This list of butterflies of Jamaica lists butterflies recorded from the island of Jamaica.
The list is most likely incomplete. There is also a list of moths of Jamaica.
Papilionidae
Papilioninae Battus polydamas jamaicensis, gold rim swallowtail (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Eurytides marcellinus (Doubleday, ) Papilio demoleus demoleus, lime swallowtail Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio homerus Fabricius, 1793 Papilio melonius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Papilio thersites Fabricius, 1775 Papilio andraemon andraemon, Bahamian swallowtail (Hübner, ) Papilio pelaus pelaus, prickly ash swallowtail Fabricius, 1775
Hesperiidae
Eudaminae
Aguna asander jasper Evans, 1952 Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin, 1896) Astraptes jaira (Butler, 1870) Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777) Cabares potrillo potrillo (Lucas, 1857) Chioides churchi E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948 Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) Phocides lincea perkinsi (Kaye, 1931) Polygonus leo hagar Evans, 1952 Proteides mercurius jamaicensis, mercurial skipper Skinner, 1920
Pyrginae
Anastrus sempiternus dilloni (E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948) Eantis mithridates (Fabricius, 1793) Ephyriades arcas philemon (Fabricius, 1775) Ephyriades brunnea jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879) Gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) Grais stigmaticus juncta Evans, 1953 Pyrgus oileus, tropical checkered skipper (Linnaeus, 1767) Timochares runia Evans, 1953 Urbanus proteus, common long-tailed skipper (Linnaeus 1758)
Hesperiinae
Choranthus lilliae E. Bell, 1931 Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) Euphyes singularis insolata, Butler's branded skipper (Butler, 1878) Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, ) Panoquina ocola ocola (W. H. Edwards, 1863) Perichares philetes (Gmelin, ) Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis, Schaus's skipper (Schaus, 1902) Rhinthon cubana cubana, branded skipper (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) Synapte malitiosa malitiosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) Troyus turneri Warren & Turland 2012 Wallengrenia vesuria (Plötz, 1882)
Pieridae
Coliadinae Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) Anteos clorinde (Godart, ) Anteos maerula maerula, yellow angled-sulphur (Fabricius, 1775) Aphrissa godartiana hartonia (Butler, 1870) Aphrissa statira cubana d'Almeida, 1939 Eurema adamsi (Lathy, 1898) Eurema boisduvaliana (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) Kricogonia lyside (Godart, 1819) Nathalis iole iole Boisduval, 1836 Phoebis argante comstocki Avinoff, 1944 Pyrisitia dina parvumbra (Kaye, 1925) Pyrisitia lisa euterpe, little sulphur (Ménétriés, 1832) Pyrisitia messalina (Fabricius, 1785) Pyrisitia nise nise, mimosa yellow (Cramer, 1775) Pyrisitia proterpia proterpia, proterpia orange, tailed orange (Fabricius, 1775)
Pierinae Ganyra josephina paramaryllis (W. Comstock, 1943) Appias drusilla castalia, Jamaican albatross (Fabricius, 1793)
Lycaenidae
Theclinae Chlorostrymon orbis K. Johnson & D. Smith, 1993 Chlorostrymon simaethis jago (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Cyanophrys crethona (Hewitson, 1874) Cyanophrys hartii T. Turner & J. Miller, 1992 Electrostrymon angelia pantoni (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Electrostrymon pan (Drury, 1773) Nesiostrymon shoumatoffi (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Rekoa bourkei (Kaye, ) Strymon acis gossei (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Strymon bazochii gundlachianus M. Bates, 1935 Strymon istapa cybira (Hewitson, 1874) Strymon limenia (Hewitson, 1868) Strymon martialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1864)
Polyommatinae
Brephidium exilis isophthalma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) Cyclargus dominica (Möschler, 1886) Cyclargus shuturn K. Johnson & Bálint, 1995 Hemiargus ceraunus ceraunus (Fabricius, 1793) Leptotes cassius theonus, Cassius blue(Lucas, 1857) Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae Libytheana terena (Godart, 1819)
Danainae Anetia jaegeri (Ménétriés, 1832) Danaus cleophile (Godart, 1819) Danaus eresimus tethys W. Forbes, Danaus gilippus jamaicensis (H. Bates, 1864) Danaus plexippus megalippe (Hübner, ) Greta diaphanus diaphanus (Drury, 1773) Lycorea halia cleobaea (Godart, 1819)
Heliconiinae
Agraulis vanilla insularis, Gulf fritillary, silver-spotted flambeau (Linnaeus, 1758) Dryas iulia delila, Julia butterfly (Fabricius, 1775) Euptoieta claudia, variegated fritillary (Cramer, 1775) Euptoieta hegesia hegesia, tropical fritillary (Cramer, 1779) Heliconius charithonia simulator, zebra heliconian longwing Röber, 1921
Limenitidinae Adelpha abyla (Hewitson, 1850)
Apaturinae Doxocopa laure laura (Hübner, 1823])
Biblidinae
Eunica monima (Stoll, 1782) Eunica tatila tatilista Kaye, 1926 Dynamine serina serina (Fabricius, 1775) Hamadryas amphichloe diasia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Lucinia cadma (Drury, 1773) Mestra dorcas dorcas, Jamaican mestra(Fabricius, 1775)
Cyrestinae Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) Marpesia eleuchea pellenis (Godart, )
Nymphalinae
Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis, Jamaican white peacock Möschler, 1886 Anthanassa frisia frisia, Cuban crescentspot (Poey, 1832) Antillea pelops pygmaea (Godart, 1819) Antillea proclea (Doubleday, ) Atlantea pantoni (Kaye, 1906) Colobura dirce wolcotti W. Comstock, 1942 Historis acheronta cadmus (Cramer, 1775) Hypanartia paullus (Fabricius, 1793) Junonia evarete zonalis, tropical buckeye C. Felder & R. Felder, Junonia genoveva, mangrove buckeye (Cramer, 1780) Siproeta stelenes stelenes, Antillean malachite (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa atalanta rubria, red admiral (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Vanessa virginiensis, American painted lady (Drury, 1773)
Charaxinae Anaea troglodyta portia, Jamaican tropical leafwing (Fabricius, 1775) Fountainea johnsoni (Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941)
Satyrinae Calisto zangis (Fabricius, 1775)
References F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972) Norman D. Riley, A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the West Indies (Collins, 1975) Eric Garraway and Audette Bailey, Butterflies of Jamaica (Macmillan Caribbean Natural History, 2005) Interactive Listing of American Butterflies (from Alaska to Panama and the Caribbean) Finnish University and Research Network Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms