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List of butterflies of Seychelles

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This is a list of butterflies of Seychelles. About 25 species are known from Seychelles, three of which are endemic.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio phorbanta nana Oberthür, 1879

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

Pierini

Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896) (endemic)
Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini

Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini

Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909)
Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879
Euploea mitra Moore, 1858 (endemic)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
Junonia oenone epiclelia (Boisduval, 1833)
Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

Acraea neobule legrandi Carcasson, 1964

Vagrantini

Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893) (endemic)

Hesperiidae

Pyrginae

Tagiadini

Eagris sabadius aldabranus Fryer, 1912
Eagris sabadius maheta Evans, 1937

Hesperiinae

Baorini

Borbo borbonica morella (de Joannis, 1893)
Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

References

[https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Seychelles?oid=55 Seychelles at the African Butterfly Database]
[http://atbutterflies.com/seychelles.htm Endemic butterflies of Seychelles at Afrotropical Butterflies]

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