List of butterflies of Lord Howe Island

Location of Lord Howe Island

This is a list of butterflies of Lord Howe Island.

Hesperiidae

Hesperiinae

  • Taractrocera papyria (Boisduval, 1832)

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

  • Graphium macleayanus insulana (Waterhouse, 1920)
  • Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan, 1805
  • Papilio demoleus sthenelus (Macleay, 1826)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

  • Catopsilia pyranthe crokera (MacLeay, 1826)
  • Eurema brigitta australis (Wallace, 1867)
  • Eurema smilax smilax (Donovan, 1805)

Pierinae

  • Appias paulina ega (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Belenois java teutonia (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Belenois java peristhene (Boisduval, 1859)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

  • Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833

Polyommatinae

  • Candalides xanthospilos (Hübner, 1817)
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Zizina labradus labradus (Godart, 1824)
  • Everes lacturnus pulchra (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Euploea corinna (Macleay, 1826)

Nymphalidae

Satyrinae

  • Melanitis leda bankia (Fabricius, 1775)

Danainae

  • Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790)

Charaxinae

References

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