title: List of butterflies of Mauritania
text: # List of butterflies of Mauritania
  
  This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania, none of which are endemic.
  
  ## Papilionidae
  
  ### Papilioninae
  
  **Papilionini**
  
  * Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]
  
  ## Pieridae
  
  ### Pierinae
  
  * Colotis amata calais (Cramer, 1775)
  * Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)
  * Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829)
  * Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
  * Colotis danae eupompe (Klug, 1829)
  * Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)
  * Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
  * Colotis vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
  * Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)
  * Pinacopterix eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)
  * Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)
  
  **Pierini**
  
  * Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
  * Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
  
  ## Lycaenidae
  
  ### Theclinae
  
  **Theclini**
  
  * Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
  
  ### Polyommatinae
  
  **Lycaenesthini**
  
  * Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  
  **Polyommatini**
  
  * Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
  * Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
  * Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
  * Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
  * Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
  
  ## Nymphalidae
  
  ### Danainae
  
  **Danaini**
  
  * Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)
  
  ### Limenitinae
  
  **Adoliadini**
  
  * Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
  
  ## Hesperiidae
  
  ### Coeliadinae
  
  * Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])
  
  ### Pyrginae
  
  **Celaenorrhinini**
  
  * Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)
  
  **Carcharodini**
  
  * Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
  * Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
  
  ### Hesperiinae
  
  **Baorini**
  
  * Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
  