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Butterflies from Palaearctic,

(including Europa, North Africa and Asia)

first update d. 5 october - 2014

last update d. 8 november - 2024

Western Palaeartic: Atlas Mountains in western North Africa. Europe, Iceland, Svalbard,
the western Russia to the Urals westhern mountain ranges and the Volga River north of the Caspian Sea,
Caucasus and Transkaukasus to mountain in northwest Iran.
Western Palaeartic zone is approximately 777 species of butterflies.

Eastern Palaearctic; includes Urals eastern mountain ranges and the Volga River north of the Caspian Sea as a geographical barriers in central Russia, where the Russian major regions to the east in Siberia;
Novosibirsk, Altai, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, Irkutsk, Yakutia, Amur, Khabarovsk, Usseri, Sakhalin, Magadan, Kamchatka and Chukotka in the east.
And to the south, it is countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia. Himalayan: (Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan & Arunachal Pradesh).
Tibet. Tian Shan, Qinghai, Gansu and Manchuria in the western and northern China, Korea and Japan.

Palaeartic zone is approximately 1500 - 1600 species of butterflies. Where shown on this page 465 species.

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The Latin names follow instructions from the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
which can be read on Lepiforum.de which is among the first to bring corrections on their side after ICZN decisions.

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Butterflies from Palaearctic

Swallowtail - Papilionidae (25)

Little False Apollo	Archon apollinaris (Europe, Turkey)
False Apollo	Archon apollinus (Europe, Turkey)
Scarce Swallowtail	Iphiclides podalirius (DK - S - FIN immigration)
Southern Scarce Swallowtail	Iphiclides feisthamelii (Nw. Africa - SW. Europe)
Southern Swallowtail	Papilio alexanor (Europe)
Lime Swallowtail	Papilio demoleus (Turkey- Oriental)
Corsican Swallowtail	Papilio hospiton (Europe)
Swallowtail or the Old World Swallowtail	Papilio machaon (DK†/im - N - S - FIN)
Desert Swallowtail	Papilio saharae (North Africa)
Asian Swallowtail	Papilio xuthus (Asia)

Apollo	Parnassius apollo (DK im - N - S - FIN)
Arctic Apollo or Scarce Red Apollo	Parnassius actius ( Central Asia)
Banded Apollo	Parnassius delphius (Tian Shan - Pamir - Himalaya)
Common Blue Apollo	Parnassius hardwickii (Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan)
Clouded Apollo	Parnassius mnemosyne (DK† - N - S - FIN)
Dark Apollo	Parnassius nebrodensis (E-F-CH-I)
Caucasian Apollo	Parnassius nordmanni. (Caucasus)
Small Apollo	Parnassius sacerdos. Alps, Ural, Sibirien, Mongolia, Alaska.
Siberian Clouded Apollo	Parnassius stubbendorfii Sibirien, Mongolia, China & Korea
Tian Shan Apollo	Parnassius tiansschanicus (Tian Shan)
Eastern Festoon	Zerynthia cerisy (Europe, Turkey)
Cretan Festoon	Zerynthia cretica (Crete)
Southern Festoon	Zerynthia polyxena (Europe)
Italian Festoon	Zerynthia cassandra
Spanish Festoon	Zerynthia rumina (Europe-Northwestern Africa)

Skippers - Hesperiidae (49)

