| You can find a species by .... | |||||
 using the alphabetic index of latin names (TABLE 1 down below) | |||||
| using the alphabetic index of the commonest vernacular names (TABLE 2 down below) | |||||
| (click on the latin name for accessing the species-page) | |||||
| TABLE 1 - Alphabetic index of latin names | ||
| Agl --> Ereb | Ery --> Phe | Pie --> Zer |
| Agriades optilete Agriades orbitulus Agriades pyrenaicus Agrodiaetus sp. [see Polyommatus sp.] Albulina orbitulus [see Agriades orbitulus] Arethusana boabdil Argynnis adippe [see Fabriciana adippe] Argynnis aglaja [see Speyeria aglaja] Argynnis elisa [see Fabriciana elisa] Argynnis niobe [see Fabriciana niobe] Boloria dia Boloria eunomia Boloria euphrosyne Boloria graeca Boloria napaea Clossiana sp. [see Boloria sp] Cyaniris semiargus Cynthia cardui [see Vanessa cardui] Driopa mnemosyne [see Parnassius] Danaus chrysippus | Hipparchia alcyone Hipparchia aristaeus Hipparchia genava Hipparchia fagi Hipparchia fidia Hipparchia neomiris Iolana iolas [see Glaucopsyche iolas] Kretania trappiLaeosopis roboris Lasiommata maera Lasiommata megera Lasiommata paramegaera Lasiommata petropolitana Leptidea duponcheli Leptidea sinapis Maculinea sp. [see Phengaris sp.] Melanargia lachesis Melanargia occitanica Melanargia russiae Meleageria daphnis [see Polyommatus daphnis] Ochlodes sylvanus Ochlodes venatus [see Ochlodes sylvanus] Parnassius phoebus [see P.corybas] | Plebejus pylaon [see Kretania trappi] Proclossiana eunomia [see Boloria eunomia] Pseudoaricia nicias [see Aricia nicias] Pseudophilotes batonSyrichtus proto [see Muschampia proto] Vacciniina optilete [see Agriades optilete] |
| TABLE 2 - Alphabetic index of vernacular names | ||
| Vernacular name | Latin name (click on it) | |
| A | Adonis Blue | Lysandra bellargus |
| Alcon Blue | Phengaris alcon | |
| Almond Eyed Ringlet | Erebia alberganus | |
| Alpine Argus | Agriades orbitulus | |
| Alpine Grayling | Oeneis glacialis | |
| Alpine Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus andromedae | |
| Alpine Heath | Coenonympha gardetta | |
| Amanda's Blue | Polyommatus amandus | |
| Apollo | Parnassius apollo | |
| Arran Brown | Erebia ligea | |
| Asian Fritillary | Euphydryas intermedia | |
| Autumn Ringlet | Erebia neoridas | |
| B | Balkan Fritillary | Boloria graeca |
| Bath White | Pontia daplidice | |
| Baton Blue | Pseudophilotes baton | |
| Bellier's Blue | Plebejus bellieri | |
| Berger's Clouded Yellow | Colias alfacariensis | |
| Black Eyed Blue | Glaucopsyche melanops | |
| Black Hairstreak | Satyrium pruni | |
| Black Satyr | Satyrus actaea | |
| Black Veined White | Aporia crataegi | |
| Blind Ringlet | Erebia pharte | |
| Blue Spot Hairstreak | Satyrium spini | |
| Bog Fritillary | Boloria eunomia | |
| Bright Eyed Ringlet | Erebia oeme | |
| Brimstone | Gonepteryx rhamni | |
| Brown Argus | Aricia agestis | |
| Brown Hairstreak | Thecla betulae | |
| C | Camberwell Beauty | Nymphalis antiopa |
| Cardinal | Argynnis pandora | |
| Carline Skipper | Pyrgus carlinae | |
| Chalk Hill Blue | Lysandra coridon | |
| Chapman's Blue | Polyommatus thersites | |
| Chapman's Green Hairstreak | Callophrys avis | |
| Chequered Blue | Scolitantides orion | |
| Chequered Skipper | Carterocephalus palaemon | |
| Chestnut Heath | Coenonympha glycerion | |
