List of butterflies of Russia

This is a list of butterflies of Russia. About 540 species are known from Russia. The butterflies (mostly diurnal) and moths (mostly nocturnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Russia

The history of lepidopterology in Russia is connected with the organization of the first Russian museum The Kunstkamera established by Peter the Great in 1714. In 1717, he purchased the collection of Albert Seba, a merchant from Amsterdam, for the new museum. In 1832 the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences was separated as a distinct institution which in 1931 became the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1991 — Russian Academy of Sciences).

In 1859, the then director of the Zoological Museum, Johann Friedrich von Brandt was one of the founders of the Russian Entomological Society in 1859 and in St. Petersburg . Other founders were Karl Ernst von Baer, Ya. A. Kushakevich, Colonel Alexander Karlovich Manderstern, Alexander von Middendorff and Colonel of General Staff Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky. Another society founder was Ferdinand Morawitz. Eduard Brandt and Ferdinand Morawitz. Also important was the Moscow Society of Naturalists and increasingly the Russian Academy of Sciences and The Academy of Sciences of the USSR. From the mid-nineteenth century the main zoogeographic focus was on the Caucasus, Siberia and the Russian Far East. At the end of the nineteenth century the German entomologist Otto Staudinger financed collectors in the Far East of Russia. In the early twentieth century the results of all these endeavours were summarised in Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde edited by Adalbert Seitz.

From 1925 lepidopterology was organised by The Academy of Sciences of the USSR and lists titled USSR or SSR. In 1991 The Academy of Sciences of the USSR became once again the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Notable Russian lepidopterists include Peter Simon Pallas, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Édouard Ménétries, Johann von Böber, Hugo Theodor Christoph, Alexander Yakhontov, Alexander von Nordmann, Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev, Victor Motschulsky, Sergei Alphéraky, Otto Vasilievich Bremer, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko, Nicholas Mikhailovich, Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff, Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov, Grigory Bey-Bienko and Yuri Korshunov.

Butterflies of Russia

Hesperiidae

genus: Aeromachus
genus: Bibasis
genus: Carcharodus
genus: Carterocephalus
genus: Daimio
genus: Erynnis
genus: Hesperia
genus: Heteropterus
genus: Leptalina
genus: Lobocla
genus: Muschampia
genus: Ochlodes
genus: Parnara
genus: Polytremis
genus: Potanthus
genus: Pyrgus
genus: Satarupa
genus: Spialia
genus: Thoressa
genus: Thymelicus

Lycaenidae

genus: Agriades
genus: Ahlbergia
  • Ahlbergia aleucopuncta Johnson, 1992
  • Ahlbergia ferrea (Butler, 1866) Zabaykalsky Krai
  • Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi (Lederer, 1853) Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Kamchatka, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Ahlbergia korea Johnson, 1992 Amur Oblast, Ussuri
genus: Antigius
genus: Araragi
genus: Aricia
  • Aricia agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) South European Russia
  • Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874) Amur Oblast, Ussuri, South Siberia, Turkestan, Altai Mountains, Greater Caucasus
  • Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
  • Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934) Greater Caucasus
genus: Artopoetes
genus: Atara
  • Atara arata (Bremer, 1861) Amur Oblast, Sakhalin
  • Atara саеrulеа (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Amur Oblast
genus: Athamanthia
  • Athamanthia japhetica (Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1983) Caucasus Minor
genus: Callophrys
  • Callophrys butlerovi Migranov, 1991 South Urals
  • Callophrys chalybeitincta Sovinsky, 1905 Caucasus Minor
  • Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
genus: Celastrina
  • Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Celastrina fedoseevi Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990 Transbaikalia, Amur Oblast
  • Celastrina filipjevi (Riley, 1934) Ussuri
  • Celastrina ladonides (de l'Orza, 1867)
  • Celastrina oreas (Leech, 1893) Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Celastrina phellodendroni Omelko, 1987 Ussuri
  • Celastrina sugitanii (Matsumura, 1919) Sakhalin
genus: Coreana
genus: Cupido
genus: Cyaniris
genus: Eumedonia
genus: Favonius
  • Favonius aquamarinus (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1987) Ussuri
  • Favonius cognatus (Staudinger, 1892) Sakhalin
  • Favonius jezoensis (Matsumura, 1915) Sakhalin, Kuril Island
  • Favonius korshunovi (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982) Sayan Mountains
  • Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875) Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Favonius saphirinus (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Favonius taxila (Bremer, 1861)
  • Favonius ultramarinus (Fixsen, 1887) Ussuri
genus: Glabroculus
  • Glabroculus cyane (Eversmann, 1837) South Siberia, Sayan Mountains, Altai Range
genus: Glaucopsyche
genus: Goldia
genus: Japonica
genus: Kretania
genus: Lampides
genus: Leptotes
genus: Lycaena
genus: Lysandra
genus: Neolycaena
  • Neolycaena davidi (Oberthur, 1881) South Siberia, Altai Range
  • Neolycaena falkovitchi Zhdanko & Korshunov, 1985 North Altai Range, West Sayan Mountains
  • Neolycaena irkuta Zhdanko,[1996] East Altai Range, East Sayan Mountains, West Transbaikalia
  • Neolycaena rhymnus (Eversmann, 1832)
genus: Neolysandra
genus: Neozephyrus
genus: Niphanda
genus: Patricius
genus: Phengaris
  • Phengaris alcon ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phengaris arionides (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Phengaris cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848) South Siberia, Sayan Mountains, Altai Range
  • Phengaris kurentzovi (Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994) Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Phengaris nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
  • Phengaris ogumae (Matsumura, 1910) Sakhalin
  • Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser, 1779)
genus: Plebejidea
genus: Plebejus
  • Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, [1779])
  • Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Plebejus maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) Southwest Russia, South Urals, Transbaikalia, Yakutia Magadan
  • Plebejus polaris (Nordström, 1928) Kamchatka
  • Plebejus pseudaegon (Butler, 1881) Sakhalin
  • Plebejus sailjugemicus Zhdanko & Samodurov, 1999 Russian Far East, Kamchatka, Altai Range
  • Plebejus saldaitisi Churkin & Zhdanko, 2003 Mongolia
  • Plebejus subsolanus Eversmann, 1851 Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Altai Range, Sayan Mountains
genus: Polyommatus
genus: Praephilotes
genus: Protantigius
genus: Pseudophilotes
genus: Quercusia
genus: Satyrium
genus: Scolitantides
genus: Shijimiaeoides
genus: Shirozua
genus: Tarucus
genus: Thecla
genus: Tomares
genus: Tongeia
genus: Turanana
genus: Ussuriana
genus: Wagimo

