List of butterflies of Iran
This is a list of butterflies of Iran. About 484 species are known from Iran.
Papilionidae
- Allancastria caucasica
- Allancastria cerisyi
- Archon apollinaris
- Archon apollinus
- Byasa polyeuctes
- Graphium agamemnon
- Graphium antiphates
- Graphium cloanthus
- Graphium eurypylus
- Graphium sarpedon
- Hypermnestra helios
- Iphiclides podalirius
- Lamproptera curius
- Pachliopta aristolochiae
- Papilio alexanor
- Papilio arcturus
- Papilio krishna
- Papilio maackii
- Papilio machaon
- Papilio macilentus
- Papilio paris
- Papilio polymnestor
- Papilio saharae
- Parnassius acco
- Parnassius actius
- Parnassius apollo
- Parnassius delphius
- Parnassius hardwickii
- Parnassius jacquemontii
- Parnassius mnemosyne
- Parnassius nordmanni
- Princeps demoleus
- Teinopalpus imperialis
- Zerynthia deyrollei
- Zerynthia louristana
- Zerynthia polyxena
- Bhutanitis lidderadlii
- Parnassius maharaja
- Parnassius staudingeri
- Parnassius stoliczkanus
- Losaria coon
- Hypermnestra helios
- Parnassius boedromius
- Parnassius charltonius
- Parnassius epaphus
- Parnassius inopinatus
- Parnassius loxias
- Parnassius simo
- Parnassius staudingeri
- Parnassius stenosemus
- Papilio clytia
- Papilio polyctor
- Papilio polytes
- Atrophaneura polyeuctes
- Pachliopta aristolochiae
- Papilio ladakensis
- Atrophaneura aidoneus
- Atrophaneura dixoni
Pieridae
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Anthocharis damone
- Anthocharis gruneri
- Aporia agathon
- Aporia crataegi
- Aporia leucodice
- Aporia nabellica
- Appias libythea
- Appias nero
- Baltia butleri
- Baltia shawi
- Belenois aurota
- Catopsilia florella
- Catopsilia pomona
- Catopsilia pyranthe
- Cepora nerissa
- Colias alfacariensis
- Colias alpherakii
- Colias aurorina
- Colias chlorocoma
- Colias chrysotheme
- Colias cocandica
- Colias croceus
- Colias eogene
- Colias erate
- Colias fieldii
- Colias hofmannorum
- Colias hyale
- Colias ladakensis
- Colias leechi
- Colias marcopolo
- Colias sagartia
- Colias stoliczkana
- Colias thisoa
- Colias wiskotti
- Colotis amata
- Colotis antevippe
- Colotis danae
- Colotis etrida
- Colotis eucharis
- Colotis fausta
- Colotis liagore
- Colotis phisadia
- Colotis protractus
- Colotis vestalis
- Delias belladonna
- Delias eucharis
- Delias sanaca
- Euchloe ausonia
- Euchloe belemia
- Euchloe charlonia
- Euchloe daphalis
- Euchloe lessei
- Euchloe penia
- Euchloe transcaspica
- Eurema blanda
- Eurema brigitta
- Eurema hecabe
- Eurema laeta
- Gonepteryx cleopatra
- Gonepteryx farinosa
- Gonepteryx mahaguru
- Gonepteryx rhamni
- Ixias marianne
- Ixias pyrene
- Leptidea duponcheli
- Leptosia nina
- Pareronia hippia
- Pieris bowdeni
- Pieris brassicae
- Pieris bryoniae
- Pieris canidia
- Pieris deota
- Pieris ergane
- Pieris krueperi
- Pieris pseudorapae
- Pieris rapae
- Pinacopteryx eriphia
- Pontia callidice
- Pontia chloridice
- Pontia daplidice
- Pontia edusa
- Pontia glauconome
- Zegris eupheme
Nymphalidae
Libytheinae
Calinaginae
Charaxinae
Danainae
Heliconiinae
- Acraea issoria
- Acraea terpsicore
- Acraea violae
- Argynnis childreni
- Argynnis hyperbius
- Argynnis pandora
- Argynnis paphia
- Boloria euphrosyne
- Boloria jerdoni
- Boloria pales
- Brenthis daphne
- Brenthis hecate
- Brenthis mofidii
- Cethosia biblis
- Fabriciana adippe
- Fabriciana niobe
- Issoria lathonia
- Speyeria aglaja
- Speyeria alexandra
- Vindula erota
Apaturinae
Limenitidinae
Nymphalinae
- Aglais io
- Aglais rizana
- Aglais urticae
- Araschnia levana
- Euphydryas aurinia
- Hypolimnas bolina
- Hypolimnas misippus
- Junonia almana
- Junonia atlites
- Junonia hierta
- Junonia iphita
- Junonia lemonias
- Junonia orithya
- Kallima inachus
- Kallima paralekta
- Kaniska canace
- Melitaea arcesia
- Melitaea arduinna
- Melitaea casta
- Melitaea chitralensis
- Melitaea cinxia
- Melitaea consulis
- Melitaea deserticola
- Melitaea didyma
- Melitaea interrupta
- Melitaea persea
- Melitaea sarvistana
- Melitaea saxatilis
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea turkmanica
- Nymphalis polychloros
- Nymphalis xanthomelas
- Nymphalis vaualbum
- Polygonia c-album
- Polygonia egea
- Symbrenthia lilaea
- Vanessa atalanta
- Vanessa cardui
- Vanessa indica
Biblidinae
Cyrestinae
Satyrinae
- Arethusana arethusa
- Brintesia circe
- Chazara bischoffi
- Chazara briseis
- Chazara egina
- Chazara enervata
- Chazara kaufmanni
- Chazara persephone
- Coenonympha leander
- Coenonympha pamphilus
- Coenonympha saadi
- Erebia graucasica
- Erebia iranica
- Esperarge clymene
- Hipparchia fatua
- Hipparchia parisatis
- Hipparchia pellucida
- Hipparchia turcmenica
- Hipparchia syriaca
- Hyponephele amardaea
- Hyponephele cadusia
- Hyponephele capella
- Hyponephele comara
- Hyponephele davendra
- Hyponephele dysdora
- Hyponephele huebneri
- Hyponephele interposita
- Hyponephele lupina
- Hyponephele lycaonoides
- Hyponephele naricina
- Hyponephele shirazica
- Hyponephele wagneri
- Kirinia roxelana
- Lasiommata adrastoides
- Lasiommata megera
- Lasiommata menava
- Lyela myops
- Maniola jurtina
- Maniola telmessia
- Melanargia evartianae
- Melanargia galathea
- Melanargia hylata
- Melanargia meda
- Melanargia russiae
- Melanargia syriaca
- Melanargia teneates
- Minois dryas
- Proterebia afra
- Pseudochazara anthelea
- Pseudochazara aurantiaca
- Pseudochazara beroe
- Pseudochazara daghestana
- Pseudochazara mamurra
- Pseudochazara pelopea
- Pseudochazara schakuhensis
- Pseudochazara telephassa
- Satyrus amasinus
- Satyrus daubi
- Satyrus favonius
- Satyrus parthicus
- Ypthima bolanica
Lycaenidae
- Acytolepis puspa
- Afarsia morgiana
- Afarsia sieversii
- Agriades aegagrus
- Anthene amarah
- Arhopala bazalus
- Aricia agestis
- Aricia anteros
- Aricia vandarbani
- Axiocerses harpax
- Azanus jesous
- Azanus ubaldus
- Callophrys mystaphia
- Callophrys suaveola
- Celastrina argiolus
- Chilades parrhasius
- Cigaritis acamas
- Cigaritis epargyros
- Cigaritis maxima
- Cigaritis myrmecophila
- Cupha erymanthis
- Cupido osiris
- Cupido staudingeri
- Cyaniris semiargus
- Deudorix livia
- Freyeria trochylus
- Glaucopsyche alexis
- Iolana iolas
- Iolaus glaucus
- Kretania alcedo
- Kretania eurypilus
- Kretania pylaon
- Lampides boeticus
- Leptotes pirithous
- Luthrodes contracta
