List of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates

Location of the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates. About 12 species are known from the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

• Papilio machaon muetingi Seyer, 1976
• Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pieridae

Pierinae

Pierini

• Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

Polyommatini

• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
• Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
• Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
• Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)

Nymphalidae

Satyrinae

Satyrini

• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
• Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

References