Butterflies in Morocco

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
• Dark Rock Brown (Chazara briseis)
• Desert Fritillary (Melitaea deserticola)
• Dorus Ringlet (Coenonympha dorus)
• Giant Grayling (Berberia abdelkader)
• Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
• Great Sooty Satyr (Satyrus ferula)
• Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
• Ines Blue (Melanargia ines)
• Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Lesser Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea aetherie)
• Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
• Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
• Powel’s Grayling (Hipparchia powelli)
• Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Scotch Argus (Hipparchia fidia)
• Soutern Hermit (Chazara prieuri)
• Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia)
• Southern Marbled Skipper (Hyponephele lupinus)
• Southern Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica)
• Spanish Fritillary (Euphydryas desfontainii)
• Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
• Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
• Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)
• Violet Frillitary (Boloria dia)
• Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
• Berberia lambessanus
• Coenonympha arcanioides
• Coenonympha fettigii
• Coenonympha lyllus
• Coenonympha vaucheri
• Fabriciana auresiana
• Hipparchia hansii
• Hyponephele maroccana
• Pseudochazara atlantis

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
• African Babul Blue (Azanus jesous)
• African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna)
• Allard’s Silverline (Cigaritis allardi)
• Allard’s Grayling (Kretania allardii)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amanda)
• Atlantic Blue (Polyommatus atlantica)
• Bavius Blue (Pseudophilotes bavius)
• Bright Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon)
• Chapman’s Green Hairstreak (Callophrys avis)
• Chapman’s Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
• Eastern Bath White (Tarucus theophrastus)
• Escher’s Blue (Polyommatus escheri)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• False Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium esculi)
• Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
• Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Lorquin’s Blue (Cupido lorquinii)
• Martin’s Blue (Kretania martini)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Mediterranean Pierrot (Tarucus rosacea)
• Melanops Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops)
• Moroccan Blue (Pseudophilotes abencerragus)
• Moroccan Copper (Lycaena phoebus)
• Moroccan Grayling (Tomares mauretanicus)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes)
• Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus)
• Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
• Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra albicans)
• Vogel’s Blue (Maurus vogelii)
• Zohra’s Blue (Cigaritis zohra)
• Lysandra punctifera

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Bath White (Pontia daplidice)
• Berger’s Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis)
• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Desert White (Pontia glauconome)
• Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
• Golden Arab-tip (Colotis chrysonome)
• Green-striped White (Euchloe belemia)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Lemon White (Euchloe charlonia)
• Pale Grass Blue (Catopsilia florella)
• Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis)
• Scarce Green Striped (Euchloe falloui)
• Small Orange-tip (Colotis evagore)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Sooty Orange Tip (Zegris eupheme)
• Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
• Moroccan Orange Tip (Anthocharis belia)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
• Southern Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthamelii)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Sahara Swallowtail (Papilio saharae)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Aden Skipper (Spialia doris)
• Borbo Skipper (Borbo borbonica)
• Dingy Swift (Gegenes nostrodamus)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Hamza Skipper (Thymelicus hamza)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
• Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae)
• Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
• Pygmy Skipper (Gegenes pumilio)
• Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)
• Rozy Grizzled Argus (Pyrgus onopordi)
• Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Small Mallow (Carcharodus tripolina)
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Stauder’s Clouded Yellow (Carcharodus stauderi)
• Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)
• Barbary Skipper (Muschampia mohammed)
• Syrichtus leuzae

Some of the best places to see butterflies in Morocco include Mount Toubkal, Agadir city, and Ifrane National Park.