119:
673:
167:
609:
327:
1168:
966:
1155:
1141:
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490:
180:
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This list follows
Malcolm Barcant (1970) who is the main source of information on the butterflies of Tobago. His book is no longer in print, but used copies are available at booksellers. Barcant gives each species an English common name, but many of these were never taken up. Barcant's English name
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There is little data on the seasonal distribution or abundance of the listed butterflies. In general, butterflies are more abundant in the wet season. However, in the dry season, when most people visit, and especially if the dry season is a wet one, there are many whites/yellows on the wing. These
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and the more widely accepted
English name are given in the list below. Since 1970 many of the Latin names used by Barcant have also changed. The 2004 catalog of Lamas was used to update the taxonomy.
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well known. Some 129 species have been recorded on the island of Tobago that has a land area of only 300 km (116 mi) and is approximately 42 km long and 10 km wide.
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672:
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are hard to identify without capture. Other butterflies commonly seen in the dry season in the south west of the island are the
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608:
326:
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965:
1154:
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1140:
502:
489:
101:, there are many other butterflies to be found, including skippers and blues and the blue tinted handkerchief (
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1262:
1340:
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1051:
855:
383:
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949:
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1124:
1439:
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1096:
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1072:
1065:
1058:
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453:
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1326:
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107:). In the rain forest, on the main ridge, butterflies are quite scarce at this time of year.
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1571:. Gainesville, Florida: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera.
1553:. Gainesville, Florida: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera.
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The combined efforts of generations of resident and visiting
1031:, four-spotted hairstreak or red-spotted hairstreak (called
1116:, Zebina hairstreak or double-spotted slate wing (called
808:, morpho butterfly (called emperor butterfly by Barcant)
991:, Cassius blue, tropical striped blue or meadow blue
1108:, gold-bordered hairstreak or slated hairstreak
1569:Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
1551:Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
8:
953:, variable lemmark or brown and cream nymula
579:, silver spotted flambeau or Gulf fritillary
145:, Androgeus, queen page or queen swallowtail
315:Their taxonomy is currently being revised.
97:). Away from the flat south west towards
1521:The moth butterflies were not recorded.
239:, tailed orange or little jaune (called
1529:
875:, underleaf (maybe the same species as
567:, flambeau or Julia butterfly (called
457:, small rare blue transparent (called
1602:Lists of butterflies of North America
1597:Lists of biota of Trinidad and Tobago
905:, shining blue lasaia or green lasaia
738:, ruddy daggerwing or tailed flambeau
7:
1128:, Cambridge blue or giant hairstreak
937:, cream theope or blue-based theope
826:, owl butterfly or forest blue mort
231:, yellow angled sulphur or gonatryx
1592:Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
1562:Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
1538:Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
834:, owl butterfly or cocoa blue mort
30:region off the northeast coast of
26:, an island nation located in the
14:
771:, silver king shoemaker (called
531:, small postman or red postman
283:, jagged-edged yellow (called
1:
251:, ghost yellow or small white
1047:, the dusty blue hairstreak)
1043:(maybe the same species as
1618:
1100:, silver-banded hairstreak
1084:, violet-tinted hairstreak
690:, blue tinted handkerchief
154:, spear-winged cattleheart
124:Parides neophilus parianus
1567:Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004).
1549:Lamas, G. (Ed.). (2004).
1355:Mnasitheus simplicissimus
889:, orange-tipped underleaf
547:, small flambeau (called
311:, four-footed butterflies
1092:, large green hairstreak
768:Archaeoprepona demophoon
137:, black page or gold rim
41:have helped to make the
1443:, Fridericus spreadwing
913:, black-speckled emesis
783:, purple king shoemaker
754:, Cramer's eighty-eight
559:, Isabella's heliconian
477:, rare blue transparent
223:, orange-barred sulphur
1263:Celaenorrhinus eligius
1177:
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618:
512:
499:
485:, longwing butterflies
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336:
189:
176:
128:
1341:Niconiades xanthaphes
1186:, long-tailed skipper
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1157:
1143:
1125:Pseudolycaena marsyas
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675:
661:, West Indian buckeye
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505:
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275:, small banded yellow
182:
172:Phoebis sennae sennae
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121:
1560:Barcant, M. (1970).
1536:Barcant, M. (1970).
1233:Eudamus octomaculata
1076:, brick-spotted blue
1052:Calycopis hesperitis
921:, small brown emesis
856:Perophthalma tullius
518:Heliconius melpomene
391:Hermeuptychia hermes
384:Euptychia terrestris
345:Hermeuptychia hermes
162:, whites and yellows
1469:Rhinthon bistrigula
1455:Lerodea tripunctata
1419:Callimormus juventa
1412:Callimormus corades
950:Hymenitis andromica
714:, grey handkerchief
632:Hypolimnas misippus
549:Heliconius aliphera
474:Hymenitis andromica
440:, monarch butterfly
236:Pyrisitia proterpia
207:, cloudless sulphur
83:West Indian buckeye
23:Trinidad and Tobago
1564:. Collins, London.
