List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Nymphalidae, or the "browns", which are found in Europe. It is a part of the List of the butterflies of Europe

Subfamily Nymphalinae
Tribe Junoniini
 * Diadem, Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Canary Islands, Madeira

Tribe Nymphalini
 * European peacock, Aglais io (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Sardinian small tortoiseshell, Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
 * Map butterfly, Araschnia levana (Linnaeus 1758)
 * White petticoat, Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Large tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Yellow-legged tortoiseshell, Nymphalis xanthomelas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * False comma, Nymphalis vaualbum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 * Comma, Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Southern comma, Polygonia egea (Cramer 1775)
 * Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Canary red admiral, Vanessa vulcania Godart, 1819
 * Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus 1758)
 * American painted lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Tribe Melitaeini
 * Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Asian fritillary, Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859)
 * Euphydryas italica Back, Haussmann, Salk & Weiss, 2015
 * Cynthia's fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Lapland fritillary, Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816)
 * Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Spanish marsh fritillary, Euphydryas beckeri (Lederer, 1853)
 * Spanish fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
 * Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
 * Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
 * Freyer's fritillary, Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1783])
 * Lesser spotted fritillary, Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner 1826)
 * Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Jerusalem fritillary, Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
 * Little fritillary, Melitaea asteria (Freyer, 1828)
 * Heath fritillary, Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Nickerl's fritillary, Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
 * Assman's fritillary, Melitaea britomartis (Assmann, 1847)
 * Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
 * Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
 * Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * False heath fritillary, Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
 * Meadow fritillary, Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
 * Grisons fritillary, Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
 * Sicilian fritillary, Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893

Subfamily Heliconiinae

 * Silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pallas' fritillary, Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771)
 * Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Mountain fritillary, Boloria alaskensis (Holland, 1900) North Russia
 * Cranberry fritillary, Boloria aquilonaris Stichel, 1908
 * Balkan fritillary, Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
 * Mountain fritillary, Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Shepherd's fritillary, Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Erschoff's fritillary, Boloria angarensis (Erschoff, 1870) North and East Russia
 * Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea Schneider, 1794
 * Violet fritillary, Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Freija fritillary, Boloria freija (Becklin in Thunberg, 1791)
 * Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga Becklin in Thunberg, 1791
 * Dingy fritillary, Boloria improba Butler, 1877
 * Boloria oscarus (Eversmann, 1844) Russia (Urals)
 * Polaris fritillary, Boloria polaris Boisduval, 1828
 * Small pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Boloria selenis (Eversmann, 1837) Russia
 * Thor's fritillary, Boloria thore (Hübner, 1803)
 * Purple bog fritillary, Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
 * Boloria tritonia (Böber, 1812) North Russia
 * Ocellate bog fritillary, Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
 * Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
 * Twin-spot fritillary, Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Corsican fritillary, Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
 * Niobe fritillary, Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Queen of Spain, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Issoria eugenia (Eversmann, 1847) North European Russia
 * Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily Charaxinae

 * Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Subfamily Danainae

 * Plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily Apaturinae

 * Lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Freyer's purple emperor, Apatura metis Freyer, 1829

Subfamily Libytheinae

 * Nettle-tree butterfly, Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)

