Butterflies in Sweden

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea)
• Arran Brown (Erebia ligea)
• Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)
• 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)
• 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)
• Map (Araschnia levana)
• Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• 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)
• Pallas’ Fritillary (Argynnis laodice)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
• Polaris Fritillary (Boloria polaris)
• Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
• Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna)
• 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)
• Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
• Alpine Argus (Agriades orbitulus)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete)
• Dorylas Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
• Glandon Blue (Agriades glandon)
• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Idas Blue (Plebejus idas)
• Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis)
• Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
• Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Orion Blue (Scolitantides orion)
• Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
• Reverdin’s Blue (Plebeius argyrognomon)
• Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Silvery Argas (Aricia nicias)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Hecla Sulphur (Colias hecla)
• Labrador Sulphur (Colias nastes)
• Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
• Réal’s Wood White (Leptidea reali)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

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

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

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

The best place to see butterflies in Sweden is Stockholm’s Butterfly House.