Butterflies in Papua New Guinea

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Biak Dark Crow (Euploea albicosta)
• Biak Threespot Crow (Euploea tripunctata)
• Common Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Fat Tiger (Parantica rotundata)
• Hewitson’s Small Tree-nymph (Ideopsis hewitsonii)
• Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia)
• Magpie (Protoploea apatela)
• Spartan Crow (Euploea lacon)
• New Ireland Yellow Tiger (Parantica clinias)
• Acraea meyeri
• Algia felderi
• Altiapa colorata
• Altiapa decolor
• Altiapa klossi
• Cethosia vasalia
• Cirrochroa imperatrix
• Doleschallia dascon
• Doleschallia rickardi
• Elymnias paradoxa
• Erycinidia maudei
• Erycinidia virgo
• Euploea doretta
• Euploea eboraci
• Euploea eurianassa
• Harsiesis hecaerge
• Harsiesis yolanthe
• Hypocysta serapis
• Hypolimnas euploeoides
• Ideopsis fojana
• Lamprolenis nitida
• Miriamica thalassina
• Miriamica weiskei
• Morphopsis biakensis
• Morphopsis phippsi
• Mycalesis aethiops
• Mycalesis asophis
• Mycalesis bazochii
• Mycalesis biformis
• Mycalesis bilineata
• Mycalesis comes
• Mycalesis discobolus
• Mycalesis drusillodes
• Mycalesis elia
• Mycalesis giamana
• Mycalesis mulleri
• Mynes anemone
• Mynes aroensis
• Mynes katharina
• Neptis satina
• Parantica clinias
• Parantica kirbyi
• Phaedyma ampliata
• Platypthima placiva
• Prothoe layardi
• Prothoe ribbei
• Taenaris scylla
• Tanaecia palguna
• Tellervo jurriaansei
• Terinos alurgis
• Terinos maddelena

