Croatian Butterflies Gallery

Below is Croatian Butterflies Gallery including more than 100 photos taken in Croatia (Mediterranean region). The photos of Croatian Butterflies Gallery are grouped in the family groups of the butterflies: Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae and Pieridae. Click on any below image to increase the size and get more data including name in Croatian language. The List of Croatian Butterflies can be helpful to collect more data about butterflies in Croatia. All below photos are copyrighted.

Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae):

: Blue Spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)

: White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)

: Short-tailed Blue (Cupido argiades)

: Reverdin’s Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)

: Adonis blue (Polyommatus bellargus)

: Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae)

: Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae)

: Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)

: Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)

: Silver-studded Blue (plebejus argus)

: Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)

: The chequered blue (Scolitantides orion)

: Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), male

: Chequered Blue (Scolitantides orion)

: Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), female

: The Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

: Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

: Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

: Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

: Chalk Hill Blue (Polyommatus coridon)

: Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

: Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris)

: Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

: Small Blue (Cupido minimus)

: Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)

: Turquoise Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)

: Large Blue (Phengaris arion)

: Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)

: Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)

: Ripart’s Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus ripartii)

: Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)

: Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus admetus)

: Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis)

: Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)

: Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)

: Green-Underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)

: Green-Underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis)

Skippers (Hesperiidae):

: Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

: Yellow-banded Skipper (Pyrgus sidae)

: The Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)

: Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)

: Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)

: Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)

: Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)

: Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)

: Orbed Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia orbifer)

: Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)

Swallowtails (Papilionidae):

: Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo)

: Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo)

: Clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)

: The Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)

: The Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

: Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae):

: Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)

: Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)

: Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

: The heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)

: The Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)

: Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

: The High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)

: The High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)

: Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe)

: Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)

: False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)

: Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)

: Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)

: Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)

: Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate)

: Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate)

: The Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)

: Nickerl’s Fritillary (Melitaea aurelia)

: Assmann’s Fritillary (Melitaea britomartis)

: Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)

: The Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)

: The Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)

: Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)

: Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)

: Map (Araschnia levana)

: Comma (Polygonia c-album)

: Comma (Polygonia c-album)

: Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)

: The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

: The Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)

: The Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)

: Peacock (Aglais io)

: Peacock (Aglais io)

: Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)

: Painted Lady (Vanessa Cardui)

: Painted Lady (Vanessa Cardui)

: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)

: Pallas’ Sailer (Neptis sappho)

: Melitaea trivia (Lesser Spotted Fritillary)

Browns (Satyrinae):

: Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

: Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)

: Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)

: Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)

: Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)

: Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)

: The Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)

: Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)

: Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)

: The Arran brown (Erebia ligea)

: The Arran brown (Erebia ligea)

: The Woodland Ringlet (Erebia medusa)

: The Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)

: The Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)

: The Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera)

: Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)

: False Grayling (Arethusana arethusa)

: Grayling (Hipparchia semele)

: Eastern Rock Grayling (Hipparchia syriaca)

: The Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)

: The Hermit (Chazara briseis)

: Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

: Great Sooty Satyr (Satyrus ferula)

: Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)

: The Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

: The Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

Whites and sulphurs (Pieridae):

: Common Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)

: Berger’s Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis)

: Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)

: The Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

: The Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)

: The Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)

: Mountain Small White (Pieris ergane)

: Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

: Large White (Pieris brassicae)

: Wood white (Leptidea sinapis)

: Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)

: The Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

11 Comments:

Ken
December 27, 2019 at 8:08 am

Great photos! Planning to visit Croatia in 2020, do you think the Plitvice Lakes National Park is a good place for butterfly watching? and any other places in the surrounding of Zagreb good too? Thank you very much 😀

- Miroslav
  December 27, 2019 at 12:25 pm
  
  Thanks! In June, July & August almost all Croatia including Plitvice and Zagreb area are a good place for watching. Have a good trip!
  
  - Ken
    December 30, 2019 at 2:52 am
    
    Good to know. Thank you!
    
Jeff Green
September 27, 2019 at 12:56 pm

Hi

Thanks for the very informative page, we have just come back from Istria, where we were pleasantly surprised to see many butterflies about even in late September and this helped me identify some of them. One i’m not sure of though, it looks similar to a Wall, but is slightly different, any ideas what it could be?

- Miroslav
  September 28, 2019 at 6:41 am
  
  Thanks, sorry can’t help without more details and photo. At the Adriatic coast the season lasts at least until the end of October and on islands even more.
  
Simon
September 25, 2019 at 5:21 pm

Thanks for this helpful page. References for identifying European butterflies are sparse and frustrating elsewhere on the web. Would love it if this page was added to further. Writing this in Croatia where I have been able to name a few with your help.

- Miroslav
  September 28, 2019 at 6:41 am
  
  Thanks!
  
Polly Job
June 27, 2019 at 1:54 pm

Thanks for helping me identify the Southern White Admiral. We are in Croatia at the moment and I haven’t seen so many butterflies of different type for ages. Certainly not in England! It has been a delight and I will miss seeing them when we go home.

- Miroslav
  June 27, 2019 at 2:22 pm
  
  Glad you find help here. For sure June and July are top months in Croatia for butterflies.
  
Mike Meakin
June 24, 2019 at 10:13 pm

Very impressive photographs but there is an error! The Camberwell beauty is labelled as Amberwell beauty! I’m planning to visit Croatia next year (2020) so I was looking at what I might see flying about.

- Miroslav
  June 26, 2019 at 2:08 pm
  
  Thank you for the message and note. It was my mistake. Best regards!