Basic list of Butterflies in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. The list is made by Y.Inayoshi
Last Update : 2025.06.30.


Papilionidae

Pieridae

Danainae

Satyrinae

Amathusiini

Charaxinae

Heliconiinae

Limenitidinae

Cyrestinae

Biblidinae

Apaturinae

Nymphalinae

Libytheinae

Riodinidae

Curetinae

Miletinae

Aphnaeinae

Poritiinae

Lycaeninae

Hesperiidae

Total


Papilionidae
. Lamproptera curius curius (Fabricius, 1787)
. Lamproptera meges virescens (Butler, [1870])
. Graphium nomius swinhoei (Moore, 1878)
. Graphium aristeus hermocrates (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865])
. Graphium antiphates alcibiades (Fabricius, 1787)
* Graphium antiphates nebulosus (Butler, 1881)
. Graphium agetes agetes (Westwood, 1843)
. Graphium megarus megapenthes (Fruhstorfer, 1902)
. Graphium xenocles kephisos (Fruhstorfer, 1902)
. Graphium macareus indochinensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901)
. Graphium chironides chironides (Honrath, 1884)
. Graphium doson actor Fruhstorfer, 1907
. Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Graphium arycles rama (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
. Graphium sarpedon luctatius (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
. Troides helena cerberus (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865])
. Troides aeacus aeacus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
. Atrophaneura astorion varuna (White, 1842)
. Atrophaneura sycorax egertoni (Distant, 1886)
. Byasa adamsoni adamsoni (Grose-Smith, 1886))
. Pachliopta aristolochiae goniopeltis (Rothschild, 1908)
. Papilio paris paris Linnaeus, 1758
. Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787
. Papilio helenus helenus Linnaeus, 1758
. Papilio castor mahadeva Moore, 1879
. Papilio chaon annulus Pendlebury, 1936
* Papilio chaon chaon Westwood, 1844
. Papilio iswara iswara White, 1842
. Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775
. Papilio prexaspes pitmani Elwes & Nicéville, 1887
. Papilio protenor protenor Cramer, 1775
. Papilio agenor agenor Linnaeus, 1758
. Papilio clytia clytia Linnaeus, 1758
. Papilio paradoxa telearchus Hewitson, 1852
. Papilio slateri tavoyanus Butler, 1882


Pieridae
. Eurema hecabe hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Eurema simulatrix tecmessa (Nicéville, 1896)
. Eurema sari sodalis (Moore, 1886)
. Eurema andersonii andersonii (Moore, 1886)
. Eurema ada indosinica Yata, 1991
. Gandaca harina burmana Moore, 1906
. Catopsilia pomona pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
. Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Fabricius, 1787)
. Pareronia anais anais (Lesson, 1837)
. Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Ixias pyrene verna H.Druce, 1874
. Leptosia nina nina (Fabricius, 1793)
. Appias olferna olferna Swinhoe, 1890
. Appias albina darada (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
. Appias indra indra (Moore, 1857)
. Appias nero nero (Fabricius, 1793)
. Appias lyncida eleonora (Boisduval, 1836)
* Appias lyncida vasava Fruhstorfer, 1910
. Prioneris philonome clemanthe (Doubleday, 1846)
. Prioneris thestylis thestylis (Doubleday, 1842)
. Cepora nerissa dapha (Moore, 1879)
. Cepora nadina nadina (Lucas, 1852)
. Cepora iudith lea (Doubleday, 1846)
. Delias descombesi descombesi (Boisduval, 1836)
* Delias descombesi eranthos Fruhstorfer, 1905
. Delias hyparete indica (Wallace, 1867)