Olive Haired Swift	Borbo borbonica (Africa)
Mallow Skipper	Carcharodus alceae (Europe)
False Mallow Skipper	Carcharodus tripolinus
Chequered Skipper	Carterocephalus palaemon (N - S - FIN)
Northern Chequered Skipper	Carterocephalus silvicola (DK - N - S - FIN)
Dingy Skipper	Erynnis tages (DK - N - S)
Inky Skipper	Erynnis marloyi (Europe)
Mountainous Duskywing	Erynnis montanus (Asia)
Dingy Skipper	Erynnis tages (DK - N - S)
Dingy Swift	Gegenes nostrodamus
Pigmy Skipper	Gegenes pumilio
African Marbled Skipper	Gomalia elma
Silver Spotted Skipper	Hesperia comma (DK - N - S - FIN)
Mountain Silver Spotted Skipper	Hesperia comma ssp. catena (N - S - FIN)
Large Chequered Skipper	Heteropterus morpheus (DK - S - FIN)
Southern Marbled Skipper	Muschampia (Carcharodus) baeticus (Europe)
Tufted Skipper	Muschampia (Carcharodus) flocciferus
Marbled Skipper	Muschampia (Carcharodus) lavatherae (Europe)
Oriental Marbled Skipper	Muschampia (Carcharodus) orientalis (Europe)
Sage Skipper	Muschampia alta
Spinose Skipper	Muschampia cribrellum
Anatolian Sage Skipper	Muschampia proteides
Sage Skipper	Muschampia proto (SW. Europe % NW. Africa)
Tessellated Skipper	Muschampia tessellum
Large Skipper	Ochlodes sylvanus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Eastern Large Skipper	Ochlodes venata (Amur-Ussuri-China-Korea-Japan)
Millett Skipper	Pelopidas thrax
Large Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus alveus (N - S - FIN)
Alpine Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus andromedae (N - S - FIN)
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus armoricanus (DK - S )
Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus bellieri
Dusky Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus cacaliae (Europe)
Carline Skipper	Pyrgus carlinae
Safflower Skipper	Pyrgus carthami (Europe)
Northern Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus centaureae (N - S - FIN)
Sandy Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus cinarae
Cinqfoil Skipper	Pyrgus cirsii
Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus malvae (DK - N - S - FIN)
Southern Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus malvoides (Europe)
Rosy Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus onopordi (Europe)
Olive Skipper	Pyrgus serratulae (DK immigration)
Yellow-banded Skipper	Pyrgus sidae (Europe)
Warren's Skipper	Pyrgus warrenensis
Orbed Red Underwing Skipper	Spialia orbifer (Europe)
Persian Skipper	Spialia phlomidis
Spanish Red Underwing Skipper	Spialia rosae (Spain)
Red Underwing Skipper	Spialia sertorius (Europe)
Corsican Red Underwing Skipper	Spialia therapne
Lulworth Skipper	Thymelicus acteon (Europe)
Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola (DK - N - S - FIN)
Small Skipper	Thymelicus sylvestris (DK)

Whites - Pieridae (70)

