List of butterflies of Mauritania
This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
[edit]Papilioninae
[edit]Papilionini
[edit]- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Pieridae
[edit]Pierinae
[edit]- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
Pierini
[edit]- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Lycaenidae
[edit]Theclinae
[edit]Theclini
[edit]- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Polyommatinae
[edit]Lycaenesthini
[edit]- Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Polyommatini
[edit]- Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
Nymphalidae
[edit]Danainae
[edit]Danaini
[edit]- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Limenitinae
[edit]Adoliadini
[edit]- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Hesperiidae
[edit]Coeliadinae
[edit]- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
[edit]Celaenorrhinini
[edit]- Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
Carcharodini
[edit]- Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae
[edit]Baorini
[edit]- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)