List of butterflies in Ireland

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This is a list of Irish butterflies, past and present.

Note that details on specific species are relevant to the Irish populations and some details may not be consistent with the species in other parts of its range. Note that the English language pages on the butterflies listed are very incomplete and refer to the insects in England not to the species. The German pages are very much better even if you don't read German.

Contents 1 Hesperiidae – Skippers 2 Pieridae – Whites 3 Lycaenidae – Blues, Coppers & Hairstreaks 4 Nymphalidae – Fritillaries & others 5 Vagrant, Adventive, Extinct and Intercepts and Exotic Species 6 References 7 See also 8 External Links

[edit] Hesperiidae – Skippers

Subfamily Hesperiinae Subfamily Pyrginae

• Dingy Skipper – Erynnis tages The Irish subspecies is baynesi Huggins, 1956

[edit] Pieridae – Whites

Subfamily Dismorphiinae

• Wood White – Leptidea sinapis The Irish subspecies is juvernica Williams, 1945
• Real's Wood White – Leptidea reali

Subfamily Coliadinae

• Clouded Yellow – Colias croceus
• Brimstone – Gonepteryx rhamni The Irish subspecies is gravesi Huggins, 1956

Subfamily Pierinae

• Large White – Pieris brassicae
• Small White – Pieris [Artogeia] rapae
• Green-veined White – Pieris [Artogeia] napi The Irish subspecies is britannica (Muller & Kautz, 1939)

This subspecies is only found in Ireland. The British subspecies is sabellicae (Stephens, 1827)

• Orange Tip – Anthocharis cardaminesThe Irish subspecies is hibernica (Williams, 1916)

[edit] Lycaenidae – Blues, Coppers & Hairstreaks

Subfamily Theclinae

• Green Hairstreak – Callophrys rubi
• Brown Hairstreak – Thecla betulae
• Purple Hairstreak – Neozephyrus [Quercusia] quercus

Subfamily Lycaeninae

• Small Copper – Lycaena phlaeasThe Irish subspecies is hibernica Goodson, 1948

Subfamily Polyommatinae

• Small Blue – Cupido minimus
• Common Blue – Polyommatus icarus The Irish subspecies is mariscolore (Kane, 1893)
• Holly Blue – Celastrina argiolus

[edit] Nymphalidae – Fritillaries & others

Subfamily Nymphalinae

• Red Admiral – Vanessa atalanta
• Painted Lady – Vanessa [Cynthia] cardui
• Small Tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae
• Peacock – Inachis io
• Comma – Polygonia c-album

Subfamily Argynninae

• Pearl-bordered Fritillary – Boloria euphrosyne
• Dark Green Fritillary – Argynnis [Mesoacidalia] aglaja
• Silver-washed Fritillary – Argynnis paphia
• Marsh Fritillary – Euphydryas [Eurodryas] aurinia infrasubspecies hibernica Birchall 1873

Subfamily Satyrinae

• Speckled Wood – Pararge aegeria
• Wall – Lasiommata megera
• Grayling – Hipparchia semele The Irish subspecies are clarensis de Lattin, 1952 (Co.Clare) and hibernica Howarth, 1971
• Gatekeeper – Pyronia tithonus
• Meadow Brown – Maniola jurtina The Irish subspecies is iernes Graves , 1930
• Ringlet – Aphantopus hyperantus
• Small Heath – Coenonympha pamphilus
• Large Heath – Coenonympha tullia

[edit] Vagrant, Adventive, Extinct and Intercepts and Exotic Species

Extinct

• Small Mountain Ringlet – Erebia epiphron Extinct
• Large Copper- Lycaena disparIntroduced. Extinct

Vagrants

• Pale Clouded Yellow – Colias hyale
• Berger's Clouded Yellow – Colias alfacariensis ?
• Short-tailed Blue – Cupido (Everes) argiades(imported on Fennelfrom Italy)
• Geranium Bronze – Cacyreus marshalli (imported on geraniums)
• Camberwell Beauty – Nymphalis antiopa
• Map – Araschnia levana (formerly introduced and bred)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary – Issoria lathonia
• Monarch – Danaus plexippus
• American Painted Lady – Cynthia (Vanessa) virginiensis
• Swallowtail -Papilio machaon

Exotics

[edit] References

• Emmet, A.M., J. Heath et al. (Ed.), 1990. The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 7 Part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colechester, UK. 370p.
• K. G. M. Bond, R. Nash and J. P. O’Connor, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera

The Irish Biogeographical Society in association with The National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 2006, 177 pp ISBN 0-9511514-9-5

[edit] See also

[edit] External Links

• Irish Butterflies
• [1] Northern Ireland only
• NHM Images of Ireland forms and subspecies on this site. Type Ireland into the search box.