List of butterflies of Egypt
This is a list of butterflies of Egypt. About 63 species are known from Egypt, two of which are endemic.[1][2][3]
Papilionidae
- Papilio saharae
Pieridae
- Belenois aurota
- Calopieris eulimene [1]
- 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
- Anthene amarah
- Azanus jesous
- Azanus ubaldus
- Chilades eleusis
- Cigaritis acamas
- Cigaritis myrmecophila
- Deudorix livia
- Freyeria trochylus
- Iolana alfierii
- Kretania philbyi
- Lampides boeticus
- Leptotes pirithous
- Luthrodes pandava
- Lycaena phlaeas
- Lycaena thersamon
- Plebejidea loewii
- 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
- ^ a b El-Gabbas, Ahmed; Gilbert, Francis (2016). "The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Zoology in the Middle East. 62 (3): 279–281. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984. ISSN 0939-7140.
- ^ Gilbert, Francis; Zalat, Samy (2008). Butterflies of Egypt: Atlas, Red Data Listing & Conservation (PDF). Cairo: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency.
- ^ Larsen, Torben (1990). The Butterflies of Egypt. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757149.
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