List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
Overview
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India.
- European or Common Beak Libythea celtisLibythea celtisThe European Beak or Nettle-tree Butterfly is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown...
(Laicharting, [1782]) earlier Libythea lepitaLibythea lepitaThe Common Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The species was earlier considered a race of Libythea celtis...
(MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1857).
- Whitespotted Beak Libythea narinaLibythea narinaThe Whitespotted Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
(MarshallGeorge Frederick Leycester MarshallGeorge Frederick Leycester Marshall was a Colonel in the Indian Army and brother of C. H. T. Marshall and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall. He was a naturalist interested in the birds and butterflies of India...
, 1880) - Club Beak Libythea myrrhaLibythea myrrhaThe Club Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family....
(GodartJean Baptiste GodartJean-Baptiste Godart was a French entomologist.Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille with writing the article on these insects in the Encyclopédie Méthodique...
, 1819)
- Chestnut Rajah Charaxes durnfordiCharaxes durnfordiThe Chestnut Rajah is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
Distant, 1884 - Tawny Rajah Charaxes bernardusCharaxes bernardusThe Tawny Rajah is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Habits:...
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1793) - Scarce Tawny Rajah Charaxes aristogitonCharaxes aristogitonThe Scarce Tawny Rajah is a butterfly species found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:Resembles Charaxes marmax closely...
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