قائمة فراشات الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Location 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.[1]

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Papilionidae

Papilioninae

Papilionini


Pieridae - whites and yellows

Subfamily-Pierinae

A butterfly lit from behind on sand
A white desert black tip Euchloe transcaspica amseli in the United Arab Emirates

Sub-family Coliadinae - yellows and sulphurs

Nymphalidae - brush-footed butterflies

Sub-family Danainae

Sub-family Nymphalinae

Sub-family Satyrinae - browns

Lycaenidae - blues

Sub-family Theclinae

Sub-family Polyommatinae

Hesperiidae-skippers

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Sub-family Coeliadinae

Sub-family Pyriginae – grizzled skippers

Arabian grizzled skipper in United Arab Emirates

Sub-family Hesperiinae – grass skippers

See also

References