Orange Tip	Anthocharis cardamines (DK - N - S - FIN)
Easthern Orange Tip	Anthocharis damone (Easthern Europe)
Provence Orange Tip	Anthocharis euphenoides (Western Europe)
Grüner's Orange Tip	Anthocharis gruneri
Black Veined White	Aporia crataegi (DK - N - S - FIN)
Himalayan Blackvein	Aporia leucodice (Asia)
Pioneer White	Belenois aurota (Malta, Israel, Africa - Orient)
African Migrant	Catopsilia florella
Berger's Clouded Yellow	Colias alfacariensis (Europe)
Greek Clouded Yellow	Colias aurorina
Balkan Clouded Yellow	Colias caucasica ssp. balcanica
Speckled Clouded Yellow	Colias christophi (Asia)
Lesser Clouded Yellow	Colias chrysotheme
Clouded Yellow	Colias croceus (DK im - N im - S im - FIN im)
Fiery Clouded Yellow	Colias eogene (Asia)
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow	Colias erate
Himalayan Dark Clouded Yellow	Colias fieldii (Asia)
Hecla Sulphur	Colias hecla ( N. Asia, Canada, Greenland)
Northern Clouded Yellow	Colias hecla ssp. sulitelma ( N - S - FIN)
Pale Clouded Yellow	Colias hyale (DK im - S immigration )
Danube Clouded Yellow	Colias myrmidone
Moorland Clouded Yellow	Colias palaeno ( DK im - N - S - FIN)
Mountain Clouded Yellow	Colias phicomone (Europe)
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow	Colias poliographus (Sibirien, Amur, Kina, Japan)
Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow	Colias tyche ( N - S - FIN)
Desert Orange Tip	Colotis evagore (Europa-Africa)
Large Salmon Arab	Colotis fausta (Nordafrika-Arabien-Israel)
Desert Orange Tip	Colotis liagore (africa)
Blue-Spotted Arab	Colotis phisadia (africa-india)
Spanish Greenish Black-tip	Euchloe (Elphinstonia) bazae (Europe-Africa)
Greenish Black-tip	Euchloe (Elphinstonia) charlonia
Eastern Greenish Black-tip	Euchloe (Elphinstonia) penia
Eastern Dappled White	Euchloe ausonia (Europe)
Green-Striped White	Euchloe belemia (Europe-Africa)
Western Dappled White	Euchloe crameri (Europe-northern Africa)
Tenerife Green Striped White	Euchloe eversi
Gran Canaria Green Striped White	Euchloe grancanariensis
Fuerteventura Green Striped White	Euchloe hesperidum
Corsican Dappled White	Euchloe insularis
Mountain Dappled White	Euchloe simplonia
Portuguese Dappled White	Euchloe (Iberochloe) tagis
Canary Island-Brimstone	Gonepteryx cleobule
Cleopatra	Gonepteryx cleopatra (Europe)
Powdered Brimstone	Gonepteryx farinosa (Balkan, MiddleEast, Caucasus to Pamir)
Madeira Brimstone	Gonepteryx madeirensis
La Palma Brimstone	Gonepteryx palmae
Brimstone	Gonepteryx rhamni (DK - N - S - FIN)
Asian Wood White	Leptidea amurensis (Northern Asian)
Eastern Wood White	Leptidea duponcheli (Europe)
Cryptic Wood White	Leptidea juvernica ( DK† - N - S - FIN)
Fenton's Wood White	Leptidea morsei (Eastern Europe)
Réal's Wood White	Leptidea reali (Spain - France - Italy)
Wood White	Leptidea sinapis (DK† - N - S - FIN)
Balkan Green-Veined White	Pieris balcana (Balkan)
Large White	Pieris brassicae (DK - N - S - FIN)
Dark-Veined White	Pieris bryoniae (Alps, Kaukasian, Tian Shan, Altaj)
Canary Islands Large White	Pieris cheiranthi (Canary Island)
Eastern Green-Veined White	Pieris dulcinea (Manchuria, Amur, Sakhalin, Kurils)
Mountain Small White	Pieris ergane (Europe)
Krueper's Small White	Pieris krueperi (Eastern Europe)
Southern Small White	Pieris mannii (Europe-northern Africa)
Asian Green-Veined White	Pieris melete (Asian)
Green-Veined White	Pieris napi (DK - N - S - FIN)
Small White	Pieris rapae (DK - N - S - FIN)
Peak White	Pontia callidice (N immigration)
Small Bath White	Pontia chloridice (FIN immigration)
Western Bath White	Pontia daplidice (Europe)
Eastern Bath White	Pontia edusa (DK im - S )
Desert White	Pontia glauconome (Nordafrika-Israel-Arabien Tyrkiet-Iran)
Sooty Orange Tip	Zegris eupheme (Europe)
Spanish Sooty Orange Tip	Zegris meridionalis (Europe)

Blue - Lycaenidae (114)

