List of butterflies of Egypt
Location of Egypt
This is a list of butterflies of Egypt. About 61 species are known from Egypt, two of which are endemic.[1]
Papilionidae
Pieridae
- Belenois aurota
- Catopsilia florella
- Colias croceus
- Colotis chrysonome
- Colotis danae
- Colotis fausta
- Colotis liagore
- Colotis phisadia
- Colotis protomedia
- Elphinstonia charlonia
- Euchloe aegyptiaca
- Euchloe belemia
- Euchloe falloui
- Pieris brassicae
- Pieris rapae
- Pontia daplidice
- Pontia glauconome
- Zegris eupheme
Lycaenidae
- Agrodiaetus loewii
- Anthene amarah
- Apharitis acamas
- Apharitis myrmecophila
- Azanus jesous
- Azanus ubaldus
- Chilades eleusis
- Chilades trochylus
- Deudorix livia
- Iolana alfierii
- Lampides boeticus
- Leptotes pirithous
- Lycaena phlaeas
- Lycaena thersamon
- Plebejus philbyi
- Polyommatus icarus
- Pseudophilotes abencerragus
- Pseudophilotes sinaicus
- Satyrium jebelia
- Tarucus balkanicus
- Tarucus rosaceus
- Tomares ballus
- Zizeeria karsandra
- Zizina otis
Nymphalidae
- Charaxes hansali
- Chazara persephone
- Danaus chrysippus
- Hypolimnas misippus
- Junonia hierta
- Melitaea deserticola
- Melitaea trivia
- Pseudotergumia pisidice
- Vanessa atalanta
- Vanessa cardui
Hesperiidae
- Borbo borbonica
- Carcharodus alceae
- Carcharodus stauderi ambigua
- Carcharodus stauderi ramses
- Gegenes nostrodamus
- Gomalia elma
- Pelopidas thrax
- Sarangesa phidyle
- Spialia doris doris
- Spialia doris amenophis
References
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