Danainae
. Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Danaus genutia genutia (Cramer, 1779)
. Danaus affinis malayana (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
. Tirumala limniace limniace (Cramer, 1775)
. Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
. Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883
. Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775)
. Ideopsis similis persimilis (Moore, 1879)
. Euploea modesta modesta Butler, 1866
. Euploea camaralzeman camaralzeman Butler, 1866
. Euploea core godartii Lucas, 1853
. Euploea algea limborgii Moore, 1879
. Euploea eyndhovii gardineri (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
. Euploea sylvester harrisii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
. Euploea mulciber mulciber (Cramer, 1777)
. Euploea klugii erichsonii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
. Euploea eunice leucogonis (Butler, 1879)
. Euploea radamanthus radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)


Satyrinae
. Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Elymnias esaca andersonii (Moore, 1886)
. Elymnias dara daedalion (Nicéville, 1890)
. Elymnias hypermnestra violetta Fruhstorfer, 1902
. Penthema darlisa merguia Evans, 1924
. Neorina crishna archaica Fruhstorfer, 1911
. Xanthotaenia busiris busiris (Westwood, 1858)
. Lethe europa niladana Fruhstorfer, 1911
. Lethe confusa confusa Aurivillius, [1898]
. Lethe minerva tritogeneia Fruhstorfer, 1911
. Lethe mekara crijnana Fruhstorfer, 1911
. Neope muirheadii bhima Marshall, 1881
. Mycalesis mnasicles perna Fruhstorfer, 1906
. Mycalesis mineus ssp.
. Mycalesis perseoides (Moore, 1892)
. Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, 1892)
. Mycalesis anaxioides Marshall, 1883
. Mycalesis oroatis surkha Marshall, 1882
. Erites angularis angularis Moore, 1879
. Orsotriaena medus medus (Fabricius, 1775)
. Ragadia critolaus ssp.
. Ypthima savara Grose-Smith, 1887
. Ypthima baldus baldus (Fabricius, 1775)
. Ypthima singorensis indosinica Uémura & Monastyrskii, 2004
. Ypthima nebulosa Aoki & Uémura, 1982
. Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871


Amathusiini (Satyrinae)
. Stichophthalma mathilda ranohngensis Okano, 1985
. Zeuxidia amethystus amethystus Butler, 1865
. Discophora sondaica zal Westwood, 1851
* Discophora sondaica despoliata Stichel, 1902


Charaxinae
. Prothoe franck uniformis Butler, 1885
. Agatasa calydonia belisama (Crowley, 1891)
. Polyura schreiber assamensis (Rothschild, 1898)
. Polyura delphis concha (Vollenhoeven, 1861)
. Polyura hebe chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
. Polyura athamas athamas (Drury, 1773)
. Polyura arja (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)
. Polyura eudamippus jamblichus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
. Eriboea solon sulphureus (Rothschild, 1900)
. Charaxes bernardus hierax C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867


Heliconiinae
. Cethosia methypsea methypsea Butler, 1879
. Cupha erymanthis erymanthis (Drury, 1773)
. Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Drury, 1773)
. Phalanta alcippe alcippoides (Moore, 1900)
. Vagrans sinha sinha (Kollar, 1844)
. Vindula erota erota (Fabricius, 1793)
. Cirrochroa tyche mithila Moore, 1872
. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea Nicéville, 1886
. Terinos clarissa lioneli Fruhstorfer, 1906


