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RHOPALOCERA Dumeril, 1823    [Papilionoidea - Hesperioidea]                  

PAPILIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802    [Nymphalidae - Lycaenidae - Pieridae - Papilionidae]

NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 ... (96 species)

Butterflies of the Iberian peninsula - Galleries - Nymphalidae  

Nymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815  (20 species)

            Araschnia Hübner, 1819: (+) Araschnia levana L., 1758: (I, P)

            Vanessa Fabricius, 1807: (+) Vanessa (Cynthia) virginiensis Drury, 1773: (L, P)

                        (+) Vanessa atalanta L., 1758: (L, P) ; (+) Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui L., 1758:  (O, L, P) (L, P)

            Nymphalis Kluk, 1802: (+) Nymphalis polychloros L., 1758: (L, P) (I, L, P); (+) Nymphalis antiopa L., 1758: (I, L, P)

            Aglais Dalman, 1816: (+) Aglais urticae L., 1758: (L, P)

            Inachis Hübner, 1818: (+) Inachis io L., 1758: (I, L, P)

            Polygonia Hübner, 1819: (+) Polygonia c-album L., 1758: (P)

            Melitaea Fabricius, 1807:

                        (+) Melitaea cinxia L., 1758: (I, L) ; (+) Melitaea diamina Lang, 1789:; (+) Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851:

                        (+) Melitaea trivia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: [ssp. ignasiti Sagarra, 1926: (I, L)]

                        (+) Melitaea phoebe Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: [ssp. occitanica Staudinger, 1861]; (+) Melitaea aetherie Hübner, 1826:

                        (+) Melitaea didyma Esper, 1778: (L,P); (+) Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832: (L, P) (I, L, P)

                        (+) Melitaea celadussa Fruhstorfer, 1910 (syn. M. athalia celadussa): [var. nevadensis Oberthür, 1904: ( P)] [celadussa is a species: DNA study]

            Euphydryas Scudder, 1872:

                        (+) Euphydryas aurinia Rottemburg, 1775: [ssp. beckeri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851: (L, P) (I, L, P); ssp. debilis Oberthür, 1909]

                        (+) Euphydryas desfontainii Godart, 1819: [ssp. baetica Rambur, 1858:]

Heliconiinae Swainson, 1822 (15 species)

            Argynnis Fabricius, 1807:

                        (+) Argynnis paphia L., 1758: ; (+) Argynnis pandora Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: (O, L)

                        (+) Argynnis niobe L., 1758: [ssp. altonevadensis Reisser, 1927:] (form eris Meigen)]; (+) Argynnis aglaja L., 1758:

                        (+) Argynnis adippe Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: (form chlorodippe:) (forms cleodoxa & cleodippe:)

            Brenthis Hübner, 1819: (+) Brenthis ino Rottemburg, 1775:

                        (+) Brenthis daphne Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: (I, P); (+) Brenthis hecate Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:

            Issoria Hübner, 1819: (+) Issoria lathonia L., 1758:  

            Boloria Moore, 1900:

                        (+) Boloria pales Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:; (+) Boloria napaea Hoffmannsegg, 1804:; (+) Boloria eunomia Esper, 1800:

                        (+) Boloria selene Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:; (+) Boloria euphrosyne L., 1758:; (+) Boloria dia L., 1767:

            Chazara Moore, 1893:

                        (+) Chazara briseis L., 1764:; (+) Chazara prieuri Pierret, 1837 [ssp. iberica  Oberthür, 1907:; (form uhagonis Oberthür)]

            Pseudochazara De Lesse, 1951:

                        (+) Pseudochazara ("hippolyte"?) williamsi Romei, 1927:

                             [Note: "P. williamsi" (Spain) is very probably a different species to the asian taxon P. hippolyte Esper, 1783. Pending of a molecular study, DNA/ADN]

                              [sspp. or ecological forms?: williamsi:; augustini Weiss, 1980; aislada Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973; reverchoni Tarrier, 1993:]

            Satyrus Latreille, 1810: (+) Satyrus actaea Esper, 1781: ; (+) Satyrus ferula Fabricius, 1793:

