List of butterflies of Vanuatu

This is a list of butterflies of Vanuatu.

• Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Badamia atrox flava Evans, 1934
• Hasora chromus bilunata (Butler, 1883)

• Borbo cinnara (Wallace & Moore, 1866)
• Pelopidas lyelli mathewi (Evans, 1937)

• Papilio fuscus nomus Gabriel, 1936
• Papilio fuscus hypsicles (Hewitson, 1868)
• Papilio fuscus burgessi (Samson, 1982)

• Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
• Catopsilia pyranthe lactea (Butler, 1870)
• Catopsilia scylla gorgophone (Boisduval, 1836)
• Eurema hecabe sulphurata (Butler, 1875)

• Appias athama athama (Blanchard, 1848)
• Appias paulina ega (Boisduval, 1836)
• Cepora perimale jeanneli Viette, 1950
• Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Belenois java peristhene (Boisduval, 1859)
• Delias nysa santo Talbot, 1937

• Deudorix mathewi mathewi Druce, 1892
• Deudorix mathewi naruai Tennent, 2003

• Petrelaea tombugensis (Röber, 1886)
• Nacaduba novaehebridensis nubilus Tennent, 2003
• Nacaduba novaehebridensis novaehebridensis Druce, 1892
• Nacaduba dyopa lepidus (Tennent, 2000)
• Nacaduba kurava euretes (Druce, 1891)
• Nacaduba biocellata armillata (Butler, 1875)
• Nacaduba mallicollo mallicollo Druce, 1892
• Nacaduba samsoni Tennent, 2001
• Prosotas patricae Tennent, 2003
• Catopyrops nebulosa nebulosa (Druce, 1892)
• Catopyrops nebulosa opacus Tennent, 2003
• Jamides goodenovii (Butler, 1876)
• Jamides pulcherrima Butler, 1884
• Jamides kava Druce, 1892
• Jamides morphoides Butler, 1884
• Jamides carissima carissima (Butler, 1875)
• Jamides celeno evanescens (Butler, 1875)
• Jamides celeno niger Tennent, 2003
• Catochrysops panormus caerulea Tite, 1959
• Catochrysops taitensis taitensis (Boisduval, 1832)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Famegana alsulus alsulus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)
• Leptotes plinius pseudocassius (Murray, 1873)
• Zizina labradus caduca (Butler, 1875)
• Zizula hylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
• Everes lacturnus palliensis (Ribbe, 1899)
• Euchrysops cnejus cnidus Waterhouse and Lyell, 1914
• Luthrodes cleotas excellens (Butler, 1875)

• Parantica pumila samsoni Ackery, Taylor & Renevier, 1989
• Parantica pumila hebridesia (Butler, 1875)
• Tirumala hamata moderata (Butler, 1875)
• Danaus affinis atchinii Tennent, 2003
• Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790)
• Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea sylvester tristis (Butler, 1866)
• Euploea leucostictos iphianassa (Butler, 1866)
• Euploea leucostictos novarumebudum (Carpenter, 1942)
• Euploea tulliolus forsteri (C & R Felder, 1865)
• Euploea boisduvalii torvina (Butler, 1875)
• Euploea boisduvalii bakeri (Poulton, 1927)
• Euploea lewinii lilybaea (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
• Euploea treitschkei jessica (Butler, 1869)

• Mycalesis perseus lugens (Butler, 1875)
• Orsotriaena medus mutata (Butler, 1875)
• Melanitis leda solandra (Fabricius, 1775)
• Melanitis amabilis amabilis (Boisduval, 1832)

• Polyura sacco santoensis Lachlan, 1993
• Polyura sacco sacco Smart, 1977

• Parthenos sylvia thesaurinus Grose Smith, 1897

• Doleschallia browni herrichii (Butler 1875)
• Hypolimnas antilope shortlandica (Ribbe, 1898)
• Hypolimnas pithoeka impostor Tennent, 2002
• Hypolimnas octocula octocula (Butler, 1869)
• Hypolimnas octocula perryi (Butler, 1875)
• Hypolimnas octocula tanna Samson, 1986
• Hypolimnas octocula futunaensis Samson, 1986
• Hypolimnas octocula bellus Tennent, 2003
• Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Yoma sabina sabina (Cramer, [1780])
• Junonia villida villida (Fabricius, 1787)

• Vagrans egista hebridina (Waterhouse, 1920)
• Vagrans egista samsoni Tennent, 2003

• Acraea andromacha andromacha (Fabricius, 1775)

• W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)
• Gross, G.F. (1975). The land invertebrates of the New Hebrides and their relationships.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Series B 272: 391–421.