Limenitidinae
. Parthenos sylvia sylla Westwood, 1838
. Pantoporia hordonia hordonia (Stoll, 1790)
. Lasippa camboja (Moore, 1879)
. Lasippa monata monata (Weyenbergh, 1874)
. Neptis clinia susruta Moore, 1872
. Neptis hylas kamarupa Moore, 1875
. Neptis nata adipala Moore, 1872
. Neptis harita harita Moore, 1875
. Neptis miah nolana H.Druce, 1874
. Neptis magadha charon Butler, 1867
. Neptis anjana anjana Moore, 1881
. Neptis zaida prasobchoki Saito & Inayoshi, 2014
. Phaedyma columella martabana (Moore, 1881)
. Tacola larymna siamensis (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
. Moduza procris procris (Cramer, 1777)
. Athyma pravara helma Fruhstorfer, 1906
. Athyma selenophora bahula Moore, 1858
* Athyma selenophora amharina (Moore, 1898)
. Athyma zeroca ssp.
. Athyma ranga ranga Moore, [1858]
. Athyma clerica clerica Butler, 1879
. Athyma nefte subrata Moore, 1858
. Tanaecia julii xiphiones (Butler, 1869)
. Cynitia cocytus cocytus (Fabricius, 1787)
. Euthalia mahadeva zichrina Fruhstorfer, 1904
. Euthalia alpheda verena Fruhstorfer, 1913
. Euthalia monina kesava (Moore, 1859)
. Euthalia teuta goodrichi Distant, 1886
. Euthalia monilis monilis (Moore, [1897])
. Euthalia dunya dunya (Doubleday, [1848])
. Lexias dirtea merguia (Tytler, 1926)


Cyrestinae & Pseudergolinae
. Cyrestis themire themire Honrath, 1884
. Cyrestis cocles cocles (Fabricius, 1787)
. Cyrestis nivea nivalis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867
. Chersonesia intermedia rahrioides Moore, 1899
. Stibochiona nicea subucula Fruhstorfer, 1898


Biblidinae
. Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
. Ariadne merione tapestrina (Moore, 1884)
. Ariadne isaeus isaeus (Wallace, 1869)
. Laringa horsfieldii glaucescens (Nicéville, 1895)


Apaturinae
. Rohana parisatis pseudosiamensis Nguýen-Phung, 1985
. Rohana tonkiniana siamensis (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
. Mimathyma ambica miranda (Fruhstorfer, 1902)
. Herona marathus angustata Moore, 1879
. Euripus nyctelius nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)


Nymphalinae
. Symbrenthia lilaea lilaea (Hewitson, 1864)
. Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda Moore, 1875
. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
. Junonia iphita iphita (Cramer, 1779)
. Junonia lemonias lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)
. Junonia orithya ocyale (Hübner, [1822])
. Junonia hierta hierta (Fabricius, 1798)
. Yoma sabina vasuki Doherty, 1886
. Kallima inachus siamensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
. Doleschallia bisaltide siamensis Fruhstorfer, 1912


Libytheninae
. Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898
. Libythea narina rohini Marshall, 1881
. Libythea geoffroyi alompra Moore, 1901


Riodinidae
. Abisara abnormis Moore, 1884
. Laxita thuisto sawaja (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
. Taxila haquinus haquinus (Fabricius, 1793)
. Dodona deodata deodata Hewitson, 1876
. Zemeros flegyas allica (Fabricius, 1787)


Curetinae
. Curetis bulis bulis (Westwood, 1851)
. Curetis saronis indosinica Fruhstorfer, 1908


Miletinae
. Miletus chinensis learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
. Miletus ancon ancon (Doherty, 1889)
. Allotinus substrigosus substrigosus (Moore, 1884)


Aphnaeinae
. Cigaritis maximus (Elwes, 1893)
. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni (Talbot, 1936)


Poritiinae
. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana Doherty, 1889
. Deramas tayutae Saito & Inayoshi, 2023


