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Thompson's butterfly

Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923

Status not recordedbony fish

The thompson's butterfly (Hemitaurichthys thompsoni) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the thompson's 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 thompson's butterfly live?

Not recorded

Is the thompson's 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 thompson's butterfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusHemitaurichthys
  7. SpeciesHemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923
Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Thompson's butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona de ThompsonCatalan
  • klipka ThompsonovaCzech
  • Thompsons FanefiskDanish
  • Thompsons PyramidenfalterfischGerman
  • Pez mariposa de ThompsonSpanish
  • Poisson-papillon de ThompsonFrench
  • Pesce farfalla di ThompsonItalian
  • トンプソンカスミチョウチョウウオJapanese
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-ThompsonPortuguese
  • paraharahaTahitian
  • トンプソンチョウチョウウオJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the thompson's butterfly

Other species in the same genus Hemitaurichthys.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the thompson's butterfly?

The thompson's butterfly (Hemitaurichthys thompsoni) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Thompson's butterfly (Hemitaurichthys thompsoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thompsons-butterfly

MLA

“Thompson's butterfly (Hemitaurichthys thompsoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/thompsons-butterfly.

BibTeX
@misc{thompsons_butterfly_2026,
  title = {Thompson's butterfly (Hemitaurichthys thompsoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thompsons-butterfly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}