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Butterflies seen in Santa Engracia and on excursions in the area
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| Using Casa Guilla as a base it is possible to see a wide range of butterflies. A list of butterflies seen in the area is shown below. Lists of butterflies seen by location and month are also available to guests so that excursions to diverse habitats can be planned. During the spring and summer months, and weather permitting, it is possible to see over 100 different species within a week. |
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| Scientific name | English name | Family |
| Aglais urticae | Small Tortoiseshell | Nymphalidae |
| Agrodiaetus agenjoi | Agenjo's Anomalous Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus ainsae | Forster's Furry Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus amanda | Amanda's Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus damon | Damon Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus dolus | Furry Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus escheri | Escher's Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus fabressei | Oberthur's Anomalous Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus ripartii | Ripart's Anomalous Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Agrodiaetus thersites | Chapman's Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Anthocharis belia | Moroccan Orange Tip | Pieridae |
| Anthocharis cardamines | Orange Tip | Pieridae |
| Apatura ilia | Lesser Purple Emperor | Nymphalidae |
| Apatura ilia clytie | Lesser Purple Emperor | Nymphalidae |
| Apatura iris | Purple Emperor | Nymphalidae |
| Aporia crataegi | Black-veined White | Pieridae |
| Araschnia levana | Map Butterfly | Nymphalidae |
| Arethusana arethusa | False Grayling | Satyridae |
| Argynnis adippe | High Brown Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Argynnis aglaja | Dark Green Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Argynnis niobe | Niobe Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Argynnis pandora | Cardinal | Nymphalidae |
| Argynnis paphia | Silver-washed Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Aricia agestis | Brown Argus | Lycaenidae |
| Aricia artaxerxes | Mountain Argus | Lycaenidae |
| Aricia cramera | Spanish Brown Argus | Lycaenidae |
| Artogeia ergane | Mountain Small White | Pieridae |
| Artogeia mannii | Southern Small White | Pieridae |
| Artogeia napi | Green-veined White | Pieridae |
| Artogeia rapae | Small White | Pieridae |
| Boloria pales | Shepherd's Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Brenthis daphne | Marbled Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Brenthis hecate | Twin-spot Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Brenthis ino | Lesser Marbled Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Callophrys rubi | Green Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Carcharodus alceae | Mallow Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Carcharodus beoticus | Southern Marbled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Carcharodus flocciferus | Tufted Marbled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Carcharodus lavatherae | Marbled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Celastrina argiolus | Holly Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Charaxes jasius | Two-tailed Pasha | Nymphalidae |
| Chazara briseis | The Hermit | Satyridae |
| Cloias phicomone | Mountain Clouded Yellow | Pieridae |
| Clossiana dia | Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Clossiana euphrosyne | Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Clossiana selene | Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Coenonympha arcania | Pearly Heath | Satyridae |
| Coenonympha dorus | Dusky Heath | Satyridae |
| Coenonympha glycerion | Chestnut Heath | Satyridae |
| Coenonympha iphioides | Spanish Heath | Satyridae |
| Coenonympha pamphilus | Small Heath | Satyridae |
| Colias alfacariensis | Berger's Clouded Yellow | Pieridae |
| Colias crocea | Clouded Yellow | Pieridae |
| Colias hyale | Pale Clouded Yellow | Pieridae |
| Cupido minimus | Little Blue or Small Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Cupido osiris (or sebrus) | Osiris Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Cyaniris semiargus | Mazarine Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Erebia cassioides | Common Brassy Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia epiphron | Mountain Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia epistygne | Spring Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia euryale | Large Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia gorge | Silky Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia gorgone | Gavarnie Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia hispania | Spanish Brassy Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia ligea | Arran Brown | Satyridae |
| Erebia manto | Yellow-spotted Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia meolans | Piedmont Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia neoridas | Autumn Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia oeme | Bright-eyed Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia pandrose | Dewy Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia pronoe | Water Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia sthennyo | False Dewy Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erebia triarius (or triaria) | de Prunner's Ringlet | Satyridae |
| Erynnis tages | Dingy Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Euchloe ausonia | Eastern Dappled White | Pieridae |
| Euchloe crameri | Western Dappled White (Dappled White) | Pieridae |
| Euchloe simplonia | Mountain Dappled White (Freyer) | Pieridae |
| Eumedonia eumedon | Geranium Argus | Lycaenidae |
| Euphydryas aurinia | Marsh Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Euphydryas desfontainii | Spanish Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Everes alcetas | Provencal Short-tailed Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Everes argiades | Short-tailed Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Gegenes pumilio | Pygmy Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Glaucopsyche alexis | Green-underside Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Glaucopsyche melanops | Black-eyed Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Gonepteryx cleopatra | Cleopatra | Pieridae |
| Gonepteryx rhamni | Brimstone | Pieridae |
| Hamearis lucina | Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Riodinidae |
| Hesperia comma | Silver-spotted Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Hipparchia alcyone | Rock Grayling | Satyridae |
| Hipparchia aristaeus | Southern Grayling | Satyridae |
