List of butterflies of Morocco

This is a simple list of the butterflies of Morocco. It does not include the rank changes or subspecies recognized by Tennent (1996) or Delacre and Tarrier (2008).

The list includes the Spanish controlled areas of Ceuta, Melilla and Plazas de soberanía, as well as the territory of the disputed state Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Hesperiidae Large grizzled skipper, Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) Oberthür's grizzled skipper, Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910) Rosy grizzled skipper, Pyrgus onopordi Rambur, 1839 Red-underwing skipper, Spialia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804 Desert grizzled skipper, Spialia doris (Walker, 1870) Sage skipper, Muschampia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808 Barbary skipper, Syrichtus mohammed Oberthür, 1887 Syrichtus leuzae Oberthür, 1881 False mallow skipper, Carcharodus tripolina Verity, 1925 Marbled skipper, Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783 Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847). Stauder's skipper, Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913 Tufted skipper, Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775) Moroccan small skipper, Thymelicus hamza Oberthür 1876 Essex skipper, Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761) Silver-spotted skipper, Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean skipper, Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1794 Pigmy skipper, Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 Zeller's skipper, Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833

Papilionidae

Papilioninae Spanish festoon, Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758) Scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832) Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 Sahara swallowtail, Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879

Pieridae

Pierinae Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus 1758) Large white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) Small white, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern small white, Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851) Green-veined white, Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) Bath white, Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1908) Desert white, Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, [1803-1804]) Portuguese dappled white, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, [1803-1804]) Green-striped white, Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) Scarce green striped white, Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867) Greenish black-tip, Euchloe charlonia (Donzel, 1842) Sooty orange tip, Zegris eupheme Esper, 1805 Morocco orange tip, Anthocharis belia (Linnaeus, 1767) Colotis evagore Klug, 1829 Golden Arab, Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)

Coliadinae African migrant, Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Dark clouded yellow, Colias croceus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) Berger's clouded yellow, Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905 Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) Cleopatra, Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dismorphiinae Wood white, Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lycaenidae

Theclinae Donzel's silver-line, Cigaritis zohra Donzel, 1847 Allard's silver lines, Cigaritis allardi Oberthür 1909 Purple hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus 1758) False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804) Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) Chapman's green hairstreak, Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909 Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787) Moroccan hairstreak, Tomares mauretanicus (Lucas, 1849)

Lycaeninae Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775) Lycaena phoebus (Blachier, 1905)

Polyommatinae Long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Common zebra blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) Geranium bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 Pointed Pierrot, Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793) Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885) African babul blue, Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Bright babul blue, Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) African grass blue, Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828). Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816) False baton blue, Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837) Panoptes blue, Pseudophilotes panoptes (Hübner, ) Bavius blue, Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832) Brown argus, Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1775) Vogel's blue, Maurus vogelii (Oberthür, 1920) Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874) Martin's blue, Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775). Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) Escher's blue, Polyommatus escheri Hübner, 1823 Amanda's blue, Polyommatus amanda Schneider, 1792 Chapman's blue, Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835) Atlas blue, Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905) Spanish chalk-hill blue, Lysandra albicans (Gerhard, 1851) Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) Spotted Adonis blue, Lysandra punctifera (Oberthür, 1876) Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)

Nymphalidae

Danainae Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Charaxinae Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nymphalinae Blackleg tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) Comma, Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, 1826) Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Desert fritillary, Melitaea deserticola (Oberthür, 1876) Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832) Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) Spanish fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)

Heliconiinae Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) Moroccan high brown fritillary, Fabriciana auresiana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Violet fritillary, Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)

Satyrinae Western marbled white, Melanargia occitanica Esper, 1793 Spanish marbled white, Melanargia ines (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) Tree grayling, Hipparchia statilinus Hufnagel, 1766 Austaut's grayling, Hipparchia hansii (Austaut, 1879) Powell's grayling, Hipparchia powelli (Oberthür, 1910) Striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia Linnaeus, 1767 Hermit, Chazara briseis Linnaeus, 1764 Southern hermit, Chazara prieuri (Pierret, 1837) Moroccan grayling, Pseudochazara atlantis (Austaut, 1905) Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793) Giant grayling, Berberia abdelkader (Pierret, 1837) dark giant grayling, Berberia lambessanus (Staudinger, 1901) Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) Moroccan meadow brown, Hyponephele maroccana (Blachier, 1908) Oriental meadow brown, Hyponephele lupinus (Costa, 1836) Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern gatekeeper, Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) Spanish gatekeeper, Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793) Coenonympha lyllus (Esper, 1806) Dusky heath, Coenonympha dorus Esper, 1782 Moroccan dusky heath, Coenonympha fettigii Oberthür, 1874 Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier 1905 Moroccan pearly heath, Coenonympha arcanioides (Pierret, 1837) Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) Wall brown, Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767) Large wall brown, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)

List of butterflies of Morocco

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