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      • Orange-tip
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      • Western Dappled White
      • Brimstone
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      • Pale Clouded Yellow
      • Berger's Clouded Yellow
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    • Lycaenidae >
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      • False Ilex Hairstreak
      • Green Hairstreak
      • Ilex Hairstreak
      • Purple Hairstreak
      • Sloe Hairstreak
      • White-letter Hairstreak
      • Large Copper
      • Purple-edged Copper
      • Purple-shot Copper
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      • Adonis Blue
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      • Brown Argus
      • Chalkhill Blue
      • Chequered Blue
      • Common Blue
      • Cranberry Blue
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      • Dusky Large Blue
      • Escher's Blue
      • Geranium Argus
      • Glandon Blue
      • Green-underside Blue
      • Holly Blue
      • Idas Blue
      • Large Blue
      • Mazarine Blue
      • Mountain Alcon Blue
      • Northern Brown Argus
      • Piedmont anomalous Blue
      • Provence Chalkhill Blue
      • Reverdin's Blue
      • Ripart's anomalous Blue
      • Scarce Large Blue
      • Silver-studded Blue
      • Silvery Argus
      • Small Blue
      • Short-tailed Blue
      • Turquoise Blue
      • Duke of Burgundy
    • Nymphalidae >
      • Purple Emperor
      • Lesser Purple Emperor
      • White Admiral
      • Southern White Admiral
      • Hungarian Glider
      • Camberwell Beauty
      • Comma Butterfly
      • Large Tortoiseshell
      • Map Butterfly
      • Painted Lady
      • Peacock
      • Red Admiral
      • Small Tortoiseshell
      • Assmann's Fritillary
      • Bog Fritillary
      • Cardinal
      • Cranberry Fritillary
      • Dark Green Fritillary
      • False Heath Fritillary
      • Glanville Fritillary
      • Grisons Fritillary
      • Heath Fritillary
      • High Brown Fritillary
      • Knapweed Fritillary
      • Lesser Marbled Fritillary
      • Marbled Fritillary
      • Marsh Fritillary
      • Meadow Fritillary
      • Mountain Fritillary
      • Nickerl's Fritillary
      • Niobe Fritillary
      • Pearl-bordered Fritillary
      • Queen of Spain Fritillary
      • Shepard's Fritillary
      • Silver-washed Fritillary
      • Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
      • Spotted Fritillary
      • Titania's Fritillary
      • Twin-Spot Fritillary
      • Weaver's Fritillary
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      • Gatekeeper
      • Great Banded Grayling
      • Large Ringlet
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      • Ringlet
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Butterfly species of The Netherlands

In Europe, there are 482 species of butterflies, 451 of them being also found in the 27 member states of the EU.
Almost a third of these species 
(142 species) are endemic to Europe (which means that they are unique to Europe and are found nowhere else in the world). About 9% of European butterflies are threatened in Europe, and 10% of butterflies are considered Near Threatened. The main current threat to European butterflies is the loss of their habitat or habitat connectivity due to the changes in agricultural practices, either through intensification or abandonment. Other important threats are climate change, increased frequency and intensity of fires and tourism development.
In the last decades a lot of butterfly habitat disappeared. In the Netherlands every square meter is in use and what's left for nature or nature rehabilitation is too small guaranteeing the preservation of all butterfly species. Unfortunately, in the Netherlands 53 species are left and from that small number only 23 species are common and not threatened!
23 species....comparing to the 482 European butterfly species it feels really like 'nothing'.
Due to agricultural changes I noticed that in my region by example The Small Tortoiseshell have breed problems. The Green Hairstreak disappeared in the nature reserves in which I found him 10 years ago.....so I'm worried about the preservation of 'our' butterfly species!​
Not Threatened (yet)
Thymelicus sylvestris - Small Skipper - Geelsprietdikkopje - Braunkolbiger Dickkopffalter
Thymelicus lineola - Essex Skipper - Zwartsprietdikkopje - Schwarzkolbiger Dickkopffalter
Papilio machaon - Swallowtail - Koninginnenpage - Schwalbenschwanz
Pieris brassicae - Large White - Groot koolwitje - Grosser Kohlweissling
Pieris rapae - Small White - Klein koolwitje - Kleiner Kohlweissling
Pieris napi - Green-veined White - Klein geaderd witje - Rapsweissling
Anthocharis cardamines - Orange-tip - Oranjetipje - Aurorafalter
Gonepteryx rhamni - Brimstone - Citroenvlinder - Zitronenfalter
Favonius quercus ssp. quercus - Purple Hairstreak - Eikenpage - Blauer Eichenzipfelfalter
Callophrys rubi - Green Hairstreak - Groentje - Brombeer Zipfelfalter
Lycaena phlaeas - Small Copper - Kleine vuurvlinder - Kleiner Feuerfalter
Celastrina argiolus - Holly Blue - Boomblauwtje - Faulbaum Bläuling
Polyommatus icarus - Common Blue - Icarusblauwtje - Hauhechelbläuling
Aglais io - Peacock Butterfly - Dagpauwoog - Tagpfauenauge
Aglais urticae - Small Tortoiseshell - Kleine vos - Kleiner Fuchs
Polygonia c-album - Comma Butterfly - Gehakkelde aurelia - C-Falter
Araschnia levana - Map Butterfly - Landkaartje - Landkärtchen
Maniola jurtina - Meadow Brown - Bruin zandoogje - Grosses Ochsenauge
Pyronia tithonus - Gatekeeper - Oranje zandoogje - Rotbraunes Ochsenauge
Pararge aegeria ssp. tircis - Speckled Wood - Bont Zandoogje - Waldbrettspiel
Lasiommata megera - Wall Brown - Argusvlinder - Mauerfuchs
Aphantopus hyperantus - Ringlet - Koevinkje - Brauner Waldvogel (Schornsteinfeger)
Coenonympha pamphilus - Small Heath - Hooibeestje - Kleines Wiesenvoegelchen (Heufalter)

