title: List of butterflies of Jordan
text: # List of butterflies of Jordan
  
  This is a list of butterflies of Jordan. About 81 species are known from Jordan.
  
  ## Hesperiidae
  
  * Carcharodus stauderi ambiguus (Verity, 1925)
  * Carcharodus stauderi ramses Reverdin, 1914
  * Gegenes nostrodamus nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Gegenes pumilio pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  * Muschampia proteides proteides (Wagner, 1929)
  * Pelopidas thrax thrax (Hübner, [1821])
  * Pyrgus melotis melotis (Duponchel, [1834])
  * Spialia doris amenophis (Reverdin, 1914)
  * Spialia orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901)
  * Thymelicus lineolus lineolus (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
  * Thymelicus sylvestris syriacus (Tutt, [1905])
  
  ## Lycaenidae
  
  * Anthene amarah amarah (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
  * Aricia agestis agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  * Azanus jesous gamra (Lederer, 1855)
  * Cigaritis acamas acamas (Klug, 1834)
  * Cigaritis acamas egyptiaca (Riley, 1925)
  * Cigaritis myrmecophila myrmecophila Dumont, 1922
  * Deudorix livia livia (Klug, 1834)
  * Freyeria trochylus trochylus (Freyer, [1843])
  * Iolana alfierii alfierii Wiltshire, 1948
  * Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
  * Kretania nicholli cleopatra (Hemming, 1934)
  * Kretania philbyi philbyi (Graves, 1925)
  * Lampides boeticus boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Leptotes pirithous pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Luthrodes galba galba (Lederer, 1855)
  * Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Lycaena phlaeas timeus (Cramer, [1777])
  * Lycaena thersamon thersamon (Esper, [1784])
  * Plebejidea loewii lockarti (Hemming, 1929)
  * Plebejidea loewii uranicola (Walker, 1870)
  * Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925)
  * Tarucus balkanicus balkanicus (Freyer, [1843])
  * Tarucus rosaceus rosaceus (Austaut, 1885)
  * Tomares nesimachus nesimachus (Oberthür, 1893)
  * Zizeeria karsandra karsandra (Moore, 1865)
  
  ## Papilionidae
  
  * Archon apollinus bellargus (Staudinger, [1892])
  * Papilio alexanor judaeus Staudinger, [1894]
  * Papilio machaon syriacus Pfeiffer, 1931
  * Papilio saharae saharae Oberthür, 1879
  * Zerynthia cerisyi cerisyi (Godart, 1822)
  * Zerynthia deyrollei deyrollei (Oberthür, 1869)
  
  ## Pieridae
  
  * Anaphaeis aurota aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Aporia crataegi augustior Graver, 1925
  * Colotis chrysonome chrysonome (Klug, 1829)
  * Colotis fausta fausta (Olivier, [1804])
  * Colotis phisadia palaestinensis (Staudinger, [1898])
  * Colotis phisadia phisadia (Godart, [1819])
  * Euchloe ausonia taurica Röber, [1907]
  * Euchloe belemia belemia (Esper, [1800])
  * Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Röber, [1907]
  * Euchloe charlonia charlonia (Donzel, 1842)
  * Euchloe crameri aegyptiaca Verity, 1911
  * Pieris brassicae brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris pseudorapae pseudorapae Verity, 1908
  * Pieris rapae rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pontia daplidice daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pontia glauconome glauconome Klug, 1829
  * Zegris eupheme tigris Riley, 1921
  * Zegris eupheme uarda Hemming, 1929
  
  ## Nymphalidae
  
  ### Danainae
  
  * Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Charaxinae
  
  * Charaxes jasius jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
  
  ### Limenitidinae
  
  * Limenitis reducta herculeana Stichel, [1908]
  
  ### Nymphalinae
  
  * Melitaea arduinna evanescens Staudinger, 1886
  * Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934
  * Melitaea fascelis fascelis (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Melitaea persea persea Kollar, [1849]
  * Melitaea punica telona Fruhstorfer, 1908
  * Polygonia egea egea Cramer, [1775])
  * Vanessa atalanta atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa cardui cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Satyrinae
  
  * Chazara anthe hanifa (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
  * Hipparchia fatua fatua (Freyer, 1844)
  * Hyponephele lupina intermedia (Staudinger, 1886)
  * Lasiommata megera transcaspica (Staudinger, 1901)
  * Maniola telmessia telmessia (Zeller, 1847)
  * Melanargia titea titania Calberla, 1891
  * Pseudochazara pelopea pelopea (Klug, 1832)
  * Pseudochazara telephassa telephassa (Geyer, [1827])
  * Pseudotergumia pisidice pisidice (Klug, 1832)
  * Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832)
  