Nymphalidae

genus: Aglais
genus: Aldania
genus: Amuriana
genus: Apatura
genus: Aphantopus
genus: Araschnia
genus: Arethusana
genus: Argynnis
genus: Athymodes
genus: Boeberia
genus: Boloria
  • Boloria alaskensis (Holland, 1900) polar regions of Russian Eurasia, mountains of North Ural, Central and East Siberia, Kamchatka, the mountains of Bureya (Amur Oblast)
  • Boloria altaica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893) Tarbagatai Mountains to South Transbaikalia, East Yakutia
  • Boloria aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908)
  • Boloria banghaasi (Seitz, 1908) synonym of Euphydryas aurinia altivolans Tuzov, 2000
  • Boloria caucasica (Lederer, 1852) Caucasus and Transcaucasia
  • Boloria frigidalis Warren, 1944 Altai Mountains
  • Boloria napaea (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  • Boloria purpurea Churkin, 1999 Barguzin Mountains
  • Boloria roddi Kosterin, 2000 Altai Mountains
genus: Brenthis
genus: Brintesia
genus: Chalinga
  • Chalinga pratti (Leech, 1890) Ussuri
genus: Chazara
genus: Clossiana
genus: Coenonympha
genus: Dilipa
genus: Erebia
genus: Esperarge
genus: Euphydryas
  • Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Euphydryas davidi (Oberthur, 1881) Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Euphydryas ichnea (Boisduval, [1833]) South Siberia, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816) Arctic Russia, Caucasus Major,Russian Far East, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains
  • Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Euphydryas merope (Prunner, 1798) Caucasus Major, South Siberia, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains
  • Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Transcaucasia, South Urals
  • Euphydryas discordia Bolshakov & Korb, 2013 Caucasus
genus: Fabriciana
genus: Harima
genus: Hipparchia
genus: Hyponephele
  • Hyponephele cadusina (Staudinger, 1881) South Altai Mountains, North Alay Mountains
  • Hyponephele huebneri Kocak, 1980 Kasakstan
  • Hyponephele lupina (Costa, 1836) South European Russia, South Urals, Altai Mountains, South Siberia, Pamirs, Alay Mountains
  • Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Hyponephele pasimelas (Staudinger, 1886) Baikal, Transbaikalia, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
genus: Issoria
genus: Kirinia
genus: Lasiommata
genus: Lethe
  • Lethe diana (Butler, 1866)
  • Lethe marginalis (Motschulsky, 1860) Amur Oblast, Ussuri
genus: Libythea
genus: Limenitis
genus: Lopinga
genus: Maniola
genus: Melanargia
genus: Melitaea
  • Melitaea ambigua Menetries, 1859 South Siberia, Amur Oblast, Sakhalin
  • Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861
  • Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1784])
  • Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850
  • Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847
  • Melitaea caucasogenita Verity, 1930 Caucasus
  • Melitaea centralasiae Wnukowsky, 1929
  • Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789)
  • Melitaea didyma (Esper, [1778]) Mongolia
  • Melitaea didymina Staudinger, 1886
  • Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847
  • Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846 Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Melitaea latonigena Eversmann, 1847 Sayan Mountains, Altay Mountains, Yakutia
  • Melitaea menetriesi Caradja, 1895 Kamchatka
  • Melitaea persea Kollar, [1849]
  • Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Melitaea plotina Bremer, 1861 Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Novosibirsk
  • Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858
  • Melitaea pseudosibina Alberti, 1969 Caucasus, Transcaucasia
  • Melitaea rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929 Altai Mountains
  • Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Transbaikalia
  • Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878 Ussuri
  • Melitaea sutschana Staudinger, 1892 Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri,Sakhalin
  • Melitaea trivia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Melitaea westsibirica Dubatolov, 1998 Altai Mountains
genus: Neope
genus: Neptis
  • Neptis alwina (Bremer & Grey, 1852) South Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis andetria Fruhstorfer, 1912 Siberia
  • Neptis deliquata Stichel, 1908 Transbaikalia, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis ilos Fruhstorfer, 1909 Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis philyra Menetries, 1859 Siberia, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis philyroides Staudinger, 1887 Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis rivularis (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
  • Neptis speyeri Staudinger, 1887 Amur Oblast, Ussuri
  • Neptis themis Leech, 1890 Ussuri
  • Neptis thisbe Menetries, 1859
genus: Ninguta
genus: Nymphalis
genus: Oeneis
  • Oeneis actaeoides Lukhtanov, 1989 Yakutia, Tchukot Peninsula
  • Oeneis aktashi Lukhtanov, 1984 Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains
  • Oeneis alpina Kurentzov, 1970
  • Oeneis ammon Elwes, 1899 Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains
  • Oeneis ammosovi Dubatolov & Korshunov, 1988 Transbaikalia, Yakutia
  • Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792) Arctic Russian Europe, Arctic Siberia,Yakutia, Magadan Oblast, Sayan Mountains
  • Oeneis diluta Lukhtanov, 1994 Siberia
  • Oeneis elwesi Staudinger, 1901
  • Oeneis jutta (Hübner, [1806])
  • Oeneis lederi Alphéraky, 1897 Siberia, Irkutsk Oblast
  • Oeneis magna Graeser, 1888
  • Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Oeneis nanna (Menetries, 1859) Siberia, Transbaikal, Amur Oblast, Yakutia
  • Oeneis norna (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Oeneis pansa Christoph, 1893 Yakutia, Magadan Oblast
  • Oeneis polixenes (Fabricius, 1775) Polar Urals, Siberia, Tchukot Region
  • Oeneis sculda (Eversmann, 1851) Transbaikal, Yakutia, Altai Mountains, Siberia
  • Oeneis tarpeia (Pallas, 1771)
  • Oeneis tunga Staudinger, 1894 Siberia
  • Oeneis urda (Eversmann, 1847)
genus: Parantica
genus: Pararge
genus: Polygonia
genus: Pseudochazara
genus: Satyrus
genus: Sephisa
genus: Speyeria
genus: Thaleropis
genus: Triphysa
genus: Vanessa
genus: Ypthima
  • Ypthima argus Butler, 1866
  • Ypthima motschulskyi (Bremer & Grey, 1852) Amur Oblast
  • Ypthima multistriata Butler, 1883 synonym

