Butterflies in Spain

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Black Satyr (Satyrus actaea)
• Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
• Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
• Hermit (Chazara briseis)
• Dorus Ringlet (Coenonympha dorus)
• Dusky Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lycaon)
• Esper’s Marbled White (Melanargia russiae)
• European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
• False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
• Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
• Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
• Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis)
• Ines Blue (Melanargia ines)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
• Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Rock Grayling (Hipparchia hermione)
• Scotch Argus (Hipparchia fidia)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Soutern Hermit (Chazara prieuri)
• Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia)
• Southern Marbled Skipper (Hyponephele lupinus)
• Southern Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica)
• Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
• Spanish Brassy Ringlet (Erebia hispania)
• Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
• Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)
• Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
• Zapater’s Ringlet (Erebia zapateri)
• Hipparchia alcyone

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Chapman’s Green Hairstreak (Callophrys avis)
• Chapman’s Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
• Dusky Large Blue (Phengaris nausithous)
• Eastern Bath White (Tarucus theophrastus)
• Escher’s Blue (Polyommatus escheri)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• False Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium esculi)
• Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
• Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis)
• Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
• Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
• Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Lorquin’s Blue (Cupido lorquinii)
• Melanops Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops)
• Moroccan Blue (Pseudophilotes abencerragus)
• Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris)
• Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes)
• Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera)
• Spanish Argus (Aricia morronensis)
• Spanish Zephyr Blue (Kretania hesperica)
• Agriades zullichi

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 crocea)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Green-striped White (Euchloe belemia)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Lemon White (Euchloe charlonia)
• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis)
• Small Orange-tip (Colotis evagore)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Sooty Orange Tip (Zegris eupheme)
• Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
• Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Borbo Skipper (Borbo borbonica)
• Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Dingy Swift (Gegenes nostrodamus)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
• Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae)
• Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae)
• Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)
• Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae)
• Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)
• Rozy Grizzled Argus (Pyrgus onopordi)
• Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami)
• Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Southern Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvoides)
• Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)

One of the best places to see butterflies in Spain is the Valencia region in eastern Spain, where nearly 70% of all the butterflies living in the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., Portugal and Spain, can be spotted.