Arctic Blue	Agriades aquilo (N - S - FIN)
Balkan Blue	Agriades dardanus
Glandon Blue	Agriades glandon
Cranberry Blue	Agriades optilete (DK - N - S - FIN)
Alpine Argus	Agriades orbitulus (N - S)
Tian shan Blue	Agriades pheretiades
Gavarnie Blue	Agriades pyrenaica
Zullich's Blue	Agriades zullichi
Brown Argus	Aricia agestis (DK - S)
Blue Argus	Aricia anteros (Balkan - Ukraine - Tyrkey - Iran)
Mountain Argus	Aricia artaxerxes (DK - N - S - FIN)
Southern Brown Argus	Aricia cramera (Spanien, Portugal, Nordafrika & Kanariske øer)
Mountain Argus	Aricia montensis
Spanish Argus	Aricia morronensis
Silvery Argus	Aricia nicias (N - S - FIN)
Georgian False Argus	Aricia teberdina (Turkey, Caucasus)
Desert Babul Blue	Azanus ubaldus
Western Pygmy Blue	Brephidium exilis (Neoarctic)
Geranium Bronze	Cacyreus marshalli (DK - S import) (Africa)
Holly Blue	Celastrina argiolus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Grass Juvel	Chilades (Freyeria) trochylus
Lorquin's Blue	Cupido lorquinii (S. Spain, Portugal and Morocco)
Small Blue	Cupido minimus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Osiris Blue	Cupido osiris
Provençal Short-Tailed Blue	Cupido (Everes) alcetas (FIN immigration)
Short-Tailed Blue	Cupido (Everes) argiades (S - FIN immigration)
Eastern Short-Tailed Blue	Cupido (Everes) decolerata
Mazarine Blue	Cyaniris semiargus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Greek Mazarine Blue	Cyaniris semiargus ssp. helena (Greece)
Canary Blue	Cyclyrius webbianus (Canarian Isl)
Geranium Argus	Eumedonia eumedon (N - S - FIN)
Green-underside Blue	Glaucopsyche alexis (DK im - N - S - FIN)
Black Eyed Blue	Glaucopsyche melanops (S. France, Spain and NW. Africa)
Paphos Blue	Glaucopsyche paphos (Cypern)
Iolas Blue	Iolana iolas
Spanish Zephyr Blue	Kretania hespericus
Cretan Argus	Kretania psylorita (Crete)
Zephyr Blue	Kretania sephirus (Balkan-Turkey-Armenia)
Long-Tailed Blue	Lampides boeticus (DK - S import)
Lang's Short-Tailed Blue	Leptotes pirithous (Europe)
Small Desert Blue	Luthrodes galba Cypern, (Minor Asia to Caucasus and Afganisthan)
Alcon Blue	Phengaris alcon (DK - S)
Large Blue	Phengaris arion (DK - N - S - FIN)
Dusky Large Blue	Phengaris nausithous
Scarce Large Blue	Phengaris teleius
Mountain Alcon Blue	Phengaris rebeli
Silver Studded Blue	Plebejus argus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Reverdin's Blue	Plebejus argyrognomon (N - S)
Idas Blue	Plebejus idas (DK - N - S - FIN)
Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) admetus (Europe)
Grecian Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) aroaniensis (Greece)
Damon Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon (Europe)
Furry Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus (Spain - France - Italy)
Oberthur's Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fabressei (Spain)
Forster's Furry Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens (Spain)
Piedmont Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae (N. Italy)
Chelmos Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia (S. Greece - Turkey)
Ripart's Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii (Spain to Turkey)
Andalusian Anomalous Blue	Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae (Spain)
Spanish Chalk-Hill Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) albicans (Morocco - Spain)
Adonis Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus (Europe)
Azure Chalk-Hill Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) caelestissima (Spain)
Chalk-Hill Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon (Europe)
False Chalk-Hill Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) corydonius (Turkey, Caucasus, Iran)
Provence Chalk-Hill Blue	Polyommatus (Lysandra) hispana (Europe)
Meleager's Blue	Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis (Europe)
Amanda's Blue	Polyommatus amandus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Southern Blue	Polyommatus celina (Spain, Portugal, Northafrica & Canaria)
Turquoise Blue	Polyommatus dorylas (S)
False Eros Blue	Polyommatus eroides (Europe)
Eros Blue	Polyommatus eros (Europe)
Escher's Blue	Polyommatus escheri (Europe)
Sierra Nevada Blue	Polyommatus golgus
Common Blue	Polyommatus icarus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Mother-of-Pearl Blue	Polyommatus nivescens (Spain-France)
Chapman's Blue	Polyommatus thersites (Europe)
False Baton Blue	Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Europe)
Baton Blue	Pseudophilotes baton (Europe)
Panoptes Blue	Pseudophilotes panoptes (Europe)
Eastern Baton Blue	Pseudophilotes vicrama (FIN)
Bavius Blue	Pseudophilotes bavius
Chequered Blue	Scolitantides orion (N - S - FIN)
Little Tiger Blue	Tarucus balkanicus (Europe)
Mediterranean Tiger Blue	Tarucus rosacea
Common Tiger Blue	Tarucus theophrastus
Manchurian Black Cupid	Tongeia filicaudis (Manchuria, China)
Dark Grass Blue	Zizeeria karsandra (N. Africa, Cypern, Sicilia, Malta and Asia)
African Grass Blue	Zizeeria knysna (Canaria, Africa, S. Spain and Portugal)

