# List of butterflies of Saudi Arabia

This is a list of butterflies of Saudi Arabia. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.

## Papilionidae
### Papilioninae
#### Papilionini

* Papilio demodocus demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
* Papilio machaon syriacus Verity, 1908
* Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
* Papilio saharae saharae Oberthür, 1879

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) = Colias crocea
* Colias electo meneliki Berger, 1940
* Colias erate marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884
* Eurema brigitta brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)

### Pierinae

Teracolini
* Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
* Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819) incl. Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, 1819)
* Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829) incl. Colotis chrysonome chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis evarne (Klug, 1829) = Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) also mentioned as Colotis eucharis evarne
* Colotis fausta vi (Swinhoe, 1884)
* Colotis fausta fausta (Olivier, 1804)
* Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis daira daira (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
* Colotis evippe epigone (Felder, 1865)
* Colotis evagore evagore (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis halimede halimede (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis pleione pleione (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)
* Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
* Teracolus eris contractus Gabriel, 1954 = Colotis eris contractus
* Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
* Pieris rapae iranica Le Cerf, 1913
* Pieris rapae leucosoma Schawerda, 1905
Nepheroniini
* Nepheronia buquetii buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
* Euchloe aegyptiaca Verity, 1911 = Euchloe melanochloros aegyptiaca Verity, 1911
* Euchloe belemia belemia Esper, 1799
* Euchloe falloui falloui (Allard, 1867)
* Euchloe falloui saudi Larsen, 1983
* Elphinstonia charlonia charlonia (Donzel, 1842)
* Zegris eupheme larseni Pittaway, 1986

#### Pierini

* Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
* Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
* Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885
* Pontia daplidice daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pontia glauconome glauconome (Klug, 1829)

## Lycaenidae

Aphnaeinae
* Axiocerces harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
* Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983

### Theclinae

Amblypodiini
* Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980

#### Hypolycaenini

* Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Theclini
* Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
* Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
Deudorigini
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Smith, 1887
* Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

### Lycaeninae

* Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

### Polyommatinae
#### Lycaenesthini

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
* Anthene butleri arabicus Gabriel, 1954

#### Polyommatini

* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999
* Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925)
* Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
* Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
* Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
* Kretania philbyi (Graves, 1925)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
* Lepidochrysops haveni (Larsen, 1983)
* Lepidochrysops pittawayi Larsen, 1983
* Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)

## Nymphalidae

Libythea laius Trimen, 1879
Danainae
Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)
Charaxini
* Charaxes hansali yemeni Turlin, 1998
* Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982

### Nymphalinae

Nymphalini
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Junoniini
* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia orithya here Lang, 1884
* Precis limnoria limnoria (Klug, 1845)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934
* Melitaea persea sargon Hemming, 1932 (It must be compared to Melitaea acentria arabica)
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa Trimen, 1881

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954

### Limenitinae
#### Chalingini

* Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

### Heliconiinae
#### Acraeini

* Acraea chilo yemensis Le Doux, 1931
* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
* Acraea doubledayi azvaki d'Abrera, 1980
* Acraea encedon rathjensi Le Doux, 1933 = Telechinia encedon rathjensi Le Doux, 1933
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775) = Telechinia serena (Fabricius, 1775)

## Hesperiidae

* Caprona pillaana (Wallengren, 1857)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia bifida (Higgins, 1924), previously known as Spialia zebra bifida
* Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
* Spialia colotes torbenlarseni (Tshikolovets, 2022)
* Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Baorini

* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884) = Larsenia gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo borbonica zelleri (Lederer, 1855) [? requires confirmation]
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
* Pelopidas mathias mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
* Pelopidas thrax thrax (Hübner, 1821)