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The following is a list of the butterflies of India.. 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. [1]
The birdwings, as the Troides butterflies are called are large, yellow-and-black coloured butterflies, two species of which are found in the forests of the Himalayas and one species in the Western Ghats. These are the largest butterflies found in India. Common birdwing, Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern birdwing, Troides minos (Cramer ...
Common imperial, Cheritra freja, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in India. Common silverline, Cigaritis vulcanus Indian sunbeam, Curetis thetis, male Purple sapphire, Heliophorus epicles, upperside view Centaur oakblue, Nilasera centaurus Fluffy tit, Zeltus etolus Yamfly, Loxura atymnus Common tit, Hypolycaena erylus, upperside
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Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647. Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular ...
The common names refer to the two predominant colours found on the wings of these butterflies along with markings in black. Of the 1051 species of pierids occurring in the world, 81 species in 21 genera are found in India.
Clipper (Parthenos sylvia), a nymphalid butterfly found in India. Great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina), a nymphalid butterfly found at Visakhapatnam, India. This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself forms part of the complete List of butterflies of India. There are 20 species spanning nine genera which are to be found in Indian limits. However, detailed lepidopterological investigations in the north east of India may locate additional or new species.