Butterflies in Poland
Poland is home to several species of butterflies, including the Map, the Common Brimstone, and the Scarce Copper.
List of Most Common Butterfly Species of Poland
Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)
- Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
- Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
- Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
- Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
- Map (Araschnia levana)
- Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
- Pallas’ Fritillary (Argynnis laodice)
- Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
- Cranberry Fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
- Pales Fritillary (Boloria pales)
- Violet Frillitary (Boloria dia)
- Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
- Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
- Titania’s Fritillary (Boloria titania)
- Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
- Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
- Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
- Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
- Dark Rock Brown (Chazara briseis)
- Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
- Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
- Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero)
- False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus)
- Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
- Tullia’s Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
- Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)
- Small Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
- Large Ringlet (Erebia euryale)
- Silky Ringlet (Erebia gorge)
- Meadow Ringlet (Erebia ligea)
- Yellow-spotted Ringlet (Erebia manto)
- Woodland Ringlet (Erebia medusa)
- Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
- Blind Ringlet (Erebia pharte)
- Shepherd’s Fritillary (Erebia pronoe)
- Sudeten Ringlet (Erebia sudetica)
- Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
- Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna)
- High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
- Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
- Rock Grayling (Hipparchia hermione)
- Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
- Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
- Dusky Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lycaon)
- Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
- Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
- Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
- Northern Wall Brown (Lasiommata petropolitana)
- White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)
- Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
- Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)
- Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
- Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
- Nickerl’s Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia)
- Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)
- Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
- False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
- Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
- Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
- Dryad (Minois dryas)
- Hungarian Glider (Neptis rivularis)
- Pallas’ Sailer (Neptis sappho)
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
- Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
- Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas)
- Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta)
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
- Comma (Polygonia c-album)
- Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
- Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)
- Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete)
- Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
- Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
- Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
- Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
- Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
- Provençal Short-tailed Blue (Cupido alcetas)
- Short-tailed Blue (Cupido argiades)
- Eastern Short-tailed Blue (Cupido decolorata)
- Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
- Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
- Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)
- Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
- Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
- Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
- Large Copper (Lycaena dispar)
- Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
- Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
- Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
- Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
- Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
- Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
- Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon)
- Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
- Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
- Dusky Large Blue (Phengaris nausithous)
- Scarce Large Blue (Phengaris teleius)
- Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
- Reverdin’s Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
- Idas Blue (Plebejus idas)
- Damon Blue (Polyommatus damon)
- Ripart’s Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus ripartii)
- Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis)
- Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
- Dorylas Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
- Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros)
- European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
- Chapman’s Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
- Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes baton)
- Eastern Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes vicrama)
- Sloe Hairstreak (Satyrium acaciae)
- Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis)
- Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
- Blue-spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)
- White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
- Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
- Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
- Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
- Berger’s Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis)
- Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
- Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias erate)
- Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
- Danube Clouded Yellow (Colias myrmidone)
- Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
- Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
- Réal’s Wood White (Leptidea reali)
- Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
- Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
- Dark-veined White (Pieris bryoniae)
- Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
- Small White (Pieris rapae)
- Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
Metalmark (Riodinidae)
- Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)
Swallowtail (Papilionidae)
- Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
- Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
- Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
- Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)
- Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
Skipper (Hesperiidae)
- Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)
- Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
- Northern Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus silvicola)
- Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
- Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
- Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
- Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
- Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
- Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
- Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami)
- Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
- Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae)
- Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)
- Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
- European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
- Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Some of the best places to see butterflies in Poland include the Białowieża Forest, Biebrza National Park, and the Niechorze Butterfly House.