List of butterflies of Jamaica

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, [1845])
• 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, [1823])
• 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, [1824])
• Panoquina ocola ocola (W. H. Edwards, 1863)
• Perichares philetes (Gmelin, [1790])
• 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, [1824])
• 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, [1925])
• 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, [1944]
• Danaus gilippus jamaicensis (H. Bates, 1864)
• Danaus plexippus megalippe (Hübner, [1826])
• 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, [1824])

Nymphalinae

• Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis, Jamaican white peacock Möschler, 1886
• Anthanassa frisia frisia, Cuban crescentspot (Poey, 1832)
• Antillea pelops pygmaea (Godart, 1819)
• Antillea proclea (Doubleday, [1847])
• 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, [1867]
• 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