danainae]] (26 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)|Morphinae]] (20 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)|Satyrinae]] (176 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Limenitidinae)|Limenitidinae]] (99 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Libytheinae|Libytheinae]] (3 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Charaxinae|Charaxinae]] (16 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Calinaginae|Calinaginae]] (3 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Heliconiinae|Heliconiinae]] (27 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Cyrestinae|Cyrestinae]] (10 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Pseudergolinae|Pseudergolinae]] (1 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Biblidinae|Biblidinae]] (4 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Apaturinae|Apaturinae]] (17 species)<br />
** [[List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)#Nymphalinae|Nymphalinae]] (37 species)<br />
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==Per-state lists==<br />
India has 29 states and 7 union territories. The list of butterflies for each state can be found using the index below:<br />
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'''States'''<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Assam|Assam]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Bihar|Bihar]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Goa|Goa]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Gujarat|Gujarat]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Haryana|Haryana]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Karnataka|Karnataka]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Kerala|Kerala]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Manipur|Manipur]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Mizoram|Mizoram]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Nagaland|Nagaland]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Odisha|Odisha]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Punjab|Punjab]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Sikkim|Sikkim]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Telangana|Telangana]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Tripura|Tripura]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of West Bengal|West Bengal]]<br />
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'''Union territories''':<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Chandigarh|Chandigarh]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Daman and Diu|Daman and Diu]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Lakshadweep|Lakshadweep]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of National Capital Territory of Delhi|Delhi]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of Pondicherry|Pondicherry]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Butterfly]]<br />
* [[Fauna of India]]<br />
* [[List of butterflies of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Other sources==<br />
*{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/ |title=The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) |last1=Beccaloni |first1=George |last2=Scoble |first2=Malcolm |last3=Kitching |first3=Ian |last4=Simonsen |first4=Thomas |last5=Robinson |first5=Gaden |last6=Pitkin |first6=Brian |last7=Hine |first7=Adrian |last8=Lyal |first8=Chris |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |access-date=2016-10-15 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |author-link=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Gay |first1=Thomas |last2=Kehimkar |first2=Isaac David |last3=Punetha |first3=Jagdish Chandra |title=Common Butterflies of India |series=Nature Guides |publisher= World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press |location=Bombay, India |year=1992 |isbn=978-0195631647 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Haribal |first=Meena |title=The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History |location=Gangtok, Sikkim, India |publisher=Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation |year=1992 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Kunte |first=Krushnamegh |title=Butterflies of Peninsular India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C |series=India, A Lifescape |location=Hyderabad, India |publisher=Universities Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-8173713545 }}<br />
*Kehimkar, I. (2008) ''The Book of Indian Butterflies''. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.<br />
*{{cite book|last=Wynter-Blyth |first=Mark Alexander |author-link=Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth |title=Butterflies of the Indian Region |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ |year=1957 |location=Bombay, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |isbn=978-8170192329 }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060213120453/http://meghalaya.nic.in/naturalres/butterflies.htm Butterflies of Meghalaya]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215200217/http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/Nymphalidae/Orientspecies.htm Oriental Nymphalidae]<br />
* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/rhopnos.html Butterfly taxonomy]<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ |title=Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera }}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420182128/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/legis.html#R Indian Wildlife Act and scheduled species lists]<br />
** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s1.html Schedule 1]<br />
** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s2.html Schedule 2]<br />
* [http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/tx/472-Apaturini Butterflies of India]<br />
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