The list is made by L.Day (Koh Samui), A.Giudici (Koh Phangan), P.Kosierb (Koh Tao) & Y.Inayoshi
Last Update : 2024.09.30.
Basic list of Butterflies in Surat Thani Province (Islands part), Thailand.


Legend : The status of each species assumes observation at the right time and in the right place.
The status of each species assumes observation at the right place, right season and right time.
Explanation of rarity :
Very Common : Can always see it.
Common : Can almost always see it. (more often can see it)
Not Rare : Can see it often. (occasionally cannot see it)
Uncommon : Can see it occasionally. (more often cannot see it)
Rare : Seldom seen. It may be seen once every few years to a few decades.
Very Rare : Historical species (almost never seen)

In general, most species are not rare. The only reason they are considered rare is because we don't know the habits of the species.

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Danainae

Satyrinae

Morpinae

Charaxinae

Heliconiinae

Limenitidinae

Cyrestinae

Biblidinae

Apaturinae

Nymphalinae

Riodinidae

Curetinae

Miletinae

Aphnaeinae

Poritiinae

Lycaeninae

Hesperiidae

Total


Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

Papilionidae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Troides helena cerberus (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Troides aeacus malaiianus Fruhstorfer,1902
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Atrophaneura astorion varuna (White,1842)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Byasa adamsoni takakoae Uehara,2006
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris (Rothschild,1908)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Papilio clytia clytia Linnaeus,1758
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Papilio demoleus malayanus Wallace,1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Papilio demolion demolion Cramer,[1776]
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Papilio castor mahadeva Moore, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Papilio chaon annulus Pendlebury, 1936
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Papilio helenus helenus Linnaeus,1758
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Papilio iswara iswara White,1842
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Papilio polytes romulus Cramer,[1775]
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very Common.
. Papilio agenor agenor Linnaeus,1758
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very Common.
. Papilio prexaspes andamanicus C. Felder & R. Felder,1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very rare, a single record is known until now.
. Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius,1787
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Graphium sarpedon luctatius (Fruhstorfer,1907)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Graphium doson evemonides (Honrath,1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus,1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Graphium aristeus hermocrates (C. Felder & R. Felder,1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Graphium nomius swinhoei (Moore,1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Graphium antiphates toshikazui (Page, 2020)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Graphium macareus perakensis (Fruhstorfer,1899)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Graphium megarus megapenthes (Fruhstorfer,1902)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Lamproptera curius curius (Fabricius,1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.


Pieridae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Leptosia nina nina (Fabricius,1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Delias pasithoe parthenope (Wallace,1867)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Delias descombesi eranthos Fruhstorfer,1905
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Delias hyparete metarete Butler,1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cepora nadina nadina (Lucas, 1852)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Cepora nerissa dapha (Moore,[1879])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Cepora iudith malaya (Fruhstorfer,1899)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Appias olferna olferna Swinhoe,1890
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Appias lyncida vasava Fruhstorfer,1910
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Appias albina darada (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Appias paulina distanti (Moore,1905)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Ixias pyrene verna H.Druce,1874
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe (Linnaeus,1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Pareronia anais anais (Lesson,1837)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Fabricius,1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus,1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Catopsilia pomona pomona (Fabricius,1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Gandaca harina distanti Fruhstorfer,1910
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Eurema drona hainana (Moore, 1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Eurema hecabe hecabe (Linnaeus,1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Eurema simulatrix tecmessa (Nicéville, 1896)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace, 1867)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Eurema sari sodalis (Moore,1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Eurema andersonii andersonii (Moore,1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not uncommon.


Danainae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Danaus genutia genutia (Cramer, 1779)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Danaus melanippus hegesippus (Cramer, 1777)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Danaus affinis malayana (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Tirumala limniace limniace (Cramer, [1775])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Parantica agleoides agleoides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Parantica aspasia aspasia (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Ideopsis similis persimilis (Moore, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Ideopsis vulgaris macrina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euploea modesta modesta Butler, 1866
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare. The record of Koh Tao is based on Godfrey,1931.
. Euploea crameri bremeri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euploea core godartii Lucas, 1853
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
* Euploea core graminifera (Moore, 1883)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euploea algea limborgii Moore, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
The record of Koh Tao is based on Godfrey,1931.
. Euploea eyndhovii gardineri (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Euploea sylvester harrisii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Euploea mulciber mulciber (Cramer, 1777)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Euploea tulliolus ledereri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Euploea phaenareta castelnaui C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euploea klugii erichsonii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Euploea eunice leucogonis (Butler, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Euploea radamanthus radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.


Satyrinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Melanitis leda leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Melanitis phedima abdullae Distant, 1883
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria Moore, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Elymnias obnubila Marshall & Nicéville, 1883
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Elymnias nesaea lioneli Fruhstorfer, 1907
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Lethe europa malaya Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Lethe mekara gopaka Fruhstorfer, 1911
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Xanthotaenia busiris busiris (Westwood, 1858)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Orsotriaena medus medus (Fabricius, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Mycalesis fusca fusca (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Mycalesis perseus cepheus Butler, 1867
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Mycalesis perseoides (Moore, [1892])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Mycalesis mineus macromalayana Fruhstorfer, 1911
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Mycalesis distanti (Moore, [1892]
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Mycalesis orseis nautilus Butler, 1867
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Ypthima baldus newboldi Distant, 1882
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Ypthima singorensis singorensis Aoki & Uémura, 1984
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.


Morphinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Amathusia phidippus phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Zeuxidia amethystus amethystus Butler, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Thauria aliris pseudaliris (Butler, [1877])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Discophora sondaica despoliata Stichel, 1902
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.


Charaxinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Polyura athamas athamas (Drury, 1773)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Charaxes bernardus crepax Fruhstorfer, 1914
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.


Heliconiinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Acraea terpsicore (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Dryas iulia moderata (Riley, 1926)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cupha erymanthis erymanthis (Drury, 1773)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Phalanta phalantha phalantha (Drury, 1773)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Phalanta alcippe alcippoides (Moore, 1900)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Vagrans sinha sinha (Kollar, 1844)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Vindula erota erota (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cirrochroa tyche mithila Moore, 1872
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cirrochroa emalea emalea (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Algia fasciata fasciata (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very Common.
. Cethosia biblis biblis (Drury, 1773)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Cethosia methypsea methypsea Butler, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cethosia cyane euanthes Fruhstorfer, 1912
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.


Limenitidinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Pantoporia hordonia hordonia (Stoll, 1790)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Pantoporia paraka paraka (Butler, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Lasippa heliodore heliodore (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Lasippa tiga siaka (Moore, 1881)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Lasippa monata monata (Weyenbergh, 1874)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Neptis clinia leuconata Butler, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Neptis hylas papaja Moore, 1875
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Neptis nata gononata Butler, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Neptis leucoporos cresina Fruhstorfer, 1908
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Neptis omeroda omeroda Moore, 1875
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Neptis harita harita Moore, 1875
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Neptis miah batara Moore, 1881
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Neptis magadha charon Butler, 1867
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Phaedyma columella martabana (Moore, 1881)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Athyma perius perius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Athyma kanwa kanwa Moore, 1858
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Athyma nefte subrata Moore, 1858
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Moduza procris milonia (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Parthenos sylvia lilacinus Butler, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Lebadea martha rufulus Tsukada, 1991
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Tanaecia julii mansori Yokochi, 1993
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Tanaecia pelea pelea (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cynitia cocytus aoyamai Saito & Inayoshi, 2014
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euthalia adonia beata Fruhstorfer, 1905
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Euthalia phemius ipona Fruhstorfer, 1913
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Euthalia aconthea gurda Fruhstorfer, 1906
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euthalia monina monina (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euthalia dunya dunya (Doubleday, 1848)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Euthalia teuta affinis (Lathy, 1900)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Lexias dirtea merguia (Tytler, 1926)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Lexias pardalis dirteana (Corbet, 1941)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.


Cyrestinae & Pseudergolinae
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. Cyrestis themire themire Honrath, 1884
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cyrestis cocles earli Distant, 1883
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas Doyère, 1840
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Chersonesia rahria rahria (Moore, [1858])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Chersonesia peraka peraka Distant, 1884
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.


Biblidinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Ariadne merione ssp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.


Apaturinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Rohana parisatis pseudosiamensis Nguýen-Phung, 1985
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Herona marathus angustata Moore, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Euripus nyctelius euploeoides C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.


Nymphalinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Nymphalis canace canace (Linnaeus, 1763)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, 1773)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Junonia iphita iphita (Cramer, 1779)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Junonia atlites atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Junonia almana almana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Junonia lemonias lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Junonia orithya wallacei Distant, 1883
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Doleschallia sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.


Riodinidae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Zemeros flegyas allica (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Abisara geza niya Fruhstorfer, 1914
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Abisara saturata maya Bennett, 1950
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Archigenes savitri albisticta (K. & T. Saito, 2005)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Taxila haquinus berthae Fruhstorfer, 1904
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Stiboges nymphidia nymphidia Butler, 1876
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.


Curetinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Curetis saronis indosinica Fruhstorfer, 1908
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Curetis bulis stigmata Moore, 1879
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Curetis santana malayica (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.


Miletinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Liphyra brassolis abbreviata Strand, 1911
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Miletus chinensis learchus Felder& Felder, [1865]
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Miletus biggsii biggsii (Distant, 1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Allotinus sarrastes Fruhstorfer, 1913
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Allotinus unicolor unicolor C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Allotinus substrigosus substrigosus (Moore, 1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Spalgis epius epius (Westwood, 1851)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.


Aphnaeinae
. Cigaritis syama terana (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cigaritis lohita senama (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.


Poritiinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Cyaniriodes libna andersonii (Moore, 1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Simiskina pharyge deolina (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Simiskina phalena phalena (Hewitson, 1874)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Deramas jasoda jasoda (Nicéville, 1889)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Deramas nolens pasteuri Eliot, 1978
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.


Polyommatinae, Lycaeninae & Theclinae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Castalius rosimon rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Discolampa ethion ethion (Westwood, 1851)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Caleta roxus pothus (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Everes lacturnus rileyi Godfrey, 1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Neopithecops zalmora zalmora (Butler, [1870])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Acytolepis puspa lambi (Distant, 1882)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Celastrina lavendularis isabella Corbet, 1937
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Zizina otis otis (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Zizula hylax pygmaea (Snellen, 1876)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Famegana nisa (Wallace, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Freyeria putli putli (Kollar,[1844])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Chilades lajus tavoyana Evans,1925
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Luthrodes pandava pandava (Horsfield, 1829)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Catochrysops strabo strabo (Fabricius,1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Catochrysops panormus exiguus (Distant, 1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Leptotes plinius (Fabricius,1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Jamides bochus nabonassar (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Jamides celeno aelianus (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Jamides pura pura (Moore, 1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Jamides malaccanus malaccanus (Röber, [1886])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Jamides alecto ageladas (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Jamides ferrari evansi Riley & Corbet, 1938
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba angusta kerriana Distant, 1886
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba pactolus continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Nacaduba hermus swatipa Corbet, 1938
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba subperusia lysa Fruhstorfer, 1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba pavana vajuva Fruhstorfer,1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba beroe neon Fruhstorfer, 1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Nacaduba berenice icena Fruhstorfer, 1916
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Nacaduba calauria malayica Corbet, 1938
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Ionolyce helicon merguiana (Moore, 1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Prosotas nora superdates (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Prosotas dubiosa lumpura (Corbet, 1938)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Petrelaea dana (Nicéville, [1884])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Anthene emolus goberus (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Anthene lycaenina miya (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Arhopala centaurus nakula (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common. The record of Koh Tao is based on Godfrey,1931.
. Arhopala anthelus grahami Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Arhopala aedias agnis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Arhopala lurida lurida Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Arhopala perimuta regina Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala antimuta antimuta C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Arhopala democritus democritus (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Arhopala elopura dama Swinhoe, 1910
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Arhopala alitaeus mirabella Doherty,1889
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Arhopala aida aida Nicéville,1889
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Arhopala aurelia (Evans, 1925)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala selta selta (Hewitson, 1869)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Arhopala athada athada (Staudinger, 1889)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala silhetensis silhetensis (Hewitson,1862)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Arhopala vihara hirava Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Arhopala agaba abaga (Hewitson,1862)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala alaconia media (Evans,1957)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Arhopala asinarus tonguva (Grose-Smith,1887)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Arhopala fulla ignara Riley & Godfrey,1921
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Flos abseus indicus (Riley,1923)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Flos diardi capeta (Hewitson, 1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Flos apidanus ahamus (Distant, 1885)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Mahathala ariadeva ariadeva Fruhstorfer, 1908
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Surendra quercetorum quercetorum (Moore, [1858])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Iraota rochana masashimaruyamai Saito, 2013
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Amblypodia anita parva Eliot, 1980
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Catapaecilma major emas (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Loxura atymnus fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Cheritra freja freja (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Drupadia ravindra moorei (Distant, 1882)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Drupadia rufotaenia ssp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Drupadia theda renonga (Corbet, 1938)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Drupadia scaeva scaeva (Hewitson, 1863)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Horaga onyx sardonyx Fruhstorfer, 1914
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Horaga syrinx maenala (Hewitson, 1869)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Horaga chalcedonyx malaya Corbet, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Dacalana burmana burmana Moore, 1884
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Pratapa deva relata (Distant, 1884)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Pratapa icetoides calculis H.H.Druce, 1895
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Tajuria dominus dominus H.H.Druce, 1895
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Tajuria cippus cippus (Fabricius, 1798)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Purlisa gigantea gigantea (Distant, 1881)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Rachana jalindra burbona (Hewitson, 1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Neocheritra amrita amrita (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Remelana jangala travana (Hewitson, 1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncmmon.
. Hypolycaena merguia skapane H.H.Druce, 1895
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hypolycaena erylus teatus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common. The record of Koh Tao is based on Godfrey,1931.
. Hypolycaena amasa maximinianus (Fruhsrtorfer, 1912)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Hypolycaena othona othona Hewitson, 1865
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas (Moore, [1858])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Bindahara phocides phocides (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Rapala pheretima sequeira (Distant, 1885)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Rapala suffusa suffusa (Moore, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Rapala hades (Nicéville, 1895)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Rapala dieneces dieneces (Hewitson, 1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Rapala iarbus iarbus (Fabricius, 1787)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Rapala manea chozeba (Hewitson, 1863)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Rapala varuna orseis Hewitson, 1863
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Araotes lapithis arianus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.


