title: List of butterflies of Metropolitan France
text: # List of butterflies of Metropolitan France
  
  This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica).
  
  ## Hesperiidae
  
  * Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
  * Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
  * Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
  * Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783)
  * Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
  * Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  * Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
  * Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
  * Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
  * Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803)
  * Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853)
  * Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur, 1910)
  * Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
  * Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839)
  * Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839)
  * Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)
  * Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839)
  * Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
  * Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839)
  * Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839)
  * Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784)
  * Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928)
  * Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  * Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
  * Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
  * Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)
  
  ## Lycaenidae
  
  * Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
  * Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
  * Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
  * Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
  * Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
  * Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
  * Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
  * Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
  * Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  * Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
  * Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
  * Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
  * Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
  * Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
  * Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
  * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
  * Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
  * Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
  * Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
  * Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Phengaris nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
  * Phengaris rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)
  * Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779)
  * Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, 1779)
  * Plebejus bellieri (Oberthur, 1910)
  * Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
  * Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
  * Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
  * Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
  * Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
  * Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
  * Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
  * Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
  * Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
  * Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
  * Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
  * Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
  
  ## Nymphalidae
  
  * Aglais ichnusa (Bonelli, 1826)
  * Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
  * Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
  * Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  * Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
  * Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
  * Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
  * Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764)
  * Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804)
  * Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782)
  * Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
  * Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764)
  * Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Erebia aethiopellus (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
  * Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
  * Erebia alberganus (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
  * Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
  * Erebia epistygne (Hübner, 1819)
  * Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
  * Erebia gorge (Hübner, 1804)
  * Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1833
  * Erebia lefebvrei (Boisduval, 1828)
  * Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775)
  * Erebia meolans (Prunner, 1798)
  * Erebia mnestra (Hübner, 1804)
  * Erebia montanus (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Erebia neoridas (Boisduval, 1828)
  * Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804)
  * Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  * Erebia pandrose (Borkhausen, 1788)
  * Erebia pharte (Hübner, 1804)
  * Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)
  * Erebia rondoui Oberthur, 1908
  * Erebia scipio Boisduval, 1832
  * Erebia sthennyo Graslin, 1850
  * Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861
  * Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
  * Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
  * Euphydryas intermedia (Menetries, 1859)
  * Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
  * Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763)
  * Hipparchia genava (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  * Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764)
  * Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1822)
  * Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766)
  * Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
  * Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa, 1836)
  * Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner, 1824)
  * Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782)
  * Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764)
  * Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
  * Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763)
  * Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Melanargia lachesis (Hübner, 1790)
  * Melanargia occitanica (Esper, 1793)
  * Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
  * Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  * Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
  * Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
  * Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
  * Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
  * Melitaea ignasiti Sagarra, 1926
  * Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
  * Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
  * Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763)
  * Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)
  * Oeneis glacialis (Moll, 1783)
  * Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
  * Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894)
  * Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Satyrus actaea (Esper, 1781)
  * Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)
  
  ## Papilionidae
  
  * Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
  * Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
  * Papilio hospiton Guenee, 1839
  * Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
  * Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)
  * Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ## Pieridae
  
  * Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
  * Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1905
  * Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
  * Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
  * Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)
  * Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
  * Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861)
  * Euchloe simplonia (Freyer, 1829)
  * Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
  * Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
  * Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946
  * Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990
  * Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
  * Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
  * Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
  * Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1800)
  * Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ## Riodinidae
  
  * Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  