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Endemic Status for Butterflies in the
Tamil Nadu Checklist
Common Name
Present in Western Present in South Present in Sri Lanka
Ghats
India
1 Graphium teredon Southern Bluebottle X
X
2 Pachliopta pandiyana Malabar Rose X 3 Troides minos Southern Birdwing X 4 Papilio dravidarum Malabar Raven X 5 Papilio liomedon Malabar Banded Swallowtail X 6 Papilio buddha Malabar Banded Peacock X 7 Eurema nilgiriensis Nilgiri Grass Yellow X 8 Colias nilagiriensis Nilgiri Clouded Yellow X 9 Pareronia ceylanica Dark Wanderer X 10 Appias wardii Lesser Albatross X 11 Prioneris sita Painted Sawtooth X 12 Libythea laius Lobed Beak X X
13 Parantica nilgiriensis Nilgiri Tiger X X
14 Idea malabarica Malabar Tree Nymph X 15 Discophora lepida Southern Duffer X
X
X
X
X
X
16 Parantirrhoea marshalli Travancore Evening Brown X 17 Lethe drypetis Tamil Treebrown X X X
18 Mycalesis subdita Tamil Bushbrown X X X
19 Mycalesis patnia Glad-eye Bushbrown X X X
20 Telinga adolphei Red-eye Bushbrown X 21 Telinga oculus Red-disc Bushbrown X 22 Telinga davisoni Palni Bushbrown X 23 Zipaetis saitis Tamil Catseye X 24 Ypthima ypthimoides Palni Four-ring X 25 Ypthima chenu Nilgiri Four-ring X X 26 Ypthima singala Sinhalese Five-ring X X 27 Ypthima striata Striated Five-ring X X 28 Cethosia mahratta Tamil Lacewing X 29 Argynnis hybrida Nilgiri Fritillary X 30 Argynnis castetsi Palni Fritillary X 31 Cirrochroa thais Tamil Yeoman X
X
X
X
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