Butterflies recorded in the Aammiq region

Scarce Swallowtail

The Aammiq region is rich in butterflies. The list below shows species recorded by A Rocha personnel since 1998. The list is mainly based on records taken during a weekly survey in 2000 and 2001.

The Aammiq region includes not just the wetlands but also the adjacent farmland and the rocky and partly wooded slopes of Jebel Barouk overlooking the marsh.

Comments or clarifications on this list are welcome.

Available book: The Butterflies of the Aammiq area, Lebanon

Skipper Butterflies: Hesperiidae

Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus armoricanus
Tessellated Skipper Muschampia tessellum
Sage Skipper Muschampia proto
Oriental Marbled Skipper Carcharodus boeticus
Inky Skipper Erynnis marloyi
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Pigmy Skipper Gegenes pumilio

Swallowtail Butterflies: Papilionidae

Swallowtail Papilio machaon
Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius
Eastern Festoon Zerynthia cerisyi
False Apollo Archon apollinus

Yellow-white Butterflies: Pieridae

Black-veined white Aporia crataegi
Large White Pieris brassicae
Small White Artogeia rapae
Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa
Eastern Greenish Black-tip Elphinstonia penia
Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines
Eastern Orange Tip Anthocharis damone
Salmon Caper Colotis fausta
Clouded Yellow Colias crocea
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra

Milkweed Butterflies: Danaidae

Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus

Gossamer-winged Butterflies: Lycaenidae

Blue-spot Hairstreak Satyrium spini
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Lesser Fiery Copper Lycaena thersamon
Fiery Copper Lycaena thetis
Small Desert Blue Chilades galba
Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
Loew's Blue Plejus loewii
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Eastern Mazarine Blue Cyaniris antiochena
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

Brush-footed Butterflies: Nymphalidae

Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta
Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Southern Comma Polygonia egea
Cardinal Argynnis pandora
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia
Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma
Desert Fritillary Melitaea deserticola
Lesser Spotted Fritillary Melitaea trivia

Wood Nymphs, Satyrs: Satyridae

Levantine Marbled White Melanargia titea
Pelopea Grayling Pseudochazara pelopea
Great Sooty Satyr Satyrus ferula
Eastern Meadow Brown Maniola telmessia
Dusky Meadow Brown Hyponephele lycaon
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Wall Brown Lasiommata megera

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List correct as of December 2004. For further details contact lebanon@arocha.org