List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands
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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 subspecies.
- 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
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- Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) – black bordered orange, sleepy orange
- Anteos maerula (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 (Cramer, 1777) – false barred sulphur
- Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler, 1872) – Florida white
- Nathalis iole (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 (Linnaeus, 1763) – orange-barred sulphur
- 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
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- 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 (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, [1773])
- Siproeta stelenes bilagiata (Fruhstorfer, 1907) – malachite
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) – painted lady
Danainae
- Danaus eresimus tethys (Cramer, 1777) – soldier
- Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer, 1775) – queen
- Danaus plexippus (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
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