List of butterflies of Oman

This is a list of butterflies of Oman. About 53 species are known from Oman.^[1]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

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

Pieridae

Pierinae

• Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
• Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
• Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
• Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
• Euchloe charlonia amseli Gross & Ebert, 1975

Pierini

• Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860

Lycaenidae

Aphnaeinae

• Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
• Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
• Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
• Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935

Theclinae

• Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
• Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
• Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
• Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

Polyommatini

• Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
• Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
• Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
• Pseudophilotes vicrama clara (Christoph, 1887)
• Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
• Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
• Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)

Nymphalidae

Danainae

Danaini

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Satyrinae

Melanitini

• Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

• Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
• Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1883
• Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)

Charaxinae

Charaxini

• Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
• Charaxes hansali arabica Riley, 1931

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

• Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
• Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941

Biblidinae

Biblidini

• Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

Heliconiinae

Acraeini

• Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

Hesperiidae

Coeliadinae

• Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)

Pyrginae

Celaenorrhinini

• Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Carcharodini

• Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
• Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
• Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
• Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
• Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Hesperiinae

Baorini

• Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)

References

This page was last edited on 14 March 2022, at 19:00