List of butterflies of Mauritania

This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania, none of which are endemic.

Papilionini

 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

Pierinae

 * Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
 * Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
 * Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
 * Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
 * Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)

Pierini

 * Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

Theclini

 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
 * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Adoliadini

 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)

Carcharodini

 * Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

Baorini

 * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)