Polyommatinae, Lycaeninae & Theclinae
. Hypolycaena erylus himavantus Fruhstorfer, 1912
. Hypolycaena amasa amasa Hewitson, 1865
. Hypolycaena othona othona Hewitson, 1865
. Anthene emolus emolus (Godart, [1824])
. Anthene lycaenina lycambes (Hewitson, 1878)
. Niphanda cymbia cymbia Nicéville, 1884
. Azanus urios Riley & Godfrey, 1921
. Una usta usta (Distant, 1886)
. Petrelaea dana (Nicéville, 1884)
. Nacaduba hermus nabo Fruhstorfer, 1916
. Nacaduba pavana vajuva Fruhstorfer, 1916
. Nacaduba berenice aphya Fruhstorfer, 1916
. Ionolyce helicon merguiana (Moore, 1884)
. Prosotas aluta coelestis (Nicéville, 1887)
. Prosotas gracilis ni (Nicéville, 1902)
. Prosotas nora ardates (Moore, 1875)
. Prosotas noreia hampsoni (Nicéville, 1885)
. Prosotas dubiosa indica (Evans, 1925)
. Prosotas lutea sivoka (Evans, 1910)
. Pithecops corvus correctus Cowan, 1966
. Zizula hylax hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
. Neopithecops zalmora zalmora (Butler, [1870])
. Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884
. Udara dilectus dilectus (Moore, 1879)
. Acytolepis puspa gisca (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
. Celastrina lavendularis limbatus (Moore, 1879)
. Jamides bochus bochus (Stoll, 1782)
. Jamides celeno aelianus (Fabricius, 1793)
. Jamides pura pura (Moore, 1886)
. Famegana nisa (Wallace, 1866)
. Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)
. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)
. Caleta roxus roxana (Nicéville, 1897)
. Caleta elna elvira (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
. Castalius rosimon rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)
. Discolampa ethion ethion (Westwood, 1851)
. Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
. Cupido lacturnus rileyi (Godfrey, 1916)
. Shijimia potanini umbriel (Doherty, 1889)
. Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, 1780)
. Luthrodes pandava pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
. Surendra quercetorum quercetorum (Moore, [1858])
. Arhopala centaurus nakula (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
. Arhopala ijanensis Bethune-Baker, 1897
. Arhopala aedias meritatas Corbet, 1941
. Arhopala atosia jahara Corbet, 1941
. Arhopala alitaeus mirabella Doherty, 1889
. Arhopala silhetensis adorea Nicéville, 1890
. Arhopala zambra zambra Swinhoe, [1911]
. Arhopala agaba agaba (Hewitson, 1862)
. Arhopala paramuta paramuta (Nicéville, 1884)
. Flos apidanus ahamus Doherty, 1891
. Flos adriana (Nicéville, 1884)
. Thaduka multicaudata multicaudata Moore, 1879
. Mahathala ameria ameria (Hewitson, 1862)
. Mahathala ariadeva burmana Talbot, 1942
. Drina donina donina (Hewitson, 1865)
. Drupadia ravindra boisduvalii Moore, 1884
. Drupadia rufotaenia archbaldi (Evans, 1932)
. Drupadia theda fabricii Moore, 1884
. Drupadia scaeva melisa (Hewitson, 1869)
. Ahmetia achaja achaja (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
. Ticherra acte acte (Moore, [1858])
. Thamala marciana maia Corbet, 1944
. Loxura atymnus fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912
. Dacalana sinhara sinhara Fruhstorfer, 1914
. Rachana jalindra ssp.
. Manto hypoleuca terana (Seitz, 1926)
. Suasa lisides ssp.
. Rapala suffusa suffusa (Moore, 1879)
. Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879)
. Rapala scintilla scintilla Nicéville, 1890
. Rapala varuna orseis (Hewitson, 1863)
. Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas (Moore, [1858])
. Virachola isocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
. Virachola subguttata subguttata (Elwes, 1893)
. Bindahara phocides phocides (Fabricius, 1793)
. Sinthusa nasaka amba (Kirby, 1878)