| Cinquefoil Skipper | Pyrgus cirsii | |
| Cleopatra | Gonepteryx cleopatra | |
| Clouded Apollo | Parnassius mnemosyne | |
| Clouded Yellow | Colias crocea | |
| Comma | Polygonia c-album | |
| Common Blue | Polyommatus icarus | |
| Common Brassy Ringlet | Erebia arvernensis | |
| Corsican Dappled White | Euchloe insularis | |
| Corsican Fritillary | Fabriciana elisa | |
| Corsican Grayling | Hipparchia neomiris | |
| Corsican Heath | Coenonympha corinna | |
| Corsican Swallowtail | Papilio hospiton | |
| Corsican Red-underwing Skipper | Spialia therapne | |
| Corsican Wall Brown | Lasiommata paramegaera | |
| Cranberry Blue | Agriades optilete | |
| Cranberry Fritillary | Boloria aquilonaris | |
| Cynthia's Fritillary | Euphydryas cynthia | |
| D | Damon Blue | Polyommatus damon |
| Dark Green Fritillary | Speyeria aglaja | |
| Darwin's Heath | Coenonympha macromma | |
| De Prunner's Ringlet | Erebia triarius | |
| Dewy Ringlet | Erebia pandrose | |
| Dingy Skipper | Erynnis tages | |
| Dryad | Minois dryas | |
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Hamearis lucina | |
| Dusky Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus cacaliae | |
| Dusky Heath | Coenonympha dorus | |
| Dusky Large Blue | Phengaris nausithous | |
| Dusky Meadow Brown | Hyponephele lycaon | |
| E | Eastern Wood White | Leptidea duponcheli |
| Eros Blue | Polyommatus eros | |
| Escher's Blue | Polyommatus escheri | |
| Esper's Marbled White | Melanargia russiae | |
| Essex Skipper | Thymelicus lineolus | |
| F | False Dewy Ringlet | Erebia sthennyo |
| False Grayling | Arethusana arethusa | |
| False Heath Fritillary | Melitaea diamina | |
| False Ilex Hairstreak | Satyrium esculi | |
| False Mnestra Ringlet | Erebia aethiopellus | |
| False Ringlet | Coenonympha oedippus | |
| Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus foulquieri | |
| Furry Blue | Polyommatus dolus | |
| G | Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus |
| Gavarnie Blue | Agriades pyrenaicus | |
| Gavarnie Ringlet | Erebia gorgone | |
| Geranium Argus | Eumedonia eumedon | |
| Geranium Bronze | Cacyreus marshalli | |
| Glandon Blue | Agriades glandon | |
| Glanville Fritillary | Melitaea cinxia | |
| Grayling | Hipparchia semele | |
| Great Banded Grayling | Brintesia circe | |
| Great Sooty Satyr | Satyrus ferula | |
| Green Hairstreak | Callophrys rubi | |
| Green Veined White | Pieris napi | |
| Green-underside Blue | Glaucopsyche alexis | |
| Grisons Fritillary | Melitaea varia | |
| Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus malvae | |
| H | Heath Fritillary | Melitaea athalia |
| Hermit | Chazara briseis | |
| High Brown Fritillary | Fabriciana adippe | |
| Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus | |
| I | Iberian Marbled White | Melanargia lachesis |
| Idas Blue | Plebejus idas | |
| Ilex Hairstreak | Satyrium ilicis | |
| Iolas Blue | Iolana iolas | |
| K | Knapweed Fritillary | Melitaea phoebe |
| L | Lang's Short Tailed Blue | Leptotes pirithous |
| Larche Ringlet | Erebia scipio | |
| Large Blue | Phengaris arion | |
| Large Chequered Skipper | Heteropterus morpheus | |
| Large Copper | Lycaena dispar | |
| Large Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus alveus | |
| Large Heath | Coenonympha tullia | |
