Species checklist

Below is the list of butterflies of Croatia including scientific, Croatian name and family of each species. The species can be sorted.

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English name
Scientific name
Croatian name
Family
Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780) Sljezov debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Tufted Marbled Skipper Muschampia floccifera (Zeller, 1847) Čupavi debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Oriental Marbled Skipper Muschampia orientalis (Reverdin, 1913) Istočni debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Marbled Skipper Muschampia lavatherae (Esper, 1783) Čistacov debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) Žutopjegi debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758) Tamni debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Mediterranean Skipper Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793) Mediteranski debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Pygmy Skipper Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) Patuljasti debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) Livadni debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Large Chequered Skipper Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771) Sedefasti debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Sage Skipper Muschampia alta (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Pelinov debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777) Šareni debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Large Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) Planinski pirgus Hesperiidae
Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910) Zujavac Hesperiidae
Safflower Skipper Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813) Obični pirgus Hesperiidae
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) Sijedi pirgus Hesperiidae
Southern Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Zapadni sijedi pirgus Hesperiidae
Olive Skipper Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839) Zagasiti pirgus Hesperiidae
Yellow-banded Skipper Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1783) Narančasti pirgus Hesperiidae
Orbed Red-underwing Skipper Spialia orbifer (Hübner, 1823) Zelenkasti debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Red-underwing Skipper Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) Crvenkasti debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775) Rottemburgov debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Smeđi debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761) Srebreni debeloglavac Hesperiidae
Brown Argus Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Obični mrki plavac Lycaenidae
Blue Argus Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) Igličin mrki plavac Lycaenidae
Mountain Argus Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) Planinski mrki plavac Lycaenidae
Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli (Butler, 1898) Pelargonijin plavac Lycaenidae
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) Zeleni kupinar Lycaenidae
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Vrijeskov plavac Lycaenidae
Provençal Short-tailed Blue Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) Grašarov strjeličar Lycaenidae
Short-tailed Blue Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771) Kratkorepi strjeličar Lycaenidae
Eastern Short-tailed Blue Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886) Vijin strjeličar Lycaenidae
Small Blue Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775) Mali strjeličar Lycaenidae
Osiris Blue Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829) Grahorkin strjeličar Lycaenidae
Mazarine Blue Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775) Djetelinin plavac Lycaenidae
Geranium Argus Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, 1780) Mrki plavac Lycaenidae
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hrastov repić Lycaenidae
Green-underside Blue Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761) Zelenokrili plavac Lycaenidae
Iolas Blue Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816) Pucavac Lycaenidae
Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Veliki tigrasti plavac Lycaenidae
Lang’s Short-tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) Mali tigrasti plavac Lycaenidae
Purple-shot Copper Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775) Ljubičasti vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Balkan Copper Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) Balkanski plavac Lycaenidae
Large Copper Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802) Kiseličin vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Purple-edged Copper Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761) Bjelooki vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Grecian Copper Lycaena ottomanus (Lefebvre, 1830) Grčki vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) Mali vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Lesser Fiery Copper Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784) Esperov vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Sooty Copper Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761) Točkasti vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) Obični vatreni plavac Lycaenidae
Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) Blistavi plavac Lycaenidae
Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) Tirkizni plavac Lycaenidae
Alcon Blue Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Gorski (močvarni) plavac Lycaenidae
Large Blue Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758) Veliki plavac Lycaenidae
Dusky Large Blue Phengaris nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779) Zagasiti livadni plavac Lycaenidae
Scarce Large Blue Phengaris teleius (Bergsträsser, 1779) Veliki livadni plavac Lycaenidae
Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Trnonogi plavac Lycaenidae
Reverdin’s Blue Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, 1779) Sjajni plavac Lycaenidae
Idas Blue Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) Glatkonogi plavac Lycaenidae
