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Lemon butterfly

Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Status not recordedbony fish

The lemon butterfly (Chaetodon miliaris) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the lemon butterfly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lemon butterfly live?

Not recorded

Is the lemon butterfly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lemon butterfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Synonyms Chaetodon mantelliger, Heterochaetodon burgessius miliaris

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Crochet butterflyfishEnglish
  • Lemon butterflyfishEnglish
  • Millet butterflyfishEnglish
  • Millet-seed butterflyfishEnglish
  • Milletseed butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona llimonaCatalan
  • klipka havajskáCzech
  • HirsefanefiskDanish
  • Zitronen-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez mariposa mijoSpanish
  • Pesce farfalla miglioItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-limãoPortuguese
  • Hirsekorn-FalterfischGerman
  • Pesce farfalla limone delle HawaiiItalian
  • Pesce farfalla semi di miglioItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lemon butterfly

Other species in the same genus Chaetodon.

Racoon

Chaetodon lunula

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

Threadfin

Chaetodon auriga

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

Butterbun

Chaetodon capistratus

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareLemon butterfly vs RacoonLemon butterfly vs ThreadfinLemon butterfly vs ButterbunLemon butterfly vs Acropora butterfly

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the lemon butterfly?

The lemon butterfly (Chaetodon miliaris) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lemon butterfly (Chaetodon miliaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaetodon-miliaris

MLA

“Lemon butterfly (Chaetodon miliaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaetodon-miliaris.

BibTeX
@misc{chaetodon_miliaris_2026,
  title = {Lemon butterfly (Chaetodon miliaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaetodon-miliaris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}