List of butterflies of Estonia

This is a list of butterfly species recorded in Estonia (excluded are the species not encountered during the past 100 years).

Hesperiidae – skippers[]

• Dingy skipper - Erynnis tages
• Grizzled skipper - Pyrgus malvae
• Olive skipper - Pyrgus serratulae
• Large grizzled skipper - Pyrgus alveus
• Large chequered skipper - Heteropterus morpheus
• Northern chequered skipper - Carterocephalus silvicola
• Chequered skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon
• Essex skipper - Thymelicus lineola
• Small skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
• Large skipper - Ochlodes sylvanus
• Silver-spotted skipper - Hesperia comma

Papilionidae – swallowtails[]

• Old World swallowtail - Papilio machaon
• Scarce swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius
• Clouded Apollo - Parnassius mnemosyne

Pieridae – whites[]

• Black-veined white - Aporia crataegi
• Large white - Pieris brassicae
• Small white - Pieris rapae
• Green-veined white - Pieris napi
• Bath white - Pontia daplidice
• Wood white - Leptidea sinapis
• Orange tip - Anthocharis cardamines
• Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni
• Moorland clouded yellow - Colias palaeno
• Pale clouded yellow - Colias hyale
• Clouded yellow - Colias crocea

Nymphalidae[]

• White admiral - Limenitis camilla
• Poplar admiral - Limenitis populi
• Purple emperor - Apatura iris
• Lesser purple emperor - Apatura ilia
• European peacock - Aglais io
• Small tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
• Red admiral - Vanessa atalanta
• Painted lady - Vanessa cardui
• Scarce tortoiseshell - Nymphalis xanthomelas
• Large tortoiseshell - Nymphalis polychloros
• Camberwell beauty - Nymphalis antiopa
• False comma - Nymphalis vaualbum
• Comma - Polygonia c-album
• Map - Araschnia levana
• Scarce fritillary - Euphydryas maturna
• Marsh fritillary - Euphydryas aurinia
• False heath fritillary - Melitaea diamina
• Heath fritillary - Melitaea athalia
• Nickerl's fritillary - Melitaea aurelia
• Knapweed fritillary - Melitaea phoebe
• Glanville fritillary - Melitaea cinxia
• Spotted fritillary - Melitaea didyma
• Dark green fritillary - Speyeria aglaja
• Niobe fritillary - Fabriciana niobe
• High brown fritillary - Fabriciana adippe
• Silver-washed fritillary - Argynnis paphia
• Cardinal - Argynnis pandora
• Pallas's fritillary - Argynnis laodice
• Lesser marbled fritillary - Brenthis ino
• Queen of Spain fritillary - Issoria lathonia
• Small pearl-bordered fritillary - Boloria selene
• Pearl-bordered fritillary - Boloria euphrosyne
• Frigga fritillary - Boloria frigga
• Weaver's fritillary - Boloria dia
• Titania's fritillary - Boloria titania
• Freija fritillary - Boloria freija
• Cranberry fritillary - Boloria aquilonaris
• Bog fritillary - Boloria eunomia
• Arran brown - Erebia ligea
• Lapland ringlet - Erebia embla
• Marbled white - Melanargia galathea
• Baltic grayling - Oeneis jutta
• Grayling - Hipparchia semele
• Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperanthus
• Speckled wood - Pararge aegeria
• Northern wall brown - Lasiommata petropolitana
• Large wall - Lasiommata maera
• Woodland brown - Lopinga achine
• Meadow brown - Maniola jurtina
• Dusky meadow brown - Hyponephele lycaon
• Scarce heath - Coenonympha hero
• Coenonympha amyntas
• Pearly heath - Coenonympha arcania
• Small heath - Coenonympha pamphilius
• Large heath - Coenonympha tullia

Riodinidae - metalmarks[]

• Duke of Burgundy - Hamearis lucina

Lycaenidae[]

• Purple hairstreak - Thecla quercus
• Brown hairstreak - Thecla betulae
• Ilex hairstreak - Satyrium ilicis
• White-letter hairstreak - Satyrium w-album
• Black hairstreak - Satyrium pruni
• Green hairstreak - Callophrys rubi
• Scarce copper - Lycaena virgaureae
• Sooty copper - Lycaena tityrus
• Purple-shot copper - Lycaena alciphron
• Small copper - Lycaena phlaeas
• Large copper - Lycaena dispar
• Purple-edged copper - Lycaena hippothoe
• Short-tailed blue - Cupido argiades
• Small blue - Cupido minimus
• Holly blue - Celastrina argiolus
• Eastern baton blue - Pseudophilotes vicrama
• Chequered blue - Scolitantides orion
• Green-underside blue - Glaucopsyche alexis
• Large blue - Phengaris arion
• Idas blue - Plebejus idas
• Silver-studded blue - Plebejus argus
• Mountain argus - Aricia artaxerxes
• Geranium argus - Eumedonia eumedon
• Cranberry blue - Agriades optilete
• Mazarine blue - Cyaniris semiargus
• Common blue - Polyommatus icarus
• Amanda's blue - Polyommatus amandus
• Damon blue - Polyommatus damon
• Adonis blue - Lysandra bellargus
• Chalkhill blue - Lysandra coridon

See also[]

• List of moths of Estonia
• List of the butterflies of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast

External links[]

• Estonian diurnal butterflies in the collections of the Museum of Zoology at Tartu University

References[]

• J.Viidalepp et al. Eesti liblikad, Tallinn, 2000