Subfamily Limenitidinae

 * 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

 * Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Madeiran speckled wood, Pararge xiphia (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Canary speckled wood, Pararge xiphioides Staudinger, 1871
 * Wall, Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Large wall, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Northern wall brown, Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Corsican wall brown, Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
 * Woodland brown, Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Lopinga deidamia (Eversmann, 1851)
 * Iranian argus, Kirinia climene (Esper, [1783])
 * Lattice brown, Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)
 * Stoll's heath, Coenonympha amaryllis (Stoll, 1782) South European Russia
 * Large heath, Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
 * False ringlet, Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Pearly heath, Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Corsican heath, Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
 * Dusky heath, Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
 * Alpine heath, Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Chestnut heath, Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
 * Scarce heath, Coenonympha hero Linnaeus, 1761
 * Russian heath, Coenonympha leander (Esper, 1784)
 * Small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Eastern large heath, Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes, 1900
 * Cretan small heath, Coenonympha thyrsis Freyer, 1845
 * Balkan heath, Coenonympha orientalis (Rebel, 1910)
 * Siberian heath, Coenonympha phryne (Pallas, 1771) Central and South European Russia
 * False Mnestra ringlet, Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
 * Scotch argus, Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
 * Almond-eyed ringlet, 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
 * White speck ringlet, Erebia claudina (Borkhausen, 1789) Austria
 * Erebia cyclopius (Eversmann, 1844) North and East European Russia
 * Erebia dabanensis Erschoff, 1871 North European Russia
 * Arctic ringlet, Erebia disa (Thunberg, 1791)
 * Red-disked alpine, Erebia discoidalis (Kirby, 1837) North European Russia
 * Erebia edda Ménétriés, 1851 North European Russia
 * Lapland ringlet, Erebia embla (Becklin, 1791)
 * Small mountain ringlet, Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
 * Spring ringlet, Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1824)
 * Eriphyle ringlet, Erebia eriphyle (Freyer, 1836)
 * Large ringlet, Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
 * Banded alpine, Erebia fasciata Butler, 1868
 * Yellow-banded ringlet, Erebia flavofasciata Heyne, 1895
 * Silky ringlet, Erebia gorge (Hübner 1804)
 * Lefèbvre's ringlet, Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, [1828])
 * Arran brown, Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Yellow-spotted ringlet, Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Woodland ringlet, Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Lesser mountain ringlet, Erebia melampus (Fuessly 1775)
 * Black ringlet, Erebia melas (Herbst 1796)
 * 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
 * False dewy ringlet, Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
 * 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)
 * Dalmatian ringlet, Proterebia afra (Fabricius, 1787) European Russia, Croatia, Greece
 * Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Southern gatekeeper, Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
 * Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Spanish gatekeeper, Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Oriental meadow brown, Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa 1836)
 * Dusky meadow brown, Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg 1775)
 * Koçak's meadow brown, Hyponephele huebneri Koçak, 1980 South European Russia
 * Aegean meadow brown, Maniola chia Thomson, 1987
 * Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Halicarnas brown, Maniola halicarnassus Thomson, 1990 Nisyros Island, Greece
 * Cyprus meadow brown, Maniola cypricola Thomson, 1990 Cyprus
 * Turkish meadow brown, Maniola megala (Oberthür, 1909) Greece
 * Sardinian meadow brown, Maniola nurag Ghiliani, 1852 Sardinia
 * Dodecanese meadow brown, Maniola telmessia (Zeller, 1847) Dodecanese and North Aegean
 * 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)
 * Spanish marbled white, Melanargia ines (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Iberian marbled white, Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
 * Balkan marbled white, Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828)
 * Sicilian marbled white, Melanargia pherusa (Boisduval, 1833) Sicily
 * Black satyr, Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
 * Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Russian grayling, Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1784)
 * Woodland grayling, Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli 1763)
 * Rock grayling, Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
 * Eastern rock grayling, Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871)
 * Freyer's grayling, Hipparchia fatua Freyer, 1844
 * Tree grayling, Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
 * Southern grayling, Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
 * Azores grayling, Hipparchia azorina (Strecker, 1899)
 * Sicilian grayling, Hipparchia blachieri (Frühstorfer, 1908)
 * Karpathos grayling, Hipparchia christenseni Kudrna, 1977 Karpathos, Greece
 * Cretan grayling, Hipparchia cretica (Rebel, 1916) Crete
 * Cyprus grayling, Hipparchia cypriensis (Holik, 1949) Cyprus
 * Eolian grayling, Hipparchia leighebi Kudrna, 1976 Eolian Islands of Italy (Volcano and Panarea)
 * Madeiran grayling, Hipparchia maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
 * Samos grayling, Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871) Lesbos and Samos, Greece
 * Le Cerf's grayling, Hipparchia miguelensis (Le Cerf, 1935) Sao Miguel, Azores
 * Hipparchia neapolitana (Stauder, 1921)
 * Anatolian grayling, Hipparchia pellucida (Stauder, 1924) Vóreion Aiyáion, North Aegean
 * Hipparchia sbordonii Kudrna, 1984
 * Grayling, Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Balkan grayling, Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Balkans
 * Delattin's grayling, Hipparchia volgensis (Mazochin-Porshnjakov, 1952) Southeast Europe
 * El Hierro grayling, Hipparchia bacchus Higgins, 1967 Canary Islands
 * Striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Gomera grayling, Hipparchia gomera Higgins, 1967 Canary Islands
 * Gran Canaria grayling, Hipparchia tamadabae Owen & Smith, 1992 Canary Islands
 * La Palma grayling, Hipparchia tilosi (Manil, 1984) Canary Islands
 * Canary grayling, Hipparchia wyssii (Christ, 1889) Canary Islands
 * Dryad, Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
 * False grayling, Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Great banded grayling, Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Arctic grayling, Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792)
 * Alpine grayling, Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
 * Baltic grayling, Oeneis jutta (Hübner, [1806-1806])
 * Melissa Arctic, Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775) North European Russia
 * Graeser's grayling, Oeneis magna Graeser, 1888 North European Russia
 * Norse grayling, Oeneis norna (Thunberg, 1791) North European Russia, Scandinavia
 * Norique Alpin, Oeneis polixenes (Fabricius, 1775) North European Russia
 * Oeneis tarpeia (Pallas, 1771) Central and South European Russia
 * Hermit, Chazara briseis (Linnaeus 1764)
 * Dark rockbrown, Chazara persephone (Hübner, [1805])
 * Southern hermit, Chazara prieuri (Pierret, 1837)
 * Brown's grayling Pseudochazara amymone Brown, 1976
 * Pseudochazara anthelea (Hübner, 1824)
 * Pseudochazara beroe (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
 * Macedonian grayling, Pseudochazara cingovskii Gross, 1973
 * Crimean grayling, Pseudochazara euxina (Kuznetzov, 1909)
 * Grey Asian grayling, Pseudochazara geyeri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
 * Pseudochazara graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
 * Pseudochazara hippolyte (Esper, 1783)
 * Tawny rockbrown, Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
 * Dils' grayling, Pseudochazara orestes De Prins & van der Poorten, 1981
 * Nevada grayling, Pseudochazara williamsi (Romei, 1927)
 * Satyrus virbius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) South European Russia
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) Cyprus, Dodecanese, North Aegean Islands