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Checklist for Subfamily Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833 (Brown Butterflies)
and region Northeast India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
372
3864
9821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
3864
9821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
355
3786
9694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
3204
8761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
1411
2908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
55
1410
2906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
54
1408
2904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1059
2264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
996
2163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
321
1046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
151
482
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySatyrinae
Boisduval, 1833
Brown Butterflies, Browns, Graylings, Heaths, Ringlets
43
180
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northeast India
43 Genera with 180 Species
#ABCDEFKLMNOPRSTYZ
Aemona Hewitson, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Amathuxidia Staudinger, 1847Koh-i-noors1SpeciesTaxom
Aphantopus Wallengren, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aulocera Butler, 1844Banded Satyrs2SpeciesTaxom
Bletogona C. & R. Felder, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Calinaga Moore, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Callerebia Butler, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Chloreuptychia Forster, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Clerome Doubleday, 1850
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelites Westwood, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Coenonympha Hübner, 1764Heaths3SpeciesTaxom
Cyllogenes Butler, 1857Evening Browns1SpeciesTaxom
Discophora Boisduval, 1850Duffers5SpeciesTaxom
Elymnias Hübner, 1857Palmflies10SpeciesTaxom
Enispe Doubleday, 1914Caliphs3SpeciesTaxom
Erebia Dalman, 1758Alpines1SpeciesTaxom
Erites Westwood, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Ethope Moore, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Faunis Hübner, 1773Duffers3SpeciesTaxom
Kirinia Moore, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Lamprolenis Godman & Salvin, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Lasiommata Westwood, 1767Walls and wallbrowns3SpeciesTaxom
Lethe Hübner, 0Foresters42SpeciesTaxom
Lopinga Moore, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Maniola Schrank, 1758Meadowbrowns1SpeciesTaxom
Melanitis Fabricius, 0Evening Browns6SpeciesTaxom
Mycalesis Hübner, 1880Bushbrowns31SpeciesTaxom
Neope Moore, 18578SpeciesTaxom
Neorina Westwood, 1890Owls3SpeciesTaxom
Nirvana Yakovlev, 19038SpeciesTaxom
Orinoma Gray, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Orsotriaena Wallengren, 1775Nigger1SpeciesTaxom
Penthema Doubleday, 18452SpeciesTaxom
Ragadia Westwood, 1862Ringlets1SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphicera Butler, 05SpeciesTaxom
Satyrus Latreille, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Stichophthalma Felder & Felder, 1851Jungle Queens7SpeciesTaxom
Taenaris Hübner, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Taygetis Hübner, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Thaumantis Hübner, 1851Jungle Glories2SpeciesTaxom
Ypthima Hübner, 1893Ringlets19SpeciesTaxom
Zipaetis Hewitson, 1863Catseyes1SpeciesTaxom
Zophoessa Dallas, 09SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeast India
180 Species and 40 Subspecies
Aemona amathusia Hewitson, 1867Yellow Dryad
Aemona amathusia amathusia Hewitson, 1867
Aemona pealii Wood-Mason, 1880
Amathuxidia amythaon Doubleday, 1847Koh-i-noor
Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus, 1758Ringlet
Aulocera padma Kollar, 1844Great Satyr
Aulocera swaha Kollar, 1844Common Satyr
Bletogona mycalesis mycalesis Felder & Felder, 1867
Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915Abor freak
Calinaga brahma Butler, 1885Orange-Backed Freak Butterfly
Calinaga buddha Moore, 1857Freak
Calinaga gautama Moore, 1896Sikkim Freak
Callerebia annada Moore, 1857Ringed Argus
Callerebia annada orixa Moore, 1872Ringed Argus
Callerebia dibangensis Roy, 2013Bright-Eyed Argus
Callerebia hybrida Butler, 1880Hybrid Argus
Callerebia scanda Kollar, 1844Pallid Argus
Callerebia suroia Tytler, 1914
Chloreuptychia tolumnia Cramer, 1779
Coelites nothis Westwood, 1850Scarce Catseye
Coelites nothis adamsoni Moore, 1891Scarce Catseye
Coelites nothis nothis Westwood, 1850Scarce Catseye
Coenonympha glycerion Borkhausen, 1788Chestnut Heath
