# List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Nymphalidae, or the "browns", which are found in Europe. It is a part of the List of the butterflies of Europe

## Subfamily Nymphalinae

Tribe Junoniini
* Diadem, Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Canary Islands, Madeira
Tribe Nymphalini
* European peacock, Aglais io (Linnaeus 1758)
* Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae (Linnaeus 1758)
* Sardinian small tortoiseshell, Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
* Map butterfly, Araschnia levana (Linnaeus 1758)
* White petticoat, Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus 1758)
* Large tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus 1758)
* Yellow-legged tortoiseshell, Nymphalis xanthomelas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* False comma, Nymphalis vaualbum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
* Comma, Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus 1758)
* Southern comma, Polygonia egea (Cramer 1775)
* Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758)
* Canary red admiral, Vanessa vulcania Godart, 1819
* Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)
* American painted lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)
Tribe Melitaeini
* Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus 1758)
* Asian fritillary, Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859)
* Euphydryas italica Back, Haussmann, Salk & Weiss, 2015
* Cynthia's fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Lapland fritillary, Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816)
* Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Spanish marsh fritillary, Euphydryas beckeri (Lederer, 1853)
* Spanish fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
* Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
* Freyer's fritillary, Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1783])
* Lesser spotted fritillary, Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner 1826)
* Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Jerusalem fritillary, Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
* Little fritillary, Melitaea asteria (Freyer, 1828)
* Heath fritillary, Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Nickerl's fritillary, Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
* Assman's fritillary, Melitaea britomartis (Assmann, 1847)
* Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
* Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
* Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* False heath fritillary, Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
* Meadow fritillary, Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
* Grisons fritillary, Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
* Sicilian fritillary, Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893

## Subfamily Heliconiinae

* Silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pallas' fritillary, Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771)
* Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Mountain fritillary, Boloria alaskensis (Holland, 1900) North Russia
* Cranberry fritillary, Boloria aquilonaris Stichel, 1908
* Balkan fritillary, Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
* Mountain fritillary, Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Shepherd's fritillary, Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Erschoff's fritillary, Boloria angarensis (Erschoff, 1870) North and East Russia
* Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea Schneider, 1794
* Violet fritillary, Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Freija fritillary, Boloria freija (Becklin in Thunberg, 1791)
* Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga Becklin in Thunberg, 1791
* Dingy fritillary, Boloria improba Butler, 1877
* Boloria oscarus (Eversmann, 1844) Russia (Urals)
* Polaris fritillary, Boloria polaris Boisduval, 1828
* Small pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Boloria selenis (Eversmann, 1837) Russia
* Thor's fritillary, Boloria thore (Hübner, 1803)
* Purple bog fritillary, Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
* Boloria tritonia (Böber, 1812) North Russia
* Ocellate bog fritillary, Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
* Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
* Twin-spot fritillary, Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
* High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Corsican fritillary, Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
* Niobe fritillary, Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Queen of Spain, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Issoria eugenia (Eversmann, 1847) North European Russia
* Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Subfamily Charaxinae

* Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

## Subfamily Danainae

* Plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Subfamily Apaturinae

* Lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Freyer's purple emperor, Apatura metis Freyer, 1829

## Subfamily Libytheinae

* Nettle-tree butterfly, Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)

## Subfamily Limenitidinae

* White admiral, Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Poplar admiral, Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Southern white admiral, Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
* Hungarian glider, Neptis rivularis (Scopoli 1763)
* Pallas' sailer, Neptis sappho (Pallas 1771)

