Butterflies in Korea

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Asian Comma (Polygonia c-aureum)
• Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)
• Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)
• Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
• Chestnut Tiger (Parantica sita)
• Chinese Bushbrown (Mycalesis gotama)
• Chocolate Tiger (Parantica melaneus)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Common Evening Brown (Melanitis leda)
• Common Five-ring (Ypthima baldus)
• Common Mapwing (Cyrestis thyodamas)
• Common Tiger (Danaus genutia)
• Constable (Dichorragia nesimachus)
• Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
• Dark Evening Brown (Melanitis phedima)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
• Dryad (Minois dryas)
• European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
• False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
• False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus)
• Freyer’s Purple Emperor (Apatura metis)
• Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
• Hungarian Glider (Neptis rivularis)
• Indian Fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius)
• Indian Red Admiral (Vanessa indica)
• Japanese Emperor (Sasakia charonda)
• Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta)
• Lapland Ringlet (Erebia embla)
• Large Silverstripe (Argynnis childreni)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
• Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
• Map (Araschnia levana)
• Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
• Arran Brown (Erebia ligea)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Pallas’ Fritillary (Argynnis laodice)
• Pallas’ Sailer (Neptis sappho)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
• Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
• Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
• Red Ring Skirt (Hestina assimilis)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Ross’s Alpine (Erebia rossii)
• Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero)
• Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
• Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Striated Ringlet (Ypthima multistriata)
• Thor’s Fritillary (Boloria thore)
• Titania’s Fritillary (Boloria titania)
• White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)
• Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)
• Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas)
• Argynnis ruslana
• Argynnis sagana
• Fabriciana nerippe
• Hestina japonica
• Lethe marginalis
• Melanargia epimede
• Melitaea protomedia
• Melitaea scotosia
• Mycalesis francisca
• Neptis alwina

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Albocerulean (Udara albocaerulea)
• Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Angled Sunbeam (Curetis acuta)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Bush Clover (Rapala caerulea)
• Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Fischer’s Blue (Tongeia fischeri)
• Forest Pierrot (Taraka hamada)
• Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
• Greater Large Blue (Phengaris arionides)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Japanese Flash (Rapala arata)
• Japanese Oakblue (Arhopala japonica)
• King Cerulean (Jamides bochus)
• Large copper (Lycaena dispar)
• Lesser Grass-blue (Zizina otis)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Orange Hairstreak (Shirozua jonasi)
• Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
• Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha)
• Pale Hedge Blue (Udara dilectus)
• Plains Cupid (Luthrodes pandava)
• Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus)
• Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Reverdin’s Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
• Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
• Scarce Large Blue (Phengaris teleius)
• Short-tailed Blue (Cupido argiades)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
• Wonderful Hairstreak (Thermozephyrus ataxus)
• Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi
• Antigius attilia
• Antigius butleri
• Araragi enthea
• Aricia chinensis
• Artopoetes pryeri
• Celastrina oreas
• Chrysozephyrus brillantinus
• Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus
• Coreana raphaelis
• Favonius orientalis
• Favonius saphirinus
• Favonius taxila
• Glaucopsyche lycormas
• Japonica lutea
• Japonica saepestriata
• Niphanda fusca
• Protantigius superans
• Satyrium herzi
• Satyrium latior
• Satyrium prunoides
• Thecla betulina
• Ussuriana michaelis
• Wagimo signata

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Booth’s Sulphur (Colias tyche)
• Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
• Dark Clouded Yellow (Colias fieldii)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias erate)
• Fenton’s Wood White (Leptidea morsei)
• Gray-veined White (Pieris melete)
• Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia)
• Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona)
• Lesser Bath White (Pontia chloridice)
• Lesser Brimstone (Gonepteryx mahaguru)
• Lined Grass-yellow (Eurema laeta)
• Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
• No-brand Grass-yellow (Eurema brigitta)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Yellow Tip (Anthocharis scolymus)
• Aporia hippia
• Colias heos
• Gonepteryx maxima
• Leptidea amurensis

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Alpine Black Swallowtail (Papilio maackii)
• Asian Swallowtail (Papilio xuthus)
• Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)
• Chinese Windmill (Atrophaneura alcinous)
• Common Peacock (Papilio bianor)
• Dragon Swallowtail (Sericinus montela)
• Eversmann’s Parnassian (Parnassius eversmanni)
• Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)
• Long-tailed Spangle (Papilio macilentus)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Red Helen (Papilio helenus)
• Spangle Swallowtail (Papilio protenor)
• Luehdorfia puziloi
• Parnassius bremeri
• Parnassius nomion
• Parnassius stubbendorfii

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Common Straight Swift (Parnara guttatus)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• Hungaria Skipper (Spialia orbifer)
• Indian Awlking (Choaspes benjaminii)
• Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
• Northern Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus silvicola)
• Small Branded Swift (Pelopidas mathias)
• Aeromachus inachus
• Bibasis aquilina
• Carterocephalus argyrostigma
• Carterocephalus dieckmanni
• Daimio tethys
• Erynnis montanus
• Erynnis popoviana
• Hesperia florinda
• Isoteinon lamprospilus
• Leptalina unicolor
• Muschampia gigas
• Ochlodes ochracea
• Ochlodes subhyalin
• Ochlodes venata
• Pelopidas jansonis
• Pelopidas sinensis
• Polytremis pellucida
• Polytremis zina
• Potanthus flava
• Pyrgus maculatus
• Pyrgus speyeri
• Satarupa nymphalis
• Thymelicus leonina
• Thymelicus sylvatica

The best place to see butterflies in Korea is the Buramsan Butterfly Garden in Seoul.