This is a list of butterflies of Seychelles. About 25 species are known from Seychelles,Seychelles at the African Butterfly Database three of which are endemic.Endemic butterflies of Seychelles at Afrotropical Butterflies

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini Papilio phorbanta nana Oberthür, 1879

Pieridae

Coliadinae Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833) Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969 Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896)

Pierini Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896) (endemic) Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

Theclini Hypolycaena philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)

Polyommatinae

Polyommatini Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909) Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879 Euploea mitra Moore, 1858 (endemic)

Satyrinae

Melanitini Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870 Junonia oenone epiclelia (Boisduval, 1833) Junonia orithya madagascariensis Guenée, 1865 Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833) Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini Acraea neobule legrandi Carcasson, 1964

Vagrantini Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893) (endemic)

Hesperiidae

Pyrginae

Tagiadini Eagris sabadius aldabranus Fryer, 1912 Eagris sabadius maheta Evans, 1937

Hesperiinae

Baorini Borbo borbonica morella (de Joannis, 1893) Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

See also List of moths of Seychelles Wildlife of Seychelles

References