This is a simple list of the butterflies of Morocco. It does not include the rank changes or subspecies recognized by Tennent (1996) or Delacre and Tarrier (2008).
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The list includes the Spanish controlled areas of Ceuta, Melilla and Plazas de soberanía, as well as the territory of the disputed state Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Hesperiidae
edit- Large grizzled skipper, Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
- Oberthür's grizzled skipper, Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910)
- Rosy grizzled skipper, Pyrgus onopordi Rambur, 1839
- Red-underwing skipper, Spialia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804
- Desert grizzled skipper, Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
- Sage skipper, Muschampia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808
- Barbary skipper, Syrichtus mohammed Oberthür, 1887
- Syrichtus leuzae Oberthür, 1881
- False mallow skipper, Carcharodus tripolina Verity, 1925
- Marbled skipper, Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783
- Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847).
- Stauder's skipper, Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
- Tufted skipper, Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Moroccan small skipper, Thymelicus hamza Oberthür 1876
- Essex skipper, Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
- Small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)
- Silver-spotted skipper, Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mediterranean skipper, Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1794
- Pigmy skipper, Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804
- Zeller's skipper, Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833
Papilionidae
editPapilioninae
edit- Spanish festoon, Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
- Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
- Sahara swallowtail, Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879
Pieridae
editPierinae
edit- Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus 1758)
- Large white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Small white, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Southern small white, Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
- Green-veined white, Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bath white, Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1908)
- Desert white, Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829)
- Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, [1803-1804])
- Portuguese dappled white, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, [1803-1804])
- Green-striped white, Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)
- Scarce green striped white, Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
- Greenish black-tip, Euchloe charlonia (Donzel, 1842)
- Sooty orange tip, Zegris eupheme Esper, 1805
- Morocco orange tip, Anthocharis belia (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Colotis evagore Klug, 1829
- Golden Arab, Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
Coliadinae
edit- African migrant, Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Dark clouded yellow, Colias croceus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
- Berger's clouded yellow, Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
- Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cleopatra, Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
Dismorphiinae
edit- Wood white, Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lycaenidae
editTheclinae
edit- Donzel's silver-line, Cigaritis zohra Donzel, 1847
- Allard's silver lines, Cigaritis allardi Oberthür 1909
- Purple hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus 1758)
- False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
- Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chapman's green hairstreak, Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
- Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Moroccan hairstreak, Tomares mauretanicus (Lucas, 1849)
Lycaeninae
edit- Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Lycaena phoebus (Blachier, 1905)
Polyommatinae
edit- Long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Common zebra blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Geranium bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
- Pointed Pierrot, Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- African babul blue, Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
- Bright babul blue, Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- African grass blue, Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828).
- Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
- False baton blue, Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
- Panoptes blue, Pseudophilotes panoptes (Hübner, [1813])
- Bavius blue, Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832)
- Brown argus, Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1775)
- Vogel's blue, Maurus vogelii (Oberthür, 1920)
- Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874)
- Martin's blue, Kretania martini (Allard, 1867)
- Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775).
- Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Escher's blue, Polyommatus escheri Hübner, 1823
- Amanda's blue, Polyommatus amanda Schneider, 1792
- Chapman's blue, Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
- Atlas blue, Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905)
- Spanish chalk-hill blue, Lysandra albicans (Gerhard, 1851)
- Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
- Spotted Adonis blue, Lysandra punctifera (Oberthür, 1876)
- Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Nymphalidae
editDanainae
edit- Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charaxinae
edit- Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nymphalinae
edit- Blackleg tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Comma, Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, 1826)
- Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
- Desert fritillary, Melitaea deserticola (Oberthür, 1876)
- Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
- Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Spanish fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
Heliconiinae
edit- Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Moroccan high brown fritillary, Fabriciana auresiana (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
- Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Violet fritillary, Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Satyrinae
edit- Western marbled white, Melanargia occitanica Esper, 1793
- Spanish marbled white, Melanargia ines (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
- Tree grayling, Hipparchia statilinus Hufnagel, 1766
- Austaut's grayling, Hipparchia hansii (Austaut, 1879)
- Powell's grayling, Hipparchia powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
- Striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia Linnaeus, 1767
- Hermit, Chazara briseis Linnaeus, 1764
- Southern hermit, Chazara prieuri (Pierret, 1837)
- Moroccan grayling, Pseudochazara atlantis (Austaut, 1905)
- Great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
- Giant grayling, Berberia abdelkader (Pierret, 1837)
- dark giant grayling, Berberia lambessanus (Staudinger, 1901)
- Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Moroccan meadow brown, Hyponephele maroccana (Blachier, 1908)
- Oriental meadow brown, Hyponephele lupinus (Costa, 1836)
- Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Southern gatekeeper, Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
- Spanish gatekeeper, Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
- Coenonympha lyllus (Esper, 1806)
- Dusky heath, Coenonympha dorus Esper, 1782
- Moroccan dusky heath, Coenonympha fettigii Oberthür, 1874
- Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier 1905
- Moroccan pearly heath, Coenonympha arcanioides (Pierret, 1837)
- Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Wall brown, Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Large wall brown, Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
See also
editReferences
edit- Charles Oberthür and Harold Powell, 1914 Faune des Lepidopteres de la Barbarie. Etudes de Lepidopterologie comparee, part 10, p. 1-459. Rennes, 1914. text online plates online
- Supplemental notes to Mr. Charles Oberthur's Faune des Lepidopteres de la Barbarie, with lists of the specimens in the Tring Museum Novitates Zoologicae Tring 27: 1-127 (1920).online
- Tennent, J., 1996 The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia Gem Publishing Co ISBN 9780906802052
- Delacre, J. and Tarrier, M. 2008 Les Papillons de Jour du Maroc Un Guide d'Identification et de Bioindication ISBN 9782914817165
- Tarrier and Delacre
- Tarrier and Delacre
- Funet