Anomalous Blue Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1783) Veliki smeđi plavac Lycaenidae
Amanda’s Blue Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792) Amandin plavac Lycaenidae
Damon Blue Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Planinski sivorubi plavac Lycaenidae
Meleager’s Blue Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Zupčasti plavac Lycaenidae
Turquoise Blue Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Ranjenikov plavac Lycaenidae
Eros blue Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Planinski plavac Lycaenidae
Escher’s Blue Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823) Dalmatinski plavac Lycaenidae
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) Obični plavac Lycaenidae
Ripart’s Anomalous Blue Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) Ripartijev smeđi plavac Lycaenidae
Chapman’s Blue Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835) Grahorkin plavac Lycaenidae
Eastern Baton Blue Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865) Istočni plavac Lycaenidae
Sloe Hairstreak Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Bagremov repić Lycaenidae
Ilex Hairstreak Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779) Medunčev repić Lycaenidae
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758) Trninin repić Lycaenidae
Blue-spot Hairstreak Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Plavkasti repić Lycaenidae
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782) Brijestov repić Lycaenidae
Chequered Blue Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771) Žednjakov plavac Lycaenidae
Little Tiger Blue Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1844) Balkanski tigrasti plavac Lycaenidae
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) Šljivin plavac Lycaenidae
Peacock Butterfly Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) Danje paunče Nymphalidae
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) Mala koprivina riđa Nymphalidae
Lesser Purple Emperor Apatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Mala preljevalica Nymphalidae
Purple Emperor Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) Velika preljevalica Nymphalidae
Freyer’s Purple Emperor Apatura metis (Freyer, 1829) Panonska preljevalica Nymphalidae
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) Zlatni okaš Nymphalidae
Map Butterfly Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) Šumska riđa Nymphalidae
False Grayling Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Lažni sivac Nymphalidae
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) Velika sedefica Nymphalidae
Cardinal Butterfly Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Pandorin šarenac Nymphalidae
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) Zelena sedefica Nymphalidae
Weaver’s Fritillary Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767) Tkalčev šarenac Nymphalidae
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) Proljetni šarenac Nymphalidae
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Bisernica Nymphalidae
Titania’s Fritillary Boloria titania (Esper, 1793) Planinska riđa Nymphalidae
Marbled Fritillary Brenthis daphne (Bergsträsser, 1780) Kupinin šarenac Nymphalidae
Twin – spot Fritillary Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Dvotočkasti šarenac Nymphalidae
Lesser Marbled Fritillary Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) Končarin šarenac Nymphalidae
Great Banded Grayling Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775) Bijeli šumski vratar Nymphalidae
Two Tailed Pasha Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) Vještica Nymphalidae
Hermit Chazara briseis (Linnaeus, 1764) Pustinjak Nymphalidae
Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) Bjelokrili okaš Nymphalidae
Chesnut Heath Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788) Srebrenorubi okaš Nymphalidae
False Ringlet Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) Močvarni okaš Nymphalidae
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) Obični okaš Nymphalidae
Easter Large Heath Coenonympha rhodopensis (Elwes, 1900) Planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Mediteranski monarh Nymphalidae
Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777) Obični planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783) Mali planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Large Ringlet Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805) Veliki planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Silky Ringlet Erebia gorge (Hübner, 1804) Vaganski okaš Nymphalidae
Arran Brown Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758) Bjelokrili planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Woodland Ringlet Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Proljetni planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Black Ringlet Erebia melas (Herbst, 1796) Crni planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Bright – eyed Ringlet Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804) Svjetlooki planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Ottoman Brassy Ringlet Erebia ottomana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) Balkanski planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Water Ringlet Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780) Vodeni planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Styrian Ringlet Erebia stirius (Godart, 1824) Šašikin planinski okaš Nymphalidae
De Prunner’s Ringlet Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1789) Trotočkasti planinski okaš Nymphalidae
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) Močvarna riđa Nymphalidae
Scarce Fritillary Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758) Mala svibanjska riđa Nymphalidae
High Brown Fritillary Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adipina sedefica Nymphalidae
Niobe Fritillary Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) Niobina sedefica Nymphalidae
Grayling Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758) Obični sivac Nymphalidae
Woodland Grayling  Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763) Bukvin sivac Nymphalidae
Eastern Rock Grayling Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871) Istočni sivac Nymphalidae
