Butterflies in Albania

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Southern Comma (Polygonia egea)
• Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
• Freyer’s Purple Emperor (Apatura metis)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• False Ringlet (Arethusana arethusa)
• Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
• Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca)
• Pales Fritillary (Boloria pales)
• Violet Frillitary (Boloria dia)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Titania’s Fritillary (Boloria titania)
• Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
• Woodland Brown (Brenthis hecate)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
• Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)
• Dark Rock Brown (Chazara briseis)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Coenonympha arcania)
• Russian Heath (Coenonympha leander)
• Oriental Heath Fritillary (Coenonympha orientalis)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Tullia’s Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
• Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)
• Woodland Ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
• Alpine Heath (Erebia euryale)
• Silky Ringlet (Erebia gorge)
• Meadow Ringlet (Erebia ligea)
• Grison’s Fritillary (Erebia medusa)
• Black Ringlet (Erebia melas)
• Dusky Ringlet (Erebia oeme)
• Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
• Shepherd’s Fritillary (Erebia pronoe)
• de Prunner’s Ringlet (Erebia triarius)
• Tyndarus Ringlet (Erebia tyndarus)
• Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
• High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Woodland Grayling (Hipparchia fagi)
• Oriental Meadow Brown (Hipparchia syriaca)
• Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
• Rock Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Southern Marbled Skipper (Hyponephele lupinus)
• Large Ringlet (Hyponephele lycaon)
• Southern White Admiral (Kirinia climene)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Roxelana’s Grayling (Kirinia roxelana)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Wall (Lasiommata megera)
• European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
• Balkan Marbled White (Melanargia larissa)
• Esper’s Marbled White (Melanargia russiae)
• Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
• Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
• Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
• Eastern Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea ornata)
• Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
• Lesser Spotted Frillitary (Melitaea trivia)
• Rivularis (Neptis rivularis)
• Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
• Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Dusky Meadow Brown (Pseudochazara anthelea)
• Geyer’s Skipper (Pseudochazara geyeri)
• Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia)
• Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
• Great Sooty Satyr (Satyrus ferula)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Provençal Short-tailed Blue (Cupido alcetas)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Short-tailed Blue (Cupido argiades)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Eastern Short-tailed Blue (Cupido decolorata)
• Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris)
• Blue Argus (Aricia anteros)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)
• Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
• Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
• Dusky Copper (Lycaena candens)
• Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
• Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
• Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
• Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon)
• Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
• Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Idas Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Damon Blue (Polyommatus damon)
• Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis)
• Dorylas Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros)
• Ripart’s Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus ripartii)
• Blue-spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)
• Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis)
• Glandon Blue (Satyrium acaciae)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
• Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
• Balkan Cupid (Tarucus balkanica)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Persian White (Pieris ergane)
• Krüper’s Small White (Pieris krueperi)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
• Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
• Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)
• Powdered Brimstone (Gonepteryx farinosa)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Eastern Wood White (Leptidea duponcheli)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
• Green-underside White (Anthocharis gruneri)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Lesser Bath White (Pontia chloridice)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae)

• Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
• Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Alexandra’s Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor)
• Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)
• Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
• Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Pygmy Skipper (Gegenes pumilio)
• Light Pygmy Skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Persian Skipper (Spialia phlomidis)
• Hungaria Skipper (Spialia orbifer)
• Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)
• Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae)
• Oriental Skipper (Carcharodus orientalis)
• Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Inky Skipper (Erynnis marloyi)
• Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
• Sandy-grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus cinarae)
• Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• Yellow-banded Skipper (Pyrgus sidae)
• Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami)

Albania has several national parks and reserves where you can find thousands of butterflies. The Valbona Valley National Park, Llogara Pass, and Butrint National Park are a few of such places.