List of butterflies of Italy

This is a list of butterflies in the country of Italy.

Hesperiidae – Skippers

Subfamily Hesperiinae

• Dingy Swift Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Dark Hottentot Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
• Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanuss (Esper 1777)

Subfamily Pyrginae

• Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
• Southern Marbled Skipper Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
• Tufted Skipper Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
• Marbled Skipper Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
• Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sage Skipper Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer 1808)
• Large Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus alveus (Hübner 1803)
• Alpine Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren 1853)
• Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur 1910)
• Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus bellieri bellieri (Oberthur 1910)
  • Pyrgus bellieri picenus (Verity 1920)
• Dusky Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur 1839)
• Carline Skipper Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur 1839)
• Safflower Skipper Pyrgus carthami (Hübner 1813)
• Cinquefoil Skipper Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur 1839)
• Southern Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards 1897)
• Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus 1758)
• Rosy Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur 1839)
• Olive Skipper Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur 1839)
• Yellow-banded Skipper Pyrgus sidae (Esper 1784)
• Warren's Skipper Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity 1928)
• Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg 1775)
• Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer 1808)
• Red-underwing Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda 1761)

Subfamily Heteropterinae

• Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
• Large Chequered Skipper Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas 1771)

Papilionidae - Swallowtails

• Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Alexanor Papilio alexanor Esper 1800
• Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon Linnaeus 1758
• Corsican Swallowtail Papilio hospiton Géné, 1839
• Mountain Apollo Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus 1758)
• Clouded Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
• Phoebus Apollo Parnassius phoebus phoebus (Fabricius 1793)
  • Parnassius phoebus sacerdos Stichel 1906
• Southern Festoon Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Pieridae – Whites

Subfamily Dismorphiinae

• Wood White Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Réal's Wood White Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989

Subfamily Coliadinae

• Berger's Clouded Yellow Colias sareptensis Ribbe, 1805
• Clouded Yellow Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
• Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Mountain Clouded Yellow Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)

Subfamily Pierinae

• Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus 1758)
• Eastern Orange Tip Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836
• Provence Orange Tip Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
• Black-veined White Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eastern Dappled White Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)
• Western Dappled White Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
• Portuguese Dappled White Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
• Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Large White Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dark-veined White Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
• Mountain Small White Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
• Southern Small White Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
• Green-veined White Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Small White Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lofty Bath White Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1806)
• Bath White Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)

Lycaenidae – Blues, Coppers & Hairstreaks

Subfamily Theclinae

• Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus 1758)
• Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus 1758)

Subfamily Lycaeninae

• Purple-Shot Copper Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg 1775)
• Large Copper Lycaena dispar (Haworth 1802)
• Purple-edged Copper Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus 1761)
• Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus 1761)
• Lesser Fiery Copper Lycaena thersamon (Esper 1784)
• Sooty Copper Lycaena tityrus (Poda 1761)
• Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus 1758)

Subfamily Polyommatinae

• Alcon Blue Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Large Blue Phengaris arion (Linnaeus 1758)
• Scarce Large Blue Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser 1779)
• Arctic Blue Plebejus (Agriades) glandon (de Prunner 1798)
• Alpine Argus Plebejus (Albulina) orbitulus (de Prunner 1798)
• Silver-studded Blue Plebejus (Plebejus) argus (Linnaeus 1758)
• Reverdin's Blue Plebejus (Plebejus) argyrognomon (Bergstrasser 1779)
• Idas Blue Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus 1761)
• Plebejus (Plebijides) trappi Verity 1927
• Cranberry Blue Plebejus (Vacciniina) optilete (Knoch 1781)
• Damon Blue Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Furry Blue Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus dolus (Hübner 1823)
  • Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus virgilia (Oberthur 1910)
• Gallo's Anomalous Blue Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) galloi Balletto & Toso 1979
• Piedmont Anomalous Blue Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae Toso & Balletto 1976
• Ripart's Anomalous Blue Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii ripartii (Freyer 1830)
• Adonis Blue Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus (Rottemburg 1775)
• Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon coridon (Poda 1761)
• Provence Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus (Lysandra) hispana (Herrich-Schäffer 1852)
• Meleager's Blue Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Amanda's Blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) amandus (Schneider 1792)
• Turquoise Blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) dorylas (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Eros blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) eros eros (Ochsenheimer 1808)
• Escher's Blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) escheri (Hübner 1823)
• Common Blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus (Rottemburg 1775)
• Chapman's Blue Polyommatus (Polyommatus) thersites (Cantener 1835)
• Baton Blue Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser 1779)
• Chequered Blue Pseudophilotes vicrama schiffermuelleri (Hemming 1929)
• Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
• Small Blue Cupido (Cupido) minimus (Fuessly 1775)
• Osiris Blue Cupido (Cupido) osiris (Meigen 1829)
• Provençal Short-tailed Blue Cupido (Everes) alcetas (Hoffmannsegg 1804)
• Short-tailed Blue Cupido (Everes) argiades (Pallas 1771)
• Mazarine Blue Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg 1775)
• Green-Underside Blue Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda 1761)
• Glaucopsyche melanops Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) melanops (Boisduval 1828)
• Iolas Blue Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer 1816)
• Peablue Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus 1767)
• Lang's Short-tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus 1767)
• Brown Argus Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Geranium Argus Aricia eumedon (Esper 1780)
• Chequered Blue Butterfly Scolitantides orion (Pallas 1771)

