List of butterflies of Algeria explained

This is a list of butterflies of Algeria. About 121 species are known from Algeria.^[1]

Hesperiidae

• Borbo borbonica
• Carcharodus tripolina
• Carcharodus lavatherae
• Carcharodus stauderi
• Gegenes pumilio
• Gegenes nostrodamus
• Hesperia comma
• Muschampia proto
• Muschampia mohammed
• Muschampia leuzeae
• Pyrgus onopordi
• Pyrgus armoricanus
• Pyrgus alveus
• Spialia sertorius
• Thymelicus lineola
• Thymelicus sylvestris
• Thymelicus acteon
• Thymelicus hamza

Papilionidae

• Iphiclides podalirius
• Papilio machaon
• Papilio saharae
• Zerynthia rumina

Pieridae

• Anaphaeis aurota
• Anthocharis euphenoides
• Aporia crataegi
• Catopsilia florella
• Colias croceus
• Colotis evagore
• Colotis liagore
• Colotis phisadia
• Colotis chrysonome
• Euchloe belemia
• Euchloe ausonia
• Euchloe tagis
• Euchloe falloui
• Euchloe charlonia
• Gonepteryx rhamni
• Gonepteryx cleopatra
• Pieris brassicae
• Pieris rapae
• Pieris napi
• Pontia daplidice
• Pontia glauconome

Lycaenidae

• Aricia cramera
• Azanus ubaldus
• Callophrys rubi
• Callophrys avis
• Celastrina argiolus
• Cigaritis allardi
• Cigaritis siphax
• Cigaritis zohra
• Cigaritis acamas
• Cigaritis myrmecophilia
• Cupido lorquinii
• Glaucopsyche alexis
• Glaucopsyche melanops
• Kretania allardii
• Kretania martini
• Lampides boeticus
• Leptotes pirithous
• Lycaena phlaeas
• Lysandra punctifera
• Neozephyrus quercus
• Polyommatus atlantica
• Polyommatus amandus
• Polyommatus icarus
• Pseudophilotes abencerragus
• Pseudophilotes bavius
• Satyrium esculi
• Tarucus theophrastus
• Tarucus rosacea
• Tarucus balkanica
• Tomares ballus
• Tomares mauretanicus
• Virachola livia
• Zizeeria knysna
• Zizeeria karsandra
• Zizina antanossa

Nymphalidae

• Argynnis paphia
• Argynnis pandora
• Berberia abdelkader
• Berberia lambessanus
• Charaxes jasius
• Chazara briseis
• Chazara prieuri
• Coenonympha fettigii
• Coenonympha arcanioides
• Coenonympha dorus
• Coenonympha pamphilus
• Danaus chrysippus
• Euphydryas desfontainii
• Euphydryas aurinia
• Fabriciana auresiana
• Hipparchia ellena
• Hipparchia aristaeus
• Hipparchia statilinus
• Hipparchia hansii
• Hipparchia powelli
• Hipparchia fidia
• Hyponephele lupinus
• Issoria lathonia
• Lasiommata megera
• Lasiommata maera
• Libythea celtis
• Maniola jurtina
• Melanargia galathea
• Melanargia occitanica
• Melanargia ines
• Melitaea cinxia
• Melitaea phoebe
• Melitaea aetherie
• Melitaea didyma
• Melitaea deserticola
• Melitaea deione
• Pararge aegeria
• Polygonia c-album
• Pyronia cecilia
• Pyronia bathseba
• Pyronia janiroides
• Vanessa atalanta
• Vanessa cardui

Notes and References

1. Web site: Captain's European Butterfly Guide . 2012-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916020835/http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/regions/country_list.htm?2* . 2016-09-16 . dead .