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CHECKLIST PAPILIONOIDEA W-PAL


A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

  

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


23.iii.2024
Introduction Papilionoidea Papilionidae Hesperiidae Pieridae Riodinidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Sources   Updates
 
  Recorded   Not recorded   Data deficient                              
     
 
Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879
TL: Laghouat (Algeria).
  
                                               
 
Scandinavia
Baltic countries
East Europe
  
 
Iceland (IS), Faroe Islands (Fo), Denmark (DK), Norway (NO),
Sweden (SE), Finland (FI)
Estonia (EE), Lithuania (LT), Latvia (LV),
Kaliningrad - Russian Fed. (Ka)
Belarus (BY), European Russia (Re),
European Kazakhstan (Ke), Ukraine (UA), Moldova (MD)
  
 
IS
Fo
DK
NO
SE
FI
 
EE
LT
LV
Ka
      
BY
Re
Ke
UA
MD
    
                                   
     
 
British Isles
Central Europe
Carpathian countries
  
 
Ireland (IE), United Kingdom (UK)
Germany (DE), Switzerland (CH), Liechtenstein (LI),
Austria (AT), Slovenia (SI), Czechia (CZ)
Hungary (HU), Slovakia (SK), Poland (PL), Romania (RO)
  
       
IE
UK
          
DE
CH
LI
      
HU
SK
PL
RO
      
                   
AT
SI
CZ
                    
         
 
North West Europe
Central South Europe
Islands near Turkey, Turkey, South Caucasus
  
 

Belgium (BE), Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (LU),
Netherlands (NL)
Corsica (Co), Mainland Italy (IT), Tuscan Arch. (To),
Sardinia (Sa), Pontic Isl. (Po), Aeolian Isl. (Ao), Sicily (Si),
Lampedusa (La), Pantelleria (Pa), Malta (MT)
Imbros (Im), East Aegean Isl. (Ea), Dodecanese Isl. (Do),
Turkey (TR), Georgia (GE), Armenia (AM), Azerbaijan (AZ)
  
     
BE
LU
NL
        
Co
IT
To
Sa
Po
      
Im
Ea
Do
TR
    
                   
Ao
Si
La
Pa
MT
      
GE
AM
AZ
      
         
 
South West Europe
South East Europe
Fertile Crescent
  
 
Portugal (PT), Spain (ES), Balearic Isl. (Ba),
Andorra (AD), mainland France (FR)
Croatia (HR), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA),
Montenegro (ME), Albania (AL), Kosovo (KS),
Serbia (RS), North Macedonia (MK), Bulgaria (BG),
mainland Greece (GR), European Turkey (Tr)
Cyprus (CY), Syria (SY), Iraq (IQ), Israel (IL)
Lebanon (LB), Palestina (PS), Jordan (JO)
  
   
PT
ES
Ba
AD
FR
      
HR
BA
ME
AL
KS
 
CY
SY
IQ
IL
    
 
 
RS
MK
BG
GR
Tr
 
LB
PS
JO
 
                                               
 
Macaronesia
Greek islands
Sinai, Arabian Peninsula
  
 
Azores (Az), Madeira (Ma), Canary Islands (Cn)
Ionian Isl. (Io), Sporades (Sp), Euboea (Eu),
N. Aegean Isl. (Na), Cyclades (Cy), Crete (Cr)
Sinai (Sn), South Arabia (SA), Kuwait (KW)
  
 
 
Az
Ma
Cn
          
Io
Sp
Eu
      
Sn
SA
KW
 
                     
Na
Cy
Cr
                    
                                               
North West Africa
Central North Africa
North East Africa
  
 
Morocco (MA), Algeria (DZ)
Tunisia (TN), Libya (LY)
Egypt (EG)
  
     
MA
DZ
          
TN
LY
            
EG
        
                                               
  Remarks  
  La Data deficient: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/455/45571929016/html/  
    Recorded: Cassar L., Nabholz B., Reboud E., Chevalier E., Lafon B., Cotton A. & Condamine F. 2025. Whole-genome data shed light on speciation and within-species differentiation of the Papilio machaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin.Systematic Entomology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12675  
       
       
       
       
       
       

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