Near threatened
Leptidea sinapis - Wood White - Boswitje - Senfweissling
Aricia agestis ssp. agestis - Brown Argus - Bruin blauwtje - Dunkelbrauner Bläuling
Ochlodes sylvanus - Large Skipper - Groot dikkopje - Rostfarbiger Dickkopffalter
Plebejus argus ssp. argus - Silver-studded Blue - Heideblauwtje - Argusbläuling
Hipparchia semele ssp. semele - Grayling - Heivlinder - Ockerbindiger Samtfalter (Rostbinde)

Vulnerable
Carterocephalus palaemon - Chequered Skipper - Bont dikkopje - Gelbwürfeliger Dickkopffalter
Lycaena tityrus - Sooty Copper - Bruine vuurvlinder - Brauner Feuerfalter
Issoria lathonia - Queen of Spain Fritillary - Kleine parelmoervlinder - Kleiner Perlmutterfalter

Endangered
Pyrgus malvae ssp. malvae - Grizzled Skipper - Aardbeivlinder - Kleiner Würfeldickkopffalter
Satyrium ilicis - Hex Hairstreak - Bruine eikenpage - Bauner Eichenzipfelfalter
Argynnis niobe - Niobe Fritillary - Duinparelmoervlinder - Mittler Perlmutterfalter
Phengaris alcon - Alcon Blue - Gentiaanblauwtje - Enzian Ameisenbläuling
Limenitis camilla - White Admiral - Kleine ijsvogelvlinder - Kleiner Eisvogel
Hesperia comma - Silver-spotted Skipper - Kommavlinder - Komma Dickkopffalter
Thecla betulae - Brown Hairstreak - Sleedoornpage - Nierenfleck Zipfelfalter
Heteropterus morpheus - Large Chequered Skipper - Spiegeldikkopje - Spiegelfleck Dickkopffalter
Boloria selene - Small Pearl-bordered Fitillary - Zilveren maan - Braunfleckiger Perlmutterfalter

