# List of butterflies of Saimbeyli

This is a list of butterflies of Saimbeyli, a district located on the middle section of the Taurus Mountains chain in the northern end of Adana Province in southern Turkey. In their three volumes of Die Tagfalter der Türkei, Hesselbarth et al. listed 121 butterfly species from Saimbeyli before 1995. The list was updated with 40 new species which have been recorded in several field studies between 2012 and 2016, and the number of species was determined as 161 in total. S. Wagener argued that Saimbeyli is a valuable habitat for 11 endemic and 15 rare butterfly taxa, and the only locality for Polyommatus theresiae.

## Hesperiidae

| Scientific name | English name |
| Carcharodus alceae | Mallow skipper |
| Carcharodus lavatherae | Marbled skipper |
| Carcharodus orientalis | Oriental skipper |
| Erynnis marloyi | Inky skipper |
| Erynnis tages | Dingy skipper |
| Gegenes pumilio | Pigmy skipper |
| Hesperia comma | Silver-spotted skipper |
| Muschampia nomas | Syrian skipper |
| Muschampia poggei | Pogge's skipper |
| Muschampia proteides | Anatolian skipper |
| Muschampia proto | Sage skipper |
| Muschampia tessellum | Tessellated skipper |
| Ochlodes sylvanus | Large skipper |
| Pyrgus armoricanus | Oberthur's grizzled skipper |
| Pyrgus cinarae | Sandy grizzled skipper |
| Pyrgus melotis | Aegean skipper |
| Pyrgus serratulae | Olive skipper |
| Pyrgus sidae | Yellow-banded skipper |
| Spialia orbifer | Red underwing skipper |
| Spialia phlomidis | Persian skipper |
| Thymelicus acteon | Lulworth skipper |
| Thymelicus hyrax | Levantine skipper |
| Thymelicus lineolus | Essex skipper |
| Thymelicus sylvestris | Small skipper |

## Lycaenidae

| Scientific name | English name |
| Aricia agestis | Brown argus |
| Aricia anteros | Blue argus |
| Aricia isauricus | Taurus blue |
| Callophrys rubi | Green hairstreak |
| Celastrina argiolus | Holly blue |
| Cigaritis acamas | Tawny silverline |
| Cigaritis cilissa | Levant silverline |
| Cupido minimus | Little blue |
| Cupido osiris | Osiris blue |
| Cyaniris bellis antiochena | Hatay's Mazarine blue |
| Freyeria trochylus | Grass jewel |
| Glaucopsyche alexis | Green-underside blue |
| Iolana iolas | Iolas blue |
| Kretania eurypilus | Eastern brown argus |
| Kretania modica | Anatolian zephyr blue |
| Lampides boeticus | Pea blue |
| Lycaena alciphron | Purple-shot copper |
| Lycaena asabinus | Anatolian fiery copper |
| Lycaena ochimus | Turkish fiery copper |
| Lycaena phlaeas | Small copper |
| Lycaena thersamon | Lesser fiery copper |
| Lycaena thetis | Fiery copper |
| Lycaena tityrus | Sooty copper |
| Lysandra bellargus | Adonis blue |
| Lysandra ossmar | Anatolian chalk blue |
| Lysandra syriaca | Lebanese Adonis blue |
| Neolysandra coelestina | Pontic blue |
| Neozephyrus quercus | Purple hairstreak |
| Plebejidea loewii | Large jewel blue |
| Plebejus argus | Silver-studded blue |
| Plebejus idas | Idas blue |
| Polyommatus admetus | Anomalous blue |
| Polyommatus alcestis | Lebanese anomalous blue |
| Polyommatus amandus | Amanda's blue |
| Polyommatus cornelius | Small Anatolian blue |
| Polyommatus daphnis | Meleager's blue |
| Polyommatus dorylas | Turquoise blue |
| Polyommatus eurypilos | Gerhard's blue |
| Polyommatus firdussii | Firdussi's blue |
| Polyommatus hopfferi | Hopfer's blue |
| Polyommatus icarus | Common blue |
| Polyommatus iphigenia | Iphigenia blue |
| Polyommatus maraschi | Marash blue |
| Polyommatus menalcas | Turkish furry blue |
| Polyommatus poseidon | Poseidon blue |
| Polyommatus ripartii | Ripart's anomalous blue |
| Polyommatus sertavulensis | Sertavul blue |
| Polyommatus theresiae | Saimbeyli blue |
| Polyommatus thersites | Chapman's blue |
| Polyommatus wagneri | Wagner's blue |
| Pseudophilotes bavius | Bavius blue |
| Pseudophilotes vicrama | Lesser chequered blue |
| Satyrium abdominalis | Gerhard's black hairstreak |
| Satyrium acaciae | Sloe hairstreak |
| Satyrium ilicis | Ilex hairstreak |
| Satyrium spini | Blue-spot hairstreak |
| Satyrium w-album | White-letter hairstreak |
| Tarucus balkanicus | Little tiger blue |
| Tomares nesimachus | Akbes vernal copper |
| Tomares nogelii | Anatolian vernal copper |
| Turanana endymion | Odd-spot blue |

