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Showing posts with label List of butterflys of Cyprus. Show all posts
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Saturday 12 August 2023

List of butterflys of Cyprus - Λίστα των πεταλούδων της Κύπρου (Lepidoptera)

 Hesperiidae

Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780) 

Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)

Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) 


Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775) 

Lycaenidae

Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Azanus jesous (Guerin-Meneville, 1847)

Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) 


Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834) 

Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Freyeria trochylus or Chilades trochylus (Freyer 1845) 


Glaucopsyche paphos (Chapman, 1920). - Endemic to Cyprus


Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) 


Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) 


Luthrodes (Chilades) galba (Lederer, 1855)


Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) 


Lycaena thersamon (Esper,1784) 


Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) 

Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)

Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1885)


Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) 

Nymphalidae

Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) 


Chazara briseis larnacana (Linnaeus,1764) 


Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) 


Hipparchia syriaca cypriaca (Staudinger, 1879) - Endemic subspecies of Cyprus

 Hipparchia cypriensis (Holik,1949) - Endemic to Cyprus


Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1836) 


Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777) 


Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1767) 

Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)

Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782) 

Limenitis reducta (Staudinger, 1901) 

Maniola cypricola - Endemic to Cyprus

 Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Pseudochazara anthelea (Hübner, 1824)

Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)

Papilionidae

Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758) 


Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 


Allancastria cerisyi or Zerynthia cerisy (Godart, 1824) 

Pieridae

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758) 


Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)


Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) 

Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)

Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) 


Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) 


Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1813)

Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pontia edusa Fabricius, 1777) 


By George Konstantinou - Email fanigeorge@hotmail.com