Coenonympha hero Linnaeus, 1761Scarce Heath
Coenonympha tullia Müller, 1764'California' Common Ringlet
Cyllogenes suradeva Moore, 1857Branded Evening Brown
Discophora celinde Stoll, 1790
Discophora deodoides Tytler, 1939
Discophora sondaica Boisduval, 1836Common Duffer
Discophora spiloptera de Nicéville..., 1888
Discophora timora timora Westwood, 1850Great Duffer
Elymnias casiphone Hübner, 1824Malayan Palmfly
Elymnias deva Moore, 1893
Elymnias hypermnestra Linnaeus, 1763Common Palmfly
Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1863Spotted Palmfly
Elymnias malelas subdecorata
Elymnias nesaea Linnaeus, 1758Tiger Palmfly
Elymnias patna Westwood, 1851Blue Striped Palmfly
Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883Peal´s Palmfly
Elymnias penanga chelensis de Nicéville, 1890Pointed Palmfly
Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857Jezebel Palmfly
Enispe cycnus Westwood, 1851Blue Caliph
Enispe euthymius Doubleday, 1845Red Caliph
Enispe melaena Tytler, 1914
Erebia ligea Linnaeus, 1758Arran Brown
Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason &..., 1883Common Cyclops
Erites falcipennis falcipennis Wood-Mason &..., 1883Common Cyclops
Ethope himachala Moore, 1857Dusky Diadem
Faunis canens Hübner, 1826Common Faun
Faunis canens cyme Fruhstorfer, 1911
Faunis eumeus Drury, 1773Large Faun
Kirinia epimenides Ménétriés, 1859
Lamprolenis nitida Godman & Salvin, 1880
Lasiommata maera Linnaeus, 1758Large Wall
Lasiommata megera Linnaeus, 1767The Wall
Lasiommata petropolitana Linnaeus, 1767Northern Wall Brown
Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876Small Goldenfork
Lethe baladeva Moore, 1866Rusty Forester
Lethe bhairava Moore, 1857Branded Dull Forester
Lethe brisanda de Nicéville, 1886Dark Forester
Lethe chandica Moore, 1857Angle Red Forester
Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1897Banded Tree Brown
Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939Garhwal Woodbrown
Lethe distans Butler, 1870Scarce Red Forester
Lethe dyrta (Felder, 1867)⇒ Lethe rohria Fabricius, 1787
Lethe europa Fabricius, 1775Bamboo Tree-brown
Lethe gafuri Tytler, 1924
Lethe goalpara Moore, 1865Dull Forester
Lethe goalpara goalpara Moore, 1865Large goldenfork
Lethe insana Kollar, 1844Common Forester
Lethe jalaurida de Nicéville, 1880Bamboo Forester
Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914Manipur Goldenfork
Lethe kanjupkula Tytler, 1914Manipur Woodbrown
Lethe kansa Moore, 1857Bamboo Forester
Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863Bhutan Treebrown
Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880Barred Woodbrown
Lethe mekara Moore, 1857Common Red Forester
Lethe moelleri Elwes, 1887Moeller’s silverfork
Lethe naga Doherty, 1889Naga Treebrown
Lethe nicetas Hewitson, 1863Small Woodbrown
Lethe nicetas nicetas Hewitoson, 1863
Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887Dismal Mystic
Lethe ramadeva de Nicéville, 1887Common Treebrown
Lethe rohria Fabricius, 1787Common Tree Brown
Lethe scanda Moore, 1857Blue Forester
Lethe serbonis Hewitson, 1876Brown Forester
Lethe siderae Marshall, 1880
Lethe siderea siderea Marshall, 1880Scarce Woodbrown
Lethe sidonis Hewitson, 1863Common Woodbrown
Lethe sidonis sidonis Hewitoson, 1863Common woodbrown
Lethe sidonis vaivarta
Lethe sinorix Hewitson, 1863Lilacfork
Lethe sura Doubleday, 1849Common Lilacfork
Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1891Spotted Mystic
Lethe verma Kollar, 1844Straight Treebrown
Lethe vindhya Felder, 1859Black Forester
Lethe visrava Moore, 1866White-edged Woodbrown
Lethe yama
Lopinga achine Scopoli, 1763Woodland Brown
Maniola (Maniola) jurtina Linnaeus, 1758Meadow Brown
Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758Common evening brown
Melanitis leda ismene Cramer, 1775Common evening brown
Melanitis phedima Cramer, 1780Dark Evening Brown
Melanitis velutina Felder, 1867
Melanitis zitenius Herbst, 1796Dark evening brown
Melanitis zitenius decolorata
Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1896Watson´s Bushbrown
Mycalesis albofasciata Tytler, 1914
Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862White-bar Bushbrown
Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914Tyler´s Bushbrown
Mycalesis francisca Stoll, 1780Lilacine Bushbrown
Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857Chinese Bushbrown
Mycalesis gotama charaka Moore, 1874Chinese Bushbrown
Mycalesis inopia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Mycalesis intermedia Moore, 1892Intermedia Bushbrown
Mycalesis khasia Evans, 1920Palebrand Bushbrown
Mycalesis khasiana (Moore, 1874)⇒ Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868