            Minois Hübner, 1819: (+) Minois dryas Scopoli, 1763:

            Brintesia Fruhstorfer, 1911: (+) Brintesia circe Fabricius, 1775:

            Arethusana De Lesse, 1951: (+) Arethusana arethusa Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:

                               [ssp. arethusa :; ssp. dentata  Staundinger, 1871:; ssp./sp.? boabdil  Rambur, 1839: [It's necessary a molecular study for boabdil]

LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 ... (75 species)

Mariposas de la península Ibérica - Galerías - Lycaenidae  

Riodininae Grote, 1895  (1 species)    [Note: some authors regard it as a Family: Riodinidae]

Hamearis Hübner, 1819: (+) Hamearis lucina L., 1758:

Lycaeninae Leach, 1815  (18 species)   

Thecla Fabricius, 1807: (+) Thecla betulae L., 1758: (I, L, P)

Neozephirus Sabatini & Ito, 1942: (+) Neozephirus (Quercusia) quercus L., 1758: [ssp. iberica Staundinger, 1901: ]

Tomares Rambur, 1840: (+) Tomares ballus Fabricius, 1787: (O, L, P)

Callophrys Billberg, 1820:

(+) Callophrys rubi L., 1758: (O, L, P) [ssp. fervida  Staudinger, 1901]; (+) Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909: (I, O) (L, P)

Satyrium Scudder, 1876:

(+) Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782:; (+) Satyrium spini Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:; (+) Satyrium pruni L., 1758:

(+) Satyrium acaciae Fabricius, 1787:; (+) Satyrium ilicis Esper, 1778: (L, P); (+) Satyrium esculi Hübner, 1804:

Lycaena Fabricius, 1807:

(+) Lycaena tityrus Poda, 1761: [ssp. bleusei Oberthür, 1884]; (+) Lycaena virgaureae L., 1758: [ssp. miegi Vogel, 1857]

(+) Lycaena phlaeas L., 1761: (O, L, P);  (+) Lycaena helle Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:; (+) Lycaena hippothoe L. 1761:

(+) Lycaena alciphron Rottemburg, 1775: [ssp. gordius Sulzer, 1776 (S. Spain: var. granatensis Ribbe, 1905:)]

Laeosopis Rambur, 1858: (+) Laeosopis roboris Esper, 1794: (L, P)

Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827  (57 especies)

            Lampides Hübner, 1819: (+) Lampides boeticus L., 1758: (O, L, P)

            Cacyreus Butler, 1898: (+) Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898:+) Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898: (O, L, P)

            Leptotes Scudder, 1876: (+) Leptotes pirithous L., 1758: (O, L, P)

            Tarucus Moore, 1881: (+) Tarucus theophrastus Fabricius, 1793: (L, P)

            Zizeeria Chapman, 1910: (+) Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862: (O, L, P)

            Azanus Moore, 1881: (+) Azanus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849 (in Algeciras, S. Cádiz prov. Probably introduced with ornamental Acacia spp.)

            Cupido Schrank, 1801:

                         (+) Cupido (Everes) argiades Pallas, 1771:; (+) Cupido (Everes) alcetas Hoffmannsegg, 1804:; (+) Cupido osiris Meigen, 1829:

                         (+) Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927 (it's necessary a molecular study, DNA/ADN): L, P)   (¡nunca un C. minimus, incompetentes!)

                         (+) Cupido lorquinii Herrich-Schäffer, 1847: (O, L, P); (+) Cupido minimus Fuessly, 1775:

            Celastrina Tutt, 1906: (+) Celastrina argiolus L., 1758:

            Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958:

                         (+) Pseudophilotes baton Bergsträsser, 1779:; (+) Pseudophilotes panoptes Hübner, 1813: (L, P)

                         (+) Pseudophilotes abencerragus Pierret, 1837: (L, P)

            Scolitantides Hübner, 1819: (+) Scolitantides orion Pallas, 1771:

            Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872:

                         (+) Glaucopsyche alexis Poda, 1761: (L, P); (+) Glaucopsyche melanops Boisduval, 1828: [ssp. algirica Heyne, 1895:]

            Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914: (+) Iolana iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816: [ssp. farriolsi Sagarra, 1930:; ssp. saritae Fernández-Rubio, 1973: (L, P)]

            Maculinea Van Eecke, 1915:                  [Note: some authors consider to Maculinea as a synonym of the genus Phengaris, but other authors disagree!!]