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Amethyst Jewel (Hypochrysops elgneri)
• Apefly (Spalgis epius)
• Bicolour Moonbeam (Philiris fulgens)
• Blue Moonbeam (Philiris nitens)
• Bright Cornelian (Deudorix diovis)
• Bright Oak-blue (Arhopala madytus)
• Burmese Caerulean (Jamides philatus)
• Common Tit (Hypolycaena erylus)
• Coral Jewel (Hypochrysops miskini)
• Dark Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra)
• Glistening Line-blue (Sahulana scintillata)
• Grass Jewel (Freyeria trochylus)
• Green-banded Jewel (Hypochrysops theon)
• Dark Cerulean (Jamides bochus)
• Large Moonbeam (Philiris diana)
• Mauve Line-blue (Petrelaea tombugensis)
• Narcissus Jewel (Hypochrysops narcissus)
• Northern Purple Azure (Ogyris zosine)
• Pale Four-line Blue (Nacaduba hermus)
• Pale Hedge Blue (Udara dilecta)
• Paradise Jewel (Hypochrysops hippuris)
• Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Plain Hedge Blue (Celastrina lavendularis)
• Shining Pencil-blue (Candalides helenita)
• Splendid Jewel (Hypochrysops cleon)
• Trident Pencil-blue (Candalides margarita)
• Violet Line-blue (Nacaduba calauria)
• White-banded Cerulean (Jamides aleuas)
• White-margined Moonbeam (Philiris ziska)
• White Oak-blue (Arhopala wildei)
• White-spotted Flash (Deudorix democles)
• Yellow Onyx (Horaga syrinx)
• Acupicta meeki
• Anthene licatus
• Arhopala adherbal
• Arhopala aexone
• Arhopala alkisthenes
• Arhopala ander
• Arhopala antharita
• Arhopala arta
• Arhopala aruana
• Arhopala asma
• Arhopala auxesia
• Arhopala axina
• Arhopala azenia
• Arhopala chamaeleona
• Arhopala critala
• Arhopala doreena
• Arhopala herculina
• Arhopala hylander
• Arhopala irma
• Arhopala kiriwinii
• Arhopala leander
• Arhopala leo
• Arhopala meander
• Arhopala nobilis
• Arhopala pagenstecheri
• Arhopala sophilus
• Arhopala sophrosyne
• Arhopala styx
• Arhopala tindali
• Arhopala tyrannus
• Arhopala wanda
• Artipe dohertyi
• Artipe grandis
• Callictita albiplaga
• Callictita arfakiana
• Callictita cyara
• Callictita felgara
• Callictita jola
• Callictita lara
• Callictita mala
• Callictita tifala
• Callictita upola
• Candalides afretta
• Candalides ardosiacea
• Candalides coeruleus
• Candalides cupreus
• Candalides grandissima
• Candalides lamia
• Candalides limbata
• Candalides meforensis
• Candalides neurapacuna
• Candalides parsonsi
• Candalides pruina
• Candalides riuensis
• Candalides silicea
• Candalides tringa
• Candalides viriditincta
• Catochrysops nubila
• Catopyrops holtra
• Catopyrops kokopona
• Catopyrops zyx
• Celastrina acesina
• Danis concolor
• Danis drucei
• Danis glaucopis
• Danis hengis
• Danis melimnos
• Danis metrophanes
• Danis phroso
• Danis regalis
• Danis wallacei
• Deudorix affinis
• Deudorix confusa
• Deudorix emira
• Deudorix littoralis
• Deudorix maudei
• Deudorix mulleri
• Deudorix niepelti
• Deudorix toxopeusi
• Discolampa albula
• Epimastidia yiwikana
• Erysichton albiplaga
• Hypochlorosis ancharia
• Hypochrysops antiphon
• Hypochrysops argyriorufa
• Hypochrysops aristobul
• Hypochrysops bakeri
• Hypochrysops calliphon
• Hypochrysops castaneus
• Hypochrysops chrysargyrus
• Hypochrysops cleonides
• Hypochrysops coruscans
• Hypochrysops dicomas
• Hypochrysops digglesi
• Hypochrysops dohertyi
• Hypochrysops felderi
• Hypochrysops ferruguineus
• Hypochrysops geminatus
• Hypochrysops hermogenes
• Hypochrysops heros
• Hypochrysops ignitus
• Hypochrysops luteus
• Hypochrysops meeki
• Hypochrysops mioswara
• Hypochrysops plotinus
• Hypochrysops protogenes
• Hypochrysops ribbei
• Hypochrysops rufimargo
• Hypochrysops siren
• Hypochrysops thesaurus
• Hypolycaena alcestis
• Hypolycaena dictaea
• Hypolycaena periphorbas
• Hypolycaena sipylus
• Ionolyce selkon
• Jamides aruensis
• Jamides cephion
• Jamides nitens
• Jamides reverdini
• Liphyra grandis
• Lycaenopsis haraldus
• Melanolycaena altimontana
• Melanolycaena thecloides
• Monodontides argioloides
• Nacaduba cajetani
• Nacaduba lucana
• Nacaduba major
• Nacaduba mioswara
• Nacaduba nerine
• Nacaduba novaehebridensis
• Nacaduba ruficirca
• Nacaduba schneideri
• Nacaduba tristis
• Nacaduba vulcana
• Nacaduba zaron
• Ogyris meeki
• Paraduba metriodes
• Paraduba owgarra
• Parelodina aroa
• Perpheres perpheres
• Philiris albicostalis
• Philiris albiplaga
• Philiris amethysta
• Philiris aquamarina
• Philiris argentea
• Philiris azula
• Philiris bicolor
• Philiris biplaga
• Philiris cadmica
• Philiris caelestis
• Philiris doreia
• Philiris elegans
• Philiris gloriosa
• Philiris harteri
• Philiris ianthina
• Philiris ignobilis
• Philiris innotata
• Philiris kapaura
• Philiris kumusiensis
• Philiris maculata
• Philiris mayri
• Philiris melanacra
• Philiris misimensis
• Philiris montigena
• Philiris pagwi
• Philiris phengotes
• Philiris philotoides
• Philiris praeclara
• Philiris putih
• Philiris refusa
• Philiris remissa
• Philiris satis
• Philiris scintillata
• Philiris sibatanii
• Philiris subovata
• Philiris tapini
• Philiris tombara
• Philiris violetta
• Philiris zadne
• Pistoria nigropunctata
• Prosotas atra
• Prosotas papuana
• Prosotas russelli
• Prosotas talesea
• Pseudodipsas mulleri
• Pseudodipsas una
• Psychonotis brownii
• Psychonotis hebes
• Psychonotis kruera
• Psychonotis melanae
• Psychonotis parsonsi
• Thaumaina uranothauma
• Titea caerulea
• Udara antonia
• Udara cybele
• Udara davenporti
• Udara kodama
• Udara laetitia
• Udara manokwariensis
• Udara meeki
• Udara owgarra
• Udara pullus
• Udara sibatanii
• Upolampes evena
• Virachola democles

