List of butterflies of Metropolitan France

This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica).

Hesperiidae[]

• Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
• Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
• Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
• Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
• Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
• Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
• Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
• Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
• Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
• Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
• Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853)
• Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur, 1910)
• Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
• Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839)
• Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839)
• Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)
• Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839)
• Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
• Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839)
• Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839)
• Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784)
• Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928)
• Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
• Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
• Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
• Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

Lycaenidae[]

• Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
• Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
• Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
• Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
• Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
• Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
• Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
• Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
• Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
• Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
• Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
• Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
• Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
• Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
• Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
• Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
• Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
• Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
• Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
• Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
• Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
• Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
• Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phengaris nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
• Phengaris rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)
• Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779)
• Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, 1779)
• (Oberthur, 1910)
• Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
• Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
• Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
• Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
• Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
• Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
• Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
• Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
• Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
• Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
• Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
• Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
• Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)

Nymphalidae[]

• Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
• Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
• Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
• Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
• Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
• Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
• Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
• Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
• Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
• Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
• Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
• Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
• Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
• Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
• Erebia alberganus (de Prunner, 1798)
• Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
• Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
• Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1819)
• Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
• Erebia gorge (Hübner, 1804)
• Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1833
• Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, 1828)
• Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775)
• Erebia meolans (Prunner, 1798)
• Erebia mnestra (Hübner, 1804)
• Erebia montanus (de Prunner, 1798)
• Erebia neoridas (Boisduval, 1828)
• Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
• Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
• Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen, 1788)
• Erebia pharte (Hübner, 1804)
• Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
• Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)
• Erebia rondoui Oberthur, 1908
• Erebia scipio Boisduval, 1832
• Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
• Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861
• Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
• Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
• Euphydryas intermedia (Menetries, 1859)
• Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
• Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763)
• Hipparchia genava (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
• Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
• Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
• Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa, 1836)
• Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
• Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
• Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)
• Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
• Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
• Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
• Melanargia occitanica (Esper, 1793)
• Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
• Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
• Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
• Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
• Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
• Sagarra, 1926
• Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
• Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
• Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
• Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)
• Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
• Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
• Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
• Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
• Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
• Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Papilionidae[]

• Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
• Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
• Papilio hospiton Guenee, 1839
• Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
• Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieridae[]

• Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
• Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
• Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
• Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)
• Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
• (Staudinger, 1861)
• Euchloe simplonia (Freyer, 1829)
• Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
• Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
• Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946
• Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990
• Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
• Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
• Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
• Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1800)
• Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)

Riodinidae[]

• Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)

See also[]

• List of moths of Metropolitan France (A–C)
• List of moths of Metropolitan France (D–H)
• List of moths of Metropolitan France (I–O)
• List of moths of Metropolitan France (P–Z)
• Fauna of Metropolitan France

References[]