                         (+) Maculinea arion L., 1758:; (+) Maculinea nausithous Bergsträsser, 1779:

                         (+) Maculinea alcon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: [ecological forms: alcon; rebeli Hirschke, 1904]

            Plebejus Kluk, 1802:

                         (+) Plebejus argus L., 1758: [ssp. hypochionus Rambur, 1858:]; 

                         (+) Plebejus idas L., 1758: [ssp. nevadensis Oberthür, 1896: ]

            Kretania Beuret, 1959:                          [Note: according to a recent molecular study, the "pylaon" group is included in the genus Kretania]

                         (+) 'Plebejus' pylaon Fischer von Waldheim, 1832: [ssp. hespericus Rambur, 1839 [its taxonomic status is pending of a molecular study (DNA)]:

                                                        'P'. p. hespericus:(L, P): [ <<=males : females=>>

            Polyommatus Latreille, 1804:

                        (+) Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775: [var./hybrid/form? abdon Aistleiner & Aistleiner, 1994: pending of a molecular study, DNA]

                        (+) Polyommatus celina Austaut, 1879 [syn. P. icarus celina]: (L, P) (DNA very different to P. icarus, genetic divergence > 5%; see)

                        (+) Polyommatus eros Ochsenheimer, 1808:; (+) Polyommatus (Plebicula) golgus Hübner, 1813: (L, P)

                        (+) Polyommatus (Plebicula) sagratrox Aistleitner, 1986: (L, P): (pending of a molecular study, DNA. Different ecology-morphology-etology of P. golgus)

                        (+) Polyommatus (Plebicula) dorylas Denis & Schiffer., 1775: (L); (+) Polyommatus (Plebicula) nivescens Keferstein, 1851:

                        (+) Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775:; (+) Polyommatus thersites Cantener, 1835:

                        (+) Polyommatus ( ) amanda Schneider, 1792: [spp. tova Higgins, 1948:]

                        (+) Polyommatus ( ) escheri Hübner, 1823: ; (+) Polyommatus (Lysandra) caelestissima Verity:

                        (+) Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon Poda, 1761: [ssp. asturiensis Sagarra, 1924; f. syngraphoides:]

                        (+) Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Rottemburg, 1775: ; (+) Polyommatus (Lysandra) hispana Herrich-Schäffer, 1852:

                        (+) Polyommatus (Lysandra) albicans Gerhard, 1851: [ssp. albicans = a cline, gradual change: var. arragonensis Gerhard; var. bolivari Romei]: (L, P)

            Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822:          (Note: Agrodiaetus is regarded as a subgenus of Polyommatus by some recent authors)

                        (+) Agrodiaetus damon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: [ssp. noguerae Sagarra, 1924]

                        (+) Agrodiaetus ripartii Freyer, 1830: (syn. A.  agenjoi); (+) Agrodiaetus fabressei Oberthür, 1910:

                        (+) Agrodiaetus fulgens Sagarra, 1925: [= a cline: syn. fulgens; syn. ainsae Foster, 1961...]

