# List of butterflies of Italy

This is a list of butterflies in the country of Italy.

## Hesperiidae – skippers
### Subfamily Hesperiinae

* Dingy swift, Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Dark Hottentot, Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
* Silver-spotted skipper, Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Large skipper, Ochlodes sylvanuss (Esper 1777)

### Subfamily Pyrginae

* Mallow skipper, Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
* Southern marbled skipper, Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
* Tufted skipper, Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
* Marbled skipper, Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
* Dingy skipper, Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Sage skipper, Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer 1808)
* Large grizzled skipper, Pyrgus alveus (Hübner 1803)
* Alpine grizzled skipper, Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren 1853)
* Oberthür's grizzled skipper, Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur 1910)
* Foulquier's grizzled skipper, Pyrgus bellieri bellieri (Oberthur 1910)
** Pyrgus bellieri picenus (Verity 1920)
* Dusky grizzled skipper, Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur 1839)
* Carline skipper, Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur 1839)
* Safflower skipper, Pyrgus carthami (Hübner 1813)
* Cinquefoil skipper, Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur 1839)
* Southern grizzled skipper, Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards 1897)
* Grizzled skipper, Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus 1758)
* Rosy grizzled skipper, Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur 1839)
* Olive skipper, Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur 1839)
* Yellow-banded skipper, Pyrgus sidae (Esper 1784)
* Warren's skipper, Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity 1928)
* Lulworth skipper, Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg 1775)
* Essex skipper, Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer 1808)
* Red-underwing skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda 1761)

### Subfamily Heteropterinae

* Arctic skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
* Large chequered skipper, Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas 1771)

## Papilionidae - swallowtails

* Scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Alexanor, Papilio alexanor Esper 1800
* Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon Linnaeus 1758
* Corsican swallowtail, Papilio hospiton Géné, 1839
* Mountain Apollo, Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus 1758)
* Clouded Apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
* Phoebus Apollo, Parnassius phoebus phoebus (Fabricius 1793)
** Parnassius phoebus sacerdos Stichel 1906
* Southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

## Pieridae – whites
### Subfamily Dismorphiinae

* Wood white, Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Réal's wood white, Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989

### Subfamily Coliadinae

* Berger's clouded yellow, Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1805
* Clouded yellow, Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
* Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pale Arctic clouded yellow, Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Mountain clouded yellow, Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)

### Subfamily Pierinae

* Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus 1758)
* Eastern orange tip, Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836
* Provence orange tip, Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
* Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)
* Western dappled white, Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
* Portuguese dappled white, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
* Cleopatra, Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Large white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Dark-veined white, Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
* Mountain small white, Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
* Southern small white, Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
* Green-veined white, Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Small white, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lofty Bath white, Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1806)
* Bath white, Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Eastern Bath white, Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)

## Riodinidae

* Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Lycaenidae – blues, coppers and hairstreaks
### Subfamily Theclinae

* Brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus 1758)
* Purple hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus 1758)
* Sloe hairstreak, Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
* False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
* Ilex hairstreak, Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
* Satyrium pruni, Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Blue spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
* White-letter hairstreak, Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)

### Subfamily Lycaeninae

* Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg 1775)
* Large copper, Lycaena dispar (Haworth 1802)
* Purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus 1761)
* Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus 1761)
* Lesser fiery copper, Lycaena thersamon (Esper 1784)
* Sooty copper, Lycaena tityrus (Poda 1761)
* Lycaena subalpina Speyer, 1851
* Scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus 1758)

### Subfamily Polyommatinae

* Peablue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus 1767)
* Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus 1767)
* Small blue, Cupido (Cupido) minimus (Fuessly 1775)
* Osiris blue, Cupido (Cupido) osiris (Meigen 1829)
* Provençal short-tailed blue, Cupido (Everes) alcetas (Hoffmannsegg 1804)
* Short-tailed blue, Cupido (Everes) argiades (Pallas 1771)
* Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
* Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda 1761)
* Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) melanops (Boisduval 1828)
* Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer 1816)
* Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Large blue, Phengaris arion (Linnaeus 1758)
* Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser 1779)
* Mountain Alcon blue, Phengaris rebeli (Hirsche, 1904)
* Baton blue, Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser 1779)
* Chequered blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama schiffermuelleri (Hemming 1929)
* Pseudophilotes barbagiae De Prins & Poorten, 1982
* Chequered blue butterfly, Scolitantides orion (Pallas 1771)
* Brown argus, Aricia agestis, (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Northern brown argus, Aricia allous (Geyer, 1837)
* Southern brown argus, Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
* Silvery argus, Aricia nicias Meigen, 1830
* Geranium argus, Eumedonia eumedon (Esper 1780)
* Arctic blue, Agriades glandon (de Prunner 1798)
* Alpine argus, Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner 1798)
* Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete (Knoch 1781)
* Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus (Linnaeus 1758)
* Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser 1779)
* Idas blue, Plebejus idas (Linnaeus 1761)
* Alpine zephyr blue, Kretania trappi (Verity 1927)
* Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg 1775)
* Damon blue, Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Furry blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus dolus (Hübner 1823)
** Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus virgilia (Oberthur 1910)
* Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae Toso & Balletto 1976
* Ripart's anomalous blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii ripartii (Freyer 1830)
* Meleager's blue, Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Amanda's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) amandus (Schneider 1792)
* Turquoise blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Eros blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) eros eros (Ochsenheimer 1808)
* Escher's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) escheri (Hübner 1823)
* Common blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus (Rottemburg 1775)
* Polyommatus (Polyommatus) celina (Austaut, 1879)
* Chapman's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) thersites (Cantener 1835)
* Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg 1775)
* Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon coridon (Poda 1761)
* Provence chalk hill blue, Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer 1852)

