List of butterflies of Mauritania
# List of butterflies of Mauritania

This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania, none of which are endemic.

## 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)
