NEW TAXA OF INDIAN BUTTERFLIES

This page lists new species and subspecies (together referred to as 'taxa') of Indian butterflies that have been described in the past few years. These taxa add to the known butterfly fauna of India..

  1. Huegelia irungbami Fric & Nazari, 2025 – Dull Cupid
  2. Tajuria maculata sureshi Sadasivan, Jose & Augustine, 2025
  3. Amathusia travancorica Kunte, 2024 – Travancore Palmking
  4. Athyma inara sahyadriensis Kunte, 2024 – Sahyadri Colour Sergeant
  5. Cigaritis conjuncta Kunte & Sengupta, 2024 - Conjoined Silverline
  6. Cigaritis meghamalaiensis Sadasivan & Naicker, 2024 – Cloud-forest Silverline
  7. Caltoris bromus sadasiva Kalesh & Kunte, 2023 – Brome Swift
  8. Zographetus dzonguensis Kunte, Karmakar & Lepcha, 2021 - Chocolate-bordered Flitter
  9. Pieris tadokoroi Das, Eitschberger, Singh & Chandra, 2021
  10. Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan, 2021
  11. Hypolycaena narada Kunte, 2015 - Banded Tit
  12. Callerebia dibangensis Roy, 2013 – Bright-eyed Argus
  13. Cigaritis zhengweilie chayuensis Huang, 2001 – Chayu Contiguous Silverline
  14. Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson, 1997)
  15. Orthomiella ronkayana Bálint, 1997 – Grey Straightwing Blue
  16. Polyommatus fraterluci Bálint, 1995 – Plain Meadow Blue
  17. Hyponephele carbonelli Lukhtanov, 1995 – Dark Meadowbrown
  18. Neozephyrus yukiae Haruta, 1993 – Restricted Hairstreak

If you notice any taxa that have not been listed above, then please bring this to our attention by email so that we can add them here for the benefit of the community.

Page citation

Kunte, K. 2026. NEW TAXA OF INDIAN BUTTERFLIES . In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.