PUBLICATIONS OF THE INDIAN FOUNDATION FOR BUTTERFLIES

Publications are arranged in the decreasing order of Publication Numbers for the Butterflies of India website and/or the Indian Foundation for Butterflies consortium.

  1. [Mobile App] Kunte, K. and A. S. Kannan. 2026. iButterfly Explorer Mobile App. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust and Nature's Ark, Bengaluru, India. Available at https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/IBExplorer-mobile-app.
     
  2. [Mobile App] Kunte, K. and A. S. Kannan. 2026. iBiodiversity Count Mobile App. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust and Nature's Ark, Bengaluru, India. Available at https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/IBCount-mobile-app.
     
  3. [Butterfly Population Monitoring] Riva, F., R. Schmucki, R. Cooke, M. Balalaikins, J. M. Barea-Azcón, D. N. Basu, M. Böhm, T. C. Bonebrake, S. Chowdhury, O. Comray, A. O. Debrot, A. J. Dolezal, E. E. Dyer, B. Fontaine, Z. F. Fric, R. Girotra, N. J. B. Isaac, K. R. Nagesh, E. Kühn, K. Kunte, A. S. Kutt, M. Kuussaari, M. Larivee, N. Legall, V. V. Lien, H. M. Madden, D. Maes, S. P. McGaffin, L. McRae, X. Mestdagh, M. L. Munguira, M. Musche, H. I. Mynott, V. Nawge, G. Peer, L. B. Pettersson, J. Pippen, L. Reis, T. Roth, M. Šašić, J. Settele, C. Sevilleja, S. Sheikh, M. Sielezniew, R. Solis, C. Stefanescu, N. Titeux, E. Tzirkalli, A. Ubach, C. A. M. van Swaay, A. Walker, B. A. Woodcock, and D. B. Roy. 2026. Addressing gaps in butterfly population monitoring to catalyze global insect conservation. Conservation Letters, 19:e70037.

  4. [New Species] Sawant, D., S. Joshi, U. Pawar, F. Khan, V. Nawge, and K. Kunte. 2026. Six new species of Calicnemia Strand, 1926 and one new species of Coeliccia Kirby, 1890 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from northeastern India. Zootaxa, 5760,401–449.. Descriptions of Ca. ardena sp. nov., Ca. arunachala sp. nov., Ca. flavovittata sp. nov., Ca. mimumkoa sp. nov., Ca. naga sp. nov. and Ca. rubromacula sp. nov.; and Co. magna sp. nov.

  5. [New Species] Sawant, D., A. V. Chandran, R. J. Mathews, and K. Kunte. 2026. Description of Lyriothemis keralensis sp. n. (Odonata: Libellulidae) from the southwestern coast of India. International Journal of Odonatology, 29:19–36. Description of Lyriothemis keralensis sp. nov.

  6. [Brochure] Kunte, K., Lochana R., Lalrintluanga, and V. Nawge. 2025. Butterflies of Indian Urban Greeneries (brochure). 2nd revised edition. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust, Bengaluru, India.

  7. [New Species] Sawant, D., S. Joshi, U. Pawar, V. Nawge, and K. Kunte. 2025. Caliphaea sinuofurcata sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5637:139–154. Description of Caliphaea sinuofurcata sp. nov.

  8. [New Species] Chandran, A. V., D. Sawant, R. Chandran, P. Koparde, S. K. Jose, K. Kunte. 2025. Two new species of Merogomphus Martin, 1904 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5588:201–226. Descriptions of Merogomphus aryanadensis sp. nov. and Merogomphus flavoreductus sp. nov.

  9. [New Species] Haneef, K. A. R. M., A. V. Chandran, D. Sawant, Y. P. M. Beevi, P. Koparde, and K. Kunte. 2025. Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5723:359–383. Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov.

