List of butterflies of Mauritania

This is a list of butterflies of Mauritania. About 30 species are known from Mauritania,^[1] none of which are endemic.^[2]

• Papilio demodocus Esper, [1798]

• 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)

• Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
• Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
• Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)

• Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)

• Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

• Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932
• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1843)
• Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
• Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)

• Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

• Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)

• Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

• Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)

• Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)

• Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)

• List of moths of Mauritania
• Wildlife of Mauritania

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plates
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Text (in German)