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This article lists the butterfly species found in Uttarakhand.[1][2]

History of studies on butterflies in Uttarakhand[edit | edit source]

In 1886, William Doherty published a list of 271 species of butterflies from Kumaon.[3] 13 years later, Philip Mackinnon and Lionel de Nicéville published several papers documenting 323 species from Mussoorie and neighboring regions.[4] Between 1910 and 1915, Frank Hannyngton compiled a list of 378 species from the Kumaon region. In 1963, M. L. Roonwal published a list of the identified species of insects in the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun.

Papilionidae[edit | edit source]

Papilioninae[edit | edit source]

Parnassiinae[edit | edit source]

Hesperiidae[edit | edit source]

Coeliadinae[edit | edit source]

Hesperiinae[edit | edit source]

Pyrginae[edit | edit source]

Pieridae[edit | edit source]

Coliadinae[edit | edit source]

Pierinae[edit | edit source]

Riodinidae[edit | edit source]

Riodininae[edit | edit source]

Lycaenidae[edit | edit source]

Curetinae[edit | edit source]

Lycaeninae[edit | edit source]

Miletinae[edit | edit source]

Polyommatinae[edit | edit source]

Poritinae[edit | edit source]

Theclinae[edit | edit source]

Nymphalidae[edit | edit source]

Apaturinae[edit | edit source]

Biblidinae[edit | edit source]

Calinaginae[edit | edit source]

Charaxinae[edit | edit source]

Cyrestinae[edit | edit source]

Danainae[edit | edit source]

Heliconiinae[edit | edit source]

Libytheinae[edit | edit source]

Limenitidinae[edit | edit source]

Nymphalinae[edit | edit source]

Pseudergolinae[edit | edit source]

  • Constable, Dichorragia nesimachus nesimachus
  • Tabby, Pseudergolis wedah wedah
  • Popinjay, Stibochiona nicea nicea

Satyrinae[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Sanjay, Sondhi; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2018). Butterflies of Uttarakhand: A Field Guide. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. ISBN 9788121109185.
  2. "Butterflies of Uttarakhand". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  3. Doherty, William; Doherty, William (1886). "V.—A List of Butterflies Taken in Kumaon". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 55 (II): 103––140.
  4. Mackinnon, P. W.; Niceville, L. (1897-01-01). "A list of the butterflies of Mussoorie in the western Himalayas and neighbouring regions". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.