I would include the butterflies in the Insects, Reptiles and Primates page but after counting the possible butterflies that I could feature in this blog, I think it is better to start a page dedicated to butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia.
There are some 160,000 species of moths in the world, compared to 17,500 species of butterflies. In the United States, there are nearly 11,000 species of moths. - Smithsonian Institution
Peninsular Malaysia has about 1,038 species of butterfly ( this is the figure I read from one of the article in PERHILITAN journal dated 2018). How many moth species? I have not actual number yet and I hope to update this soon. Do we have any endemic butterflies or moths?
Genting Highlands at least 214 species recorded
Take a look at the photos I have collected from my trips in Peninsular Malaysia. I hope you use this as a reference for identification. You can also enlarge the photo by clicking on it. There are some species which contains more than 1 photo, you can click on the numbers on the right side of each species photo.
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Blue Jay More photos of Blue Jay: |
 | Lesser Dart |
 | Bush Hopper |
 | Dark Grass Brown / Smooth-eyed Bushbrown Orsotriaena medus cinerea |
 | Tawny Coster Acraea terpsicore |
 | Yamfly Loxura atymnus |
 | Indian Owlet-Moth Spirama retorta |
 | Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe |
 | Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis |
 | Chestnut Bob Iambrix salsala |
 | Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra |
 | Common Posy Drupadia ravindra |
 | Common Three Ring Ypthima asterope |
 | Forest Quaker Pithecops corvus
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 | Striped Albatross More photos of Striped Albatross: 1, |
 | Long Banded Silverline Cigaritis lohita |
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