List of butterflies of Ireland

List of butterflies of Ireland

This is a list of Irish butterflies, past and present.

"Note that details on specific species are relevant to the Irish populations and some details may not be consistent with the species in other parts of its range."

Hesperiidae – Skippers

Subfamily Hesperiinae
*Essex Skipper - "Thymelicus lineola"Subfamily Pyrginae
*Dingy Skipper – "Erynnis tages" The Irish subspecies is "baynesi" Huggins, 1956

Pieridae – Whites

Subfamily Dismorphiinae
*Wood White – "Leptidea sinapis" The Irish subspecies is "juvernica" Williams, 1945
*Real's Wood White – "Leptidea reali"

Subfamily Coliadinae
*Clouded Yellow – "Colias croceus"
*Brimstone – "Gonepteryx rhamni" The Irish subspecies is "gravesi" Huggins, 1956

Subfamily Pierinae
*Large White – "Pieris brassicae"
*Small White – "Pieris [Artogeia] rapae"
*Green-veined White – "Pieris [Artogeia] napi" The Irish subspecies is" britannica" (Muller & Kautz, 1939) This subspecies is only found in Ireland. The British subspecies is "sabellicae" (Stephens, 1827)
*Orange Tip – "Anthocharis cardamines"The Irish subspecies is "hibernica" (Williams, 1916)

Lycaenidae – Blues, Coppers & Hairstreaks

Subfamily Theclinae
*Green Hairstreak – "Callophrys rubi"
*Brown Hairstreak – "Thecla betulae"
*Purple Hairstreak – "Neozephyrus [Quercusia] quercus"

Subfamily Lycaeninae
*Small Copper – "Lycaena phlaeas"The Irish subspecies is "hibernica" Goodson, 1948

Subfamily Polyommatinae
*Small Blue – "Cupido minimus"
*Common Blue – "Polyommatus icarus" The Irish subspecies is "mariscolore" (Kane, 1893)
*Holly Blue – "Celastrina argiolus"

Nymphalidae – Fritillaries & others

Subfamily Nymphalinae
*Red Admiral – "Vanessa atalanta"
*Painted Lady – "Vanessa [Cynthia] cardui"
*Small Tortoiseshell – "Aglais urticae"
*Peacock – "Inachis io"
*Comma – "Polygonia c-album"Subfamily Argynninae
*Pearl-bordered Fritillary – "Boloria euphrosyne"
*Dark Green Fritillary – "Argynnis [Mesoacidalia] aglaja"
*Silver-washed Fritillary – "Argynnis paphia"
*Marsh Fritillary – "Euphydryas [Eurodryas] aurinia" infrasubspecies "hibernica" Birchall 1873Subfamily Satyrinae
*Speckled Wood – "Pararge aegeria"
*Wall – "Lasiommata megera"
*Grayling – "Hipparchia semele" The Irish subspecies are "clarensis" de Lattin, 1952 (Co.Clare) and "hibernica" Howarth, 1971
*Gatekeeper – "Pyronia tithonus"
*Meadow Brown – "Maniola jurtina" The Irish subspecies is "iernes" Graves , 1930
*Ringlet – "Aphantopus hyperantus"
*Small Heath – "Coenonympha pamphilus"
*Large Heath – "Coenonympha tullia"

Vagrant, Adventive, Extinct and Intercepts and Exotic Species

Extinct
*Small Mountain Ringlet – "Erebia epiphron" Extinct
*Large Copper- "Lycaena dispar"Introduced. Extinct

Vagrants
*Pale Clouded Yellow – "Colias hyale"
*Berger's Clouded Yellow – "Colias alfacariensis" ?
*Short-tailed Blue – "Cupido (Everes) argiades"(imported on Fennelfrom Italy)
*Geranium Bronze – "Cacyreus marshalli" (imported on geraniums)
*Camberwell Beauty – "Nymphalis antiopa"
*Map – "Araschnia levana" (formerly introduced and bred)
*Queen of Spain Fritillary – "Issoria lathonia"
*Monarch – "Danaus plexippus"
*American Painted Lady – "Cynthia (Vanessa) virginiensis"
*Swallowtail -"Papilio machaon"

Exotics

References

*Emmet, A.M., J. Heath "et al." (Ed.), 1990. The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. "The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland" Vol. 7 Part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colechester, UK. 370p.
*K. G. M. Bond, R. Nash and J. P. O’Connor, "An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)"The Irish Biogeographical Society in association with The National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, 2006, 177 pp ISBN 0-9511514-9-5
*Wilson, C. J., Goodwin, J. & Bond, K. 2007. New Irish record of the small skipper butterfly "Thymelicus sylvestris" (Poda) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). " Irish Naturalists’ Journal" 28(9): 385-386).Erroneous and later corrected by the authors. Refers to Essex Skipper "Thymelicus lineola".

External Links

* [http://www.irishbutterflies.com/ Irish Butterflies]
* [http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/] Northern Ireland only
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/cockayne/index.html NHM] Images of Ireland forms and subspecies on this site. Type Ireland into the search box.
* [http://www.wexfordnaturalists.com/gaggle.php?id_gag=20 Wexford Naturalists' Field Club ] Essex Skipper


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