List of butterflies of Ireland

This is a list of Irish butterflies, past and present. Details on specific species are relevant to the Irish populations and some details may not be consistent with the species in other parts of its range.

Superfamily Hesperioidea

Family Hesperiidae (skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers)

Subfamily Pyrginae (spread-winged skippers)

Superfamily Papilionoidea

Family Pieridae (whites)

Subfamily Dismorphiinae

Wood White

Subfamily Coliadinae

Subfamily Pierinae

Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)

Green Hairstreak

Subfamily Theclinae

Subfamily Lycaeninae

Small Copper

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Red Admiral peeping from behind a Hebe x fransciscana

Subfamily Heliconiinae (longwings)

Argynnis paphia mating

Subfamily Satyrinae (browns)

Vagrant, Adventive, Extinct and Intercepts and Exotic Species

Aglias urticae the Small Tortoiseshell

Extinct

Vagrants

Queen of Spain Fritillary

Exotics

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Barkham, Patrick (13 July 2011). "New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. Dincă, Vlad; Lukhtanov, Vladimir A.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger (30 April 2011). "Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies" (PDF). Nature Communications 2: 324. doi:10.1038/NCOMMS1329.
  3. Peter Eeles The Irish Mountain Ringlet dispar online
  4. "Berger's Clouded Yellow". Butterfly Conservation. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

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