This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, seven of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833) Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886) Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)

List of butterflies of Mauritius

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)

List of butterflies of Mauritius

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877) Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877) Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877) Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907) Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)

List of butterflies of Mauritius

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866

Danainae

Danaini

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798) Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)

Satyrinae

Satyrini

Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)

Melanitini

Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833) Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833) Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922 Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874) Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773]) Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Limenitinae

Neptidini

Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)

Heliconiinae

Vagrantini

Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867) Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)

Hesperiinae

Aeromachini

Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Baorini

Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833) Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)

See also

List of moths of Mauritius

Wildlife of Mauritius

References

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