Butterflies in Switzerland

Brush-Footed (Nymphalidae)

• Almond Ringlet (Erebia alberganus)
• Alpine Grayling (Oeneis glacialis)
• Alpine Heath (Coenonympha gardetta)
• Arran Brown (Erebia ligea)
• Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)
• Blind Ringlet (Erebia pharte)
• Bright Eyed Ringlet (Erebia oeme)
• Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
• Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Common Brassy Ringlet (Erebia cassioides)
• Cranberry Fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
• Cynthia’s Fritillary (Euphydryas cynthia)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja)
• Dark Rock Brown (Chazara briseis)
• de Lesse’s Brassy Ringlet (Erebia nivalis)
• de Prunner’s Ringlet (Erebia triarius)
• Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
• Dryad (Minois dryas)
• Dusky Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lycaon)
• Eriphyle Ringlet (Erebia eriphyle)
• European Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
• False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
• False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus)
• Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
• Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
• Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
• Great Sooty Satyr (Satyrus ferula)
• Grisons Fritillary (Melitaea varia)
• Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
• Hedge Brown (Pyronia tithonus)
• High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
• Hungarian Glider (Neptis rivularis)
• Large Ringlet (Erebia euryale)
• Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
• Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)
• Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
• Lesser Mountain Ringlet (Erebia melampus)
• Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
• Lesser Rock Grayling (Hipparchia genava)
• Little Fritillary (Melitaea asteria)
• Map (Araschnia levana)
• Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
• Marbled Ringlet (Erebia montanus)
• Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
• Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Meadow Fritillary (Melitaea parthenoides)
• Mnestra’s Ringlet (Erebia mnestra)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Napaea Fritillary (Boloria napaea)
• Nickerl’s Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia)
• Niobe Fritillary (Fabriciana niobe)
• Northern Wall Brown (Lasiommata petropolitana)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• Pales Fritillary (Boloria pales)
• Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
• Phoebe Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
• Piedmont Ringlet (Erebia meolans)
• Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
• Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)
• Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
• Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Rock Grayling (Hipparchia hermione)
• Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero)
• 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)
• Sooty Ringlet (Erebia pluto)
• Southern Comma (Polygonia egea)
• Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia)
• Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
• Stygian Ringlet (Erebia styx)
• Sudeten Ringlet (Erebia sudetica)
• Thor’s Fritillary (Boloria thore)
• Titania’s Fritillary (Boloria titania)
• Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
• Tullia’s Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
• Tyndarus Ringlet (Erebia tyndarus)
• 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-banded Ringlet (Erebia flavofasciata)
• Yellow-spotted Ringlet (Erebia manto)

Gossamer-Winged (Lycaenidae)

• Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
• Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon)
• Alpine Argus (Agriades orbitulus)
• Alpine Zephyr Blue (Kretania trappi)
• Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
• Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes baton)
• Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
• Blue-spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
• Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon)
• Chapman’s Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
• Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete)
• Damon Blue (Polyommatus damon)
• Dorylas Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
• Dusky Large Blue (Phengaris nausithous)
• Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros)
• Escher’s Blue (Polyommatus escheri)
• European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
• Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
• 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)
• Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
• Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
• Large Blue (Phengaris arion)
• Large Copper (Lycaena dispar)
• 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-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
• Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)
• 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)
• Silvery Argas (Aricia nicias)
• 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)
• Lycaena subalpina

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)

• Berger’s Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis)
• Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
• Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)
• Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Dark-veined White (Pieris bryoniae)
• Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
• Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone)
• Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia)
• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale)
• Peak White (Pontia callidice)
• Provance Orange Tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
• Réal’s Wood White (Leptidea reali)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
• Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)

Metalmark (Riodinidae)

• Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)

Swallowtail (Papilionidae) 

• Alexandra’s Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor)
• Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
• Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)
• Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
• Phoebus Apollo (Parnassius phoebus)
• Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
• Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)

Skipper (Hesperiidae)

• Alpine Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus andromedae)
• Carline Skipper (Pyrgus carlinae)
• Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
• Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Dusky Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus cacaliae)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
• Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
• 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)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
• Southern Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvoides)
• Southern Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus baeticus)
• Tufted Skipper (Carcharodus floccifera)
• Warren Skipper (Pyrgus warrenensis)

The Alps are a great place to experience the butterfly diversity of Switzerland.