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
• White Migrant (Catopsilia pyranthe)
• Papuan Gull (Cepora abnormis)
• Cepora aspasia
• Delias angiensis
• Delias arfakensis
• Delias bakeri
• Delias biaka
• Delias bosnikiana
• Delias bothwelli
• Delias brandti
• Delias castaneus
• Delias cumanau
• Delias cyclosticha
• Delias daniensis
• Delias destrigata
• Delias dixeyi
• Delias dortheysi
• Delias durai
• Delias elongatus
• Delias euphemia
• Delias eximia
• Delias fioretti
• Delias fojaensis
• Delias germana
• Delias heliophora
• Delias hemianops
• Delias heroni
• Delias hikarui
• Delias hypoxantha
• Delias imitator
• Delias inexpectata
• Delias jordani
• Delias kenricki
• Delias kristianiae
• Delias lecerfi
• Delias marguerita
• Delias mariae
• Delias maudei
• Delias mesoblema
• Delias muliensis
• Delias nakanokeikoae
• Delias narses
• Delias neeltje
• Delias niepelti
• Delias nigropunctata
• Delias ormoensis
• Delias parennia
• Delias pratti
• Delias pseudomarguerita
• Delias salvini
• Delias shunichii
• Delias sigit
• Delias sinak
• Delias sphenodiscus
• Delias strix
• Delias takashii
• Delias talboti
• Delias thompsoni
• Delias totila
• Delias virgo
• Elodina argypheus
• Elodina biaka
• Elodina definita
• Elodina umbratica
• Leuciacria acuta
• Leuciacria olivei
• Pareronia jobaea
• Pareronia chinki
• Saletara liberia

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Harlequin Metalmark (Praetaxila segecia)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Rothschild’s Birdwing (Ornithoptera rothschildi)
• Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae)
• Tithonus Birdwing (Ornithoptera tithonus)
• Paradise Birdwing (Ornithoptera paradisea)
• Graphium browni
• Graphium felixi
• Graphium hicetaon
• Graphium kosii
• Graphium thule
• Papilio albinus
• Papilio cartereti

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Banded Dusk-flat (Chaetocneme critomedia)
• Greater Peacock Awl (Allora major)
• Palm Redeye (Erionota thrax)
• Rice Swift (Borbo cinnara)
• Arrhenes elena
• Arrhenes germana
• Arrhenes martha
• Arrhenes tranquilla
• Cephrenes augusta
• Cephrenes moseleyi
• Cephrenes shortlandica
• Felicena dora
• Hewitsoniella migonitis
• Kobrona eva
• Kobrona idea
• Kobrona infralutea
• Kobrona rasta
• Mimene albiclavata
• Mimene caesar
• Mimene celia
• Mimene celiaba
• Mimene cyanea
• Mimene lysima
• Mimene milnea
• Mimene miltias
• Mimene orida
• Mimene waigeuensis
• Mimene wandammenensis
• Notocrypta aluensis
• Notocrypta caerulea
• Notocrypta flavipes
• Notocrypta maria
• Notocrypta renardi
• Pastria albimedia
• Rachelia extrusa
• Rachelia icosia
• Sabera biaga
• Sabera dorena
• Sabera expansa
• Sabera fusca
• Sabera misola
• Sabera tabla
• Telicota angiana
• Telicota elsa
• Telicota gervasa
• Telicota ixion
• Telicota kaimana
• Telicota sadra
• Telicota sadrella
• Telicota solva
• Telicota subha
• Telicota vinta
• Toxidia arfakensis

The best place to see butterflies in Papua New Guinea is the Ohu Butterfly Habitat, where several butterflies the country is known for live, including birdwings.