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List of butterflies of Saudi Arabia
Last updated
December 25, 2023
Location of Saudi Arabia
This is a
list of
butterflies
of
Saudi Arabia
. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.
[1]
Contents
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Pierinae
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Lycaeninae
Polyommatinae
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
Nymphalinae
Biblidinae
Limenitinae
Heliconiinae
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
Hesperiinae
See also
References
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
Papilio machaon syriacus
Verity, 1908
Papilio saharae saharae
Oberthür, 1879
Papilio saharae rathjensi
Warnecke, 1932
Papilio demodocus
Esper, [1798]
Papilio demoleus
Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Eurema brigitta
(Stoll, [1780])
Colias croceus
(Geoffroy, 1785)
Colias marnoana
Rogenhofer, 1884
Pierinae
Colotis antevippe zera
(Lucas, 1852)
Colotis daira
(Klug, 1829)
Colotis ephyia
(Klug, 1829)
Colotis euippe exole
(Reiche, 1850)
Colotis evagore
(Klug, 1829)
Colotis protomedia
(Klug, 1829)
Colotis ungemachi
(Le Cerf, 1922)
Calopieris eulimene
(Klug, 1829)
Nepheronia buquetii buchanani
(Rothschild, 1921)
Euchloe aegyptiaca
Verity, 1911
Euchloe falloui falloui
(Allard, 1867)
Euchloe falloui saudi
Larsen, 1983
Zegris eupheme larseni
Pittaway, 1986
Pierini
Mylothris arabicus
Gabriel, 1954
Belenois creona leucogyne
Butler, 1885
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Myrina silenus nzoiae
d'Abrera, 1980
Theclini
Hypolycaena pachalica
Butler, 1888
Iolaus glaucus
Butler, 1886
Iolaus nursei
Butler, 1896
Deudorix antalus
(Hopffer, 1855)
Deudorix livia
(Klug, 1834)
Lycaeninae
Lycaena phlaeas shima
Gabriel, 1954
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
Anthene amarah
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Anthene arora
Larsen, 1983
Polyommatini
Cacyreus virilis
Stempffer, 1936
Leptotes pirithous
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Tuxentius gabrieli
Balint, 1999
Tarucus balkanicus
(Freyer, 1843)
Tarucus rosacea
(Austaut, 1885)
Tarucus theophrastus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Zizeeria karsandra
(Moore, 1865)
Zizula hylax
(Fabricius, 1775)
Azanus moriqua
(Wallengren, 1857)
Azanus ubaldus
(Stoll, 1782)
Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus
(Graves, 1925)
Euchrysops lois
(Butler, 1886)
Euchrysops malathana
(Boisduval, 1833)
Euchrysops osiris
(Hopffer, 1855)
Euchrysops philbyi
Gabriel, 1954
Chilades parrhasius
(Fabricius, 1793)
Plebejidea loewii uranicola
(Walker, 1870)
Kretania philbyi
(Graves, 1925)
Lepidochrysops forsskali
Larsen, 1982
Lepidochrysops pittawayi
Larsen, 1983
Brephidium exilis
(Boisduval, 1852)
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
Melanitini
Melanitis leda
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
Lasiommata felix
(Warnecke, 1929)
Ypthima asterope
(Klug, 1832)
Hipparchia tewfiki
(Wiltshire, 1949)
Nymphalinae
Junonia orithya here
Lang, 1884
Precis limnoria
(Klug, 1845)
Hypolimnas misippus
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Melitaea deserticola macromaculata
Belter, 1934
Melitaea deserticola sargon
Hemming, 1932
Protogoniomorpha anacardii
nebulosa
Trimen, 1881
[2]
Biblidinae
Biblidini
Byblia anvatara acheloia
(Wallengren, 1857)
Eurytela dryope brittoni
Gabriel, 1954
Limenitinae
Adoliadini
Hamanumida daedalus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
Acraea chilo yemensis
Le Doux, 1931
Acraea neobule
Doubleday, 1847
Acraea doubledayi azvaki
d'Abrera, 1980
Acraea encedon rathjensi
Le Doux, 1933
Acraea serena
(Fabricius, 1775)
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
Sarangesa phidyle
(Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini
Spialia colotes semiconfluens
de Jong, 1978
Spialia doris
(Walker, 1870)
Spialia mafa higginsi
Evans, 1937
Spialia spio
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Gomalia elma
(Trimen, 1862)
Hesperiinae
Baorini
Borbo gemella
(Mabille, 1884)
Gegenes hottentota
(Latreille, 1824)
Gegenes nostrodamus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Gegenes pumilio
(Hoffmansegg, 1804)
See also
List of moths of Saudi Arabia
Wildlife of Saudi Arabia
References
↑
Saudi Arabia at the African Butterfly Database
↑
Alfakih, Ateah; Faify, Eisa Ali Al (2023-12-23),
The clouded mother-of-pearl Protogoniomorpha anacardii Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – a new record of butterfly for Saudi Arabia
,
doi
:
10.1101/2023.12.22.572884
, retrieved
2023-12-24
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