List of butterflies of Oman
Appearance
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This is a list of butterflies of Oman. About 53 species are known from Oman.[1]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio machaon muetingi Seyer, 1976
- Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae
Pierinae
- Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe charlonia amseli Gross & Ebert, 1975
Pierini
- Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860
Lycaenidae
Aphnaeinae
- Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
- Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
- Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
- Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
Theclinae
- Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
- Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
- Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
- Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Polyommatini
- Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- 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 vicrama clara (Christoph, 1887)
- Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
- Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
- Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
- Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Satyrinae
Melanitini
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini
- Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
- Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1883
- Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)
Charaxinae
Charaxini
- Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
- Charaxes hansali arabica Riley, 1931
Nymphalinae
Nymphalini
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941
Biblidinae
Biblidini
- Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
Heliconiinae
Acraeini
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini
- Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
- Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
- Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
- Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
- Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Hesperiinae
Baorini
- Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)