{{Short description, none Prickly ash swallowtail (Papilio pelaus pelaus) underside

Yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula) male

Little sulphur (Eurema lisa euterpe) female

Mimosa yellow (Pyrisitia nise nise) male

This list of butterflies of Jamaica lists butterflies recorded from the island of

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. The list is most likely incomplete. There is also a list of moths of Jamaica.

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

*'' Battus polydamas jamaicensis'', gold rim swallowtail (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) *'' Eurytides marcellinus'' (Doubleday, 845 *'' Papilio demoleus demoleus'', lime swallowtail Linnaeus, 1758 *''

Papilio homerus ''Papilio homerus'', commonly known as the Homerus swallowtail or Jamaican swallowtail, is the largest butterfly species in the Western Hemisphere. The species is endangered and faces a potentially bleak future. Only two small populations of the ...

'' Fabricius, 1793 *'' Papilio melonius'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 *'' Papilio thersites'' Fabricius, 1775 *'' Papilio andraemon andraemon'', Bahamian swallowtail (Hübner,

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*'' Papilio pelaus pelaus'', prickly ash swallowtail Fabricius, 1775

Hesperiidae

Eudaminae

Mercurial skipper (Proteides mercurius jamaicensis)

*'' Aguna asander jasper'' Evans, 1952 *'' Astraptes anaphus anausis'' (Godman & Salvin, 1896) *'' Astraptes jaira'' (Butler, 1870) *'' Astraptes talus'' (Cramer, 1777) *'' Cabares potrillo potrillo'' (Lucas, 1857) *'' Chioides churchi'' E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948 *'' Epargyreus antaeus'' (Hewitson, 1867) *'' Phocides lincea perkinsi'' (Kaye, 1931) *'' Polygonus leo hagar'' Evans, 1952 *'' Proteides mercurius jamaicensis'', mercurial skipper Skinner, 1920

Pyrginae

Tropical checkered skipper (Pyrgus oileus) female J

*'' Anastrus sempiternus dilloni'' (E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948) *'' Eantis mithridates'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Ephyriades arcas philemon'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Ephyriades brunnea jamaicensis'' (Möschler, 1879) *'' Gesta gesta'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) *'' Grais stigmaticus juncta'' Evans, 1953 *'' Pyrgus oileus'', tropical checkered skipper (Linnaeus, 1767) *'' Timochares runia'' Evans, 1953 *''

Urbanus proteus The long-tailed skipper (''Urbanus proteus'') is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the Eastern United States and southern Ontario. It cannot live in area ...

'', common long-tailed skipper (Linnaeus 1758)

Hesperiinae

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Choranthus lilliae ''Choranthus'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species Recognised species in the genus ''Choranthus'' include: * ''Choranthus antiqua'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) * ''Choranthus borincona'' (Watson, 1937) * ''Choranthus capuc ...

'' E. Bell, 1931 *'' Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) *'' Euphyes singularis insolata'', Butler's branded skipper (Butler, 1878) *'' Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius'' (Latreille, 824 *'' Panoquina ocola ocola'' (W. H. Edwards, 1863) *'' Perichares philetes'' (Gmelin,

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*'' Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis'', Schaus's skipper (Schaus, 1902) *'' Rhinthon cubana cubana'', branded skipper (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) *'' Synapte malitiosa malitiosa'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) *'' Troyus turneri'' Warren & Turland 2012 *'' Wallengrenia vesuria'' (Plötz, 1882)

Pieridae

Coliadinae

*'' Abaeis nicippe'' (Cramer, 1779) *'' Anteos clorinde'' (Godart, 824 *'' Anteos maerula maerula'', yellow angled-sulphur (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Aphrissa godartiana hartonia'' (Butler, 1870) *'' Aphrissa statira cubana'' d'Almeida, 1939 *'' Eurema adamsi'' (Lathy, 1898) *'' Eurema boisduvaliana'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) *'' Kricogonia lyside'' (Godart, 1819) *'' Nathalis iole iole'' Boisduval, 1836 *'' Phoebis argante comstocki'' Avinoff, 1944 *'' Pyrisitia dina parvumbra'' (Kaye, 1925) *'' Pyrisitia lisa euterpe'', little sulphur (Ménétriés, 1832) *'' Pyrisitia messalina'' (Fabricius, 1785) *'' Pyrisitia nise nise'', mimosa yellow (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pyrisitia proterpia proterpia'', proterpia orange, tailed orange (Fabricius, 1775)

