PHOTOS
Papilionidae (Swallowtails)
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Lime Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus demoleus) Linnaeus, 1764
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Common Swallowtail (Papilio machaon muetingi) Seyer 1976
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Pieridae (Whites & Yellows)
Caper White (Belenois aurota) (Fabricius, 1793)
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Small Salmon Arab (Colotis amata Calais) (Cramer, 1775)
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Crimson Tip (Colotis danae eupompe) (Klug, 1829)
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Photo by Herbert Otto
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Salmon Arab (Colitis fausta fausta) (Olivier, 1804)
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Desert Orange Tip (Colitis liagore) (Klug, 1829)
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Blue Spotted Arab (Colitis phisadia phisadia) (Godart, 1819)
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White Desert Black Tip (Euchloe amseli) (Gross & Ebert 1975)
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Green Striped White (Euchloe belemia belemia) (Esper, 1800)
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Krueper's Small White (Pieris krueperi devta) (de Nicéville, 1883)
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Small Cabbage White (Pieris rapae iranica) Le Cerf, 1913
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Bath White(Pontia daplidice) (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Desert White (Pontia glauconome) (Klug, 1829)
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African Emigrant (Catopsilia florella) (Fabricius, 1775)
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Mottled Emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) (Geoffroy, 1785)
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Photo by Herbert Otto
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Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe solifera) (Butler, 1875)
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Grass yellow Photo from India
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Lycaenidae (Coppers, Hairstreaks & Little Blues
Tawny Silverline (Apharitis acamas cf. acamas)(Klug, 1834)
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Desert Silverline (Apharitis myrmecophila (Dumont, 1922)
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Pomegranate Playboy (Deudorix livia barnetti) Libert, 2005
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Few photos by Angela Manthorpe
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Fig Blue (Myrina silenus nzoiae) Stoneham, 1937
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Loew's Blue (Agrodiaetus loewii uranicola) (Walker, 1870)
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Leaden Ciliate Blue (Anthene amarah amarah) (Guerin, 1847)
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African Babul Blue (Azanus jesous) (Guerin, 1847)
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Desert Babul Blue (Azanus ubaldus) (Stoll, [1782])
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Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
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Lederer's Cupid (Chilades galba) (Lederer, 1855)
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Cycad Cupid (Chilades pandava) (Horsfield, 1829)
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Small Cupid (Chilades parrhasius) (Fabricius, 1793)
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Grass Jewel (Chilades trochylus trochylus) (Freyer, 1845)
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Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus) (Fabricius, 1798)
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Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Eastern Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes vicrama clara) (Christoph, 1887)
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Balkan Pierrot (Tarucus balkanicus) (Freyer, 1844)
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Mediterranean Pierrot (Tarucus rosaceus) (Austat, 1885)
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Asian Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra karsandra) (Moore, 1865)
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Tiny Grass Blue (Zizula hylax) (Fabricius, 1775)
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Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus) (Linnaeus, 1764)
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Yellow Pansy (Junonia hierta cebrene) Trimen, 1870
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Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya here) Lang, 1884
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Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui cardui) (Linnaeus, 1758)
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White-Edged Rock Brown (Hipparchia parisatis) (Kollar, 1849)
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Common Three-Ring (Ypthima asterope Asterope) (Klug, 1832)
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Baluchi Ringlet (Ypthima bolanica) Marshall, 1882
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Indian Fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius) Linnaeus, 1763
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Hesperiida (Skippers)
Giant Skipper (Pyrrhiades anchises jucunda) (Butler, 1861)
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African Mallow Skipper (Gomalia elma elma) (Trimen, 1862)
Photo by Herbert Otto
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Photo by Herbert Otto
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Photo by Herbert Otto
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Transvaal Grizzled Skipper (Spialia colotes semiconfluens) de Jong, 1978
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Desert Grizzled Skipper (Spialia doris doris) (Walker, 1870)
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Photo by Esam Al Ali
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Mafa Grizzled Skipper (Spialia mafa) (Trimen, 1870)
Photo by Herbert Otto
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Arabian Grizzled Skipper (Spialia mangana) (Rebel, 1899)
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Photo by Maral Shuriqi
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Zebra Grizzled Skipper (Spialia zebra bifida) (Higgins, 1924
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Mediterranean Skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus) (Fabricius, 1793)
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Pygmy Skipper (Gegenes pumilio) (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
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Black-Branded Swift (Pelopidas mathias mathias) (Fabricius, 1798)
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White-Branded Swift (Pelopidas thrax thrax) (Hübner, 1821)
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Special thanks to Victor Hitchings, Herbert H.H. Otto, Oscar Campbell, Huw G.B. Roberts, Richard J. Hornby and Brigitte Howarth for their valuable contributions and support.