Orchidaceae

Butterfly orchid

Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Anacamptis

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Common names

By language (10)

Bulgarian: Пеперудоцветен салеп
Corsican: Marculella
Dutch: Linderorchis, Vlinderorchis
English: Butterfly orchid, Pink butterfly orchid
German: Schmetterlings-Knabenkraut
Hebrew: סחלב פרפרני
Italian: Orchidea farfalla
Slovenian: Metuljasta kukavica
Spanish: Orquídea mariposa, Dactylorhiza cyrenaica, Orquidea mariposa
Turkish: Dilçıkık

Synonyms

Herorchis papilionacea (L.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Orchis papilionacea L.
Orchis papilionacea f. rubra (Jacq.) Soó
Orchis papilionacea subsp. expansa (Ten.) Raynaud
Orchis papilionacea subsp. grandiflora (Boiss.) H.Baumann
Orchis papilionacea subsp. rubra (Jacquin) H.Sund.
Orchis papilionacea var. decipiens (Bianca) Nyman
Orchis papolionacea var. bruhnsia Gruner
Vermeulenia papilionacea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Photos

Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michele Avignone, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Vlline, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Carlos Pérez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Diego Villagran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hernandez Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Florian Mombrial, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alicia Sanabria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: bartvanM, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.