Papilionidae

genus: Achillides
genus: Atrophaneura
genus: Iphiclides
genus: Luehdorfia
genus: Papilio
genus: Parnassius
genus: Sericinus
genus: Zerynthia

Pieridae

genus: Anthocharis
genus: Aporia
genus: Baltia
genus: Colias
genus: Euchloe
  • Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, [1804])
  • Euchloe creusa (Doubleday, [1847])
  • Euchloe ochracea (Trybom, 1877) described from Mongolian Altai (Shadzgat-Nuruu Mountains)
genus: Gonepteryx
genus: Leptidea
genus: Pieris
  • Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, [1805])
  • Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)
  • Pieris dulcinea (Butler, 1882) Amur, Ussuri, Russian Far East, Sakhalin, Kuriles
  • Pieris euorientis Verity, [1908] Altai Mountains, Yakutia
  • Pieris melete Menetries, 1857 Amur, Ussuri
  • Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pieris pseudonapi Verity, 1911 may be synonym of Pieris dulcinea
  • Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pieris tomariana Matsumura, 1928 Kuriles
genus: Pontia
genus: Zegris
  • Zegris eupheme (Esper, [1805])
  • Zegris pyrothoe (Eversmann, 1832) Southwest Siberia

Riodinidae

genus: Hamearis

See also

References

  • Sinev, S.Y. (Ed.) 2008: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St. Petersburg-Moscow: KMK Press, 425 p.
  • Tuzov, V. K., Bogdanov, P. V., Devyatkin, A. L., Kaabak, L. V., Korolev, V. A., Murzin, V. S., Samodurov, G. D. & Tarasov, E. A. 1997 Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent Territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Sofia: Pensoft.
  • Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V., 2011: A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2.
  • Y. Korshunov, P. Gorbunov. Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik. [Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia. A handbook]. Ural University Press, Ekaterinburg - 1995 - 202 p. [in Russian] online in English
  • Bozano,G.C. Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region . Milan: Omnes Artes.incomplete (parts in progress) some parts available as e-books.

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