  10. [New Species] Chandran, A. V., D. Sawant, R. Chandran, P. Koparde, H. Ogale, A. A. Rane, and K. Kunte. 2025. Two new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5679:451–483. Descriptions of Protosticta sanguinithorax sp. nov. and Protosticta shambhaveei sp. nov.

  11. [Faunal Checklist] Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2025. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region: Part 2. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35:1–13.

  12. [New Country Record] Sondhi, S., A. Kallies, R. P. Singh, A. B. Roy, and K. Kunte. 2025. The first confirmed record of the genus Scoliokona Kallies & Arita, 1998 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae) from India. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35:28–30.

  13. [Booklet] Rashtriya Chitte Namkarana Sabha. 2024. Butterflies of India: A Checklist of Kannada Names. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust, Bengaluru. 37 pp. Free ebook for educational and outreach purposes, with Kannada names of the majority of butterflies of Karnataka. PDF file (8.8 MB).
     
  14. [Booklet] Rashtriya Titli Namkaran Sabha. 2024. Butterflies of India: A Checklist of Hindi Names. Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust, Bengaluru. 25 pp. Free ebook for educational and outreach purposes, with Hindi names of common and widespread Indian butterflies. PDF file (5.8 MB).
     
  15. [BROCHURE] Kunte, K., Locahana R., Lalrintluanga, and V. Nawge. 2023. Butterflies of Indian Urban Greeneries (brochure). Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust and National Centre for Biological Sciences - TIFR, Bengaluru, India.
     
  16. [New Species] Sondhi, S., K. A. Efetov, G. M. Tarmann, T. Karmakar, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2023. A new species of Piarosoma Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Procridinae, Artonini) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5270:139–145.
     
  17. [New Species] Joshi, S., D. Sawant, H. Ogale, and K Kunte. 2022. Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5133:413–430.
     
  18. [New Species] Karmakar, T., S. W. Lepcha, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2021. A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 5072:373–379. PDF file (4.8 MB. Has colour plates of type specimens).
  19. Grehan, J. R., C. G. C. Mielke, D. N. Basu, C. S. Negi, P. K. Sharma, and K. Kunte. 2021. New species of Thitarodes Viette, 1968 ghost moth from Kumaun Himalaya, India (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). ZooNova, 12:1-16. PDF file (2.2 MB. Has colour plates of type specimens).
     
  20. [Faunal Checklist] Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar, and K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31:166-178. PDF file (5.6 MB).
     
  21. [Faunal Checklist] Joshi, S., R. Gassah & V. A. Ismavel. 2022. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Karimganj District, Assam, India with four additions to the Indian checklist. Oriental Insects, 56:299-327.
     
  22. [Faunal Checklist] Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2021. Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31(Suppl. 2):1–53. PDF file (19.5 MB. Has colour figures).
     
  23. [New Species] Joshi, S., K. A. Subramanian, R. Babu, D. Sawant, and K. Kunte. 2020. Three new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India, along with notes on P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 and P. rufostigma Kimmins, 1958. Zootaxa, 4858:151–185.
     
  24. [New Country Record] Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2020. First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12:16916–16919.
     
  25. [New Species] Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2020. A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 4838:289–297. PDF file (4MB, has colour plates of type specimens).
     
  26. [BOOK] Kunte, K. and Ravikanthachari, N. 2020. Butterflies of Bengaluru. Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing), National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru. 196 pp.
     
  27. [Faunal Checklist] Sondhi, S., B. Valappil, and V. Venkatesh. 2020. A second report on butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Ladakh Union Territory and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12:15817–15827. PDF file (6.9MB).
     
  28. [Citizen Science and Butterfly Population Monitoring] Sondhi, S. and K. Kunte. 2020. The role of citizen science in studying Lepidoptera biology and conservation in India. Indian Entomologist, 1:14-23. PDF file (1.2MB).
     
  29. [Taxonomic Monograph] Basu, D. N., P. Churi, A. Soman, A. Sengupta, M. Bhakare, S. Lokhande, S. Bhoite, B. Huertas, and K. Kunte. 2019. The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 29:87-110. PDF file (6.8MB, with many colour plates, including type specimens).
     
