Iran

Checklist of Endemic Swallowtail and Nymphalid Butterfly Species

This list of swallowtail and nymphalid butterfly species found exclusively in Iran is based on the taxonomy used in Lepidoptera Mundi (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Jonko, C. (2020), Lepidoptera Mundi, https://lepidoptera.eu, accessed 12 January 2020. The current version of the website is at Lepidoptera Mundi

If additional species are recognized in the lists at Markku Savela or in recent taxonomic papers they are listed seperately following the main list.
 
A 2023 checklist of Iranian species of Lepidoptera with endemic species indicated is at (ResearchGate)

Hyponephele shirazica  (Nymphalidae)

Melanargia evartianae  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea casta  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea consulis  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea jitka  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea meherparvari  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea sarvistana  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea saxatilis  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea wiltshirei  (Nymphalidae)

Satyrus astyages  (Nymphalidae)

Archon bostanchii  (Papilionidae) Iranian False Apollo

Zerynthia louristana  (Papilionidae) Iranian Festoon

The following species were not included in Lepidoptera Mundi:

Melitaea eberti  (Nymphalidae)

Melitaea shahvarica  (Nymphalidae)   

Pseudochazara xerxes  (Nymphalidae)