List of butterflies of Mauritania
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This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]
Papilionidae
Papilioninae
Papilionini
- Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
Pieridae
Pierinae
- Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
- Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
- Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
- Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
- Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
- Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
Pierini
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Lycaenidae
Theclinae
Theclini
- Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Polyommatinae
Lycaenesthini
- Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Polyommatini
- Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
- Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
Nymphalidae
Danainae
Danaini
- Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
Limenitinae
Adoliadini
- Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
Hesperiidae
Coeliadinae
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
Pyrginae
Celaenorrhinini
- Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
Carcharodini
- Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Hesperiinae
Baorini
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)