  30. [Natural History] Karmakar, T., R. Nitin, V. Sarkar, S. Baidya, S. Mazumder, V. K. Chandrasekharan, R. Das, G. S. Girish Kumar, S. Lokhande, J. Veino, L. Veino, M. J. Rakoveine, Z. Mirza, R. V. Sanap, B. Sarkar, and K. Kunte. 2018. Early stages and larval host plants of some northeast Indian butterflies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11780–11799. PDF file (4.2MB, has colour plates).
     
  31. [BROCHURE] Nitin, R., A. Sengupta, and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies of Bengaluru. A brochure produced by the National Centre for Biological Sciences, in collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department and Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Download a sample (1MB).
     
  32. [Natural History] Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550. PDF file (1.3MB, includes a corrigendum).
     
  33. [BOOK] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies of Uttarakhand. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh (Dehradun), Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). x+310pp, all in full color.
     
  34. [BOOK] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2018. Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve (2nd edition). Titli Trust (Dehradun) and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru).
     
  35. [Faunal Checklist] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2016. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8:9053–9124. PDF file (9MB, includes colour plates).
     
  36. [Species Rediscovery] Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, R. Jhaveri, and K. Kunte. 2016. Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8:8618–8622. PDF file (4.7MB, has colour images of a type and other specimens).
     
  37. [New Species] Kunte, K. 2015. A new species of Hypolycaena (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 48:21–27. PDF file (3.8MB, has colour images of the types and other specimens).
     
  38. [new Species] Kiran C. G., S. Kalesh, and K. Kunte. 2015. A new species of damselfly, Protosticta ponmudiensis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7:7146–7151. PDF file (2MB, has colour images).
     
  39. [BOOK] Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2014. Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve. Titli Trust (Dehradun) and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). vi+202pp, all in full color.
     
  40. [Comments and Views] Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, G. Agavekar, R. Lovalekar & K. Tokekar. 2013. Final notes on the identification and misidentification of butterflies of the Garo Hills. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5:5019–5020. PDF file (3.4MB, has color images).
     
  41. [Comments and Views]Kunte, K., G. Agavekar, S. Sondhi, R. Lovalekar & K. Tokekar. 2013. On the identification and misidentification of butterflies of the Garo Hills. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5:4616–4620. PDF file (3.4MB, has color images).
     
  42. [BOOK] Sondhi, S., K. Kunte, G. Agavekar, R. Lovalekar, K. Tokekar. 2013. Butterflies of the Garo Hills. Samrakshan Trust, Titli Trust and Indian Foundation for Butterflies. pp. xvi+200.
     
  43. [Species Rediscovery] S. Rai, K. D. Bhutia and K. Kunte. 2012. Recent sightings of two very rare butterflies, Lethe margaritae Elwes, 1882 and Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890, from Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4:3319–3326. PDF file (5MB, has color maps and figures).
     
  44. [Faunnal Checklist] Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, B. M. Sangma, R. Lovalekar, K. Tokekar and G. Agavekar. 2012. Butterflies of the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, northeastern India: I. Their diversity and conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4:2933–2992. PDF file (8MB, has color map and 16 color plates).
     
  45. [Species Distribution] Sarkar, V. K., D. S. Das, V. C. Balakrishnan and K. Kunte. 2011. Validation of the occurrence of Tajuria maculata, the Spotted Royal butterfly (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in the Western Ghats, southwestern India, with two new records. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3:1629–1632. PDF file (733KB, has color photographs and a map).
     
  46. [Natural History] Lovalekar, R., G. Agavekar and K. Kunte. 2011. Spindasis abnormis, the endemic Abnormal Silverline butterfly of the Western Ghats, southwestern India (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Parthenos, Jan. 2011:13–16. PDF file (246KB, has color photographs and a map).

Page citation

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