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List of butterflies of Saudi Arabia

This is a list of butterflies of Saudi Arabia. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.[1]

Location of Saudi Arabia

Papilionidae

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Papilioninae

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Papilionini

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Pieridae

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Coliadinae

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Pierinae

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Teracolini

Nepheroniini

Pierini

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Lycaenidae

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Aphnaeinae

Theclinae

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Amblypodiini

Hypolycaenini

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Theclini

Deudorigini

Lycaeninae

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Polyommatinae

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Lycaenesthini

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Polyommatini

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Nymphalidae

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Libythea laius Trimen, 1879[3]

Danainae

Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrinae

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Melanitini

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Satyrini

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Charaxini 

Nymphalinae

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Nymphalini 

Junoniini 

Biblidinae

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Biblidini

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Limenitinae

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Chalingini

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Heliconiinae

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Acraeini

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Hesperiidae

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  • Caprona pillaana (Wallengren, 1857)

Pyrginae

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Celaenorrhinini

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Carcharodini

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Hesperiinae

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Baorini

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Saudi Arabia at the African Butterfly Database
  2. ^ a b c d Larsen, Torben B. (1984). Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and its neighbours. Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] : London: Transworld Arabian Library ; Stacey International. ISBN 978-0-905743-36-3.
  3. ^ a b c d Tshikolovets, Vadim (2024). "Notes on butterflies of Saudi Arabia II (Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae and Nymphalidae)". Atalanta. 55 ((1/2)): 248–249.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Tshikolovets, Vadim (2022). "Notes on butterflies of Saudi Arabia with a description of a new subspecies (Rhopalocera, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae et Hesperiidae)". Atalanta. 53 (1/2): 205–208.
  5. ^ a b Verovnik, Rudi; Kosmač, Marko; Ishag, Alrabea A. E.; Dhafer, Hathal M. Al; Seizmair, Michael (2024-01-23). "Mount Faifa, a local hotspot of butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Ecologica Montenegrina. 71: 41–52. doi:10.37828/em.2024.71.6. ISSN 2336-9744.
  6. ^ Alfakih, Ateah; Faify, Eisa Ali Al (2023-12-23), The clouded mother-of-pearl Protogoniomorpha anacardii Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – a new record of butterfly for Saudi Arabia, doi:10.1101/2023.12.22.572884, retrieved 2023-12-24
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