Golden Birdwing, Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860) female. Chiang Mai, Thailand February 9, 2016. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Butterflies from Oriental & Oceanian

first update d. 5 October - 2014

last update  d. 5 January - 2023

Oriental: Maldives, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andaman, Nicobar isl. Thailand, Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam, Southern China and Taiwan, Philippine, Palawan, Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Jawa, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Sumba, Sulawesi, Timor.

Oceanian: Halmahera, Buru, Ambon, Obi, Seram, Waigeo, Biak, Aru, Papua New Guinea, Manus Isl. New Britain isl. Solomon Isl. Vanuatu. New Caledonia.


Butterflies - Rhopalocera


Swallowtail - Papilionidae

Bhutan Glory Bhutanitis lidderdalii (Oriental)
Fivebar Swallowtail Graphium antiphates (Oriental)
Common Jay Graphium doson (Oriental)
Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpadon (Oriental)
Tailed Jay Idaides agammemnon (Oriental)
Green Dragontail Lamproptera meges (Oriental)
Common Clubtail Losaria coon (Thailand)
Common Green Birdswing Ornithoptera priamus (Oriental)
Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae (Oriental)
Chinese Peacock Papilio bianor (Oriental)
Lemon Swallowtail Papilio demoleus (Oriental)
Red Helen Papilio helenus (Oriental)
Jungle Jade Papilio karna (Oriental)
Great Mormon Papilio memmon (Oriental)
Black and White Helen Papilio nephalus (Oriental)
Emerald Peacock Papilio palinurus (Borneo)
Paris Peacock Papilio paris (Oriental)
Blue Mormon Papilio polymnestor (Sri Lanka)
Common Mormon Papilio polytes (Oriental)
Spangle Papilio protenor (Oriental)
Common Bluebottle Pathysa sarpedon (Oriental)
Golden Birdswing Troides aeacus (Oriental)
Malayan Birdswing Troides amphrysus (Borneo)
Borneo Birdswing Troides andromache (Borneo)
Raja Brooke's Birdswing Troides brookiana (Borneo)
Common Birdswing Troides helena (Oriental)
Southern Birdswing Troides minos (Oriental)
Palawan Birdswing Troides trojana (Oriental)

Skippers - Hesperiidae -

Bright Red Velvet Bob Koruthaialos sindu (Oriental)
Fringed Redeye Matapa cresta (Oriental)
Fulvous Pied Flat Pseudocoladenia dan (Oriental)
Spotted Small Flat Sarangesa purendra (Oriental)
Common Snow Flat Tagiades japetus (Oriental)

Whites - Pieridae

Forest White Appias aegis (Oriental)
Plain Puffin Appias indra (Oriental)
Striped Albatross Appias libythea (Oriental)
Chocolate Albatross Appias lyncida (Oriental)
Eastern Striped Albatross Appias olferna (Oriental)
Pioneer White Belenois aurota (Asia)
Lemon Migrant Catopsilia pomona (Oriental)
Mottled Migrant Catopsilia pyranthe (Oriental)
Orange Migrant Catopsilia scylla (Oriental)
Red-spot Jezebel Delias descombesi
Painted Jezebel Delias hyparete (Oriental)
Redbase Jezebel Delias pasithoe (Oriental)
Tree-Spot Grass Yellow Eurema blanda (Oriental)
Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe (Oriental)
Great Orange Tip Hebomoia glaucippe (Oriental)
Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene (Oriental)
Physche or Wandering Snowflake Leptosia nina (Oriental)

Blue - Lycaenidae

Unicoloured Darkie Allotinus unicolor (Oriental)
Pierrot Caleta manovus (Oriental)
Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon (Oriental)
Plains Hedge Blue Celastrina lavendularis (Oriental)
Plains Cupid Chilades pandava (Oriental)
Grass Jewel Chilades trochilus (Asia)
Ochid Tit Chilaria othona (Oriental)
Rounded Sunbeam Curetis sperthis (Oriental)
Common Posy Drupadia ravindra (Oriental)
Oriental Cupid Everes lacturnus (Oriental)
Fluffy Tit Hypolycaena amasa (Oriental)
Common Cerulean Jamides celeno (Oriental)
Long-Tailed Blue Lampides boeticus (DK - S import)
Lang's Short-Tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous (Europe)
Zebra Blue Leptotes plinius (Orienten)
Yamfly Loxura atymnus (Orienten)
Rounded SixLine Blue Nacaduba berenice (Orienten)
Grand Imperial Neocheritra amrita (Orienten)
Quaker Neopithecops zalmora (Orienten)
Chinese Straight-wing Blue Orthomiella rantaizana rovorea (Oriental)
Plush Sithon nedymond(Oriental)
Apefly Spalgis epius (Oriental)
Zebra Blue Syntarucus plinius
Tiny Grass Blue Zizeeria hylax (Asia)
Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis (Oriental)
Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax (Oriental)
   
