Butterflies in Norway

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
• Arctic Woodland Ringlet (Erebia polaris)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Cranberry Fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
• Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
• Dingy Fritillary (Boloria improba)
• Disa Alpine (Erebia disa)
• False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
• Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
• Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga)
• Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
• Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
• Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
• High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
• Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta)
• Lapland Ringlet (Erebia embla)
• Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Meadow Ringlet (Erebia ligea)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Napaea Fritillary (Boloria napaea)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Norse Grayling (Oeneis norna)
• Northern Wall Brown (Lasiommata petropolitana)
• Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
• Polaris Fritillary (Boloria polaris)
• Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Rock Grayling (Hipparchia hermione)
• Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero)
• Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Thor’s Fritillary (Boloria thore)
• Tullia’s Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
• Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
• White-veined Arctic (Oeneis bore)
• Euphydryas iduna

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Alpine Argus (Agriades orbitulus)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Arctic Blue (Agriades aquilo)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Idas Blue (Plebejus idas)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
• Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)
• Reverdin’s Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
• Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Hecla Sulphur (Colias hecla)
• Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
• Booth’s Sulphur (Colias tyche)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Réal’s Wood White (Leptidea reali)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
• Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Northern Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus silvicola)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Alpine Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus andromedae)
• Northern Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)

There are certain parks in Oslo where one can observe Norwegian butterflies.