Purple Shot Copper	Lycaena alciphron (DK immigration)
Iberian Sooty Copper	Lycaena blausei (C. Spain)
Balkan Copper	Lycaena candens (Balkan-Turkey-Caucasus)
Large Copper	Lycaena dispar (DK† - FIN)
Violet Copper	Lycaena helle (N - S - FIN)
Purple Edged Copper	Lyacena hippothoe (DK - N - S - FIN)
Grecian Copper	Lycaena ottomana (Europe)
Small Copper	Lycaena phlaeas (DK - N - S - FIN)
Solskyi Copper	Lycaena solskyi (Kyrgyzstan to Pamir and Usbekistan)
Lesser Fiery Copper	Lycaena thersamon (Europe)
Sooty Copper	Lycaena tityrus (DK)
Scarce Copper	Lyacena virgaureae (DK - N - S - FIN)

Spring Copper	Tomares ballus (Europe)
Caucasian Spring Copper	Tomares callimachus (Europe)
Nogel's Spring Copper	Tomares nogelii (Europe)

Dark Himalayan Oakblue	Arhopala rama (India, Indochina, China and Japan)
Chapman's Green Hairstreak	Callophrys avis (NW. Africa - Portugal-Spain-S. France)
Green Hairstreak	Callophrys rubi (DK - N - S - FIN)
Purple Hairstreak	Favonius quercus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Spanish Purple Hairstreak	Laeosopis roboris (Portugal-Spain-S. France)
Sloe Hairstreak	Satyrium acaciae (Europe)
False Ilex Hairstreak	Satyrium esculi (Europe)
Ilex Hairstreak	Satyrium ilicis (DK† - S)
Orange-banded Hairstreak	Satyrium ledereri (Samos, Greece)
Black Hairstreak	Satyrium pruni (DK† - S - FIN)
Blue-Spot Hairstreak	Satyrium spini (Europe)
White Letter Hairstreak	Satyrium w-album (DK - N - S - FIN)
Brown Hairstreak	Thecla betulae (DK - N - S - FIN)

Metalmarks - Riodinidae (2)

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary	Hamearis lucina (DK† - S)
Tian-Shan Metalsmark	Polycaena tamerlana (Tian Shan - Pamir )

Brush-footed butterflies - Nymphalidae (204)

Indian Fritillary	Argynnis hyperbius (E. Africa, tropcal Asia to Japan and Australia)
Pallas's Fritillary	Argynnis laodice (DK im - S im - FIN im)
Cardinal	Argynnis pandora (Europe)
Silver Washed Fritillary	Argynnis paphia (DK - N - S - FIN)
High Brown Fritillary	Fabriciana adippe (DK - N - S - FIN)
Corsican Fritillary	Fabriciana elisa (Corsica & Sardinia)
Chinese Fritillary	Fabriciana nerippe (Kashmir to China and Japan)
Niobe Fritillary	Fabriciana niobe (DK - N - S - FIN)
Dark Green Fritillary	Speyeria aglaja (DK - N - S - FIN)

Queen of Spain Fritillary	Issoria lathonia (DK - N - S - FIN)

Lesser Marbled Fritillary	Brenthis ino (DK - N - S - FIN)
Marbled Fritillary	Brenthis daphne (Europe)
Twin-Spot Fritillary	Brenthis hecate (Europe)

Cranberry Fritillary	Boloria aquilonaris (DK - N - S - FIN)
Caucasian Fritillary	Boloria caucasica (NE. Turkey and the Caucasus.)
Balkan Fritillary	Boloria graeca (Europe)
Mountain Fritillary	Boloria napaea (N - S - FIN)
Shepherd's Fritillary	Boloria pales (Europe-Asia)

