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)
  • Luthrodes 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

  • Tennent, W. John (21 April 2006). "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas". Zootaxa. 1178: 1–209 – via ResearchGate.
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