# List of butterflies of Jordan

This is a list of butterflies of Jordan. About 81 species are known from Jordan.

## Hesperiidae

* Carcharodus stauderi ambiguus (Verity, 1925)
* Carcharodus stauderi ramses Reverdin, 1914
* Gegenes nostrodamus nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Gegenes pumilio pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Muschampia proteides proteides (Wagner, 1929)
* Pelopidas thrax thrax (Hübner, [1821])
* Pyrgus melotis melotis (Duponchel, [1834])
* Spialia doris amenophis (Reverdin, 1914)
* Spialia orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901)
* Thymelicus lineolus lineolus (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
* Thymelicus sylvestris syriacus (Tutt, [1905])

## Lycaenidae

* Anthene amarah amarah (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
* Aricia agestis agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
* Azanus jesous gamra (Lederer, 1855)
* Cigaritis acamas acamas (Klug, 1834)
* Cigaritis acamas egyptiaca (Riley, 1925)
* Cigaritis myrmecophila myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
* Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
* Freyeria trochylus trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
* Iolana alfierii alfierii Wiltshire, 1948
* Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
* Kretania nicholli cleopatra (Hemming, 1934)
* Kretania philbyi philbyi (Graves, 1925)
* Lampides boeticus boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pirithous pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Luthrodes galba galba (Lederer, 1855)
* Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Lycaena phlaeas timeus (Cramer, [1777])
* Lycaena thersamon thersamon (Esper, [1784])
* Plebejidea loewii lockarti (Hemming, 1929)
* Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
* Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925)
* Tarucus balkanicus balkanicus (Freyer, [1843])
* Tarucus rosaceus rosaceus (Austaut, 1885)
* Tomares nesimachus nesimachus (Oberthür, 1893)
* Zizeeria karsandra karsandra (Moore, 1865)

## Papilionidae

* Archon apollinus bellargus (Staudinger, [1892])
* Papilio alexanor judaeus Staudinger, [1894]
* Papilio machaon syriacus Pfeiffer, 1931
* Papilio saharae saharae Oberthür, 1879
* Zerynthia cerisyi cerisyi (Godart, 1822)
* Zerynthia deyrollei deyrollei (Oberthür, 1869)

## Pieridae

* Anaphaeis aurota aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
* Aporia crataegi augustior Graver, 1925
* Colotis chrysonome chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis fausta fausta (Olivier, [1804])
* Colotis phisadia palaestinensis (Staudinger, [1898])
* Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, [1819])
* Euchloe ausonia taurica Röber, [1907]
* Euchloe belemia belemia (Esper, [1800])
* Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Röber, [1907]
* Euchloe charlonia charlonia (Donzel, 1842)
* Euchloe crameri aegyptiaca Verity, 1911
* Pieris brassicae brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris pseudorapae pseudorapae Verity, 1908
* Pieris rapae rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pontia daplidice daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pontia glauconome glauconome Klug, 1829
* Zegris eupheme tigris Riley, 1921
* Zegris eupheme uarda Hemming, 1929

## Nymphalidae
### Danainae

* Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Charaxinae

* Charaxes jasius jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

### Limenitidinae

* Limenitis reducta herculeana Stichel, [1908]

### Nymphalinae

* Melitaea arduinna evanescens Staudinger, 1886
* Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934
* Melitaea fascelis fascelis (Fabricius, 1787)
* Melitaea persea persea Kollar, [1849]
* Melitaea punica telona Fruhstorfer, 1908
* Polygonia egea egea Cramer, [1775])
* Vanessa atalanta atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa cardui cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Satyrinae

* Chazara anthe hanifa (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
* Hipparchia fatua fatua (Freyer, 1844)
* Hyponephele lupina intermedia (Staudinger, 1886)
* Lasiommata megera transcaspica (Staudinger, 1901)
* Maniola telmessia telmessia (Zeller, 1847)
* Melanargia titea titania Calberla, 1891
* Pseudochazara pelopea pelopea (Klug, 1832)
* Pseudochazara telephassa telephassa (Geyer, [1827])
* Pseudotergumia pisidice pisidice (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832)