List of butterflies of Egypt explained

This is a list of butterflies of Egypt. About 63 species are known from Egypt, two of which are endemic.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Papilionidae

• Papilio saharae

Pieridae

• Belenois aurota
• Calopieris eulimene
• Catopsilia florella
• Colias croceus
• Colotis chrysonome
• Colotis danae
• Colotis fausta
• Colotis liagore
• Colotis phisadia
• Colotis protomedia
• Elphinstonia charlonia
• Euchloe aegyptiaca
• Euchloe belemia
• Euchloe falloui
• Pieris brassicae
• Pieris rapae
• Pontia daplidice
• Pontia glauconome
• Zegris eupheme

Lycaenidae

• Anthene amarah
• Azanus jesous
• Azanus ubaldus
• Chilades eleusis
• Cigaritis acamas
• Cigaritis myrmecophila
• Deudorix livia
• Freyeria trochylus
• Iolana alfierii
• Kretania philbyi
• Lampides boeticus
• Leptotes pirithous
• Luthrodes pandava
• Lycaena phlaeas
• Lycaena thersamon
• Plebejidea loewii
• Polyommatus icarus
• Pseudophilotes abencerragus
• Pseudophilotes sinaicus
• Satyrium jebelia
• Tarucus balkanicus
• Tarucus rosaceus
• Tomares ballus
• Zizeeria karsandra
• Zizina otis

Nymphalidae

• Charaxes hansali
• Chazara persephone
• Danaus chrysippus
• Hypolimnas misippus
• Junonia hierta
• Melitaea deserticola
• Melitaea trivia
• Pseudotergumia pisidice
• Vanessa atalanta
• Vanessa cardui

Hesperiidae

• Borbo borbonica
• Carcharodus alceae
• Carcharodus stauderi ambigua
• Carcharodus stauderi ramses
• Gegenes nostrodamus
• Gomalia elma
• Pelopidas thrax
• Sarangesa phidyle
• Spialia doris doris
• Spialia doris amenophis

Notes and References

1. El-Gabbas. Ahmed. Gilbert. Francis. 2016. The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Zoology in the Middle East. 62. 3. 279–281. 10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984. 0939-7140.
2. Book: Gilbert, Francis. Butterflies of Egypt: Atlas, Red Data Listing & Conservation. Zalat. Samy. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. 2008. Cairo.
3. Book: Larsen, Torben. The Butterflies of Egypt. Apollo Books. 1990. 978-8788757149.