This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae edit
Papilioninae edit
Papilionini edit
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Pieridae edit
Pierinae edit
- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
Pierini edit
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Lycaenidae edit
Theclinae edit
Theclini edit
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Polyommatinae edit
Lycaenesthini edit
- Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Polyommatini edit
- Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
Nymphalidae edit
Danainae edit
Danaini edit
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Limenitinae edit
Adoliadini edit
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Hesperiidae edit
Coeliadinae edit
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae edit
Celaenorrhinini edit
- Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
Carcharodini edit
- Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae edit
Baorini edit
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)