Tree Grayling Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766) Ovsikov sivac Nymphalidae
Oriental Meadow Brown Hyponephele lupina (Costa, 1836) Orijentalno volovsko oko Nymphalidae
Dusky Meadow Brown Hyponephele lycaon (Kühn, 1774) Zagasito volovsko oko Nymphalidae
Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Obična sedefica Nymphalidae
Lattice Brown Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777) Mediteranski okaš Nymphalidae
Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758) Veliki pjegavac Nymphalidae
Wall Brown Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767) Mali pjegavac Nymphalidae
Northern Wall Brown Lasiommata petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787) Planinski pjegavac Nymphalidae
Nettle-tree Butterfly Libythea celtis (Laicharting, 1782) Koprivićnjak Nymphalidae
White Admiral Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus, 1764) Smeđi admiral Nymphalidae
Poplar Admiral Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758) Topolnjak Nymphalidae
Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta (Staudinger, 1901) Plavi admiral Nymphalidae
Woodland Brown Lopinga achine (Scopoli, 1763) Šumski okaš Nymphalidae
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) Veliko volovsko oko Nymphalidae
Marbled White Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758) Šahovnica Nymphalidae
Balkan Marbled White Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828) Balkanska šahovnica Nymphalidae
Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) Obična riđa Nymphalidae
Nickerl’s Fritillary Melitaea aurelia (Nickerl, 1850) Zlaćana riđa Nymphalidae
Assmann’s Fritillary Melitaea britomartis (Assmann, 1847) Tamna riđa Nymphalidae
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) Trputčeva riđa Nymphalidae
False Heath Fritillary Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789) Mrka riđa Nymphalidae
Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Crvena riđa Nymphalidae
Eastern Knapweed Fritillary Melitaea ornata (Christoph, 1893) Termofilna trputčeva riđa Nymphalidae
Knapweed Fritillary Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Zečinina riđa Nymphalidae
Lesser Spotted Fritillary Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Divizmina riđa Nymphalidae
Dryad Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763) Modrooki okaš Nymphalidae
Hungarian Glider Neptis rivularis (Scopoli, 1763) Velika zebra Nymphalidae
Common Glider Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771) Mala zebra Nymphalidae
Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) Mrtvački plašt Nymphalidae
Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) Smeđonoga riđa Nymphalidae
False Comma Nymphalis vaualbum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Bijela riđa Nymphalidae
Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781) Žutonoga riđa Nymphalidae
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) Lugar Nymphalidae
Comma Butterfly Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) Kontinentalna riđa Nymphalidae
Southern Comma Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775) Mediteranska riđa Nymphalidae
Dalmatian Ringlet Proterebia afra (Godart, 1824) Dalmatinski okaš Nymphalidae
Southern Gatekeeper Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) Južni vratar Nymphalidae
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767) Obični vratar Nymphalidae
Great Sooty Satyr Satyrus ferula (Fabricius, 1793) Smeđooki okaš Nymphalidae
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Ljepokrili admiral Nymphalidae
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) Stričkovac Nymphalidae
Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758) Prugasto jedarce Papilionidae
Southeren Swallowtail Papilio alexanor (Esper, 1799) Južni lastin rep Papilionidae
Swallowtail Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758) Obični lastin rep Papilionidae
Apollo Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) Apolon Papilionidae
Clouded Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) Crni apolon Papilionidae
Southern Festoon Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Uskršnji leptir Papilionidae
Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758) Zorica Pieridae
Black-veined White Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) Glogov bijelac Pieridae
Balkan Clouded Yellow Colias caucasica (Staudinger, 1871) Planinski poštar Pieridae
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) Obični poštar Pieridae
Berger’s Clouded Yellow Colias alfacariensis (Ribbe, 1905) Zlatni poštar Pieridae
Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) Zagasiti poštar Pieridae
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow Colias erate (Esper, 1805) Limunasti poštar Pieridae
Danube Clouded Yellow Colias myrmidone (Esper, 1781) Narančasti poštar Pieridae
Eastern Dappled White Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804) Čipka Pieridae
Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) Kleopatra Pieridae
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) Žućak Pieridae
Cryptic Wood White Leptidea juvernica (Williams, 1946) Zagasiti bijelac Pieridae
Fenton’s Wood White Leptidea morsei (Grund, 1905) Šumski bijelac Pieridae
Wood White Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) Gorušićin bijelac Pieridae
Balkan Green-veined White Pieris balcana (Lorković, 1968) Lorkovićev balkanski bijelac Pieridae
Large White Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) Kupusov bijelac Pieridae
Mountain Small White Pieris ergane (Greyer, 1828) Mali bijelac Pieridae
Southern Small White Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851) Ognjičin bijelac Pieridae
Green-veined White Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) Crnožili bijelac Pieridae
Small White Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) Repičin bijelac Pieridae
Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1776) Istočni zeleni bijelac Pieridae
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758) Smeđi pjegavac Riodinidae

Literature:

Šašić M., Mihoci I: Annotated checklist of Croatian butterflies with vernacular names, Nat. Croat., Vol 20, str 425-436, (2010)

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