List of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands
This is a list of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Hesperiidae
[edit]Hesperiinae
[edit]- Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]- Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767
- Papilio polytes palewensis Nakamura, 1933
Pieridae
[edit]Coliadinae
[edit]- Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
- Eurema blanda kishidai Yata, 1994
Lycaenidae
[edit]Polyommatinae
[edit]- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Zizula hylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
- Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
Nymphalidae
[edit]Danainae
[edit]- Tirumala hamata hamata (Macleay, 1826)
- Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euploea eunice kadu (von Eschscholtz, 1821)
- Euploea algea eleutho (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Satyrinae
[edit]- Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889
- Ypthima baldus evanescens (Butler, 1881)
Nymphalinae
[edit]- Hypolimnas antilope anomala (Wallace, 1869)
- Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
- Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae
[edit]- Vagrans egestina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
References
[edit]- Tennent, W. John (21 April 2006). "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas". Zootaxa. 1178: 1–209. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1178.1.1 – via ResearchGate.