This is a list of butterflies of Saudi Arabia. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.[1]
Papilionidae edit
Papilioninae edit
Papilionini edit
- Papilio machaon syriacus Verity, 1908
- Papilio saharae saharae Oberthür, 1879
- Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
- Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae edit
Coliadinae edit
- Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
- Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884
Pierinae edit
- 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 edit
- Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
- Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885
Lycaenidae edit
Theclinae edit
- Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
Theclini edit
- Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
- Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
- Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
- Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
- Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Lycaeninae edit
- Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954
Polyommatinae edit
Lycaenesthini edit
- Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
- Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
Polyommatini edit
- 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 edit
Satyrinae edit
Melanitini edit
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini edit
- Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
- Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
- Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)
Nymphalinae edit
- 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 edit
Biblidini edit
- Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
- Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954
Limenitinae edit
Adoliadini edit
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliconiinae edit
Acraeini edit
- 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 edit
Pyrginae edit
Celaenorrhinini edit
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini edit
- Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
- Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
- Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Hesperiinae edit
Baorini edit
- Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
- Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
- Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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