| Large Ringlet | Erebia euryale | |
| Large Skipper | Ochlodes sylvanus | |
| Large Tortoiseshell | Nymphalis polychloros | |
| Large Wall Brown | Lasiommata maera | |
| Large White | Pieris brassicae | |
| Lefebvre's Ringlet | Erebia lefebvrei | |
| Lesser Marbled Fritillary | Brenthis ino | |
| Lesser Mountain Ringlet | Erebia melampus | |
| Lesser Purple Emperor | Apatura ilia | |
| Lesser Rock Grayling | Hipparchia genava | |
| Long Tailed Blue | Lampides boeticus | |
| Lulworth Skipper | Thymelicus acteon | |
| M | Mallow Skipper | Carcharodus alceae |
| Map Butterfly | Araschnia levana | |
| Marbled Fritillary | Brenthis daphne | |
| Marbled Ringlet | Erebia montana | |
| Marbled Skipper | Carcharodus lavatherae | |
| Marbled White | Melanargia galathea | |
| Marsh Fritillary | Euphydryas aurinia | |
| Mazarine Blue | Cyaniris semiargus | |
| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina | |
| Meadow Fritillary | Melitaea parthenoides | |
| Meleager's Blue | Polyommatus daphnis | |
| Mnestra's Ringlet | Erebia mnestra | |
| Moorland Clouded Yellow | Colias palaeno | |
| Mother of Pearl Blue | Polyommatus nivescens | |
| Mountain Alcon Blue | Phengaris rebeli | |
| Mountain Argus | Aricia artaxerxes | |
| Mountain Clouded Yellow | Colias phicomone | |
| Mountain Dappled White | Euchloe simplonia | |
| Mountain Fritillary | Boloria napaea | |
| Mountain Green Veined White | Pieris bryoniae | |
| Mountain Ringlet | Erebia epiphron | |
| Mountain Small White | Pieris ergane | |
| N | Nettle Tree Butterfly | Libythea celtis |
| Nickerl's Fritillary | Melitaea aurelia | |
| Niobe Fritillary | Fabriciana niobe | |
| Northern Wall Brown | Lasiommata petropolitana | |
| O | Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus armoricanus |
| Olive Skipper | Pyrgus serratulae | |
| Orange Tip | Anthocharis cardamines | |
| Oriental Meadow Brown | Hyponephele lupina | |
| Osiris Blue | Cupido osiris | |
| Ottoman Brassy Ringlet | Erebia ottomana | |
| P | Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui |
| Pale Clouded Yellow | Colias hyale | |
| Peacock | Inachis io | |
| Peak White | Pontia callidice | |
| Pearl Bordered Fritillary | Boloria euphrosyne | |
| Pearly Heath | Coenonympha arcania | |
| Piedmont Ringlet | Erebia meolans | |
| Pigmy Skipper | Gegenes pumilio | |
| Plain Tiger, African Monarch | Danaus chrysippus | |
| Poplar Admiral | Limenitis populi | |
| Portuguese Dappled White | Iberochloe tagis | |
| Provençal Fritillary | Melitaea dejone | |
| Provençal Short Tailed Blue | Cupido alcetas | |
| Provence Chalk Hill Blue | Lysandra hispana | |
| Provence Hairstreak | Tomares ballus | |
| Provence Orange Tip | Anthocharis euphenoides | |
| Purple Edged Copper | Lycaena hippothoe | |
| Purple Emperor | Apatura iris | |
| Purple Hairstreak | Quercusia quercus | |
| Purple Shot Copper | Lycaena alciphron | |
| Q | Queen of Spain Fritillary | Issoria lathonia |
| R | Réal's Wood White | Leptidea reali |
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta | |
| Red Underwing Skipper | Spialia sertorius | |
| Reverdin's Blue | Plebejus argyrognomon | |
| Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus | |
| Ripart's Anomalous Blue | Polyommatus ripartii | |
| Rock Grayling | Hipparchia alcyone | |
