French Guiana

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in French Guiana 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.

Antirrhea ornata  (Nymphalidae)

Aponarope beneluzi  (Nymphalidae)

Caeruleuptychia saul  (Nymphalidae)

Cissia maripa  (Nymphalidae)

Cissia touloulou  (Nymphalidae)

Dynamine davinae  (Nymphalidae)

Dynamine laugieri  (Nymphalidae)

Heliconius lalitae  (Nymphalidae)

Panacea bleuzeni  (Nymphalidae)

Pareuptychia hervei  (Nymphalidae)

The following species were not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Chloreuptychia amethysta  (Nymphalidae)   

Magneuptychia trinitensis  (Nymphalidae)   

Splendeuptychia jadea  (Nymphalidae)   

Taygetis kharisma  (Nymphalidae)