List of butterflies of Nepal

The following is a list of butterflies of Nepal.

Six hundred and seventy-six species and thirty subspecies are listed.

This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2006 Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies,[1] with some recent additions and a modernized classification.

Scientific and common names are also from that book (though corrections have been made when clear).

The 27 endemic species or subspecies are marked.

Papilio krishna has been proposed as the national butterfly of Nepal.
Common small flat
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara
West Himalayan pied flat
Pseudocoladenia fatih
Common Mormon
Papilio polytes male f. romulus
Indian cabbage white
Pieris canidia indica female
Red base Jezebel
Delias pasithoe thyra
Psyche
Leptosia nina nina
Common wanderer
Pareronia hippia male
Common grass yellow
Eurema hecabe contubernalis with no cell spots on forewing
Three-spot grass yellow
Eurema blanda silhetana
Indigo flash
Rapala varuna orseis
Copper flash
Rapala pheritima petosiris
Dark cerulean
Jamides bochus bochus
Common cerulean
Jamides celeno aelianus
dry-season form
Forget-me-not
Catochrysops strabo female
Angled Pierrot
Caleta decidia
Pale grass blue
Pseudozizeeria maha
Malayan
Megisba malaya sikkima female
Pale hedge blue
Udara dilecta
Dark judy
Abisara fylla fylla male
Rustic
Cupha erymanthis lotis
Common leopard
Phalanta phalantha
Indian tortoiseshell
Aglais caschmirensis aesis
Peacock pansy
Junonia almana almana
dry-season form
Chocolate pansy
Junonia iphita
Common castor
Ariadne merione tapestrina
dry-season form
Blackvein sergeant
Athyma ranga ranga female
Common baron
Euthalia aconthea suddhodana male
Grey count
Tanaecia lepidea lepidea
Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
Common evening brown
Melanitis leda leda
dry-season form
Dark-brand bushbrown
Mycalesis mineus mineus
dry-season form
Jungle brown
Orsotriaena medus medus
dry-season form
Plain tiger
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus
mating