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 & Schiffermüller, 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 alfacariensis 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)

Riodinidae

 * Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lycaenidae – blues, coppers and hairstreaks

 * Subfamily Theclinae
 * Brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Purple hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Sloe hairstreak, Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
 * False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
 * Ilex hairstreak, Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
 * Satyrium pruni, Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Blue spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 * White-letter hairstreak, Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)


 * 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)
 * Lycaena subalpina Speyer, 1851
 * Scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus 1758)


 * Subfamily Polyommatinae
 * Peablue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus 1767)
 * Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus 1767)
 * 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)
 * Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda 1761)
 * Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) melanops (Boisduval 1828)
 * Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer 1816)
 * Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Large blue, Phengaris arion (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser 1779)
 * Mountain Alcon blue, Phengaris rebeli (Hirsche, 1904)
 * Baton blue, Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser 1779)
 * Chequered blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama schiffermuelleri (Hemming 1929)
 * Pseudophilotes barbagiae De Prins & Poorten, 1982
 * Chequered blue butterfly, Scolitantides orion (Pallas 1771)
 * Brown argus, Aricia agestis, (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Northern brown argus, Aricia allous (Geyer, 1837)
 * Southern brown argus, Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
 * Silvery argus, Aricia nicias Meigen, 1830
 * Geranium argus, Eumedonia eumedon (Esper 1780)
 * Arctic blue, Agriades glandon (de Prunner 1798)
 * Alpine argus, Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner 1798)
 * Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete (Knoch 1781)
 * Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser 1779)
 * Idas blue, Plebejus idas (Linnaeus 1761)
 * Alpine zephyr blue, Kretania trappi (Verity 1927)
 * Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg 1775)
 * Damon blue, Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Furry blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus dolus (Hübner 1823)
 * Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dolus virgilia (Oberthur 1910)
 * Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae Toso & Balletto 1976
 * Ripart's anomalous blue, Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii ripartii (Freyer 1830)
 * Meleager's blue, Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Amanda's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) amandus (Schneider 1792)
 * Turquoise blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Eros blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) eros eros (Ochsenheimer 1808)
 * Escher's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) escheri (Hübner 1823)
 * Common blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus (Rottemburg 1775)
 * Polyommatus (Polyommatus) celina (Austaut, 1879)
 * Chapman's blue, Polyommatus (Polyommatus) thersites (Cantener 1835)
 * Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg 1775)
 * Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon coridon (Poda 1761)
 * Provence chalk hill blue, Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer 1852)

Nymphalidae – fritillaries and others

 * Subfamily Nymphalinae
 * European peacock, Aglais 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)
 * Cynthia's fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Asian fritillary, Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859)
 * Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, 1826)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
 * Meadow fritillary, Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein 1851
 * Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Jerusalem fritillary, Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer 1908)
 * Lesser spotted fritillary, Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Grisons fritillary, Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur 1851


 * Subfamily Heliconiinae
 * Silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Niobe fritillary, Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Balkan fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) graeca (Staudinger 1870)
 * Mountain fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) napaea (Hoffmannsegg 1804)
 * Shepherd's fritillary, Boloria (Boloria) pales (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Violet fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) dia (Linnaeus 1767)
 * Pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
 * Small pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria (Clossiana) selene (Denis & Schiffermüller 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 & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino (Rottemburg 1775)
 * Queen of Spain, 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 & Schiffermüller 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 & Schiffermüller 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 (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 & Schiffermüller 1775)
 * Woodland ringlet, Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller 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)
 * Gatekeeper, Pyronia (Pyronia) tithonus (Linnaeus 1767)
 * Black satyr, Satyrus actaea (Esper 1781)
 * Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius 1793)