Lilac Oakblue Arhopala camdeo (Oriental)
Centaur Oakblue Arhopala pseudocentaurus (Asia)
Copper Flash Artippe pheritima (Oriental)

Metalmarks - Riodinidae

Red Harlekin    Paralaxita damajanti (Borneo)

Brush-footed butterflies - Nymphalidae

Tawny Coster Acraea terpsicore (Oriental)
   
Indian Fritillary Argynnis hyperbius (Asia)
Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia (DK - N - S - FIN)
   
Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne (Oriental)
Common Lacewing Cethosia biblis (Oriental)
Leopard Lacewing Cethosia cyane (Oriental)
Malay Lacewing Cethosia hypsea (Oriental)
Large Yeoman Cirrochroa aoris (Oriental)
Oriental Common Leopard Phalanta phalanta (Oriental)
Rustic Cupha erymanthis (Oriental)
   
Common Mapwing Cyrestis maenalis (Oriental)
Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas (Oriental)
Autumn Leaf Doleschallia bisaltide
Malayan Anomalous Eggfly Hypolimnas anomala (Oriental)
Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina (Oriental)
Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus (Oriental)
Peacock Pansy Precis almana (Oriental)
Grey Pansy Precis atlites (Oriental)
Yellow Pansy Precis hierta (Oriental)
Chocolate Pansy Precis iphita (Oriental)
Lemon Pansy Precis lemonias (Oriental)
Blue Pansy Precis orithya (Oriental)
Vagrant Vagrans egista (Asia)
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (DK im - N im - S im - FIN im)
Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica (Asia)
Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea (Australia)
   
Staff Sergeant Athyma selenophora (Oriental)
Gaudy Baron Euthalia lubentina (Oriental)
Malay Baron Euthalia monina (Oriental)
Blue Admiral Kaniska canace (Asia- Oriental)
Knight Lebadea martha (Oriental)
Common Archduke Lexias pardalis (Oriental)
Commander Moduza procris (Oriental)
Dingiest Sailer Neptis harita (Oriental)
Himalayan Sailor Neptis mahendra (Oriental)
Pale Hockey Stick Sailer Neptis manasa (Oriental)
Hockey Stick Sailer Neptis nycteus (Oriental)
Pale Green Sailer Neptis zaida (Oriental)
Clipper Parthenos sylvia (Oriental)
Grey Count Tanaecia lepidea (Oriental)
   
Tawny Rajah Charaxes bernadus (Oriental)
Black Rajah Charaxes salon (Oriental)
Common Nawab Polyura athamas (Oriental)
Blue Begum Prothoe franck (Oriental)
   
Pale-haired Palmking Amathusia ochraceofusca (Oriental)
Palmking Amathusia phidippus (Oriental)
Koh-i-Noor Amathuxidia amythaon (Oriental)
   
Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra (Oriental)
Tiger Palmfly Elymnias nesaea (Oriental)
White-line Bushbrown Heteropsis malsara (Oriental)
   
Narrow Striped Faun Faunis gracilis (Oriental)
Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda (Oriental)
Tawny Bushbrown Mycalesis anapita (Oriental)
Gladeye Bushbrown Mycalesis patnia (Oriental)
Common Bushbrown Mycalesis perseus (Oriental)
White Four-ring Ypthima ceylonica
Common Four-ring Ypthima huebneri
   
Swamp Tiger Danaus affinis (Oriental)
Tiger Danaus chrysippus
Common Tiger Danaus genutia (Oriental)
WhiteTiger Danaus melamippus (Oriental)
Common Crow Euploea core (Oriental)
Spotted Black Crow Euploea crameri (Oriental)
Brown King Crow Euploea klugii (Oriental)
Tree Nymph Idea blanchardii (Oriental)
Ceylon Tree Nymph Idea iasonia (Oriental)
Paper Kite Idea leuconoe (Oriental)
Common Tree Nymph Idea stolli (Oriental)
Smaller Tree Nymph Ideopsis gaura (Oriental)
Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis vulgaris (Oriental)
Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea (Oriental)
Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata (Oriental)
Blue Tiger Tirumala limniiace (Oriental)
   
Common Beak Libythea lepita (Asia)
Club Beak Libythea myrrha (Asia)

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