## Subfamily Satyrinae

* Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Madeiran speckled wood, Pararge xiphia (Fabricius, 1775)
* Canary speckled wood, Pararge xiphioides Staudinger, 1871
* Wall, Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Large wall, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Northern wall brown, Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
* Corsican wall brown, Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
* Woodland brown, Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
* Lopinga deidamia (Eversmann, 1851)
* Iranian argus, Kirinia climene (Esper, [1783])
* Lattice brown, Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)
* Stoll's heath, Coenonympha amaryllis (Stoll, 1782) South European Russia
* Large heath, Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
* False ringlet, Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
* Pearly heath, Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Corsican heath, Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
* Dusky heath, Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
* Alpine heath, Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
* Chestnut heath, Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
* Scarce heath, Coenonympha hero Linnaeus, 1761
* Russian heath, Coenonympha leander (Esper, 1784)
* Small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Eastern large heath, Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes, 1900
* Cretan small heath, Coenonympha thyrsis Freyer, 1845
* Balkan heath, Coenonympha orientalis (Rebel, 1910)
* Siberian heath, Coenonympha phryne (Pallas, 1771) Central and South European Russia
* False Mnestra ringlet, Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
* Scotch argus, Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
* Almond-eyed ringlet, Erebia alberganus (de Prunner, 1798)
* Lorkovic's brassy ringlet, Erebia calcaria Lorkovic, 1953
* Common brassy ringlet, Erebia cassioides cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
* Raetzer's ringlet, Erebia christi Ratzer, 1890
* White speck ringlet, Erebia claudina (Borkhausen, 1789) Austria
* Erebia cyclopius (Eversmann, 1844) North and East European Russia
* Erebia dabanensis Erschoff, 1871 North European Russia
* Arctic ringlet, Erebia disa (Thunberg, 1791)
* Red-disked alpine, Erebia discoidalis (Kirby, 1837) North European Russia
* Erebia edda Ménétriés, 1851 North European Russia
* Lapland ringlet, Erebia embla (Becklin, 1791)
* Small mountain ringlet, Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
* Spring ringlet, Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1824)
* Eriphyle ringlet, Erebia eriphyle (Freyer, 1836)
* Large ringlet, Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
* Banded alpine, Erebia fasciata Butler, 1868
* Yellow-banded ringlet, Erebia flavofasciata Heyne, 1895
* Silky ringlet, Erebia gorge (Hübner 1804)
* Lefèbvre's ringlet, Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, [1828])
* Arran brown, Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Yellow-spotted ringlet, Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Woodland ringlet, Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Lesser mountain ringlet, Erebia melampus (Fuessly 1775)
* Black ringlet, Erebia melas (Herbst 1796)
* Piedmont ringlet, Erebia meolans (Prunner, 1798)
* Mnestra's ringlet, Erebia mnestra (Hübner 1804)
* Marbled ringlet, Erebia montanus (de Prunner, 1798)
* Autumn ringlet, Erebia neoridas (Boisduval, 1828)
* de Lesse's brassy ringlet, Erebia nivalis Lorkovic & De Lesse, 1954
* Bright eyed ringlet, Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
* Ottoman brassy ringlet, Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
* Dewy ringlet, Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen, 1788)
* Blind ringlet, Erebia pharte (Hübner, 1804)
* Sooty ringlet, Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
* Water ringlet, Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)
* Larche ringlet, Erebia scipio Boisduval, 1832
* False dewy ringlet, Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
* Styrian ringlet, Erebia stirius (Godart, 1824)
* Stygian ringlet, Erebia styx (Freyer, 1834)
* de Prunner's ringlet, Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
* Swiss brassy ringlet, Erebia tyndarus (Esper, 1781)
* Dalmatian ringlet, Proterebia afra (Fabricius, 1787) European Russia, Croatia, Greece
* Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Southern gatekeeper, Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
* Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Spanish gatekeeper, Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
* Oriental meadow brown, Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa 1836)
* Dusky meadow brown, Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg 1775)
* Koçak's meadow brown, Hyponephele huebneri Koçak, 1980 South European Russia
