Costa Rica

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Costa Rica is based on the taxonomy used in Lepidoptera Mundi (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Jonko, C. (2020), Lepidoptera Mundi, https://lepidoptera.eu, accessed 12 January 2020. The current version of the website is at Lepidoptera Mundi

If additional species are recognized in the lists at Markku Savela or in recent taxonomic papers they are listed seperately following the main list.

Cissia joyceae  (Nymphalidae) Joyce's Satyr

Cyllopsis emilia  (Nymphalidae) White Gemmed Satyr

Dynamine hecuba  (Nymphalidae) Costa Rican Sailor

Lymanopoda euopis  (Nymphalidae) Costa Rican Satyr

Memphis marylena  (Nymphalidae)

Mesotaenia barnesi  (Nymphalidae) Costa Rican Eighty-eight

The following species was not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Opsiphanes jacobsorum  (Nymphalidae)