Hesperiidae
. Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
. Bibasis sena uniformis Elwes & Edwards, 1897
. Burara gomata gomata (Moore, 1866)
. Burara amara (Moore, 1866)
. Burara etelka etelka (Hewitson, [1867])
. Burara oedipodea belesis (Mabille, 1876)
* Burara oedipodea oedipodea (Swainson, 1820)
. Burara jaina margana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
. Hasora badra badra (Moore, [1858])
. Hasora chromus chromus (Cramer, 1780)
. Hasora malayana malayana (Felder, 1860)
. Hasora taminatus bhavara Fruhstorfer, 1911
. Hasora schoenherr ssp.
. Hasora salanga (Plötz, 1885)
. Hasora vitta vitta (Butler, 1870)
. Pseudocoladenia eacus dhyana (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
. Celaenorrhinus patula Nicéville, 1889
. Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1844)
. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans Nicéville, 1885
. Celaenorrhinus andamanicus hanna Evans, 1949
. Aurivittia aurivittata (Moore, 1879)
. Abaratha angulata angulata (C. Felder, 1862)
. Odina decoratus (Hewitson, 1867)
. Odina hieroglyphica ortygia Nicéville, 1896
. Tapena vasava vasava (Moore, 1866)
. Gerosis phisara phisara (Moore, 1884)
. Gerosis bhagava bhagava (Moore, 1866)
. Tagiades japetus ravi (Moore, 1866)
. Tagiades gana meetana Moore, 1879
. Tagiades parra gala Evans, 1949
. Tagiades lavata Butler, 1879
. Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Möschler, 1878
. Capila pieridoides pieridoides (Moore, 1878)
. Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura (C. Felder & R. Feler, 1860)
. Halpemorpha albipectus (Nicéville, 1891)
. Halpe porus (Mabille, 1876)
. Halpe pelethronix pagaia Evans, 1932
. Pithauria murdava (Moore, 1866)
. Pithauria marsena (Hewitson, 1866)
. Onryza siamica Riley & Godfrey, 1925
. Thoressa masoni (Moore, 1879)
. Ampittia maroides Nicéville, 1896
. Caltoris malaya (Evans, 1926)
. Tulsia tulsi tulsi (Nicéville, 1884)
. Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
. Iton watsonii (Nicéville, 1890)
. Koruthaialos rubecula hector Watson, 1893
. Koruthaialos butleri (Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1884)
. Koruthaialos swinhoei disca (Evans, 1949)
. Iambrix salsala salsala (Moore, 1866)
. Iambrix stellifer (Butler, 1879)
. Kerana armatus armatus (H.Druce, 1873)
. Tamela nigrita maura (Snellen, 1880)
. Ancistroides curvifascia curvifascia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
. Ancistroides folus (Cramer, 1775)
. Erionota torus Evans, 1941
. Matapa aria (Moore, 1866)
. Pirdana hyela rudolphii Elwes & Nicéville, 1887
. Pirdana distanti distanti Staudinger, 1889
. Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876)
. Scobura isota (Swinhoe, 1893)
. Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans, 1949
. Suada swerga suava Evans, 1949
. Oriens gola pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
. Taractrocera maevius sagara (Moore, 1866)
. Potanthus trachala tytleri (Evans, 1914)
. Potanthus juno juno (Evans, 1932)
. Potanthus ganda ganda (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
. Telicota colon stinga Evans, 1949
. Telicota linna Evans, 1949
. Telicota besta bina Evans, 1949


Notes

The list is based on the following collections: the late A. Pinratana, the late P. Sukkit, A. Cotton, K. Saito & Y. Inayoshi; the photo archives: M. Hayashi, T. Aoyama, K. Yano, A. Giudici, the late L. Day and S. Sophonviwatkul; (all specimens and photos are confirmed by Y.Inayoshi.) Various previous books and papers were also consulted. The list is mainly based on Kimura et al. (2011–2016) "The Butterflies of Thailand. Based on the Yunosuke Kimura Collection, Volume 1–3".

The extremely small number of records in Phetchaburi Province is due to the very limited research conducted there. As a result, most of the species listed are common and widely distributed. More species will be found as research continues.

The area from Phetchaburi to Chumphon (and Ranong) is very interesting, with a variety of different fauna. In general, it is a transition zone between Malaysian and continental subspecies. However, some species are continental subspecies, some are Malaysian subspecies and some are more specialised populations. I suppose that many of the species that currently have their northern limit of distribution around Ranong are likely to be distributed as far as Phetchaburi. Therefore, identification of taxa requires close examination and thorough comparison of specimens.


2025.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.