The following 234 species are presented in the book
PAPILIONIDAE
Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Allancastria cerisy (Godart, 1824)
Allancastria cretica (Rebel, 1904)
Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1798)
Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
PIERIDAE
Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris balcana Lorković, 1970
Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860
Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)
Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1813)
Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1806)
Euchloe penia (Freyer, 1851)
Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836
Colias crocea (Fourcroy, 1785)
Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871
Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
Colias erate (Esper, 1805)
Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gonepteryx farinosa ( Zeller, 1847)
Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989
Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
DANAIDAE
Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
RIODINIDAE
Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
LIBYTHEIDAE
Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)
LYCAENIDAE
Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848)
Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
Lycaena ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1830)
Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784)
Lycaena thetis Klug, 1834
Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptodes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1844)
Cupido decoloratus (Staudinger, 1886)
Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)
Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)
Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)
Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832)
Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
Chilades trochylus (Freyer, 1845)
Plebeius pylaon (Fischer v. Waldheim, 1832)
Plebeius brethertoni Brown, 1976
Plebeius argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plebeius idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
Plebeius argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, 1779)
Plebeius loewii (Zeller, 1847)
Plebeius psylorita (Freyer, 1845)
Plebeius eurypilus (Freyer, 1851)
Plebeius pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838)
Aricia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
Polyommatus semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1783)
Polyommatus aroaniensis (Brown, 1976)
Polyommatus eleniae Coutsis & J. De Prince, 2005
Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
Polyommatus dantchenkoi Lukhtanov & Wiemers, 2003
Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978)
Polyommatus coelestina (Eversmann, 1843)
Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus coridon (Poda, 1761)
Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
Polyommatus amanda (Schneider, 1792)
Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835)
Polyommatus menelaos Brown, 1976
Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Polyommatus andronicus Coutsis & Ghavalas, 1995
NYMPHALIDAE
Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Apatura metis Freyer, 1829
Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
Neptis rivularis (Scopoli, 1763)
Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)
Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Argynnis niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783)
Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Melitaea telona Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
SATYRIDAE
Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828)
Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763)
Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871)
Hipparchia senthes (Frühstorfer, 1908)
Hipparchia delattini Kudrna, 1975
Hipparchia cretica (Rebel, 1916)
Hipparchia christenseni Kudrna, 1977
Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871)
Hipparchia pellucida (Stauder, 1923)
Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
Hipparchia fatua (Freyer, 1844)
Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Pseudochazara tisiphone Brown, 1980
Pseudochazara orestes De Prince & Poorten, 1981
Pseudochazara amymone Brown, 1976
Pseudochazara graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
Pseudochazara geyeri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)
Pseudochazara anthelea (Hübner, 1824)
Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
Erebia rhodopensis Nicholl, 1900
Erebia melas (Herbst, 1796)
Proterebia afra (Fabricius, 1787)
Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Maniola halicarnassus Thomson, 1987
Maniola telmessia (Zeller, 1847)
Maniola chia Thomson, 1987
Maniola megala (Oberthür, 1909)
Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1836)
Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
Coenonympha thyrsis (Freyer, 1846)
Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
Coenonympha leander (Esper, 1784)
Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes, 1900
Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
Esperarge climene (Esper, 1783)
Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)
HESPERIIDAE
Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910)
Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839)
Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784)
Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, 1839)
Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)
Spialia orbifer (Hübner, 1823)
Spialia phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)
Muschampia tessellum (Hübner, 1803)
Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
Carcharodus orientalis (Reverdin, 1913)
Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
Carcharodus flocciferus (Zeller, 1847)
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval, 1834)
Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)
Thymelicus hyrax (Lederer, 1861)
Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
Thaleropis ionia Eversman, 1851
Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Records for the presence of these two species in Greece are not confirmed till the end of 2017.
See here a revised and up to date list for all the butterflies of Europe (in pages 30-40).
the list in EXCEL from EIG home.
After the discovery of Clossiana selene (ANASTASSIU, H. T.: First recort of Clossiana selene in Greece (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Phegea 40 (1) (01.III.2012):15-16.)of Melitaea syriaca ( van Oorschot, H. and J. Coutsis: The Genus Melitaea, tsikolovets Publications, 2014 ) and of the new species Polyommatus timfristos ( VISHNEVSKAYA MS, SAIFITDINOVA AF, LUKHTANOV VA (2016): Karyosystematics and molecular taxonomy of the anomalous blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Comparative Cytogenetics 10(5): 1–85. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v10i5.10944 ) and Mushampia cribrellum (in Mt Olympos amd Mt Oiti)
the total number of species in Greece is
(at the end of 2017) 239
After the new work
(Wiemers M, Balletto E, Dincă V, Fric ZF, Lamas G, Lukhtanov V, Munguira ML, van Swaay CAM, Vila R, Vliegenthart A, Wahlberg N, Verovnik R (2018) An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). ZooKeys 81: 9–45. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28712)
there are 235 species in Greece
(but Melitaea syriaca is not icluded)
LIST OF 235 BUTTERFLIES OF GREECE
That is now (January 2019) in Greece there are 235 (or 236 or 239) butterflies
Notes and differences in names of species between this list and the names as presented in maps of distribution in this site.
1 January 2020
See the list of 235 butterflies of Greece, after the above work (as seen also in the updated Maps) and then the study, Wiemers M, Balletto E, Dincă V, Fric ZF, Lamas G, Lukhtanov V, Munguira ML, van Swaay CAM, Vila R, Vliegenthart A, Wahlberg N, Verovnik R (2018) An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). ZooKeys 81: 9–45. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28712
9 January 2021
Two new species have been added to the butterflies of Europe: Muschampia alta and Muschampia proteides. In Greece there are both, while Muschampia proto is no longer included in the species of Greece.
Photographs of the two new species here
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9 December 2022
Changes in names Muschampia και Carcharodus
New list with the new names of the 236 species Butterflies of Greece