Hesperiidae
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao

. Burara oedipodea oedipodea (Swainson, 1820)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Burara etelka etelka (Hewitson, [1867])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Bibasis sena uniformis Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hasora chromus chromus (Cramer, 1780)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hasora malayana malayana (Felder, 1860)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Hasora badra badra (Moore, [1858])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Hasora vitta vitta (Butler, 1870)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hasora leucospila leucospila (Mabille,1891)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara (Butler, 1879)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Aurivittia cameroni (Distant, 1882)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Pseudocoladenia eacus dhyana (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Coladenia laxmi sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Sarangesa dasahara dasahara (Moore, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Gerosis limax dirae (Nicéville, 1895)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Tagiades japetus atticus (Fabricius, 1793)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Tagiades gana gana (Moore, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Tagiades parra naxos Evans, 1949
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Möschler, 1878
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Abaratha angulata angulata (C.Felder, 1862)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Abaratha alida alida Nicéville, 1891
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Astictopterus jama olivascens Moore,1878
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Ampittia dioscorides camertes (Hewitson, [1868])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Halpe insignis (Distant, 1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Halpe porus (Mabille, [1877])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Halpe toxopea Evans,1932
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Iambrix salsala salsala (Moore, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Psolos fuligo fuligo (Mabille, 1876)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Tamela nigrita maura (Snellen, [1880])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Ancistroides paralysos asawa (Fruhstorfer,1911)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Ancistroides curvifascia corinda (Evans, 1949)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Ancistroides folus (Cramer, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Suastus gremius gremius (Fabricius, 1798)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Suastus minutus aditia Evans, 1943
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Cupitha purreea (Moore, 1877)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Zographetus sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon. No specimen available for identification.
. Zographetus doxus Eliot, 1959
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Hyarotis adrastus praba (Moore, 1865)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Hyarotis microstictum microstictum (Wood-Mason & Nicéville, [1887])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Quedara monteithi monteithi (Wood-Mason & Nicéville, [1887])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Isma iapis iapis (Nicéville, 1890)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Plastingia naga (Nicéville, [1884])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Salanoemia fuscicornis (Elwes & Edwards,1897)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Zela zeus optima (Fruhstorfer,1911)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Erionota torus torus Evans, 1941
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Erionota thrax thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Matapa aria (Moore, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Matapa cresta Evans,1949
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Unkana ambasa batara Distant, 1886
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Hidari irava (Moore, [1858])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Very common.
. Pirdana hyela rudolphii Elwes & Nicéville, 1887
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.
. Oriens gola pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Potanthus pamela (Evans,1934)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Rare.
. Potanthus sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare. No specimen available for identification.
. Telicota sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare. No specimen available for identification.
. Cephrenes acalle niasicus (Plötz,1886)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Parnara bada bada (Moore,1878)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
The record of Koh Tao is based on Godfrey,1931.
. Parnara sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare. No specimen available for identification.
. Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare.
. Pelopidas sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common. No specimen available for identification.
. Polytremis lubricans lubricans (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869)
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Common.
. Baoris sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Not rare. No specimen available for identification.
. Caltoris sp.
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon. No specimen available for identification.
. Tulsia tulsi tulsi (Nicéville, [1884])
Koh SamuiKoh PhanganKoh Tao
Uncommon.


Notes

The list is based on the following collections (P.Sukkit, P.Kosierb, A.Cotton, K.Saito, E.Ikari & Y.Inayoshi), photo archive (L.Day, A.Giudici & K.Yano), and Godfrey,1931 : On A Collection of Butterflies from Kaw Tao, Kimura et al.,2011-2016: The Butterflies of Thailand. Based on Yunosuke KIMURA Collection vol.1-3. All specimens and photos are confirmed by Y.Inayoshi.


2022.11.30 - 2024.09.30.

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