Mycalesis lepcha Moore, 1880Lepcha Bushbrown
Mycalesis lepcha kohimensis Tytler, 1914
Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857White-line Bushbrown
Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868Plain Bushbrown
Mycalesis malsarida malsarida
Mycalesis mamerta Cramer, 1780Blind-eye Bushbrown
Mycalesis mestra Hewitson, 1862White-edged Bushbrown
Mycalesis mineus Linnaeus, 1758Dark Branded Bushbrown
Mycalesis miranda Evans, 1920
Mycalesis misenus de Nicéville, 1889De Nicéville’s Bushbrown
Mycalesis mucianus Fruhstorfer, 1908
Mycalesis nicotia Westwood, 1850Bright-eye Bushbrown
Mycalesis nicotia nicotia
Mycalesis orseis nautilus Butler, 1867Purple Bush Brown
Mycalesis perseoides Moore, 1890Burmese Bushbrown
Mycalesis perseus Fabricius, 1775Common Bush Brown
Mycalesis runeka
Mycalesis suavolens sebonga
Mycalesis visala Moore, 1857Long-brand Bushbrown
Mycalesis watsoni (Moore, 1880)⇒ Mycalesis lepcha Moore, 1880
Neope armandii Oberthür, 1876Chinese Labyrinth
Neope armandii armandii Oberthur, 1876Yellow Labyrinth
Neope armandii khasiana Moore, 1881
Neope bhadra Moore, 1857Tailed Labyrinth
Neope pulaha Moore, 1857Veined Labyrinth
Neope pulaha pulahoides Moore, 1892Veined Labyrinth
Neope pulahina Evans, 1924Scarce Labyrinth
Neope yama Moore, 1857Dusky Labyrinth
Neorina crishna Westwood, 1851Tailed Yellow Owl
Neorina hilda Westwood, 1850Tailess Yellow Owl
Neorina patria westwoodii Moore, 1890
Nirvana pallida Melichar, 1903
Nirvana pecularis Viraktamath ..., 1988
Nirvana peculiaris Viraktamath ..., 1988
Nirvana placida Stål, 1859
Nirvana shillongensis Rao, 1989
Nirvana striata Viraktamath ..., 1988
Nirvana subsuturalis Meshram & Rai, 2017
Nirvana suturalis Melichar, 1903
Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846Tiger Brown
Orsotriaena medus Fabricius, 1775Nigger
Penthema lisarda Doubleday, 1845Yellow Kaiser
Penthema lisarda lisarda Doubleday, 1845Himalayan Yellow Kaiser
Ragadia crisilda Hewitson, 1862Striped Ringlet
Rhaphicera moorei Butler, 1867Small Tawny Wall
Rhaphicera moorei mantra Talbot, 1947
Rhaphicera satricus Doubleday, 1849Large Tawny Wall
Rhaphicera satricus kabrua Tytler, 1939
Rhaphicera satricus satricusLarge tawny wall
Satyrus loha Doherty, 1886
Stichophthalma camadeva Westwood, 1848Northern Jungle Glory
Stichophthalma camadeva nagaensis Rothschild, 1916
Stichophthalma camadevoides hyacynthus
Stichophthalma howqua Westwood, 1851Vietnamese Junglequeen
Stichophthalma howqua wilhelmina
Stichophthalma louisa tytleri Rothschild, 1918
Stichophthalma nourmahal nourmahal Westwood, 1851
Taenaris cyclops agasta Stichel, 1906
Taygetis ypthima Hübner, 1821
Thaumantis diores Doubleday, 1845Common Jungkleglory
Thaumantis noureddin noureddin Westwood, 1851Chocolate Jungleglory
Ypthima affectata Elwes & Edwards, 1893Affected Five-Ring
Ypthima argus (Butler, 1866)⇒ Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1864
Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)⇒ Ypthima granulosa Butler, 1883
Ypthima avanta Moore, 1874Jewel Five-Ring
Ypthima baldus Fabricius, 1775Common Five-Ring
Ypthima cantliei Norman, 1958Cantlie’s Fourring
Ypthima dohertyi Moore, 1893Great Five-Ring
Ypthima fusca Elwes & Edwards, 1893Assam Threering
Ypthima huebneri Kirby, 1871Common Four Ring
Ypthima iarba de Nicéville, 1895Curve-banded Fivering
Ypthima lycus de Nicéville, 1889Plain Three-Ring
Ypthima methora Hewitson, 1864Variegated Five-Ring
Ypthima nareda Kollar, 1844Large Three-Ring
Ypthima newara (Moore, 1874)⇒ Ypthima nareda Kollar, 1844
Ypthima nikaea Moore, 1874Himalayan Fivering
Ypthima pandocus Moore, 1857Looped Three-ring
Ypthima sakra Moore, 1857Himalayan Five-Ring
Ypthima sakra austeni Moore, 1893Himalayan Fivering
Ypthima watsoni watsoni Moore, 1893Watson’s Looped Threering
Zipaetis scylax Hewitson, 1863Dark Catseye
Zophoessa atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876Small goldenfork
Zophoessa dura Fruhstorfer, 1909
Zophoessa goalpara Moore, 1865
Zophoessa jalaurida de Nic�vil..., 1880
Zophoessa kabrua Tytler, 1914
Zophoessa lynchus
Zophoessa maitrya
Zophoessa sura Doubleday, 1849Lilacfork
Zophoessa tristigmataSpotted mystic

Subnodes of Satyrinae with occurrences in Northeast India
TribeAmathusiini
Moore, 1894
9
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeElymniini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
True browns
6
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelanitini
Reuter, 1896
Evening browns
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSatyrini
Boisduval, 1833
Alpines, Arctics, Graylings, Nymphs and Satyrs, Ringlets and allies
25
88
Genera
Species

Taxom



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