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recorded approximately 1439 species of butterfly from
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Threatened
Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book
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Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish
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Lycaenidae - blues, hairstreaks and gossamer-winged butterflies
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Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History
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136:(51 species)
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18:list of the
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1521:Asia portal
1422:States with
1342:Philippines
1282:South Korea
1277:North Korea
1172:Afghanistan
1071:Tortricidae
1046:Saturniidae
986:Limacodidae
951:Geometridae
946:Gelechiidae
911:Choreutidae
906:Brahmaeidae
901:Brachodidae
833:Nymphalidae
819:Hesperiinae
815:Hesperiidae
788:Butterflies
597:Evans, W.H.
520:Evans, W.H.
498:Evans, W.H.
456:Pondicherry
446:Lakshadweep
413:West Bengal
408:Uttarakhand
343:Maharashtra
250:Nymphalinae
240:(4 species)
234:(1 species)
216:(3 species)
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204:(3 species)
202:Libytheinae
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140:Hesperiinae
128:Coeliadinae
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44:Indomalayan
20:butterflies
1536:Categories
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1377:Tajikistan
1292:Kyrgyzstan
1272:Kazakhstan
1192:Bangladesh
1182:Azerbaijan
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1016:Pantheidae
966:Hepialidae
931:Drepanidae
896:Bombycidae
891:Alucitidae
811:Riodinidae
806:Lycaenidae
736:Schedule 2
731:Schedule 1
563:2016-10-15
484:References
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388:Tamil Nadu
244:Apaturinae
238:Biblidinae
226:Cyrestinae
208:Charaxinae
40:vegetation
1488:Hong Kong
1442:Palestine
1367:Sri Lanka
1362:Singapore
1242:Indonesia
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1041:Pyralidae
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996:Noctuidae
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852:Satyrinae
847:Morphinae
468:Butterfly
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378:Rajasthan
353:Meghalaya
328:Karnataka
323:Jharkhand
190:Satyrinae
184:Morphinae
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1432:Abkhazia
1382:Thailand
1337:Pakistan
1317:Mongolia
1312:Maldives
1307:Malaysia
1207:Cambodia
1066:Tineidae
1051:Sesiidae
936:Erebidae
921:Cossidae
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824:Pyrginae
801:Pieridae
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462:See also
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178:Danainae
134:Pyrginae
108:families
1407:Vietnam
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1372:Syria
1347:Qatar
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