Critically endangered
Melitaea athalia ssp. athalia - Heath Fritillary - Bosparelmoervlinder - Wachtelweizen Scheckenfalter
Erynnis tages ssp. tages - Dingy Skipper - Bruin dikkopje - Kronwicken Dickkopffalter (dunkler)
Phengaris nausithous - Dusky Large Blue - Donker pimpernelblauwtje - Dunkler Wiesenknopf Ameisenbläuling
Argynnis aglaja - Dark Green Fritillary - Grote parelmoervlinder - Grosser Perlmutterfalter
Nymphalis polychloros - Large Tortoiseshell - Grote vos - Grosser Fuchs
Lycaena dispar ssp. batava - Large Copper - Grote vuurvlinder - Grosser Feuerfalter
Apatura iris - Purple Emperor - Grote weerschijnvlinder - Grosser Schillerfalter
Satyrium w-album - White-letter Hairstreak - Iepenpage - Ulmen Zipfelfalter
Hipparchia statilinus - Tree Grayling - Kleine heivlinder - Eisenfarbiger Samtfalter (Kleine Rostbinde)
Phengaris teleius - Scarce Large Blue - Pimpernelblauwtje - Heller Wiesenknopf Ameisenbläuling
Plebejus optilete - Cranberry Blue - Veenbesblauwtje - Hochmoor Bläuling
Boloria aquilonaris - Cranberry Fritillary - Veenbesparelmoervlinder - Hochmoor Perlmutterfalter
Coenonympha tullia ssp. tullia - Large Heath - Veenhooibeestje - Grosses Wiesenvoegelchen
Melitaea cinxia - Glanville Fritillary - Veldparelmoervlinder - Wegerich Scheckenfalter (Gemeiner)
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  • Home
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  • Butterfly Gallery
    • Hesperiidae >
      • Chequered Skipper
      • Dingy Skipper
      • Essex Skipper
      • Grizzled Skipper
      • Large Chequered Skipper
      • Large Skipper
      • Mallow Skipper
      • Red-underwing Skipper
      • Silver-spotted Skipper
      • Small Skipper
    • Papilionidae >
      • Apollo
      • Clouded Apollo
      • Scarce Swallowtail
      • Swallowtail
      • Southern Swallowtail
      • Southern Festoon
      • Spanish Festoon
    • Pieridae >
      • Black-veined White
      • Green-veined White
      • Large White
      • Wood White
      • Small White
      • Orange-tip
      • Portuguese Dappled White
      • Provence Orange-tip
      • Western Dappled White
      • Brimstone
      • Cleopatra
      • Clouded Yellow
      • Pale Clouded Yellow
      • Berger's Clouded Yellow
      • Mountain Clouded Yellow
    • Lycaenidae >
      • Black Hairstreak
      • Brown Hairstreak
      • False Ilex Hairstreak
      • Green Hairstreak
      • Ilex Hairstreak
      • Purple Hairstreak
      • Sloe Hairstreak
      • White-letter Hairstreak
      • Large Copper
      • Purple-edged Copper
      • Purple-shot Copper
      • Scarce Copper
      • Small Copper
      • Sooty Copper
      • Violet Copper
      • Adonis Blue
      • Alcon Blue
      • Alpine Blue
      • Amanda's Blue
      • Baton Blue
      • Brown Argus
      • Chalkhill Blue
      • Chequered Blue
      • Common Blue
      • Cranberry Blue
      • Damon Blue
      • Dusky Large Blue
      • Escher's Blue
      • Geranium Argus
      • Glandon Blue
      • Green-underside Blue
      • Holly Blue
      • Idas Blue
      • Large Blue
      • Mazarine Blue
      • Mountain Alcon Blue
      • Northern Brown Argus
      • Piedmont anomalous Blue
      • Provence Chalkhill Blue
      • Reverdin's Blue
      • Ripart's anomalous Blue
      • Scarce Large Blue
      • Silver-studded Blue
      • Silvery Argus
      • Small Blue
      • Short-tailed Blue
      • Turquoise Blue
      • Duke of Burgundy
    • Nymphalidae >
      • Purple Emperor
      • Lesser Purple Emperor
      • White Admiral
      • Southern White Admiral
      • Hungarian Glider
      • Camberwell Beauty
      • Comma Butterfly
      • Large Tortoiseshell
      • Map Butterfly
      • Painted Lady
      • Peacock
      • Red Admiral
      • Small Tortoiseshell
      • Assmann's Fritillary
      • Bog Fritillary
      • Cardinal
      • Cranberry Fritillary
      • Dark Green Fritillary
      • False Heath Fritillary
      • Glanville Fritillary
      • Grisons Fritillary
      • Heath Fritillary
      • High Brown Fritillary
      • Knapweed Fritillary
      • Lesser Marbled Fritillary
      • Marbled Fritillary
      • Marsh Fritillary
      • Meadow Fritillary
      • Mountain Fritillary
      • Nickerl's Fritillary
      • Niobe Fritillary
      • Pearl-bordered Fritillary
      • Queen of Spain Fritillary
      • Shepard's Fritillary
      • Silver-washed Fritillary
      • Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
      • Spotted Fritillary
      • Titania's Fritillary
      • Twin-Spot Fritillary
      • Weaver's Fritillary
    • Satyridae >
      • Alpine Heath
      • Arran Brown
      • Chestnut Heath
      • Dusky Heath
      • Gatekeeper
      • Great Banded Grayling
      • Large Ringlet
      • Large Wall Brown
      • Marbled White
      • Meadow Brown
      • Pearly Heath
      • Ringlet
      • Small Heath
      • Southern Grayling
      • Speckled Wood
      • Wall Brown
      • Woodland Grayling
      • Woodland Ringlet
    • Metamorphosises >
      • Spotted Fritillary
      • Large White
      • Red Admiral
      • Black-veined White
      • Map Butterfly
      • Swallowtail
      • Peacock
      • Orange-tip
      • Brimstone
      • Small Tortoiseshell
      • Painted Lady
      • Comma Butterfly
      • Portuguese Dappled White
      • Camberwell Beauty
      • Queen of Spain Fritillary
    • Alpine Species
    • Germany - Eifel
    • Butterflies in France
    • Butterflies NL
    • Threats & Enemies
    • UFI
  • Gallery A - Z
    • Amphibians
    • Aosta - Gran Paradiso
    • Ardeche
    • Bayerischer Wald
    • Beetles
    • Bluebell Forest
    • Caterpillars
    • Cevennes
    • Dordogne
    • Holy Love
    • Hungary
    • Insects - Others
    • Jumping Spiders
    • Kleine Beerze
    • Kleine Beerze II
    • Koebosch
    • Landschotse Heide
    • Little Owl
    • Luberon
    • Lueneburger Heide
    • Mercantour
    • Mercantour part II
    • Orchids Dream
    • Pink and Purple
    • Snakes and Reptiles
    • Spiders
    • Spring Flowers
    • Strabrechtse Heide
    • Styria
    • Teutoburger Wald
    • Toxic Tales
    • Var
  • Blog Vosges
    • Butterflies in the Vosges
    • Nature in the Vosges
    • House Gallery Vosges
  • Rust In Peace
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