| Rosy Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus onopordi | |
| S | Safflower Skipper | Pyrgus carthami |
| Sage Skipper | Muschampia proto | |
| Sardinian Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais ichnusa | |
| Scarce Copper | Lycaena virgaureae | |
| Scarce Fritillary | Euphydryas maturna | |
| Scarce Heath | Coenonympha hero | |
| Scarce Large Blue | Phengaris telejus | |
| Scarce Swallowtail | Iphiclides podalirius | |
| Scotch Argus | Erebia aethiops | |
| Shepherd's Fritillary | Boloria pales | |
| Short Tailed Blue | Cupido argiades | |
| Silky Ringlet | Erebia gorge | |
| Silver Spotted Skipper | Hesperia comma | |
| Silver Studded Blue | Plebejus argus | |
| Silver Washed Fritillary | Argynnis paphia | |
| Silvery Argus | Aricia nicias | |
| Sloe Hairstreak | Satyrium acaciae | |
| Small Apollo | Parnassius corybas | |
| Small Blue, Little Blue | Cupido minimus | |
| Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas | |
| Small Heath | Coenonympha pamphilus | |
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Boloria selene | |
| Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | |
| Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais urticae | |
| Small White | Pieris rapae | |
| Sooty Copper | Lycaena tityrus | |
| Sooty Ringlet | Erebia pluto | |
| Southern Comma | Polygonia egea | |
| Southern Festoon | Zerynthia polyxena | |
| Southern Gatekeeper | Pyronia cecilia | |
| Southern Grayling | Hipparchia aristaeus | |
| Southern Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus malvoides | |
| Southern Marbled Skipper | Carcharodus baeticus | |
| Southern Mountain Argus | Aricia montensis | |
| Southern Scarce Swallowtail | Iphiclides feisthamelii | |
| Southern Small White | Pieris mannii | |
| Southern Swallowtail | Papilio alexanor | |
| Southern White Admiral | Limenitis reducta | |
| Spanish Argus | Aricia morronensis | |
| Spanish Brassy Ringlet | Erebia rondoui | |
| Spanish Festoon | Zerynthia rumina | |
| Spanish Fritillary | Euphydryas desfontainii | |
| Spanish Gatekeeper | Pyronia bathseba | |
| Spanish Purple Hairstreak | Laeosopis roboris | |
| Speckled Wood | Pararge aegeria | |
| Spotted Fritillary | Melitaea didyma | |
| Spring Ringlet | Erebia epistygne | |
| Striped Grayling | Hipparchia fidia | |
| Sudeten Ringlet | Erebia sudetica | |
| Swallowtail | Papilio machaon | |
| T | Titania's Fritillary | Boloria titania |
| Tree Grayling | Hipparchia statilinus | |
| Tufted Marbled Skipper | Carcharodus floccifer | |
| Turquoise Blue | Polyommatus dorylas | |
| Twin-spot Fritillary | Brenthis hecate | |
| Two Tailed Pasha | Charaxes jasius | |
| V | Violet Copper | Lycaena helle |
| Violet Fritillary | Boloria dia | |
| W | Wall Brown | Lasiommata megera |
| Warren's Skipper | Pyrgus warrenensis | |
| Water Ringlet | Erebia pronoe | |
| Western Dappled White | Euchloe crameri | |
| Western Marbled White | Melanargia occitanica | |
| White Admiral | Limenitis camilla | |
| White Letter Hairstreak | Satyrium w-album | |
| Wood White | Leptidea sinapis | |
| Woodland Brown | Lopinga achine | |
| Woodland Grayling | Hipparchia fagi | |
| Woodland Ringlet | Erebia medusa | |
| Y | Yellow Banded Skipper | Pyrgus sidae |
| Yellow Spotted Ringlet | Erebia manto | |
| Z | Zephyr Blue | Kretania trappi |