List of butterflies of Metropolitan France

This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica).

Hesperiidae

 * Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
 * Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
 * Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
 * Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
 * Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
 * Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
 * Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
 * Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
 * Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
 * Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853)
 * Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur, 1910)
 * Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
 * Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839)
 * Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839)
 * Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)
 * Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839)
 * Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
 * Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839)
 * Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839)
 * Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784)
 * Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928)
 * Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
 * Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
 * Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

Lycaenidae

 * Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
 * Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
 * Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
 * Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
 * Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
 * Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
 * Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
 * Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
 * Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
 * Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
 * Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
 * Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
 * Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
 * Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
 * Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
 * Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
 * Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
 * Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Phengaris nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
 * Phengaris rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)
 * Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779)
 * Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, 1779)
 * Plebejus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
 * Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
 * Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
 * Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
 * Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
 * Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
 * Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
 * Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
 * Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
 * Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
 * Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
 * Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
 * Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)

Nymphalidae

 * Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
 * Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
 * Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
 * Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
 * Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
 * Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
 * Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
 * Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
 * Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
 * Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
 * Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
 * Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
 * Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
 * Erebia alberganus (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
 * Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
 * Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1819)
 * Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
 * Erebia gorge (Hübner, 1804)
 * Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1833
 * Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, 1828)
 * Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775)
 * Erebia meolans (Prunner, 1798)
 * Erebia mnestra (Hübner, 1804)
 * Erebia montanus (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Erebia neoridas (Boisduval, 1828)
 * Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
 * Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
 * Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen, 1788)
 * Erebia pharte (Hübner, 1804)
 * Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)
 * Erebia rondoui Oberthur, 1908
 * Erebia scipio Boisduval, 1832
 * Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
 * Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861
 * Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
 * Euphydryas intermedia (Menetries, 1859)
 * Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
 * Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Hipparchia genava (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
 * Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
 * Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
 * Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
 * Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa, 1836)
 * Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
 * Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)
 * Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
 * Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
 * Melanargia occitanica (Esper, 1793)
 * Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
 * Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
 * Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
 * Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
 * Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
 * Melitaea ignasiti Sagarra, 1926
 * Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
 * Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
 * Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)
 * Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
 * Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
 * Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
 * Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
 * Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Papilionidae

 * Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
 * Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
 * Papilio hospiton Guenee, 1839
 * Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
 * Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieridae

 * Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
 * Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
 * Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
 * Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)
 * Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
 * Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861)
 * Euchloe simplonia (Freyer, 1829)
 * Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
 * Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
 * Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946
 * Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990
 * Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
 * Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
 * Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
 * Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1800)
 * Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)

Riodinidae

 * Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)