List of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of butterflies of the United Arab Emirates. Over 50 species are known from the United Arab Emirates.

Papilionini

 * Papilio machaon muetingi Seyer, 1976
 * Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Subfamily-Pierinae

 * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) caper white
 * Colotis amata (Cramer, 1775) small salmon Arab
 * Colotis danae (Klug, 1829) scarlet tip
 * Colitis fausta (Olivier, 1804) salmon Arab
 * Colitis liagore (Klug, 1829) desert orange tip
 * Colitis phisadia (Godart, 1819) blue spotted Arab
 * Euchloe transcaspica amseli (Gross & Ebert 1975) white desert black tip
 * Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) green striped white
 * Pieris krueperi (de Nicéville, 1883) Krueper's small white
 * Pieris rapae (Le Cerf, 1913) small cabbage white
 * Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) desert white

Sub-family Coliadinae - yellows and sulphurs

 * Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) African emigrant
 * Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) mottled emigrant
 * Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) clouded yellow
 * Eurema hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875) common grass yellow

Sub-family Danainae

 * Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) plain tiger

Sub-family Nymphalinae

 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) diadem or danaid eggfly
 * Junonia hierta Trimen, 1870 yellow pansy
 * Junonia orithya Lang, 1884 blue pansy
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) painted lady

Sub-family Satyrinae - browns

 * Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849) white-edged rock brown
 * Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832) common three-ring
 * Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1882 Baluchi ringlet

Sub-family Theclinae

 * Apharitis acamas hypargyros (Butler, 1886) tawny silverline
 * Apharitis myrmecophila (Dumont, 1922) desert silverline
 * Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005 pomegranate playboy
 * Myrina silenus Stoneham, 1937 fig blue

Sub-family Polyommatinae

 * Agrodiaetus loewii (Walker, 1870) Loew's blue
 * Anthene amarah amarah (Guerin, 1847) leaden ciliate blue
 * Azanus jesous (Guerin, 1847) African babul blue
 * Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, [1782]) desert babul blue
 * Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) western pygmy blue
 * Chilades galba (Lederer, 1855) Lederer's Cupid
 * Chilades pandava (Horsfield, 1829) cycad Cupid or plains Cupid
 * Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) small Cupid
 * Chilades trochylus (Freyer, 1845) grass jewel
 * Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1793) gram blue
 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) pea blue
 * Pseudophilotes vicrama (Christoph, 1887) eastern baton blue
 * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1844) Balkan Pierrot
 * Tarucus rosaceus (Austat, 1885) Mediterranean Pierrot
 * Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) Asian grass blue
 * Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) tiny grass blue

Sub-family Coeliadinae

 * Pyrrhiades anchises (Butler, 1861) giant skipper

Sub-family Pyriginae – grizzled skippers

 * Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) African mallow skipper / marbled skipperUA2 3852.jpg
 * Spialia colotes (de Jong, 1978) Transvaal grizzled skipper
 * Spialia doris (Walker, 1870) desert grizzled skipper
 * Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870) Mafa grizzled skipper
 * Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899) Arabian grizzled skipper


 * Spialia zebra (Higgins, 1924) zebra grizzled skipper

Sub-family Hesperiinae – grass skippers

 * Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793) Mediterranean skipper
 * Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) pygmy skipper
 * Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) black-branded swift
 * Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) white-branded swift