List of butterflies of Saudi Arabia explained

This is a list of butterflies of Saudi Arabia. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.^[1]

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

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

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Saudi%20Arabia?oid=3 Saudi Arabia at the African Butterfly Database