- Luthrodes galba
- Lycaena alciphron
- Lycaena asabinus
- Lycaena candens
- Lycaena dispar
- Lycaena lampon
- Lycaena lamponides
- Lycaena ochimus
- Lycaena phlaeas
- Lycaena phoenicura
- Lycaena thersamon
- Lycaena thetis
- Lycaena tityrus
- Lysandra bellargus
- Lysandra corydonius
- Myrina silenus
- Neolysandra coelestina
- Neolysandra corona
- Neozephyrus quercus
- Phengaris arion
- Plebejidea afshar
- Plebejidea loewii
- Plebejus argus
- Plebejus christophi
- Plebejus idas
- Polyommatus aedon
- Polyommatus alcestis
- Polyommatus altivagans
- Polyommatus amandus
- Polyommatus arasbarani
- Polyommatus ardschirus
- Polyommatus baltazardi
- Polyommatus barmifiruze
- Polyommatus baytopi
- Polyommatus bogra
- Polyommatus caeruleus
- Polyommatus cyaneus
- Polyommatus dama
- Polyommatus damonides
- Polyommatus daphnis
- Polyommatus darius
- Polyommatus demavendi
- Polyommatus dizinensis
- Polyommatus eckweileri
- Polyommatus ectabanensis
- Polyommatus eros
- Polyommatus eroides
- Polyommatus erschoffii
- Polyommatus faramarzii
- Polyommatus firdussii
- Polyommatus forsteri
- Polyommatus glaucias
- Polyommatus hamadanensis
- Polyommatus icarus
- Polyommatus iphidamon
- Polyommatus kendevani
- Polyommatus klausschuriani
- Polyommatus mofidii
- Polyommatus morgani
- Polyommatus musa
- Polyommatus ninae
- Polyommatus peilei
- Polyommatus pfeifferi
- Polyommatus phyllis
- Polyommatus posthumus
- Polyommatus sennanensis
- Polyommatus shahrami
- Polyommatus shirkuhensis
- Polyommatus stempfferi
- Polyommatus tenhageni
- Polyommatus thersites
- Polyommatus transcaspicus
- Polyommatus turcicus
- Polyommatus valiabadi
- Polyommatus zardensis
- Pseudophilotes vicrama
- Rimisia miris
- Rubrapterus bavius
- Rueckbeilia rosei
- Satyrium abdominalis
- Satyrium hyrcanicum
- Satyrium ilicis
- Satyrium lunulatum
- Satyrium marcidum
- Satyrium sassanides
- Satyrium spini
- Talicada nyseus
- Tarucus balkanicus
- Tarucus rosaceus
- Tomares callimachus
- Tomares romanovi
- Turanana anisophtalma
- Turanana cytis
- Turanana endymion
- Zizeeria karsandra
Hesperiidae
- Bibasis sena
- Carcharodus alceae
- Carcharodus dravira
- Carcharodus flocciferus
- Carcharodus lavatherae
- Carcharodus orientalis
- Carcharodus stauderi
- Carcharodus swinhoei
- Choaspes benjaminii
- Eogenes alcides
- Erynnis marloyi
- Erynnis tages
- Gegenes nostrodamus
- Gegenes pumilio
- Hesperia comma
- Muschampia plurimacula
- Muschampia poggei
- Muschampia proteides
- Muschampia proto
- Muschampia staudingeri
- Muschampia tessellum
- Ochlodes hyrcanus
- Ochlodes venatus
- Pelopidas thrax
- Pyrgus alveus
- Pyrgus armoricanus
- Pyrgus carthami
- Pyrgus cinarae
- Pyrgus jupei
- Pyrgus melotis
- Pyrgus serratulae
- Pyrgus sidae
- Spialia doris
- Spialia geron
- Spialia orbifer
- Spialia osthelderi
- Spialia phlomidis
- Thymelicus acteon
- Thymelicus hyrax
- Thymelicus lineola
- Thymelicus novus
- Thymelicus sylvestris
- Aeromachus dubius
- Aeromachus jhora
- Aeromachus pygmaeus
- Allora doleschallii
See also
References
- Mohammadian, Hassan (2006) Biological Diversity of Lepidoptera in Iran. Shabpareh Publications.