1540:. Collins, London.
1462:Lerodea phocilides
1433:Perichares corydon
1426:Thracides antonius
1369:Megistias epiberus
1284:Hesperia syrichtus
1249:Mysoria venezuelae
1205:Eudamus simplicius
1178:
1173:Urbanus simplicius
1165:
1152:
1033:Leptotes bubastus
1028:Ministrymon echion
975:
945:, blue transparent
839:Opsiphanes cassiae
711:Mestra hypermestra
682:
619:
539:, ethilia longwing
536:Heliconius ethilla
513:
500:
469:, blue transparent
415:, Penelope's satyr
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337:
190:
177:
129:
1440:Ouleus fridericus
1383:Carystus fantasos
1376:Megistias cortica
1291:Hylephila phyleus
1212:Eudamus undalatus
1160:Ouleus fridericus
1097:Chalybs simaethis
1089:Chalybs herodotus
1073:Calycopis spurina
1066:Calycopis sangala
1059:Calycopis cyphara
1013:Leptotes bubastus
1001:Leptotes faunalia
823:Caligo eurilochus
816:, owl butterflies
773:Prepona antimache
751:Diaethria clymena
746:, grape shoemaker
678:Diaethria clymena
652:, scarlet peacock
640:Anartia jatrophae
597:, Iphiclus sister
576:Agraulis vanillae
508:Dryas iulia iulia
466:Ithomia pellucida
454:Pteronymia alissa
370:Euptychia hesione
332:Taygetis virgilia
150:Parides neophilus
142:Papilio androgeus
59:monarch butterfly
1609:
1554:
1547:
1541:
1534:
1510:, brown longtail
1492:Atrytone pericia
1390:Carystus phorcus
1362:Megistias telata
1348:Niconiades gesta
1327:Prenes sylvicola
1313:Prenes nyctelius
1306:Calpodes ethlius
1277:Pellicia bromias
1256:Phanus marshalli
1219:Eudamus eurycles
1198:Eudamus dorantes
1191:Eudamus catillus
1020:Tmolus basalides
1008:Strymon bubastus
996:Strymon faunalia
988:Leptotes cassius
971:Leptotes cassius
934:Theope virgilius
864:Anteros formosus
735:Marpesia petreus
703:Hamadryas februa
698:, large dynamine
695:Dynamine mylitta
687:Dynamine theseus
627:, orange admiral
624:Hypanartia lethe
594:Adelpha iphiclus
556:Eueides isabella
544:Eueides aliphera
527:Heliconius erato
495:Heliconius erato
437:Danaus plexippus
423:, Butler's satyr
377:Euptychia myncea
198:, yellow migrant
195:Aphrissa statira
134:Battus polydamas
104:Dynamine theseus
71:Anartia jatrophe
63:Danaus plexippus
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1610:
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1607:
1606:
1582:
1581:
1557:
1548:
1544:
1535:
1531:
1527:
1519:
1476:Rhinthon cubana
1397:Cymaenes silius
1294:, fiery skipper
1270:Pellicia bessus
1226:Eudamus aminias
1183:Eudamus proteus
1138:
1118:Thecla zebiina
1081:Calicopis calus
980:Hemiargus hanno
963:
942:Synargis calyce
929:, orange theope
902:Lasaia agesilas
851:
818:
805:Morpho peleides
800:
792:
780:Prepona laertes
763:
670:
657:Junonia evarete
649:Anartia amathea
644:, white peacock
635:, Danaid eggfly
614:Anartia amathea
606:
589:
487:
449:
432:
420:Cissia palladia
412:Cissia penelope
405:Euptychia libye
398:Euptychia junia
363:Taygetis laches
324:
313:
303:, cabbage white
292:Appias drusilla
285:Eureme gratiosa
259:, little yellow
241:Eureme proerpia
212:Phoebis argante
164:
116:
87:Junonia evarete
79:Anartia amathea
12:
11:
5:
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1594:
1584:
1583:
1580:
1579:
1565:
1556:
1555:
1542:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1518:
1513:
1512:
1511:
1507:Urbanus procne
1503:
1495:
1488:
1481:
1480:, orca skipper
1472:
1465:
1458:
1451:
1448:Systacea erosa
1444:
1436:
1429:
1422:
1415:
1408:
1401:
1393:
1386:
1379:
1372:
1365:
1358:
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1344:
1337:
1334:Vacerra litana
1330:
1323:
1316:
1309:
1302:
1295:
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1273:
1266:
1259:
1252:
1245:
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1229:
1222:
1215:
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1194:
1187:
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1129:
1121:
1109:
1101:
1093:
1085:
1077:
1069:
1062:
1055:
1048:
1040:Calycopis beon
1036:
1024:
1016:
1004:
992:
984:
962:
956:
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954:
946:
938:
930:
926:Theope eudocia
922:
914:
910:Emesis caeneus
906:
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894:Mesene phareus
890:
882:
878:Melanis iarbas
868:
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747:
743:Historis odius
739:
731:
730:, painted lady
727:Vanessa cardui
723:
719:Biblis hyperia
715:
707:
706:, grey cracker
699:
691:
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569:Calaenis iulia
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288:
276:
272:Eurema elathea
268:
267:, small yellow
260:
256:Eurema venusta
252:
244:
232:
228:Anteos maerula
224:
220:Phoebis philea
216:
208:
203:Phoebis sennae
199:
163:
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138:
115:
114:, swallowtails
109:
95:Biblis hyperia
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1600:
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1577:0-945417-28-4
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1485:Talides sinon
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1240:Polites vibex
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1146:Polites vibex
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1105:Rekoa palegon
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985:
983:, common blue
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919:
918:Emesis progne
915:
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903:
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896:
895:
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886:Lymnas xarifa
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872:Lymnas iarbas
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857:
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845:
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831:Caligo teucer
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585:Limenitidinae
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300:Ascia monuste
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280:Eurema arbela
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248:Eurema albula
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185:Eurema albula
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75:brown peacock
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68:
67:white peacock
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32:South America
29:
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1499:Lerema parum
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1483:
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1460:
1453:
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1424:
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1410:
1405:Epius veleda
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1381:
1374:
1367:
1360:
1353:
1346:
1339:
1332:
1325:
1320:Prenes ocola
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1311:
1304:
1297:
1289:
1282:
1275:
1268:
1261:
1254:
1247:
1244:, whirlabout
1238:
1231:
1224:
1217:
1210:
1203:
1196:
1189:
1181:
1171:
1158:
1144:
1123:
1117:
1113:Rekoa zebina
1111:
1103:
1095:
1087:
1079:
1071:
1064:
1057:
1050:
1044:
1038:
1032:
1026:
1018:
1012:
1006:
1000:
994:
986:
978:
969:
948:
940:
932:
924:
916:
908:
900:
892:
884:
876:
870:
862:
859:, grey nymph
854:
849:, metalmarks
837:
829:
821:
803:
778:
772:
766:
749:
741:
733:
725:
717:
709:
701:
693:
685:
676:
655:
647:
638:
630:
622:
612:
592:
574:
568:
562:
554:
548:
542:
534:
525:
516:
506:
493:
483:Heliconiinae
472:
464:
458:
452:
435:
418:
410:
403:
396:
389:
382:
375:
368:
361:
358:, echo satyr
353:
343:
330:
314:
298:
295:, pure white
290:
284:
278:
270:
264:Eurema leuce
262:
254:
246:
240:
234:
226:
218:
210:
201:
193:
183:
170:
148:
140:
132:
122:
112:Papilionidae
102:
94:
86:
78:
70:
62:
55:
51:
36:
17:List of the
16:
15:
1299:Mucia thyia
1134:Hesperiidae
1120:by Barcant)
1035:by Barcant)
1015:by Barcant)
1003:by Barcant)
897:, red devil
867:, gold drop
775:by Barcant)
603:Nymphalinae
571:by Barcant)
564:Dryas iulia
551:by Barcant)
529:tobagoensis
461:by Barcant)
309:Nymphalidae
287:by Barcant)
243:by Barcant)
39:naturalists
21:species of
1586:Categories
1525:References
1163:, Trinidad
1136:, skippers
1045:C. isobeon
959:Lycaenidae
847:Riodinidae
814:Brassolini
760:Charaxinae
667:Biblidinae
617:, Trinidad
587:, admirals
511:, Trinidad
498:, Trinidad
459:P. amandes
446:Ithomiinae
348:, Trinidad
335:, Trinidad
188:, Trinidad
127:, Trinidad
99:Arnos Vale
89:) and the
1516:Hedylidae
798:, morphos
789:Morphinae
722:, red rim
642:jatrophae
522:, postman
320:Satyrinae
215:, apricot
45:fauna of
43:butterfly
28:Caribbean
19:butterfly
1501:punctata
1399:pericles
1242:praeceps
1176:, Tobago
1150:, Tobago
1148:praeceps
1011:(called
999:(called
796:Morphini
429:Danainae
322:, browns
175:, Tobago
160:Pieridae
152:parianus
961:, blues
659:evarete
91:red rim
81:), the
73:), the
65:), the
1575:
205:sennae
47:Tobago
520:tessa
1573:ISBN
1478:orca
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