* Aegean meadow brown, Maniola chia Thomson, 1987
* Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus 1758)
* Halicarnas brown, Maniola halicarnassus Thomson, 1990 Nisyros Island, Greece
* Cyprus meadow brown, Maniola cypricola Thomson, 1990 Cyprus
* Turkish meadow brown, Maniola megala (Oberthür, 1909) Greece
* Sardinian meadow brown, Maniola nurag Ghiliani, 1852 Sardinia
* Dodecanese meadow brown, Maniola telmessia (Zeller, 1847) Dodecanese and North Aegean
* Marbled white, Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Western marbled white, Melanargia occitanica (Esper, 1793)
* Esper's marbled white, Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
* Italian marbled white, Melanargia arge (Sulzer, 1776)
* Spanish marbled white, Melanargia ines (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Iberian marbled white, Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
* Balkan marbled white, Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828)
* Sicilian marbled white, Melanargia pherusa (Boisduval, 1833) Sicily
* Black satyr, Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
* Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
* Russian grayling, Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1784)
* Woodland grayling, Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli 1763)
* Rock grayling, Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
* Eastern rock grayling, Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871)
* Freyer's grayling, Hipparchia fatua Freyer, 1844
* Tree grayling, Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Southern grayling, Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
* Azores grayling, Hipparchia azorina (Strecker, 1899)
* Sicilian grayling, Hipparchia blachieri (Frühstorfer, 1908)
* Karpathos grayling, Hipparchia christenseni Kudrna, 1977 Karpathos, Greece
* Cretan grayling, Hipparchia cretica (Rebel, 1916) Crete
* Cyprus grayling, Hipparchia cypriensis (Holik, 1949) Cyprus
* Eolian grayling, Hipparchia leighebi Kudrna, 1976 Eolian Islands of Italy (Volcano and Panarea)
* Madeiran grayling, Hipparchia maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
* Samos grayling, Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871) Lesbos and Samos, Greece
* Le Cerf's grayling, Hipparchia miguelensis (Le Cerf, 1935) Sao Miguel, Azores
* Hipparchia neapolitana (Stauder, 1921)
* Anatolian grayling, Hipparchia pellucida (Stauder, 1924) Vóreion Aiyáion, North Aegean
* Hipparchia sbordonii Kudrna, 1984
* Grayling, Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Balkan grayling, Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Balkans
* Delattin's grayling, Hipparchia volgensis (Mazochin-Porshnjakov, 1952) Southeast Europe
* El Hierro grayling, Hipparchia bacchus Higgins, 1967 Canary Islands
* Striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Gomera grayling, Hipparchia gomera Higgins, 1967 Canary Islands
* Gran Canaria grayling, Hipparchia tamadabae Owen & Smith, 1992 Canary Islands
* La Palma grayling, Hipparchia tilosi (Manil, 1984) Canary Islands
* Canary grayling, Hipparchia wyssii (Christ, 1889) Canary Islands
* Dryad, Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
* False grayling, Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Great banded grayling, Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
* Arctic grayling, Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792)
* Alpine grayling, Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
* Baltic grayling, Oeneis jutta (Hübner, [1806-1806])
* Melissa Arctic, Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775) North European Russia
* Graeser's grayling, Oeneis magna Graeser, 1888 North European Russia
* Norse grayling, Oeneis norna (Thunberg, 1791) North European Russia, Scandinavia
* Norique Alpin, Oeneis polixenes (Fabricius, 1775) North European Russia
* Oeneis tarpeia (Pallas, 1771) Central and South European Russia
* Hermit, Chazara briseis (Linnaeus 1764)
* Dark rockbrown, Chazara persephone (Hübner, [1805])
* Southern hermit, Chazara prieuri (Pierret, 1837)
* Brown's grayling Pseudochazara amymone Brown, 1976
* Pseudochazara anthelea (Hübner, 1824)
* Pseudochazara beroe (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
* Macedonian grayling, Pseudochazara cingovskii Gross, 1973
* Crimean grayling, Pseudochazara euxina (Kuznetzov, 1909)
* Grey Asian grayling, Pseudochazara geyeri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
* Pseudochazara graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
* Pseudochazara hippolyte (Esper, 1783)
* Tawny rockbrown, Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Dils' grayling, Pseudochazara orestes De Prins & van der Poorten, 1981
* Nevada grayling, Pseudochazara williamsi (Romei, 1927)
* Satyrus virbius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) South European Russia
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) Cyprus, Dodecanese, North Aegean Islands