Pierinae

*'' Ganyra josephina paramaryllis'' (W. Comstock, 1943) *'' Appias drusilla castalia'', Jamaican albatross (Fabricius, 1793)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae

*'' Chlorostrymon orbis'' K. Johnson & D. Smith, 1993 *'' Chlorostrymon simaethis jago'' (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) *'' Cyanophrys crethona'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Cyanophrys hartii'' T. Turner & J. Miller, 1992 *'' Electrostrymon angelia pantoni'' (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) *'' Electrostrymon pan'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Nesiostrymon shoumatoffi'' (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) *'' Rekoa bourkei'' (Kaye, 925 *'' Strymon acis gossei'' (W. Comstock & Huntington, 1943) *'' Strymon bazochii gundlachianus'' M. Bates, 1935 *'' Strymon istapa cybira'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Strymon limenia'' (Hewitson, 1868) *'' Strymon martialis'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1864)

Polyommatinae

*'' Brephidium exilis isophthalma'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) *'' Cyclargus dominica'' (Möschler, 1886) *'' Cyclargus shuturn'' K. Johnson & Bálint, 1995 *'' Hemiargus ceraunus ceraunus'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Leptotes cassius theonus'', Cassius blue(Lucas, 1857) *'' Leptotes perkinsae'' Kaye, 1931

Nymphalidae

Libytheinae

*'' Libytheana terena'' (Godart, 1819)

Danainae

*'' Anetia jaegeri'' (Ménétriés, 1832) *'' Danaus cleophile'' (Godart, 1819) *'' Danaus eresimus tethys'' W. Forbes,

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/small> *'' Danaus gilippus jamaicensis'' (H. Bates, 1864) *'' Danaus plexippus megalippe'' (Hübner, 826 *'' Greta diaphanus diaphanus'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Lycorea halia cleobaea'' (Godart, 1819)

Heliconiinae

*'' Agraulis vanilla insularis'', Gulf fritillary, silver-spotted flambeau (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Dryas iulia delila'', Julia butterfly (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Euptoieta claudia'', variegated fritillary (Cramer, 1775) *'' Euptoieta hegesia hegesia'', tropical fritillary (Cramer, 1779) *'' Heliconius charithonia simulator'', zebra heliconian longwing Röber, 1921

Limenitidinae

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'' (Hewitson, 1850)

Apaturinae

*'' Doxocopa laure laura'' (Hübner, 1823])

Biblidinae

*'' Eunica monima'' (Stoll, 1782) *'' Eunica tatila tatilista'' Kaye, 1926 *'' Dynamine serina serina'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Hamadryas amphichloe diasia'' (Fruhstorfer, 1916) *'' Lucinia cadma'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Mestra dorcas dorcas'', Jamaican mestra(Fabricius, 1775)

Cyrestinae

*'' Marpesia chiron'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Marpesia eleuchea pellenis'' (Godart, 824

Nymphalinae

*'' Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis'', Jamaican white peacock Möschler, 1886 *'' Anthanassa frisia frisia'', Cuban crescentspot (Poey, 1832) *'' Antillea pelops pygmaea'' (Godart, 1819) *'' Antillea proclea'' (Doubleday,

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*'' Atlantea pantoni'' (Kaye, 1906) *'' Colobura dirce wolcotti'' W. Comstock, 1942 *'' Historis acheronta cadmus'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Hypanartia paullus'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Junonia evarete zonalis'', tropical buckeye C. Felder & R. Felder, 867/small> *'' Junonia genoveva'', mangrove buckeye (Cramer, 1780) *'' Siproeta stelenes stelenes'', Antillean malachite (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Vanessa atalanta rubria'', red admiral (Fruhstorfer, 1909) *''

Vanessa virginiensis The American painted lady or American lady (''Vanessa virginiensis'')Anaea troglodyta portia'', Jamaican tropical leafwing (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Fountainea johnsoni'' (Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941)

Satyrinae

*'' Calisto zangis'' (Fabricius, 1775)

References

*F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, ''Jamaica and its Butterflies'' (E. W. Classey, London 1972) *Norman D. Riley, ''A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the West Indies'' (Collins, 1975) *Eric Garraway and Audette Bailey, ''Butterflies of Jamaica'' (Macmillan Caribbean Natural History, 2005)
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies (from Alaska to Panama and the Caribbean)
*Finnish University and Research Networ

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