Arctic Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) chariclea (N - S - FIN)
Weaver's Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) dia (DK†)
Tian Shan Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) erubescens (Asia)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne (DK - N - S - FIN)
Freija's Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) freija (N - S - FIN)
Frigga's Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) frigga (N - S - FIN)
Dusky-winged Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) improba (N - S - FIN)
Polar Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) polaris (N - S - FIN)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) selene (DK - N - S - FIN)
Titania's Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) titania (FIN)
Thore's Fritillary	Boloria (Clossiana) thore (N - S - FIN)
Bog Fritillary	Boloria (Proclossiana) eunomia (N - S - FIN)

Indian Tortoiseshell	Aglais cashmirensis (Himalaya)
Corsican Small Tortoiseshell	Aglais ichnusa (Europe)
Peacock	Aglais io (DK - N - S - FIN)
Mountain Tortoiseshell	Aglais rizana (Tibet)
Small Tortoiseshell	Aglais urticae (DK - N - S - FIN)
Large Map	Araschnia burejana (Asia - Japan)
European Map	Araschnia levana (Europe)
Mimic	Hypolimnas misippus (Canaria, Africa, Asian)
Yellow Pansy	Junonia hierta (Israel-Arabia - Oriental)
Blue Pansy	Junonia orithya (Turkye- Israel-Arabia - Oriental)
Blue Admiral	Kaniska canace (Asian)
Camberwell Beauty	Nymphalis antiopa (DK - N - S - FIN)
Large Tortoiseshell	Nymphalis polychloros (DK†/ im - S - FIN)
Scarce Tortoiseshell	Nymphalis xanthomelas (DK im - S - FIN im)
False Comma	Nymphalis vaualbum (DK im - S im - FIN im)
Comma	Polygonia c-album (DK - N - S - FIN)
Eastern Comma	Polygonia interposita (Asian)
Asian Comma	Polygonia c-aureum (Asian)
Southern Comma	Polygonia egea (Europe)
Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta (DK im - N im - S im - FIN im)
Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui (DK im - N im - S im - FIN im)
Indian Red Admiral	Vanessa indica (Asia)
American Painted Lady	Vanessa virginiensis (Nearctic - Europe)
Canary Red Admiral	Vanessa vulcanica (Africa)

Marsh Fritillary	Euphydryas aurinia (DK - S - FIN)
Spanish Fritillary	Euphydryas desfontainii (NW Africa & Iberian Pen.)
Cynthia's Fritillary	Euphydryas cynthia (Alps & Bulgaria)
Lappland Fritillary	Euphydryas iduna (N - S - FIN)
Asian Fritillary	Euphydryas intermedia (Alps & Asian)
Scarce Fritillary	Euphydryas maturna (DK† - S - FIN)
Aetherie Fritillary	Melitaea aetherie
Freyer's Fritillary	Melitaea arduinna (Europe)
Little Fritillary	Melitaea asteria (Eastern Alps)
Heath Fritillary	Melitaea athalia (DK - N - S - FIN)
Nickel's Fritillary	Melitaea aurelia (Europe)
Assmann's Fritillary	Melitaea britomartis (S)
Southwestern Heath Fritillary	Melitaea celadussa (Portugal- Spain-S. France- Italy- CH)
Glanville Fritillary	Melitaea cinxia (DK - N - S - FIN)
Provençal Fritilary	Melitaea deione (Northwest Africa & southwest Europe)
False-Heath Fritilary	Melitaea diamina (DK†/ int - N - S - FIN)
Spotted Fritillary	Melitaea didyma (Europe)
Caucasian Spotted Fritillary	Melitaea interrupta (NE Turkey - Caucasus - Iran - Turmenistan)
Estern Knapweed Fritillary	Melitaea ornata (E. Europe)
Meadow Fritillary	Melitaea parthenoides
Knapweed Fritillary	Melitaea phoebe (Europe)
Lesser Spotted Fritillary	Melitaea trivia
Grisons Fritillary	Melitaea varia (Europe)

Poplar Admiral	Limenitis populi (DK† - N - S - FIN)
White Admiral	Limenitis camilla (DK - S - FIN)
Southern White Admiral	Limenitis reducta (Europe)
Hungarian Glider	Neptis rivularis (Europe)
Common Glider	Neptis sappho (Europe)

