List of Butterflies of Jamaica


This List of Butterflies of Jamaica lists Butterflies recorded from the island of Jamaica.

The list is most likely incomplete. There is also a List of Moths of Jamaica.

Papilionoidea

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Pieridae

Coliadinae
Pierinae

Lycaenidae

Theclinae
Polyommatinae

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae
Danainae
Heliconiinae
Limenitidinae
Apaturinae
Biblidinae
Cyrestinae
Nymphalinae
Charaxinae
  • Anaea troglodyta portia, Jamaican tropical leafwing (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Fountainea johnsoni (Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941)
Satyrinae

Hesperioidea

Hesperiidae

Eudaminae
  • Aguna asander jasper Evans, 1952
  • Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
  • Astraptes jaira (Butler, 1870)
  • Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Cabares potrillo potrillo (Lucas, 1857)
  • Chioides churchi E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948
  • Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Phocides lincea perkinsi (Kaye, 1931)
  • Polygonus leo hagar Evans, 1952
  • Proteides mercurius jamaicensis, Mercurial skipper Skinner, 1920
Pyrginae
  • Anastrus sempiternus dilloni (E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948)
  • Eantis mithridates (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Ephyriades arcas philemon (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Ephyriades brunnea jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879)
  • Gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)
  • Grais stigmaticus juncta Evans, 1953
  • Pyrgus oileus, Tropical checkered skipper (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Timochares runia Evans, 1953
  • Urbanus proteus, Common long-tailed skipper (Linnaeus 1758)
Hesperiinae


  • Choranthus lilliae E. Bell, 1931
  • Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • Euphyes singularis insolata, Butler's branded skipper (Butler, 1878)
  • Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, [1824])
  • Panoquina ocola ocola (W. H. Edwards, 1863)
  • Perichares philetes (Gmelin, [1790])
  • Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis, Schaus's skipper (Schaus, 1902)
  • Rhinthon cubana cubana, Branded skipper' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • Synapte malitiosa malitiosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
  • Troyus turneri Warren & Turland 2012
  • Wallengrenia vesuria (Plötz, 1882)

References

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