This is a list of butterflies of the Cayman Islands. According to a recent estimate, there are 52 butterfly species found on the Cayman Islands. The abbreviation (Es) is used to indicate

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

subspecies.

Papilionidae

*'' Battus polydamas cubensis'' (Dufrane, 1946) – Polydamas swallowtail *'' Heraclides andraemon andraemon'' (Hübner, 1823) – Andraemon swallowtail *'' Heraclides andraemon tailori'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) – Grand Cayman swallowtail (Es) *'' Heraclides aristodemus'' (Esper, 1794) – dusky swallowtail

Pieridae

*'' Abaeis nicippe'' (Cramer, 1779) – black bordered orange, sleepy orange *''

Anteos maerula ''Anteos maerula'', the angled sulphur or yellow angled-sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru to Mexico. Rarely, migrants can be found up to eastern Nebraska, south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, sout ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – yellow angled sulphur *'' Aphrissa orbis'' (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur *'' Aphrissa statira cubana'' (D'Almeida, 1939) – migrant sulphur *'' Ascia monuste eubotea'' (Godart, 1819) – great southern white *'' Eurema daira palmira'' (Godart, 1819) – barred sulphur *''

Eurema elathea ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). Ther ...

'' (Cramer, 1777) – false barred sulphur *'' Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi'' (Butler, 1872) – Florida white *''

Nathalis iole ''Nathalis iole'', the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Description This species is the smallest North American pierid. A rare population, known from Homestead (Smith et al., 1994), is said ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – dainty sulphur, dwarf yellow *'' Phoebis agarithe antillia'' (Brown, 1929) – giant orange sulphur *'' Phoebis argante'' (Fabricius, 1775) – apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur *''

Phoebis philea ''Phoebis philea'', the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean. The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm.Phoebis sennae sennae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless sulphur *'' Pyrisitia lisa euterpe'' (Ménétriés, 1832) – little sulphur *'' Pyrisitia messalina'' (Fabricius, 1787) – shy yellow *'' Pyrisitia nise nise'' (Cramer, 1775) – mimosa sulphur, blacktip sulphur

Nymphalidae

Nymphalinae

*'' Anaea troglodyta cubana'' (Fabricius, 1775) – Cuban red leaf butterfly, troglodyte *'' Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis'' (Möshler, 1886) – white peacock *'' Euptoieta hegesia hegesia'' (Cramer, 1779) *'' Hamadryas amphichloe'' (Boisduval, 1870) – Haitian cracker, click butterfly *'' Hypolimnas misippus'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – mimic *''

Junonia evarete ''Junonia evarete'' (Cramer, 1779), the tropical buckeye or South American tropical buckeye, is a South American butterfly of the nymphalid (Nymphalidae) family. It has characteristic eye spots on the wings, which have a wingspan between 4.5 and ...

'' (Cramer, 1779) – mangrove buckeye *'' Junonia genoveva'' (Cramer, 1780) – Caribbean buckeye, tropical buckeye *'' Marpesia chiron'' (Fabricius, 1775) – many-banded daggerwing *'' Marpesia eleuchea'' (Hübner, 1818) – Antillean ruddy daggerwing *'' Memphis verticordia danielana'' (Witt, 1972) – Cayman brown leaf butterfly (Es) *'' Phyciodes phaon'' (W.H.Edwards, 1864) – Cayman crescent spot *'' Phyciodes tharos'' (Drury,

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*'' Siproeta stelenes bilagiata'' (Fruhstorfer, 1907) – malachite *''

Vanessa cardui ''Vanessa cardui'' is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan. Description File:Vanessa cardui MHNT CUT 2013 3 14 Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers Dos. ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – painted lady

Danainae

*'' Danaus eresimus tethys'' (Cramer, 1777) – soldier *'' Danaus gilippus berenice'' (Cramer, 1775) – queen *''

Danaus plexippus The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. I ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – monarch

Satyrinae

*'' Calisto herophile'' (Hübner, 1823) – ringlet

Heliconiinae

*'' Agraulis vanillae insularis'' (Maynard, 1889) – Gulf fritillary *'' Dryas iulia zoe'' (Miller & Steinhauser, 1992) – Julia, flambeau (Es) *'' Heliconius charitonius'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – zebra

Lycaenidae

Grand Cayman pygmy blue (Brephidium exilis thompsoni) 2

*'' Brephidium exilis thompsoni'' (Carpenter & Lewis, 1943) – pygmy blue (Es) *'' Chlorostrymon maesites'' (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak *'' Cyclargus ammon erembis'' Nabokov, 1948 – Lucas's blue (Es) *'' Electrostrymon angelia'' (Hewitson, 1874) – fulvous hairstreak *''

Eumaeus atala ''Eumaeus atala'', also known as the Atala butterfly or coontie hairstreak, is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southeastern Florida (including the Florida Keys) in the United States, and the Bahamas, Cuba, and ...

'' (Poey, 1832) – Atala *'' Hemiargus hanno filenus'' (Poey, 1832) – Hanno blue *'' Leptoptes cassius theonus'' (Lucas, 1857) – Cassius blue *'' Strymon acis'' (Drury, 1773) – Drury's hairstreak *''

Strymon istapa ''Strymon istapa'' the mallow hairstreak, mallow-scrub hairstreak, dotted hairstreak or Hewitson's hairstreak. This diurnal butterfly is a widespread species that can be found in Deserts and xeric shrublands, xeric habitats throughout the souther ...

'' (Reakirt, 1867) – Hewitson's hairstreak *'' Strymon martialis'' (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – Cuban grey hairstreak

Hesperiidae

*'' Asbolis capucinus'' (Lucas, 1857) – monk *'' Atalopedes mesogramma'' (Latreille, 1824) – striped skipper *''

Calpodes ethlius ''Calpodes ethlius'', the Brazilian skipper, larger canna leafroller or canna skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southern Florida and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico, and ...

'' (Stoll, 1782) – canna skipper, Brazilian skipper *'' Cymaenes tripuntus'' (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1865) – three spot skipper *'' Hylephila phyleus'' (Drury, 1773) – fiery skipper *'' Panoquina lucas'' (Fabricius, 1793) – purple-washed skipper, sugar cane skipper *'' Panoquina ocala'' (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – Ocala skipper *'' Panoquina panoquinoides'' (Skinner, 1891) – obscure skipper *'' Phocides pigmalion batabano'' (Lucas, 1857) – mangrove skipper *'' Urbanus dorantes santiago'' (Lucas, 1857) – Dorantes skipper *'' Urbanus proteus domingo'' (Scudder, 1872) – long-tailed skipper

References

*R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, ''Butterflies of the Cayman Islands'' (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008)
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