List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Nymphalidae, or the "browns", which are found in Europe. It is a part of the List of the butterflies of Europe

Subfamily Nymphalinae

Tribe Junoniini

Tribe Nymphalini

Tribe Melitaeini

  • Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Asian fritillary, Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859)
  • Euphydryas italica Back, Haussmann, Salk & Weiss, 2015
  • Cynthia's fritillary, Euphydryas cynthia (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
  • Lapland fritillary, Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816)
  • Marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Spanish marsh fritillary, Euphydryas beckeri (Lederer, 1853)
  • Spanish fritillary, Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
  • Spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
  • Freyer's fritillary, Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1783])
  • Lesser spotted fritillary, Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Aetherie fritillary, Melitaea aetherie (Hübner 1826)
  • Knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Jerusalem fritillary, Melitaea telona (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  • Little fritillary, Melitaea asteria (Freyer, 1828)
  • Heath fritillary, Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Nickerl's fritillary, Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
  • Assman's fritillary, Melitaea britomartis (Assmann, 1847)
  • Provençal fritillary, Melitaea deione (Geyer, 1832)
  • Melitaea nevadensis Oberthür, 1904
  • Glanville fritillary, Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • False heath fritillary, Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
  • Meadow fritillary, Melitaea parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
  • Grisons fritillary, Melitaea varia Meyer-Dur, 1851
  • Sicilian fritillary, Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893

Subfamily Heliconiinae
  • Silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pallas' fritillary, Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771)
  • Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
  • Mountain fritillary, Boloria alaskensis (Holland, 1900) North Russia[1]
  • Cranberry fritillary, Boloria aquilonaris Stichel, 1908
  • Balkan fritillary, Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870)
  • Mountain fritillary, Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  • Shepherd's fritillary, Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Erschoff's fritillary, Boloria angarensis (Erschoff, 1870) North and East Russia[2]
  • Arctic fritillary, Boloria chariclea Schneider, 1794
  • Violet fritillary, Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Freija fritillary, Boloria freija (Becklin in Thunberg, 1791)
  • Frigga fritillary, Boloria frigga Becklin in Thunberg, 1791
  • Dingy fritillary, Boloria improba Butler, 1877
  • Boloria oscarus (Eversmann, 1844) Russia (Urals)[3]
  • Polaris fritillary, Boloria polaris Boisduval, 1828
  • Small pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Boloria selenis (Eversmann, 1837) Russia[4]
  • Thor's fritillary, Boloria thore (Hübner, 1803)
  • Purple bog fritillary, Boloria titania (Esper, 1793)
  • Boloria tritonia (Böber, 1812) North Russia[5]
  • Ocellate bog fritillary, Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799)
  • Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne (Bergstrasser, 1780)
  • Twin-spot fritillary, Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
  • Corsican fritillary, Fabriciana elisa (Godart, [1824])
  • Niobe fritillary, Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Queen of Spain, Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Issoria eugenia (Eversmann, 1847) North European Russia[6][7]
  • Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily Charaxinae

Subfamily Danainae
  • Plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily Apaturinae

Subfamily Libytheinae

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Subfamily Satyrinae
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References
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  2. Description d'un Argynnis nouveau de la Sibérie orientale Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 43 (1): 112-114
  3. Tshikolovets, V. V. (2011) Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean area. 544 S.: Pardubice, Czech Republik (Tshikolovets Puplications).
  4. IUCN Red List Boloria selenis
  5. Gorbunov, P. Y. The Butterflies of Russia: classification, genitalia, keys for identification (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea). in Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology. 2001
  6. Eversmann, 1847 Lepidoptera quaedam nova Rossiae et Sibiriae indigena descripsit et delineavit Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 20 (3): 66-83, 6 pls.
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  8. Satyridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum (curators - V.V.Dubatolov and Yu.P.Korshunov)
  9. IUCN Red List Coenonympha thyrsis
  10. IUCN Red List Coenonympha orientalis
  11. IUCN Red List Erebia cyclopius
  12. O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
  13. Russian insects
  14. IUCN Red List Proterebia afra
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  16. IUCN Red List Maniola halicarnassus
  17. IUCN Red List Maniola cypricola
  18. IUCN Red List Maniola megala
  19. IUCN Red List Melanargia pherusa
  20. "Satyridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum (curators - V.V.Dubatolov and Yu.P.Korshunov)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  21. IUCN Red List Hipparchia christenseni
  22. IUCN Red List Hipparchia cretica
  23. IUCN Red List Hipparchia cypriensis
  24. IUCN Red List Hipparchia leighebi
  25. IUCN Red List Hipparchia mersina
  26. IUCN Red List Hipparchia miguelensis
  27. Stauder, H. (1924) Neue Palaearktenformen II. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 14: 59-66.
  28. Fruhstorfer, H. (1908): Neue palaearktische Satyriden. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 2 (2): 9-10.
  29. IUCN Red List Hipparchia volgensis
  30. IUCN Red List Hipparchia bacchus
  31. IUCN Red List Hipparchia gomera
  32. IUCN Red List Hipparchia tamadabae
  33. IUCN Red List Hipparchia tilosi
  34. Red List Hipparchia wyssii
  • Bozano, G.C. Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Milan: Omnes Artes. incomplete (parts in progress) some parts available as e-books.
  • Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. (1970). A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 9780002120289
  • Higgins, L.G., (1975). The Classification of European Butterflies. London, Collins, 320 pp. ISBN 9780002196246
  • Kudrna O., Ed. Butterflies of Europe. Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden 8 volumes
  • Tshikolovets, V.V. Butterflies of Europe and Mediterranean Area. Tshikolovets, Kiev ISBN 9788090490000

Further reading
  • Butterflies of the Caucasus region and south of Russia
  • Euroleps Butterflies of the Palearctic
  • Insecta.pro > Catalogue> Europe> 1000 per page
  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter. Plates
  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter. Text (as search available pdf pdf)
  • faunaeur.org Fauna Europaea Excludes Russian Far East. Includes 1. North European Russia: Murmanskaya Oblast, Kareliya Respublika, Arkhangel'skaya Oblast, inland incl. Nenetskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, excluding Nova Zemlya and Franz Josef Land which are treated separately), Komi Respublika, Vologodskaya Oblast 2. Northwest European Russia: Leningradskaya Oblast, Pskovskaya Oblast, Novgorodskaya Oblast 3. Central European Russia: Kostromskaya Oblast, Tverskaya Oblast, Yarovslavskaya Oblast, Ivanovskaya Oblast, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, Vladimirskaya Oblast, Smolenskaya Oblast, Moskovskaya Oblast, Ryazanskaya Oblast, Mordoviya Respublika, Chuvashkaya Respublika, Ul'yanovskaya Oblast, Kaluzhskaya Oblast, Tul'skaya Oblast, Lipetskaya Oblast, Tambovskaya Oblast, Penzenskaya Oblast, Bryanskaya Oblast, Orlovskaya Oblast, Kurskaya Oblast, Voronezhskaya Oblast, Belgorodskaya Oblast 4. East European Russia: Kirovskaya Oblast, Permskaya Oblast (incl. Komi-Permyatskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug), Udmurtskaya Respublika, Bashkortostan Respublika, Mariy El Respublika, Tatarstan Respublika, Samarskaya Oblast, Orenburgskaya Oblast 5. South European Russia: Saratovskaya Oblast, Volgogradskaya Oblast, Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Rostovskaya Oblast, Kalmykiya Respublika 6. Kaliningradskaya Oblast (between Poland and Lithuania) 7. Novaya Zemlya 8. Franz Josef Land (excl. Ushakova I. and Vize I.)

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