List of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands

Location of the Northern Mariana Islands

This is a list of butterflies of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Hesperiidae

Hesperiinae

Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767
Papilio polytes palewensis Nakamura, 1933

Pieridae

Coliadinae

Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
Eurema blanda kishidai Yata, 1994

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Zizula hylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
Chilades pandava (Horsfield, 1829)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Tirumala hamata hamata (Macleay, 1826)
Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euploea eunice kadu (von Eschscholtz, 1821)
Euploea algea eleutho (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Satyrinae

Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889
Ypthima baldus evanescens (Butler, 1881)

Nymphalinae

Hypolimnas antilope anomala (Wallace, 1869)
Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)

Heliconiinae

Vagrans egestina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

References

W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)

List of butterflies of Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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