List of butterflies of Yemen explained

This is a list of butterflies of Yemen. About 117 species are known from Yemen.^[1]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
• Papilio demodocus demodocus Esper, [1798]
• Papilio demodocus bennetti Dixey, 1898

Pieridae

Coliadinae

• Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
• 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 evagore (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis evagore niveus (Butler, 1881)
• Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)
• Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
• Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
• Nepheronia buquetii buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)

Pierini

• Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
• Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881)
• Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885

Lycaenidae

Aphnaeinae

• Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
• Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
• Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
• Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
• Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
• Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
• Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
• Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

Lycaeninae

• Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
• Anthene butleri arabicus Gabriel, 1954
• Anthene contrastata (Ungemach, 1932)

Polyommatini

• Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
• Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982
• Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
• Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
• Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899)
• Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999
• Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
• Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
• Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
• Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
• Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
• Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
• Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Lepidochrysops arabicus Gabriel, 1954
• Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
• Lepidochrysops haveni Larsen, 1983

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
• Bicyclus anynana socotrana (Butler, 1881)
• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
• Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
• Charaxes varanes torbeni Turlin, 1999
• Charaxes balfouri Butler, 1881
• Charaxes velox Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
• Charaxes hansali yemeni Turlin, 1998
• Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
• Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Junonia orithya here Lang, 1884
• Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Trimen, 1881)
• Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
• Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
• Byblia anvatara boydi Dixey, 1898
• Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
• Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954

Limenitinae

Neptidini

• Neptis serena annah Larsen, 1982

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)

Vagrantini

• Phalanta phalantha granti (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Tagiadini

• Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857

Carcharodini

• Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
• Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
• Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
• Carcharodus alceae wissmanni Warnecke, 1934
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae

Baorini

• Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
• Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
• Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
• Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Gegenes pumilio pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
• Gegenes pumilio monochroa (Rebel, 1907)

See also

• List of moths of Yemen
• Wildlife of Yemen

Notes and References

1. https://abdb-africa.org/locality/Yemen?oid=4 Yemen at the African Butterfly Database