# List of butterflies of Metropolitan France

This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica).

## Hesperiidae

* Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
* Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
* Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
* Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
* Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
* Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
* Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
* Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
* Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
* Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853)
* Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur, 1910)
* Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
* Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839)
* Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839)
* Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)
* Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839)
* Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
* Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839)
* Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839)
* Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784)
* Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928)
* Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
* Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
* Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

## Lycaenidae

* Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
* Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
* Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
* Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
* Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
* Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
* Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
* Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
* Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
* Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
* Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
* Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
* Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
* Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
* Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
* Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
* Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
* Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
* Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
* Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
* Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Phengaris nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
* Phengaris rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)
* Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779)
* Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, 1779)
* Plebejus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
* Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
* Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
* Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
* Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
* Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
* Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
* Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
* Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
* Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
* Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
* Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
* Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
* Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)

## Nymphalidae

* Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
* Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
* Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
* Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
* Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
* Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
* Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
* Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
* Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
* Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
* Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
* Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
* Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
* Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
* Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
* Erebia alberganus (de Prunner, 1798)
* Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
* Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
* Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1819)
* Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
* Erebia gorge (Hübner, 1804)
* Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1833
* Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, 1828)
* Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775)
* Erebia meolans (Prunner, 1798)
* Erebia mnestra (Hübner, 1804)
* Erebia montanus (de Prunner, 1798)
* Erebia neoridas (Boisduval, 1828)
* Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
* Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
* Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen, 1788)
* Erebia pharte (Hübner, 1804)
* Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
* Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)
* Erebia rondoui Oberthur, 1908
* Erebia scipio Boisduval, 1832
* Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
* Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861
* Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
* Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
* Euphydryas intermedia (Menetries, 1859)
* Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
* Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763)
* Hipparchia genava (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
* Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
* Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
* Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa, 1836)
* Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
* Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
* Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)
* Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
* Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
* Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
* Melanargia occitanica (Esper, 1793)
* Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
* Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
* Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
* Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
* Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
* Melitaea ignasiti Sagarra, 1926
* Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
* Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
* Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
* Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)
* Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
* Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
* Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
* Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
* Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
* Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
* Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

## Papilionidae

* Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
* Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
* Papilio hospiton Guenee, 1839
* Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
* Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Pieridae

* Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
* Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
* Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
* Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)
* Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
* Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861)
* Euchloe simplonia (Freyer, 1829)
* Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
* Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
* Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946
* Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990
* Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
* Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
* Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
* Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1800)
* Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Riodinidae

* Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)