Butterflies in Romania

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)
• Black Ringlet (Erebia melas)
• Blind Ringlet (Erebia pharte)
• Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
• Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Common Brassy Ringlet (Erebia cassioides)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
• Cranberry Fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
• Dark Rock Brown (Chazara briseis)
• Delattin’s Grayling (Hipparchia volgensis)
• Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
• Dryad (Minois dryas)
• Dusky Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lycaon)
• European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
• False Grayling (Arethusana arethusa)
• False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
• Freyer’s Fritillary (Melitaea arduinna)
• Freyer’s Purple Emperor (Apatura metis)
• Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
• Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
• Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
• Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
• High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
• Hungarian Glider (Neptis rivularis)
• Iranian Argus (Kirinia climene)
• Large Ringlet (Erebia euryale)
• Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
• Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
• Lesser Spotted Frillitary (Melitaea trivia)
• Map (Araschnia levana)
• Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
• Marbled Ringlet (Erebia montanus)
• Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
• Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Meadow Ringlet (Erebia ligea)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Nickerl’s Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Oriental Meadow Brown (Hipparchia syriaca)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Pales Fritillary (Boloria pales)
• Pallas’ Fritillary (Argynnis laodice)
• Pallas’ Sailer (Neptis sappho)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
• Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
• Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
• Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Rock Grayling (Hipparchia hermione)
• Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana)
• Russian Heath (Coenonympha leander)
• Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna)
• Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)
• Shepherd’s Fritillary (Erebia pronoe)
• Silky Ringlet (Erebia gorge)
• Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Small Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
• Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Southern Marbled Skipper (Hyponephele lupinus)
• Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
• Sudeten Ringlet (Erebia sudetica)
• Titania’s Fritillary (Boloria titania)
• Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
• Tullia’s Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
• Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate)
• Violet Frillitary (Boloria dia)
• Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
• White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)
• Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)
• Woodland Grayling (Hipparchia fagi)
• Woodland Ringlet (Erebia medusa)
• Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas)
• Yellow-spotted Ringlet (Erebia manto)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
• Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus admetus)
• Bavius Blue (Pseudophilotes bavius)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Blue Argus (Aricia anteros)
• Blue-spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon)
• Chapman’s Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
• Damon Blue (Polyommatus damon)
• Dorylas Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
• Dusky Large Blue (Phengaris nausithous)
• Eastern Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes vicrama)
• Eastern Short-tailed Blue (Cupido decolorata)
• 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)
• Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis)
• Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
• Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
• Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
• Large Copper (Lycaena dispar)
• Lesser Fiery Copper (Lycaena thersamon)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
• Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris)
• Provençal Short-tailed Blue (Cupido alcetas)
• Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)
• Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
• Reverdin’s Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
• Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
• Scarce Large Blue (Phengaris teleius)
• Short-tailed Blue (Cupido argiades)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Sloe Hairstreak (Satyrium acaciae)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
• Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
• Tomares nogelii
• Kretania sephirus

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Berger’s Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis)
• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Danube Clouded Yellow (Colias myrmidone)
• Dark-veined White (Pieris bryoniae)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
• Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias erate)
• Fenton’s Wood White (Leptidea morsei)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Lesser Clouded Yellow (Colias chrysotheme)
• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
• Persian White (Pieris ergane)
• Réal’s Wood White (Leptidea reali)
• Small White, Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
• Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
• Pieris balcana

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)
• Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy)
• Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Dusky Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus cacaliae)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• Hungaria Skipper (Spialia orbifer)
• Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
• Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
• Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae)
• Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
• Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae)
• Oriental Skipper (Carcharodus orientalis)
• Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Spinose Skipper (Muschampia cribrellum)
• Tessellated Skipper (Muschampia tessellum)
• Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)
• Yellow-banded Skipper (Pyrgus sidae)

Some of the best places to see butterflies in Romania include the Carpathian Mountains, the Macin Mountains, and alongside the Danube River.