List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands

Location of the Cayman Islands

This is a list of butterflies of the Cayman Islands. According to a recent estimate, there are 52 butterfly species found on the Cayman Islands.

Papilionidae

• Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane, 1946) —Polydamas Swallowtail
• Heraclides andraemon andraemon (Hübner, 1823) —Andraemon Swallowtail
• Heraclides andraemon tailori (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) —Grand Cayman Swallowtail
• Heraclides aristodemus (Esper, 1794) —Dusky Swallowtail

Pieridae

Great southern white

False barred sulphur

• Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) —Black Bordered Orange, Sleepy Orange
• Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775) —Yellow Angled Sulphur
• Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) —Orbed Sulphur
• Aphrissa statira cubana (D'Almeida, 1939) —Migrant Sulphur
• Ascia monuste eubotea (Godart, 1819) —Great Southern White
• Eurema daira palmira (Godart, 1819) —Barred Sulphur
• Eurema elathea (Cramer, 1777) —False Barred Sulphur
• Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler, 1872) —Florida White
• Nathalis iole (Boisduval, 1836) —Dainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
• Phoebis agarithe antillia (Brown, 1929) —Giant Orange Sulphur
• Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775) —Apricot Sulphur, Argante Giant Sulphur
• Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763) — Orange-barred Sulphur
• Phoebis sennae sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) —Cloudless Sulphur
• Pyrisitia lisa euterpe (Ménétriés, 1832) —Little Sulphur
• Pyrisitia messalina (Fabricius, 1787) —Shy Yellow
• Pyrisitia nise nise (Cramer, 1775) —Mimosa Sulphur, Blacktip Sulphur

Nymphalidae

Nymphalinae

Crescent spot

Queen

Julia

• Anaea troglodyta cubana (Fabricius, 1775) —Cuban Red leaf Butterfly, Troglodyte
• Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis (Möshler, 1886) —White Peacock
• Euptoieta hegesia hegesia (Cramer, 1779)
• Hamadryas amphichloe (Boisduval, 1870) —Haitian Cracker, Click Butterfly
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) —Mimic
• Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779) —Mangrove Buckeye
• Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1780) —Caribbean Buckeye, Tropical Buckeye
• Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) —Many-banned Daggerwing
• Marpesia eleuchea (Hübner, 1818) —Antillean Ruddy Daggerwing
• Memphis verticordia danielana (Witt, 1972) —Cayman Brown leaf Butterfly
• Phyciodes phaon (W.H.Edwards, 1864) —Cayman Crescent Spot
• Phyciodes tharos (Drury, [1773])
• Siproeta stelenes bilagiata (Fruhstorfer, 1907) —Malachite
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) —Painted Lady

Danainae

• Danaus eresimus tethys (Cramer, 1777) —Soldier
• Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer, 1775) —Queen
• Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Monarch

Satyrinae

• Calisto herophile (Hübner, 1823) —Ringlet

Heliconiinae

• Agraulis vanillae insularis (Maynard, 1889) —Gulf Fritillary
• Dryas iulia zoe (Miller & Steinhauser, 1992) —Julia, Flambeau
• Heliconius charitonius (Linnaeus, 1767) —Zebra

Lycaenidae

Western pygmy blue

Lucas's blue

• Brephidium exilis thompsoni (Carpenter & Lewis, 1943) —Pygmy Blue
• Chlorostrymon maesites (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1864) —Amethyst Hairstreak
• Cyclargus ammon erembis Nabokov, 1948 —Lucas's Blue
• Electrostrymon angelia (Hewitson, 1874) —Fulvous Hairstreak
• Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) —Atala
• Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey, 1832) —Hanno Blue
• Leptoptes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857) —Cassius Blue
• Strymon acis (Drury, 1773) — Drury's Hairstreak
• Strymon istapa (Reakirt, 1867) —Hewitson's Hairstreak
• Strymon martialis (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) —Cuban Grey Hairstreak

Hesperiidae

monk

Long-tailed skipper

• Asbolis capucinus (Lucas, 1857) —The Monk
• Atalopedes mesogramma (Latreille, 1824) —Striped Skipper
• Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782) —Canna Skipper, Brazilian Skipper
• Cymaenes tripuntus (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) —Three Spot skipper
• Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) —Fiery Skipper
• Panoquina lucas (Fabricius, 1793) —Purple-washed Skipper, Sugar Cane Skipper
• Panoquina ocala (W. H. Edwards, 1863) — Ocala skipper
• Panoquina panoquinoides (Skinner, 1891) —Obscure Skipper
• Phocides pigmalion batabano (Lucas, 1857) — Mangrove Skipper
• Urbanus dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857) —Dorantes Skipper
• Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) —Long-tailed Skipper

References

• R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9
• Cayman Butterflies