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This list covers all butterfly species I managed to register in my study area so far. Not all observations, despite greatest effort, could be fully specified.

I'm hoping to be able to further expand this list throughout the years.

Papilonidae

• Papilio machaon

Pieridae

• Pieris brassicae
• Pieris rapae
• Pieris napi
• Anthocharis cardamines

• Colias hyale +
• Gonepteryx rhamni

Lycaenidae

• Thecla betulae
• Satyrium w-album
• Satyrium pruni

• Celastrina argiolus
• Cupido minimus
• Plebejus argus
• Aricia agestis
• Polyommatus ++
• Polyommatus coridon
• Polyommatus bellargus
• Polyommatus icarus

Riodinidae

[Only one member of this family exists in Europe, yet I still have to

observe one Hamearis lucina in the wild.]

Nymphalidae

• Nymphalis antiopa
• Aglais io
• Aglais urticae
• Nymphalis polychloros
• Vanessa atalanta
• Araschnia levana
• Vanessa cardui

• Issoria lathonia
• Polygonia c-album
• Argynnis paphia

• Melitaea +++

• Melanargia galathea

• Maniola jurtina
• Aphantopus hyperantus

• Coenonympha pamphilus
• Coenonympha arcania

• Pararge aegeria
• Lasiommata megera

Hesperiidae

• Pyrgus malvae
• Erynnis tages
• Thymelicus acteon
• Thymelicus lineola
• Thymelicus sylvestris
• Ochlodes sylvanus

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+ Prior research conducted in my area listed this species, however due to adults being indistinguishable from Colias alfacariensis, I still am searching for caterpillars to properly confirm it, as those are vastly different from each other.

++ One paper from 2012 states that this species diappeared between the late 90's and 2011 from one of its last remaining habitats, where I possibly spotted it once in 2022. I only succeeded at photographing it, which isn't sufficient enough to identify its exact species, in fact only a closer look at its genitals is the only reliable way to keep it apart from other blues like the more-common Polyommatus icarus.

+++ So far I was able to spot a single individual and only managed to see its upper side for merely two seconds. The photo turned out a little blurry, yet its upper side is not enough to determine its exact species.

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