List of butterflies of Oman
# List of butterflies of Oman

This is a list of butterflies of Oman. About 53 species are known from Oman.

## Papilionidae

### Papilioninae

**Papilionini**

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

## Pieridae

### Pierinae

* Colotis antevippe zera (Lucas, 1852)
* Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)
* Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1954
* Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
* Euchloe charlonia amseli Gross & Ebert, 1975

**Pierini**

* Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860

## Lycaenidae

### Aphnaeinae

* Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983
* Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
* Cigaritis scotti (Gabriel, 1954)
* Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935

### Theclinae

* Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980
* Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
* Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
* Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005

### Polyommatinae

**Lycaenesthini**

* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

**Polyommatini**

* Cacyreus virilis Stempffer, 1936
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
* Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
* Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
* Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
* Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
* Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
* Pseudophilotes vicrama clara (Christoph, 1887)
* Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
* Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
* Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)
* Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)

## Nymphalidae

### Danainae

**Danaini**

* Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

### Satyrinae

**Melanitini**

* Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Satyrini**

* Ypthima asterope (Klug, 1832)
* Ypthima bolanica Marshall, 1883
* Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849)

### Charaxinae

**Charaxini**

* Charaxes varanes bertrami Riley, 1931
* Charaxes hansali arabica Riley, 1931

### Nymphalinae

**Nymphalini**

* Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, [1773])
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
* Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941

### Biblidinae

**Biblidini**

* Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)

### Heliconiinae

**Acraeini**

* Acraea neobule Doubleday, 1847

## Hesperiidae

### Coeliadinae

* Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)

### Pyrginae

**Celaenorrhinini**

* Sarangesa phidyle (Walker, 1870)

**Carcharodini**

* Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
* Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
* Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937
* Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
* Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924)
* Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

### Hesperiinae

**Baorini**

* Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
