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Table 3 Subspecies recorded as endemic to the Western Ghats

From: Endemism-based butterfly conservation: insights from a study in Southern Western Ghats, India

Scientific name

Common name

Graphium antiphates naira

Sahyadri five bar swordtail

Graphium sarpedon teredon

Sahyadri narrow banded bluebottle

Papilio helenus daksha

Sahyadri red helen

Papilio paris tamilana

Sahyadri paris peacock

Eurema andersonii shimai

Sahyadri one spot grass yellow

Appias indra shiva

Sahyadri plain puffin

Appias lyncida latifasciata

Sahyadri chocolate albatross

Cepora nadina remba

Sahyadri lesser gull

Pieris canidia canis

Sahyadri cabbage white

Hebomoia glaucippe australis

Sahyadri great orange tip

Rohana parisatis atacinus

Sahyadri black prince

Charaxes schreiber wardii

Sahyadri blue nawab

Vindula erota saloma

Sahyadri cruiser

Dolpha evelina laudabilis

Sahyadri redspot duke

Athyma ranga karwara

Sahyadri blackvein sergeant

Athyma selenophora kanara

Sahyadri staff sergeant

Lassipe viraja kanara

Sahyadri yellow jacksailer

Neptis clinia kallaura

Sahyadri sullied sailer

Neptis nata hampsoni

Sahyadri clear sailer

Neptis soma palnica

Palni/Creamy sailer

Parthenos sylvia virens

Sahyadri clipper

Doleschallia bisaltide malabarica

Malabar autumn leaf

Vanessa indica pholoe

Sahyadri red admiral

Melanitis phedima varaha

Sahyadri dark eveningbrown

Melanitis zitenius gokala

Sahyadri great eveningbrown

Mycalesis anaxias anaxias

Sahyadri white bar bushbrown

Actolepis lilacea lilacea

Sahyadri lilac hedgeblue

Celastrina lavendularis lavenduris

Sri Lankan plain hedgeblue

Thaduka multicaudata kanara

Sahyadri many tailed oakblue

Catapaecilma major callone

Sahyadri common tinsel

Zinaspa todara todara

Sahyadri silver streaked acacia blue

Aeromachus dubius dubius

Sahyadri dingy scrub hopper

Pseudocoladenia dan dan

Sahyadri fulvous pied flat