List of butterflies of Mauritius
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This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of Mauritius[1] and Rodrigues,[2] seven of which are endemic.[3]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
Pieridae
Coliadinae
- Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886)
- Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Theclini
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini
- Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877)
- Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae
- Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1798)
- Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)
- Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)
Satyrinae
Satyrini
- Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833)
- Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922
- Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
Neptidini
- Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
Heliconiinae
Vagrantini
- Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
Tagiadini
- Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
Hesperiinae
Aeromachini
- Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Baorini
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
See also
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List of butterflies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
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- Equatorial Guinea
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- The Gambia
- Ghana
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- Guinea-Bissau
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- Liberia
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- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
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- South Sudan
- Sudan
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- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Dependencies and
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other territories
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)