List of butterflies of Jordan

This is a list of butterflies of Jordan. About 81 species are known from Jordan.^[1]

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)

References

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