Nymphalidae – Fritillaries & others

Subfamily Nymphalinae

• European Peacock Inachis io (Linnaeus 1758)
• Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae (Linnaeus 1758)
• Map Butterfly Araschnia levana (Linnaeus 1758)
• White Petticoat Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus 1758)
• Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus 1758)
• Comma Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus 1758)
• Southern Comma Polygonia egea (Cramer 1775)
• Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758)
• Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)

Subfamily Melitaeinae

• Cynthia's Fritillary Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Scarce Fritillary Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus 1758)
• Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg 177
• Aetherie Fritillary Melitaea aetherie (Hübner 1826)
• Little Fritillary Melitaea asteria (Freyer 1828)
• Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia athalia (Rottemburg 1775)
  • Melitaea athalia celadusa Fruhstorfer 1910
• Nickerl's Fritillary Melitaea aurelia Nickerl 1850
• Assman's Fritillary Melitaea britomartis (Assmann 1847)
• Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus 1758)
• Provençal Fritillary Melitaea deione (Geyer 1832)
• False Heath Fritillary Melitaea diamina (Lang 1789)
• Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma (Esper 1778)
• Meadow Fritillary Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein 1851
• Knapweed Fritillary Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Jerusalem Fritillary Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer 1908)
• Lesser Spotted Fritillary Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Grisons Fritillary Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur 1851

Subfamily Heliconiinae

• Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis (Argynnis) paphia (Linnaeus 1758)
• High Brown Fritillary Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Niobe Fritillary Argynnis (Fabriciana) niobe (Linnaeus 1758)
• Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) aglaja (Linnaeus 1758)
• Cardinal Argynnis (Pandoriana) pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Balkan Fritillary Boloria (Boloria) graeca (Staudinger 1870)
• Mountain Fritillary Boloria (Boloria) napaea (Hoffmannsegg 1804)
• Shepherd's Fritillary Boloria (Boloria) pales (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Violet Fritillary Boloria (Clossiana) dia (Linnaeus 1767)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria (Clossiana) selene (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Thor's Fritillary Boloria (Clossiana) thore (Hübner 1803)
• Purple Bog Fritillary Boloria (Clossiana) titania (Esper 1793)
• Ocellate Bog Fritillary Boloria (Proclossiana) eunomia (Esper 1799)
• Marbled Fritillary Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser 1780)
• Twin-spot Fritillary Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary Brenthis ino (Rottemburg 1775)
• Queen of Spain Issoria (Issoria) lathonia (Linnaeus 1758)

Subfamily Charaxinae

• Two-tailed Pasha Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus 1767)

Subfamily Danainae

• Plain Tiger Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus 1758)

Subfamily Apaturinae

• Lesser Purple Emperor Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Purple Emperor Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily Libytheinae

• Nettle-tree Butterfly Libythea celtis (Laicharting 1782)

Subfamily Limenitidinae

• (Eurasian) White Admiral Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus 1764)
• Poplar Admiral Limenitis populi (Linnaeus 1758)
• Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta Staudinger 1901
• Hungarian Glider Neptis rivularis (Scopoli 1763)
• Pallas' Sailer Neptis sappho (Pallas 1771)