| Hipparchia fagi | Woodland Grayling | Satyridae |
| Hipparchia semele | Grayling | Satyridae |
| Hyponephele lycaon | Dusky Meadow Brown | Satyridae |
| Inachis io | Peacock | Nymphalidae |
| Iolana iolas | Iolas Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Iphiclides feisthamelii | Spanish Swallowtail | Papilionidae |
| Iphiclides podalirius | Scarce Swallowtail | Papilionidae |
| Issoria lathonia | Queen of Spain Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Kanetisa circe | Great Banded Grayling | Satyridae |
| Laeosopis roboris | Spanish Purple Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Lampides boeticus | Long-tailed Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Lasiommata maera | Large Wall Brown | Satyridae |
| Lasiommata megera | Wall Brown | Satyridae |
| Lasiommata petropolitana | Northern Wall Brown | Satyridae |
| Leptidea sinapis | Wood White | Pieridae |
| Libythea celtus | Nettle-tree Butterfly | Libytheidae |
| Limenitis camilla | White Admiral | Nymphalidae |
| Limenitis reducta | Southern White Admiral | Nymphalidae |
| Lycaena alciphron | Purple-shot Copper | Lycaenidae |
| Lycaena hippothoe | Purple-edged Copper | Lycaenidae |
| Lycaena phlaeas | Small Copper | Lycaenidae |
| Lycaena tityrus | Sooty Copper | Lycaenidae |
| Lycaena virgaureae | Scarce Copper | Lycaenidae |
| Lysandra albicans | Spanish Chalk-hill Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Lysandra bellargus | Adonis Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Lysandra coridon | Chalk-hill Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Lysandra hispana | Provence Chalk-hill Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Maculinea alcon | Alcon Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Maculinea arion | Large Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Malculinea rebeli | Mountain Alcon Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Maniola jurtina | Meadow Brown | Satyridae |
| Maniola jurtina hispulla | Meadow Brown | Satyridae |
| Melanargia galathea | Marbled White | Satyridae |
| Melanargia lachesis | Iberian Marbled White | Satyridae |
| Melanargia occitanica | Western Marbled White | Satyridae |
| Melanargia russiae | Esper's Marbled White | Satyridae |
| Meleageria daphnis | Meleager's Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Melitaea cinxia | Glanville Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Melitaea diamina | False Heath Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Melitaea didyma | Spotted Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Melitaea didyma meridionalis | Spotted Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Melitaea phoebe | Knapweed Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Melitaea trivia | Lesser Spotted Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Mellicta athalia | Heath Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Mellicta deione | Provencal Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Mellicta parthenoides | Meadow Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Muschampia proto | Sage Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Neohipparchia statilinus | Tree Grayling | Satyridae |
| Nymphalis antiopa | Camberwell Beauty | Nymphalidae |
| Nymphalis polychloros | Large Tortoiseshell | Nymphalidae |
| Ochlodes venatus | Large Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Papilio machaon | Swallowtail | Papilionidae |
| Pararge aegeria | Speckled Wood | Satyridae |
| Parnassius apollo | Apollo | Papilionidae |
| Parnassius mnemosyne | Clouded Apollo | Papilionidae |
| Pieris brassicae | Large White | Pieridae |
| Plebejus argus | Silver-studded Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Plebejus idas | Idas Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Plebicula dorylas | Turquoise Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Plebicula nivescens | Mother-of-Pearl Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Polygonia c-album | Comma Butterfly | Nymphalidae |
| Polyommatus eros | Eros Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Polyommatus icarus | Common Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Polyommatus icarus | Common Blue Gynandromorth | Lycaenidae |
| Pontia callidice | Peak White | Pieridae |
| Pontia daplidice | Bath White | Pieridae |
| Proclossiana eunomia | Bog Fritillary | Nymphalidae |
| Pseudophilotes abencerragus | False Baton Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Pseudophilotes baton | Baton Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Pseudophilotes panoptes | Panoptes Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Pseudotergumia fidia | Striped Grayling | Satyridae |
| Pyrgus alveus | Large Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus armoricanus | Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus carlinae | Carline Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus carthami | Safflower Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus cirsii | Cinquefoil Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus foulquieri | Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus malvae | Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus onopordi | Rosy Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyrgus serratulae | Olive Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Pyronia bathseba | Spanish Gatekeeper | Satyridae |
| Pyronia cecilia | Southern Gatekeeper | Satyridae |
| Pyronia tithonus | Gatekeeper | Satyridae |
| Quercusia quercus | Purple Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrium w-album | White-letter Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrium acaciae | Sloe Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrium esculi | False Ilex Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrium ilicis | Ilex Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrium spini | Blue-spot Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Satyrus actaea | Black Satyr | Satyridae |
| Satyrus ferula | Great Sooty Satyr | Satyridae |
| Scolitantides orion | Chequered Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Spialia sertorius | Red Underwing Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Syntarucus pirithous | Lang's Short-tailed Blue | Lycaenidae |
| Thecla betulae | Brown Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Thymelicus acteon | Lulworth Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Thymelicus lineola | Essex Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Thymelicus sylvestris | Small Skipper | Hesperiidae |
| Tomares ballus | Provence Hairstreak | Lycaenidae |
| Vanessa atalanta | Red Admiral | Nymphalidae |
| Vanessa cardui | Painted Lady | Nymphalidae |
| Vanessa indica | Indian Red Admiral | Nymphalidae |
| Zerynthia rumina | Spanish Festoon | Papilionidae |