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)