# List of butterflies of Yemen

This is a list of butterflies of Yemen. About 117 species are known from Yemen.

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

* Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
* Papilio demodocus demodocus Esper, [1798]
* Papilio demodocus bennetti Dixey, 1898

## Pieridae
### Coliadinae

* Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
* Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
* Colotis evagore evagore (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis evagore niveus (Butler, 1881)
* Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)
* Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
* Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
* Nepheronia buquetii buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)

#### Pierini

* Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
* Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881)
* Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885

## Lycaenidae
### Aphnaeinae

* Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
* Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
* Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
* Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
* Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
* Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
* Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
* Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
* Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Deudorix dinochares Grose-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
* Anthene contrastata (Ungemach, 1932)

#### Polyommatini

* Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
* Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982
* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
* Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899)
* Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999
* Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
* Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
* Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
* Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
* Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
* Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
* Lepidochrysops arabicus Gabriel, 1954
* Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
* Lepidochrysops haveni Larsen, 1983

## Nymphalidae
### Danainae
#### Danaini

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

### Satyrinae
#### Melanitini

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Satyrini

* Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
* Bicyclus anynana socotrana (Butler, 1881)
* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)

### Charaxinae
#### Charaxini

* Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
* Charaxes varanes torbeni Turlin, 1999
* Charaxes balfouri Butler, 1881
* Charaxes velox Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
* Charaxes hansali yemeni Turlin, 1998
* Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982

### Nymphalinae
#### Nymphalini

* Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
* Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
* Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya here Lang, 1884
* Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Trimen, 1881)
* Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
* Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941

### Biblidinae
#### Biblidini

* Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
* Byblia anvatara boydi Dixey, 1898
* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
* Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954

### Limenitinae
#### Neptidini

* Neptis serena annah Larsen, 1982

#### Adoliadini

* 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
* Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

#### Vagrantini

* Phalanta phalantha granti (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

## Hesperiidae
### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)

### Pyrginae
#### Celaenorrhinini

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

#### Tagiadini

* Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857

#### Carcharodini

* Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
* Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
* Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
* Carcharodus alceae wissmanni Warnecke, 1934
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae
#### Baorini

* Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
* Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
* Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
* Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Gegenes pumilio pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
* Gegenes pumilio monochroa (Rebel, 1907)