List of butterflies of the Federated States of Micronesia

Location of the Federated States of Micronesia

This is a list of butterflies of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Hesperiidae[]

Coeliadinae[]

• Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)

Papilionidae[]

Papilioninae[]

• Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767

Pieridae[]

Coliadinae[]

• Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
• Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eurema hecabe marginata (Kishida, 1933)

Pierinae[]

• Appias ada ardens (Butler, 1898)

Lycaenidae[]

Polyommatinae[]

• (Druce, 1891)
• Jamides bochus palauensis (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
• Catochrysops panormus papuana Tite, 1959
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Zizina labradus lampra (Tite, 1969)
• Zizula hylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
• Everes lacturnus pulchra (Rothschild, 1915)
• Acytolepis puspa watasei (Matsumura, 1915)
• Euchrysops cnejus cnidus Waterhouse and Lyell, 1914

Nymphalidae[]

Danainae[]

• Danaus affinis rubrica (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
• Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea eunice kadu (von Eschscholtz, 1821)

Satyrinae[]

• Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889

Nymphalinae[]

• Hypolimnas antilope anomala (Wallace, 1869)
• Hypolimnas pithoeka pithoeka Kirsch, 1877
• Hypolimnas bolina nerina (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Junonia villida villida (Fabricius, 1787)
• Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)

References[]

• W.John Tennent: A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006)