## Nymphalidae – fritillaries and others
### Subfamily Nymphalinae

* European peacock, Aglais io (Linnaeus 1758)
* Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae (Linnaeus 1758)
* Map butterfly, Araschnia levana (Linnaeus 1758)
* White petticoat, Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus 1758)
* Large tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus 1758)
* Comma, Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus 1758)
* Southern comma, Polygonia egea (Cramer 1775)
* Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758)
* Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)
* Cynthia's fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Asian fritillary, Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859)
* Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, 1826)
* 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)
* Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
* False heath fritillary, Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
* Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
* Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
* Meadow fritillary, Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein 1851
* Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Jerusalem fritillary, Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer 1908)
* Lesser spotted fritillary, Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Grisons fritillary, Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur 1851

### Subfamily Heliconiinae

* Silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus 1758)
* Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Niobe fritillary, Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus 1758)
* Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus 1758)
* Balkan fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) graeca (Staudinger 1870)
* Mountain fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) napaea (Hoffmannsegg 1804)
* Shepherd's fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) pales (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Violet fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) dia (Linnaeus 1767)
* Pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
* Small pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) selene (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Thor's fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) thore (Hübner 1803)
* Purple bog fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) titania (Esper 1793)
* Ocellate bog fritillary, Boloria (Proclossiana) eunomia (Esper 1799)
* Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser 1780)
* Twin-spot fritillary, Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino (Rottemburg 1775)
* Queen of Spain, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus 1758)

### Subfamily Charaxinae

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

### Subfamily Danainae

* Plain tiger, Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus 1758)

### Subfamily Apaturinae

* Lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Subfamily Libytheinae

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

### Subfamily Limenitidinae

* (Eurasian) 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

* Woodland grayling, Hipparchia (Hipparchia) fagi (Scopoli 1763)
* Rock grayling, Hipparchia (Hipparchia) hermione hermione (Linnaeus 1764)
* Hipparchia (Hipparchia) neomiris (Godart 1822)
* Tree grayling, Hipparchia (Neohipparchia) statilinus (Hufnagel 1766)
* Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) neapolitana (Stauder 1921)
* Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) sbordonii Kudrna 1984
* Grayling, Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) semele (Linnaeus 1758)
* Striped grayling, Hipparchia (Pseudotergumia) fidia (Linnaeus 1767)
* Oriental meadow brown, Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa 1836)
* Dusky meadow brown, Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg 1775)
* Large wall, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus 1758)
* Wall, Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus 1767)
* Northern wall brown, Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius 1787)
* Woodland brown, Lopinga achine (Scopoli 1763)
* Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus 1758)
* 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)
* Dryad, Minois dryas (Scopoli 1763)
* Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus 1758)
* False grayling, Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
* Great banded grayling, Brintesia circe (Fabricius 1775)
* Alpine grayling, Oeneis (Oeneis) glacialis (Moll 1783)
* Hermit, Chazara briseis (Linnaeus 1764)
* Pearly heath, Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus 1761)
* Corsican heath, Coenonympha corinna (Hübner 1804)
** Coenonympha corinna elbana Staudinger 1901
* Dusky heath, Coenonympha dorus (Esper 1782)
* Alpine heath, Coenonympha gardetta gardetta (de Prunner 1798)
** Coenonympha gardetta darwiniana Staudinger 1871
* Chestnut heath, Coenonympha glycerion Borkhausen 1788)
* False ringlet, Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius 1787)
* Small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus 1758)
* Eastern large heath, Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes 1900
* Large heath, Coenonympha tullia (Muller 1764)
* 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
* Small mountain ringlet, Erebia epiphron (Knoch 1783)
* Eriphyle ringlet, Erebia eriphyle (Freyer 1836)
* Large ringlet, Erebia euryale (Esper 1805)
* Yellow-banded ringlet, Erebia flavofasciata Heyne 1895
* Silky ringlet, Erebia gorge (Hübner 1804)
* 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)
* 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
* 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)
* Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus 1758)
* Southern gatekeeper, Pyronia (Idata) cecilia (Vallantin 1894)
* Gatekeeper, Pyronia (Pyronia) tithonus (Linnaeus 1767)
* Black satyr, Satyrus actaea (Esper 1781)
* Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius 1793)