Subfamily Satyrinae

• Woodland Grayling Hipparchia (Hipparchia) fagi (Scopoli 1763)
• Rock Grayling Hipparchia (Hipparchia) hermione hermione (Linnaeus 1764)
• Hipparchia (Hipparchia) neomiris (Godart 1822)
• Tree Grayling Hipparchia (Neohipparchia) statilinus (Hufnagel 1766)
• Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) neapolitana (Stauder 1921)
• Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) sbordonii Kudrna 1984
• Grayling Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) semele (Linnaeus 1758)
• Striped Grayling Hipparchia (Pseudotergumia) fidia (Linnaeus 1767)
• Oriental Meadow Brown Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa 1836)
• Dusky Meadow Brown Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg 1775)
• Large Wall Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus 1758)
• Wall Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus 1767)
• Northern Wall Brown Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius 1787)
• Woodland Brown Lopinga achine (Scopoli 1763)
• Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus 1758)
• Marbled White Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus 1758)
• Western Marbled White Melanargia occitanica (Esper 1793)
• Esper's Marbled White Melanargia russiae (Esper 1783)
• Italian Marbled White Melanargia arge (Sulzer 1776)
• Dryad Minois dryas (Scopoli 1763)
• Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus 1758)
• False Grayling Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Great Banded Grayling Brintesia circe (Fabricius 1775)
• Alpine Grayling Oeneis (Oeneis) glacialis (Moll 1783)
• Hermit Chazara briseis (Linnaeus 1764)
• Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus 1761)
• Corsican Heath Coenonympha corinna (Hübner 1804)
  • Coenonympha corinna elbana Staudinger 1901
• Dusky Heath Coenonympha dorus (Esper 1782)
• Alpine Heath Coenonympha gardetta gardetta (de Prunner 1798)
  • Coenonympha gardetta darwiniana Staudinger 1871
• Chestnut Heath Coenonympha glycerion Borkhausen 1788)
• False Ringlet Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius 1787)
• Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus 1758)
• Eastern Large Heath Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes 1900
• Large Heath Coenonympha tullia (Muller 1764)
• False Mnestra Ringlet Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg 1806)
• Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops (Esper 1777)
• Almond-eyed Ringlet Erebia alberganus Erebia alberganus (de Prunner 1798)
• Lorkovic's Brassy Ringlet Erebia calcaria Lorkovic 1953
• Common Brassy Ringlet Erebia cassioides cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth 1792)
• Raetzer's Ringlet Erebia christi Ratzer 1890
• Small Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron (Knoch 1783)
• Eriphyle Ringlet Erebia eriphyle (Freyer 1836)
• Large Ringlet Erebia euryale (Esper 1805)
• Yellow-banded Ringlet Erebia flavofasciata Heyne 1895
• Silky Ringlet Erebia gorge (Hübner 1804)
• Arran Brown Erebia ligea (Linnaeus 1758)
• Yellow-spotted Ringlet Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Woodland Ringlet Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
• Lesser Mountain Ringlet Erebia melampus (Fuessly 1775)
• Piedmont Ringlet Erebia meolans (Prunner 1798)
• Mnestra's Ringlet Erebia mnestra (Hübner 1804)
• Marbled Ringlet Erebia montanus (de Prunner 1798)
• Autumn Ringlet Erebia neoridas (Boisduval 1828)
• de Lesse's Brassy Ringlet Erebia nivalis Lorkovic & De Lesse 1954
• Bright Eyed Ringlet Erebia oeme (Hübner 1804)
• Ottoman Brassy Ringlet Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer 1847
• Dewy Ringlet Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen 1788)
• Blind Ringlet Erebia pharte (Hübner 1804)
• Sooty Ringlet Erebia pluto (de Prunner 1798)
• Water Ringlet Erebia pronoe (Esper 1780)
• Larche Ringlet Erebia scipio Boisduval 1832
• Styrian Ringlet Erebia stirius (Godart 1824)
• Stygian Ringlet Erebia styx (Freyer 1834)
• de Prunner's Ringlet Erebia triarius (de Prunner 1798)
• Swiss Brassy Ringlet Erebia tyndarus (Esper 1781)
• Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus 1758)
• Southern Gatekeeper Pyronia (Idata) cecilia (Vallantin 1894)
• GatekeeperPyronia (Pyronia) tithonus (Linnaeus 1767)
• Black Satyr Satyrus actaea (Esper 1781)
• Great Sooty Satyr Satyrus ferula (Fabricius 1793)

References

• Dapporto and Cini - Faunal patterns in Tuscan archipelago butterflies: The dominant influence is recent geography not paleogeography
• Boriani, Burgio, Marini and Genghini Faunistic study on butterflies collected in Northern Italy rural landscape