                        (+) Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979:

                                                 [ssp. violetae: (L, P); ssp. subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005: (L, P) (syn. A. fabressei subbaeticus. See DNA study)]

            Cyaniris Dalman, 1816:       (Note: Cyaniris is a different genus to Polyommatus according to several molecular studies on their DNA)

                         (+) Cyaniris semiargus Rottemburg, 1775: : [ssp. tartessus Gil-T. & Huertas, 2007:]

            Agriades Hübner, 1819:

                         (+) Agriades Agriades zullichi Hemming, 1933: (L, P); (+) Agriades glandon Prunner, 1798:

                         (+) Agriades pyrenaicus Boisduval, 1840: [ssp. pyrenaicus; ssp. asturiensis Oberthür, 1910: ]

            Aricia Reichenbach, 1817:

                         (+) Aricia agestis Schiffermüller, 1775 [only in NE. Iberian Peninsula, near the Pyrenees, N. Catalonia]

                         (+) Aricia (Pseudoaricia) nicias Meigen, 1829:; (+) Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821: (L, P) [very different genetically of A. agestis]

                         (+) Aricia morronensis Ribbe, 1910:  [several subspecies described are only synonyms]:

                                    [ssp. morronensis: (L, P); ssp. ramburi Verity, 1929:; ssp. hesselbarthi Manley & Allcard, 1970; ssp. chapmani Ribbe, 1910]

                         (+) Aricia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793: [ssp. montensis Verity, 1928:: -different species or subspecies of artaxerxes according to authors]

            Eumedonia Esper, 1780:                (Note: Eumedonia  is a different genus to Aricia  according to recent molecular studies on their DNA)

                         (+) Eumedonia eumedon Esper, 1780:

                                    [ssp. rondensis Gil-T. & Moreno-Benítez, 2012:; ssp. axarquia Gil-T., 2004:; ssp. mariensis Eitschberger & Steiniger,1975:]

PIERIDAE Swainson, 1820 ... (24 species)

Butterflies of the Iberian peninsula - Galleries - Pieridae  

Dismorphiinae Schatz, 1886 (2 species)

Leptidea Billberg, 1820: (+) Leptidea sinapis L., 1758: ; (+) Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989:

Coliadinae Swainson, 1821  (5 species)

Colias Fabricius, 1807:

(+) Colias phicomone Esper, 1780: [ssp. juliana Hospital, 1948; ssp. oberthuri Verity, 1905]

(+) Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905: (I, L) (syn. C. australis Verity); (+) Colias crocea Geoffroy, 1785: (I, L, P) (O, L, P)

Gonepteryx Leach, 1815: (+) Gonepteryx rhamni L., 1758: ; (+) Gonepteryx cleopatra L., 1767: (L, P)

Pierinae Swainson, 1820  (17 species)  

Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur & Graslin, 1833:

(+) Anthocharis cardamines L., 1758: (O, L, P) (I, L)

(+) Anthocharis belia L. 1767: [ssp. euphenoides Staudinger, 1869:  (I, L) (L, P) (L)]

Zegris Boisduval, 1836: (+) Zegris eupheme Esper, 1804: [ssp. meridionalis Lederer, 1852: (O, L, P)]

Euchloe Hübner, 1819:

(+) Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869: (L, P); (+) Euchloe simplonia Freyer, 1829: ;

(+) Euchloe tagis Hübner, 1804: (L, P) [ssp. tagis = a cline in Spain, varities: gradual change in characters (markings or colour];

(+) Euchloe belemia Esper, 1800: (O, L, P) [ssp. belemia]

(+) Euchloe (Elphinstonia) bazae Fabiano, 1993: (L, P) (syn. E. charlonia bazae)

Aporia Hübner, 1819: (+) Aporia crataegi L., 1758: (I, L, P) (L, P) (L, P)

Pieris Schrank, 1801:

(+) Pieris brassicae L., 1758: (I, L) (L, P); (+) Pieris napi L., 1758: ; (+) Pieris ergane Geyer, 1828:

(+) Pieris rapae L., 1758: (I, L, P) (L,P); (+) Pieris mannii Mayer, 1851:

Pontia Fabricius, 1807: (+) Pontia daplidice L., 1758: (I, L) (L, P) (L); (+) Pontia callidice Hübner, 1800:

Colotis Hübner, 1819: (+) Colotis evagore Klug, 1829: [ssp. nouna Lucas, 1949: (I, L, P) (L, P)]

PAPILIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 ... (5 species)

Mariposas de la península Ibérica - Galerías - Papilionidae  

Parnassiinae Duponchel, 1835  (2 species)  

