Species list, Checklist of Superorder Holometabola (Holometabolous Insects) for Gairsay (Northern Orkney Islands, United Kingdom)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Superorder Holometabola Heider, 1889 (Holometabolous Insects)
and region Gairsay (Northern Orkney Islands, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	3 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Gairsay
3 Families width 7 Species

Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	4	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	2	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Gairsay
5 Genera with 7 Species

Aglais Dalman, 1758	Tortoiseshells	1	Species	Taxom
Maniola Schrank, 1758	Meadowbrowns	1	Species	Taxom
Pieris Schrank, 1758	Fetterbush	2	Species	Taxom
Polyommatus Latreille, 1775	Meadow Blues	1	Species	Taxom
Vanessa Fabricius, 1758	Admirals	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Gairsay
7 Species

Aglais urticae Linnaeus, 1758	Small Tortoiseshell
Maniola (Maniola) jurtina Linnaeus, 1758	Meadow Brown
Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758	'Margined' Mustard White
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758	Cabbage Butterfly
Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775	Common Blue
Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758	Red Admiral
Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758	Cosmopolitan

Subnodes of Holometabola with occurrences in Gairsay

Order

Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths

3
5
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Holometabola at itis.gov