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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

Subfamily Heliconiinae

Subfamily Charaxinae

Subfamily Danainae

Subfamily Apaturinae

  • Lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)</small>
  • Purple emperor, Apatura iris <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Freyer's purple emperor, Apatura metis <small>Freyer, 1829</small>

Subfamily Libytheinae

  • Nettle-tree butterfly, Libythea celtis <small>(Laicharting, 1782)</small>

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Subfamily Satyrinae

References

  • Bozano, G.C. Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Milan: Omnes Artes. <small>incomplete (parts in progress)</small> some parts available as e-books.
  • Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. (1970). A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins
  • Higgins, L.G., (1975). The Classification of European Butterflies. London, Collins, 320 pp.
  • Kudrna O., Ed. Butterflies of Europe. Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden 8 volumes
  • Tshikolovets, V.V. Butterflies of Europe and Mediterranean Area. Tshikolovets, Kiev

Further reading

External links

  • 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)
  • fauna-eu&#91;.&#93;org Fauna Europaea Excludes Russian Far East. Includes 1. North European Russia: <small>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</small> 2. Northwest European Russia: <small>Leningradskaya Oblast, Pskovskaya Oblast, Novgorodskaya Oblast</small> 3. Central European Russia: <small>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</small> 4. East European Russia: <small>Kirovskaya Oblast, Permskaya Oblast (incl. Komi-Permyatskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug), Udmurtskaya Respublika, Bashkortostan Respublika, Mariy El Respublika, Tatarstan Respublika, Samarskaya Oblast, Orenburgskaya Oblast</small> 5. South European Russia: <small>Saratovskaya Oblast, Volgogradskaya Oblast, Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Rostovskaya Oblast, Kalmykiya Respublika</small> 6. Kaliningradskaya Oblast (between Poland and Lithuania) 7. Novaya Zemlya 8. Franz Josef Land (excl. Ushakova I. and Vize I.)

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