Parnassius Latreille, 1804: (+) Parnassius mnemosyne L., 1758:

(+) Parnassius apollo L., 1758: (I, L, P)(O, L, P): (several subspecies described are only synonyms; other taxa are only varities):

                           [ssp. pyrenaicus Harcout-Bath, 1896: (syn. ossalensis; syn. antijesuita); ssp. hispanicus Oberthür, 1909: (syn. nicholae; syn. germainae);

                            ssp. nevadensis Oberthür, 1891:; ssp. marteni Eisner, 1956]

Zerynthiinae Grote, 1899  (1 species)       (Note: currently "Zerynthiinae" is included in Parnassiinae)

Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816:

(+) Zerynthia rumina Linnaeus, 1758: (L, P) (form canteneri Staundinger and other forms & aberrations)

                    [ssp. rumina = a cline in Spain: gradual change in characters (markings or colour)]

Papilioninae Latreille, 1802  (2 species)

                Papilio Linnaeus, 1758: (+) Papilio machaon L., 1758: (O, L, P) (I, L, P)

                Iphiclides Hübner, 1819: 

(+) Iphiclides podalirius L., 1758: [ssp. podalirius; ssp. feisthamelii Duponchel, 1832: (L, P) (O, L) (I, O, L)

HESPERIOIDEA Latreille, 1809

HESPERIIDAE Latreille, 1809 ... (30 species)

Skippers of the Iberian peninsula - Galleries - Hesperiidae

Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878  (20 especies)  

            Erynnis Schrank, 1801: (+) Erynnis tages L., 1758:

            Carcharodus Hübner, 1819:

                         (+) Carcharodus alceae Esper, 1780: (L, P); (+) Carcharodus tripolinus Verity, 1925; (+) Carcharodus flocciferus Zeller, 1847

                         (+) Carcharodus baeticus Rambur, 1839: (L, P); (+) Carcharodus lavatherae Esper, 1783:

            Spialia Swinhoe, 1912: (+) Spialia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804:

            Muschampia Tutt, 1906: (+) Muschampia proto Ochsenheimer, 1808: (L, P)    

            Pyrgus Hübner, 1819:

                         (+) Pyrgus malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (syn. P. malvae malvoides); (+) Pyrgus armoricanus Oberthür, 1910

                         (+) Pyrgus alveus Hübner, 1803:; (+) Pyrgus bellieri Oberthür, 1910 (syn. P. foulquieri); (+) Pyrgus serratulae Rambur, 1839

                         (+) Pyrgus cirsii Rambur, 1839:; (+) Pyrgus onopordi Rambur, 1839; (+) Pyrgus cinarae Rambur, 1839; (+) Pyrgus sidae Esper, 1784:

                         (+) Pyrgus carthami Hübner, 1813 (syn. P. fritillarius); (+) Pyrgus andromedae Wallengren, 1853; (+) Pyrgus cacaliae Rambur, 1839

Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925  (2 species)

            Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852: (+) Carterocephalus palaemon Pallas, 1771

            Heteropterus Duméril, 1806: (+) Heteropterus morpheus Pallas, 1771

Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809  (8 species)

            Thymelicus Hübner, 1819:

                         (+) Thymelicus acteon Rottemburg, 1775:; (+) Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808:; (+) Thymelicus sylvestris Poda, 1761:

            Hesperia Fabricius, 1793: (+) Hesperia comma L., 1758:

            Ochlodes Scudder, 1872: (+) Ochlodes sylvanus Esper, 1778 (syn. Ochlodes venata faunus Turati 1905):

                                 [Taxonomic note: O. sylvanus sometimes called O. faunus (syn. O. venata faunus) occurs in Europe and Asia (until east China),

                                                            O. venata from east China to Korea and Japan. They are possibly sympatric in China]

            Gegenes Hübner, 1819: (+) Gegenes pumilio (in Spain?) Hoffmannsegg, 1804; (+) Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793:  

            Borbo Evans, 1949: (+) Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833: [ssp. zelleri Lederer, 1855]

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