Lesser Purple Emperor	Apatura ilia (DK - S - FIN)
Purple Emperor	Apatura iris (DK - S - FIN)
Freyer's Purple Emperor	Apatura metis (Europe)

Two-Tailed Pasha	Charaxes jasius (Europe)

Ringlet	Aphantopus hyperantus (DK - N - S - FIN)
False Grayling	Arethusana arethusa
Great Banded Grayling	Brintesia circe (Europe)
Hermit	Chazara briseis (S immigration)
Southern Hermit	Chazara prieuri (Northwest Africa & southwest Europe)

Asian Heath	Coenonympha amaryllis (Asia)
Pearly Heath	Coenonympha arcania (DK† - N - S )
Corsican Heath	Coenonympha corinna (Europe)
Dusky Heath	Coenonympha dorus (Europe)
Elban Heath	Coenonympha elbana (Europe)
Alpine Heath	Coenonympha gardetta (Europe)
Darwin's Heath	Coenonympha gardetta ssp. darwiniana (Europe)
Chestnut Heath	Coenonympha glycerion (FIN)
Spanish Heath	Coenonympha glycerion ssp. iphiodes (Spanien)
Scarce Heath	Coenonympha hero (DK† - N - S )
False Ringlet	Coenonympha oedippus (Europe)
Small Heath	Coenonympha pamphilus (DK - N - S - FIN)
Sunbecca Heath	Coenonympha sunbecca (Asia)
Cretan Small Heath	Coenonympha thyrsis
Large Heath	Coenonympha tullia (DK - N - S - FIN)

Scarce Mountain Argus	Callerebia kalinda

False Mnestra Ringlet	Erebia aethiopellus (Hautes-Alpes og Piemonte)
Scotch Argus	Erebia aethiops (Scotland-Eng. - Europe)
Almond-eyed Ringlet	Erebia alberganus
Western Brassy Ringlet	Erebia arvernensis
Lorkovic's Brassy Ringlet	Erebia calcarius (Italian E. Alps) and NW. Slovenian)
Common Brassy Ringlet	Erebia cassioides (Europe)
White Spotted Ringlet	Erebia claudina (Austrian Alps)
Daban Ringlet	Erebia dabanensis (Asia)
Arctic Ringlet	Erebia disa (N - S - FIN)
Lapland Ringlet	Erebia embla (N - S - FIN)
Small Mountain Ringlet	Erebia epiphron (Espania - France. - Europe)
Spring Ringlet	Erebia epistygne (FIN immigration)
Large Ringlet	Erebia euryale (FIN immigration)
Silky Ringlet	Erebia gorge (Europe)
Gavarnie Ringlet	Erebia gorgone
Caucasian Ringlet	Erebia graucasica
Iranian Ringlet	Erebia iranica
Arran Brown	Erebia ligea (N - S - FIN)
Yellow-Spotted Ringlet	Erebia manto (Europe)
Woodland Ringlet	Erebia medusa
Lesser Mountain Ringlet	Erebia melampus (Europe)
Sad Ringlet	Erebia melancholica (Caucasus)
Black Ringlet	Erebia melas (Balkan)
Piedmont Ringlet	Erebia meolans (Europe)
Mnestra's Ringlet	Erebia mnestra (Europe)
Marbled Ringlet	Erebia montanus (Europe)
Balkan Brassy Ringlet	Erebia neleus
Autumn Ringlet	Erebia neoridas
De Lesse's Brassy Ringlet	Erebia nivalis
Bright-eyed Ringlet	Erebia oeme
Ottoman Brassy Ringlet	Erebia ottomana
Dewy Ringlet	Erebia pandrose (N - S - FIN)
Blind Ringlet	Erebia pharte
Sooty Ringlet	Erebia pluto
Arctic Woodland Ringlet	Erebia polaris (N - FIN)
Water Ringlet	Erebia pronoe (Europe)
Pyrenees Brassy Ringlet	Erebia rondoui
Larche Ringlet	Erebia scipio
Stygian Ringlet	Erebia styx
Sudeten Ringlet	Erebia sudetica
De Prunner's Ringlet	Erebia triarius
Swiss Brassy Ringlet	Erebia tyndarus
Zapater's Ringlet	Erebia zapateri (Europe)
Steppe Ringlet	Protoerebia afra (Europe-Asia)

