List of butterflies of Oman
This is a list of butterflies of Oman. About 53 species are known from Oman.[1]
Papilionidae[edit]
Papilioninae[edit]
Papilionini[edit]
- Papilio machaon muetingi Seyer, 1976
- Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae[edit]
Pierinae[edit]
- Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe charlonia amseli Gross & Ebert, 1975
Pierini[edit]
- Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860
Lycaenidae[edit]
Aphnaeinae[edit]
- Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
- Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
- Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
- Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935
Theclinae[edit]
- Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
- Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
- Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
- Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005
Polyommatinae[edit]
Lycaenesthini[edit]
- Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Polyommatini[edit]
- Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
- Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
- Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Pseudophilotes vicrama clara (Christoph, 1887)
- Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
- Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
- Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
- Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
Nymphalidae[edit]
Danainae[edit]
Danaini[edit]
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Satyrinae[edit]
Melanitini[edit]
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrini[edit]
- Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
- Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1883
- Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)
Charaxinae[edit]
Charaxini[edit]
- Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
- Charaxes hansali arabica Riley, 1931
Nymphalinae[edit]
Nymphalini[edit]
- Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941
Biblidinae[edit]
Biblidini[edit]
- Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
Heliconiinae[edit]
Acraeini[edit]
- Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
Hesperiidae[edit]
Coeliadinae[edit]
- Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)
Pyrginae[edit]
Celaenorrhinini[edit]
- Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)
Carcharodini[edit]
- Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
- Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
- Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
- Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
- Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
- Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Hesperiinae[edit]
Baorini[edit]
- Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
