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