Rock Grayling	Hipparchia alcyone (N)
Sicilian Grayling	Hipparchia blachieri
Cretan Grayling	Hipparchia cretica
Woodland Grayling	Hipparchia fagi (Europe)
Freyer's Grayling	Hipparchia fatua (Balkan-Turkey-Caucasus)
Striped Grayling	Hipparchia fidia (Europe)
Lesser Rock Grayling	Hipparchia genava (Europe)
Samos Grayling	Hipparchia mersina (Europe)
Le Cerf's Grayling	Hipparchia miguelensis (São Miguel, Azores)
Grayling	Hipparchia semele (DK - N - S - FIN)
Balkan Grayling	Hipparchia senthes (Europe)
Tree Grayling	Hipparchia statilinus (Europe)
Gran Canaria Grayling	Hipparchia tamadabae (Gran Canaria)

Oriental Meadow Brown	Hyponephele lupinus (Southern Europe)
Dusky Meadow Brown	Hyponephele lycaon (FIN)

Lesser Lattice Brown	Kirinia climene (Europe)
Lattice Brown	Kirinia roxelana (Europe)
Large Wall Brown	Lasiommata maera (DK im - N - S - FIN)
Wall Brown	Lasiommata megera (DK - N - S)
Corsican Wall Brown	Lasiommata paramegera (Europe)
Northern Wall Brown	Lasiommata petropolitana (DK im - N - S - FIN)
Woodland Brown	Lopinga achine (E, Europe to Asia)
Eastern Woodland Brown	Lopinga deidamia (Ural, Russia to China and Japan)

Meadow Brown	Maniola jurtina (DK - N - S - FIN)
Large Meadow Brown	Maniola megala (Greece - Turkey)
Turkish Meadow Brown	Maniola telmessia (Greece - Turkey - Iran)

Italian Marbled White	Melanargia arge (Italy, Europe)
Marbled White	Melanargia galathea (DK - S immigration)
Esper's Marbled White	Melanargia russiae
Spanish Marbled White	Melanargia ines (Europe)
Iberian Marbled White	Melanargia lachesis (Europe)
Balkan Marbled White	Melanargia larissa (Europe)
Western Marbled White	Melanargia occitanica (Europe)
Sicilian Marbled White	Melanargia pherusa (Sicily, Europe)
Mountain Marbled White	Melanargia titea standfussi (Asia-europe)

Dryad	Minos dryas (Europe)

African Ringlet	Ypthima asterope (Greek isl., Cypern, Litle Asia, Africa and Asia.)

Norse Grayling	Oeneis norna (N - S - FIN)
Arctic Grayling	Oeneis bore (N - S - FIN)
Baltic Grayling	Oeneis jutta (N - S - FIN)

Speckled Wood	Pararge aegeria (DK - N - S - FIN)
Madeiran Speckled Wood	Pararge xiphia (Madeira)
Canary Speckled Wood	Pararge xiphioides (Canary Island)

Kurus Grayling	Pseudochazara alpina (Caucasus)
Eastern Banded Grayling	Pseudochazara amalthea (Albanien - Grækenland)
Brown's Grayling	Pseudochazara amymone (Albanien)
Daghestan Grayling	Pseudochazara daghestana (Caucasus)
Klug's Tawny Rockbrown	Pseudochazara pelopea (Europe)
Macedonian Grayling	Pseudochazara tisiphone (Albanien - Grækenland)

Spanish Gatekeeper	Pyronia bathseba (Europe)
Sounthern Gatekeeper	Pyronia cecillia (Europe)
Gatekeeper	Pyronia tithonus (DK immigration)

Black Satyr	Satyrus actaea (Europe)
Great Sooty Satyr	Satyrus ferula (Europe)

Plain Tiger, African Monarch or African Queen	Danaus chrysippus (Europe-Africa-Oriental)
Monarch	Danaus plexippus (DK im - S im) (Neoarctic)

European Beak or Nettle-Tree Butterfly	Libythea celtis (Europe)

Same list on danish: Dagsommerfugle fra Palæarktisk

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