List of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates

Location of the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates. About 12 species are known from the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini

Papilio machaon muetingi Seyer, 1976
Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pieridae

Pierinae

Pierini

Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lycaenidae

Polyommatinae

Lycaenesthini

Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

Polyommatini

Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)

Nymphalidae

Satyrinae

Satyrini

Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)

Nymphalinae

Nymphalini

Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)

References

↑ African Butterfly Database

List of butterflies of Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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