List of butterflies of Saudi Arabia

This is a list of butterflies of Saudi Arabia. About 79 species are known from Saudi Arabia.

Papilionini

 * Papilio machaon syriacus Verity, 1908
 * Papilio saharae saharae Oberthür, 1879
 * Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
 * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
 * Colias marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884

Pierinae

 * Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
 * Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis euippe exole (Reiche, 1850)
 * Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)
 * Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
 * Nepheronia buquetii buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
 * Euchloe aegyptiaca Verity, 1911
 * Euchloe falloui falloui (Allard, 1867)
 * Euchloe falloui saudi Larsen, 1983
 * Zegris eupheme larseni Pittaway, 1986

Pierini

 * Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
 * Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885

Theclinae

 * Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980

Theclini

 * Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
 * Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
 * Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
 * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

Lycaeninae

 * Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene arora Larsen, 1983

Polyommatini

 * Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999
 * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925)
 * Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
 * Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
 * Kretania philbyi (Graves, 1925)
 * Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
 * Lepidochrysops pittawayi Larsen, 1983
 * Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)

Melanitini

 * Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

 * Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
 * Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)

Nymphalinae

 * Junonia orithya here Lang, 1884
 * Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934
 * Melitaea deserticola sargon Hemming, 1932
 * Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa Trimen, 1881

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954

Adoliadini

 * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

Acraeini

 * Acraea chilo yemensis Le Doux, 1931
 * Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847
 * Acraea doubledayi azvaki d'Abrera, 1980
 * Acraea encedon rathjensi Le Doux, 1933
 * Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Carcharodini

 * Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
 * Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
 * Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Baorini

 * Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
 * Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
 * Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)