34 Butterflies described in 1881

Acraea aglaonice, the clear-spotted acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

Acraea atergatis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Namibia. The habitat consists of open areas in deciduous woodland.

Acraea atolmis, the scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, western Zambia, the southern and western part of the DRC and Angola. The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.

Acraea axina, the little acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-west Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Transvaal, Botswana, and Malawi.

Acraea barberi, or Barber's acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa only in hilly wooded savannah in Gauteng, Limpopo and North West.

Axiocerses amanga, the bush scarlet, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Charaxes carteri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone and Ghana.

Chazara enervata is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Kopet-Dagh across Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan and across the Pamir-Alay to E. Tian-Shan and the S. Altai.

Coenonympha mahometana is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in parts of the Tian-Shan region, mainly Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, and western China. It can be found in various humid habitats from grassy fields along streams at foothills (1200–1700 m) to humid alpine meadows (3500–3700 m)

Colias erschoffi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tien-Shan.

Colias staudingeri is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The habitat consists of alpine meadows at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,900 meters.

Colotis incretus, the yellow orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Graphium hachei is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

Herona sumatrana, the White Pasha, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia.

Issoria gemmata is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic realm that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Tibet. It is very similar to Issoria eugenia.

Leptidea morsei is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from central Europe to Siberia, Ussuri, Korea, northern China and Japan. The habitat consists of damp, grassy vegetation at the sunny edges of woods, in grassy woodland clearings and on regenerating woodland on grassland. They occur almost exclusively in oak forest and mixed deciduous woods.

Melitaea solona is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Tian Shan mountains, Tibet, Alai and Trans-Alay regions.

Muschampia leuzeae, the Algerian grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Algeria.

Neope niphonica is a member of the Nymphalidae butterfly family found in East Asia.

Pachliopta pandiyana, the Malabar rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses or red-bodied swallowtails.

Papilio mechowi is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae found in Africa.

Polites mardon, the Mardon skipper, is a butterfly native to the United States northwest coast.

Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia. The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters above sea level.

Pseudochazara schahrudensis or Shahrud grayling is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Bitlis, Hakkari, Van, Şırnak in Turkey; to the Caucasus to the eastern Alborz.

Pseudochazara schakuhensis is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to the Alborz and Kopet-Dagh mountains.

Purlisa gigantea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1881. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, where it has been recorded from Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Pyrgus philetas, the desert checkered skipper, is a species of skipper butterfly. It is found in North America from southern Arizona east to southern Texas, south to southern Mexico. Strays are found north to northern Arizona and northern Texas.

Sevenia morantii, the obscure tree nymph or Morant's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa.

Teniorhinus harona, the arrowhead orange or arrowhead skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The habitat consists of deciduous woodland and Brachystegia woodland.

Thoressa decorata, the decorated ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It was first described by Frederic Moore in 1881 and is endemic to Sri Lanka in the Indomalayan realm.

Ussuriana michaelis is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorye), China, Korea and Taiwan.

Wagimo signata is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in the Russian Far East, north-eastern and central China, Korea and Japan.

Ypthima ypthimoides, the Palni fourring, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in south India.

Zizula cyna, the cyna blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae.