List of butterflies of French GuianaW
List of butterflies of French Guiana

This is a list of butterflies of French Guiana. About 850 species are known from French Guiana.

Colobura dirceW
Colobura dirce

Colobura dirce, the Dirce beauty, mosaic or zebra mosaic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America. the Caribbean, and northern South America.

Entheus priassusW
Entheus priassus

Entheus priassus is a species of skipper butterfly from Central and South America. It is a specialist herbivore on the leaves of Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae).

Eueides isabellaW
Eueides isabella

Eueides isabella, the Isabella's longwing or Isabella's heliconian, is a species of nymphalid butterfly, belonging to the Heliconiinae subfamily.

Hamadryas arinomeW
Hamadryas arinome

Hamadryas arinome is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1853. It is found from Mexico south to the Amazon basin.

Heliconius antiochusW
Heliconius antiochus

Heliconius antiochus, the Antiochus longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. It is found from Panama to the Amazon region. The habitat consists of riparian forests.

Heliconius burneyiW
Heliconius burneyi

Heliconius burneyi, the Burney's longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1831. It is found in the Amazon basin. The habitat consists of tall forests.

Heliconius charithoniaW
Heliconius charithonia

Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators.

Heliconius demeterW
Heliconius demeter

Heliconius demeter, the Demeter longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1897. It is found in the Northern and Eastern part of the Amazon basin, from Guyana to Northern Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of sandy rainforests.

Heliconius elevatusW
Heliconius elevatus

Heliconius elevatus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Nöldner in 1901. It is found in the Amazon Basin. The habitat consists of riparian forests.

Heliconius eratosignisW
Heliconius eratosignis

Heliconius eratosignis, the eratosignis longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1925. It is found in the south-western Amazon basin, from Brazil to Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of sandy rainforests.

Heliconius riciniW
Heliconius ricini

Heliconius ricini, the ricini longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of savanna-type areas.

Heliconius wallaceiW
Heliconius wallacei

Heliconius wallacei, the Wallace's longwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Tryon Reakirt in 1866. It is found from Venezuela and Trinidad to southern Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Historis acherontaW
Historis acheronta

Historis acheronta, the tailed cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae.

Historis odiusW
Historis odius

Historis odius, the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae.

Kolana erginaW
Kolana ergina

Kolana ergina is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and French Guiana.

Methone ceciliaW
Methone cecilia

Methone is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present only in the Neotropical realm.

Morpho adonisW
Morpho adonis

Morpho adonis, the Adonis morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru. The wingspan ranges from 70 to 90 millimetres.

Morpho rhetenorW
Morpho rhetenor

Morpho rhetenor, the Rhetenor blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Papilio neyiW
Papilio neyi

Papilio neyi is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru and Brazil.

Pareuptychia hesionidesW
Pareuptychia hesionides

Pareuptychia hesionides, the hesionides satyr, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America.

Parides anchisesW
Parides anchises

Parides anchises, the Anchises cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is common and not threatened. The larvae feed on Aristolochia species including: A. brazilsis, A. bukuti, A. colombiana, A. cymbifera, A. fimbriata, A. inflata, A. macroura, A. odora, A. ringens, and A. triangularis.

Parides vercingetorixW
Parides vercingetorix

Parides vercingetorix is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to French Guiana. Formerly, this species was known as Parides coelus and originally described as Papilio coelus by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836, but that name was already used in 1781 by Stoll for the butterfly now known as Aguna coelus. Consequently, the Parides species had to receive a new name.

Perrhybris pamelaW
Perrhybris pamela

Perrhybris pamela, the Pamela, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres.

PyrrhopygeW
Pyrrhopyge

Pyrrhopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Semomesia capaneaW
Semomesia capanea

Semomesia capanea is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in South America.

Stalachtis calliopeW
Stalachtis calliope

Stalachtis calliope is a species of butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in the South America.

Symmachia accusatrixW
Symmachia accusatrix

Symmachia accusatrix is a butterfly species present in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and French Guiana.

Symmachia calligraphaW
Symmachia calligrapha

Symmachia calligrapha is a butterfly species of the family Riodinidae. It is present in Brazil (Pará) and French Guiana.

Symmachia callisteW
Symmachia calliste

Symmachia calliste is a butterfly species of the family Riodinidae. It is present in Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua and French Guiana.

Symmachia estellinaW
Symmachia estellina

Symmachia estellina is a butterfly species in the family Riodinidae. It is present in French Guiana and Brazil.

Symmachia falcistrigaW
Symmachia falcistriga

Symmachia falcistriga is a butterfly species in the family Riodinidae. It is present in Bolivia, Brazil and French Guiana.

TarsoctenusW
Tarsoctenus

Tarsoctenus is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Pyrginae).

TelemiadesW
Telemiades

Telemiades is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae.

Urbanus tannaW
Urbanus tanna

Urbanus tanna, the Tanna longtail, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ecuador and French Guiana, north through Central America to Mexico. Rare strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.