This is a list of butterflies of Mauritius. About thirty-nine species are known from the islands of MauritiusMauritius at the African Butterfly Database and Rodrigues,Rodrigues at the African Butterfly Database seven of which are endemic.Afrotropical Butterflies
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini Papilio demodocus Esper, Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
Pieridae
Coliadinae Eurema brigitta pulchella (Boisduval, 1833) Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886) Catopsilia florella thauruma (Reakirt, 1866)
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Theclini Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Polyommatinae
Polyommatini Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum (Mabille, 1877) Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877) Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877) Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907) Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
Danainae
Danaini Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1798) Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798) Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) Euploea euphon (Fabricius, 1798)
Satyrinae
Satyrini Heteropsis narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)
Melanitini Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini Antanartia borbonica mauritiana Manders, 1908 Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) Junonia goudotii (Boisduval, 1833) Junonia rhadama (Boisduval, 1833) Salamis augustina vinsoni Le Cerf, 1922 Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874) Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, ) Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitinae
Neptidini Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
Heliconiinae
Vagrantini Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867) Coeliades forestan (Stoll, )
Pyrginae
Tagiadini Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)
Hesperiinae
Aeromachini Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Baorini Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833) Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
See also List of moths of Mauritius Wildlife of Mauritius
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