List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

, four are found in India, comprising a total of 223 species of 74 genera and these are listed below.

General characteristics

Hesperids are often difficult to identify to species level in the field and accurate identification may require

is generally covered with fine white powder.

Checklist

Subfamily Coeliadinae

See List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae) (20 species, four genera).

Subfamily

Hesperiinae

See List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae) (133 species, 48 genera).

Subfamily

Pyrginae

See List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae) (51 species, 21 genera).

Subfamily

Heteropterinae

• Apostictopterus fuliginosus Leech, 1893^[1]

See also

• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India
• Fauna of India

Cited references

References

Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press.
  ISBN 978-0195631647
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• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press.
  ISBN 978-8173713545
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• ISBN 978-8170192329
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Online

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".