Table 8.5 Butterfly species recorded in the study area during field surveys.
Common name |
Latin name |
Abundance |
Common Faun |
Faunis eumeus |
C |
Blue Glassy Tiger |
Ideopsis similes |
VC |
Dark Veined Tiger |
Danaus genutia |
VC |
Blue Spotted Crow |
Euploea midamus |
VC |
Common Lascar |
Pantoporia hordonia |
C |
Great Eggfly |
Hypolimnas bolina |
C |
Short-banded Sailor |
Phaedyma columella |
C |
Angled Castor |
Ariadne ariadne |
C |
Punchinello |
Zemeros flegyas |
C |
Paris Peacock |
Papilio paris |
VC |
Red Helen |
Papilio helenus |
VC |
Common Mormon |
Papilio polytes |
VC |
Tailed Green Jay |
Graphium agamemnon |
VC |
Great Orange Tip |
Hebomoia glaucippe |
C |
Common White |
Artogeia canidia |
VC |
Common Black Jezebel |
Delias pasithoe |
C |
Common Grass Yellow |
Eurema hecabe |
VC |
Common White-banded Brown |
Lethe confusa |
C |
Dark Brand Bush Brown |
Mycalesis mineus |
VC |
Abundance: C = common, VC = very common, UN = uncommon, R = rare (Walthew 1997)