List of butterflies of Yemen

This is a list of butterflies of Yemen. About 117 species are known from Yemen.

Papilionini

 * Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932
 * Papilio demodocus demodocus Esper, [1798]
 * Papilio demodocus bennetti Dixey, 1898

Coliadinae

 * Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
 * 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 evagore (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis evagore niveus (Butler, 1881)
 * Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)
 * Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)
 * Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
 * Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829)
 * Nepheronia buquetii buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)

Pierini

 * Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
 * Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881)
 * Belenois creona leucogyne Butler, 1885

Aphnaeinae

 * Chloroselas arabica (Riley, 1932)
 * Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
 * Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
 * Cigaritis somalina (Butler, 1886)
 * Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935

Theclinae

 * Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
 * Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
 * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
 * Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
 * Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)

Lycaeninae

 * Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954

Lycaenesthini

 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
 * Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
 * Anthene butleri arabicus Gabriel, 1954
 * Anthene contrastata (Ungemach, 1932)

Polyommatini

 * Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982
 * Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
 * Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
 * Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
 * Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
 * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899)
 * Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999
 * Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
 * Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
 * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
 * Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
 * Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)
 * Actizera lucida (Trimen, 1883)
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)
 * Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
 * Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
 * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
 * Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Lepidochrysops arabicus Gabriel, 1954
 * Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
 * Lepidochrysops haveni Larsen, 1983

Danaini

 * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Melanitini

 * Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Satyrini

 * Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
 * Bicyclus anynana socotrana (Butler, 1881)
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
 * Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)

Charaxini

 * Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
 * Charaxes varanes torbeni Turlin, 1999
 * Charaxes balfouri Butler, 1881
 * Charaxes velox Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
 * Charaxes hansali yemeni Turlin, 1998
 * Charaxes bernstorffi Rydon, 1982

Nymphalini

 * Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
 * Junonia hierta cebrene Trimen, 1870
 * Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia orithya here Lang, 1884
 * Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Trimen, 1881)
 * Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)
 * Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941

Biblidini

 * Byblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
 * Byblia anvatara boydi Dixey, 1898
 * Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
 * Eurytela dryope brittoni Gabriel, 1954

Neptidini

 * Neptis serena annah Larsen, 1982

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)

Vagrantini

 * Phalanta phalantha granti (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Coeliadinae

 * Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)

Celaenorrhinini

 * Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

Tagiadini

 * Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857

Carcharodini

 * Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
 * Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
 * Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
 * Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
 * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
 * Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
 * Carcharodus alceae wissmanni Warnecke, 1934
 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Baorini

 * Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)
 * Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)
 * Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
 * Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Gegenes pumilio pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
 * Gegenes pumilio monochroa (Rebel, 1907)