## Nymphalidae

| Scientific name | English name |
| Aglais urticae | Small tortoiseshell |
| Arethusana arethusa | False grayling |
| Argynnis pandora | Cardinal |
| Argynnis paphia | Silver-washed fritillary |
| Brenthis daphne | Marbled fritillary |
| Brintesia circe | Great banded grayling |
| Charaxes jasius | Twin-tailed pasha |
| Chazara bischoffi | Orange hermit |
| Chazara briseis | Hermit |
| Coenonympha pamphilus | Small heath |
| Fabriciana adippe | High brown fritillary |
| Fabriciana niobe | Niobe fritillary |
| Hipparchia fatua | Freyer's grayling |
| Hipparchia mersina | Mersin grayling |
| Hipparchia pellucida | Anatolian reddish grayling |
| Hipparchia statilinus | Tree grayling |
| Hipparchia syriaca | Syrian rock grayling |
| Hyponephele lupinus | Oriental steppe brown |
| Hyponephele lycaon | Dusky steppe brown |
| Issoria lathonia | Queen of Spain fritillary |
| Kirinia roxelana | Lattice brown |
| Lasiommata maera | Large wall brown |
| Lasiommata megera | Wall brown |
| Limenitis reducta | Southern white admiral |
| Maniola jurtina | Meadow brown |
| Maniola telmessia | Eastern meadow brown |
| Melanargia syriaca | Syrian marbled white |
| Melitaea arduinna | Freyer's grayling fritillary |
| Melitaea cinxia | Glanville fritillary |
| Melitaea collina | Hatay's fritillary |
| Melitaea didyma | Spotted fritillary |
| Melitaea phobe | Knapweed fritillary |
| Melitaea punica | Algerian fritillary |
| Melitaea trivia | Lesser spotted fritillary |
| Nymphalis xanthomelas | Scarce tortoiseshell |
| Pararge aegeria | Speckled wood |
| Polygonia c-album | Comma |
| Polygonia egea | Southern comma |
| Pseudochazara anthelea | White-banded tawny rockbrown |
| Pseudochazara lydia | Lydian tawny rockbrown |
| Pseudochazara mamurra | Anatolian tawny rockbrown |
| Pseudochazara mniszechii | Tawny rockbrown |
| Pseudochazara pelopea | Klug's tawny rockbrown |
| Satyrus favonius | Anatolian satyr |
| Satyrus ferula | Great sooty satyr |
| Speyeria aglaja | Dark green fritillary |
| Thaleropis ionia | Ionian emperor |
| Vanessa atalanta | Red admiral |
| Vanessa cardui | Painted lady |

## Papilionidae

| Scientific name | English name |
| Archon apollinus | False Apollo |
| Iphiclides podalirius | Scarce swallowtail |
| Papilio alexanor | Southern swallowtail |
| Papilio machaon | Swallowtail |
| Parnassius apollo | Apollo |
| Parnassius mnemosyne | Clouded Apollo |
| Zerynthia cerisy | Eastern festoon |
| Zerynthia deyrollei | Eastern steppe festoon |

## Pieridae

| Scientific name | English name |
| Anthocharis cardamines | Orange tip |
| Anthocharis damone | Eastern orange tip |
| Anthocharis gruneri | Gruener's orange tip |
| Aporia crataegi | Black-veined white |
| Colias alfacariensis | Berger's clouded yellow |
| Colias aurorina | Anatolian clouded yellow |
| Colias croceus | Clouded yellow |
| Euchloe penia | Eastern greenish black tip |
| Gonepteryx farinosa | Powdered brimstone |
| Gonepteryx rhamni | Common brimstone |
| Leptidea duponcheli | Eastern wood white |
| Leptidea sinapis | Wood white |
| Pieris brassicae | Large white |
| Pieris ergane | Mountain small white |
| Pieris krueperi | Krueper's small white |
| Pieris mannii | Southern small white |
| Pieris pseudorapae | False small white |
| Pieris rapae | Small white |
| Pontia edusa | New Bath white |