Species list, Checklist of Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies) for Avalon (Northumberland County, Virginia, USA)

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 Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Avalon (Northumberland County, Virginia, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	21 25 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	21 25 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	20 24 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	17 21 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	5 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Avalon (Northumberland County Virginia)
5 Families width 8 Species

Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	2	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	1	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	1	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Avalon (Northumberland County Virginia)
8 Genera with 8 Species

Celastrina Tutt, 1780	Azures	1	Species	Taxom
Danaus Kluk, 1758	Milkweeds	1	Species	Taxom
Darapsa Walker, 1779		1	Species	Taxom
Delias Hübner, 1775	Jezebels	1	Species	Taxom
Ochlodes Scudder, 1852	Darters	1	Species	Taxom
Panoquina Hemming, 1863		1	Species	Taxom
Strymon Hübner, 1818	Scrub-Hairstreaks	1	Species	Taxom
Trapezites Hübner, 1868		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Avalon (Northumberland County Virginia)
8 Species

Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780)	⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758	Black Weined Brown
Darapsa myron Cramer, 1779	Grape-vine Sphinx
Delias nigrina Fabricius, 1775	Black Jezebel
Ochlodes sylvanoides Boisduval, 1852	Western Skipper
Panoquina panoquin Scudder, 1863	Salt Marsh Skipper
Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818	Common hairstreak
Trapezites eliena Hewitson, 1868	Eliena Skipper

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Avalon (Northumberland County Virginia)

Suborder

Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths

5
8
8

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)

Links, sources and further information

Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
Lepidoptera at butterflies.bcghana.org
Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
Lepidoptera at afromoths.net
Lepidoptera at butterfliesofamerica.com
Lepidoptera at leps.it
Lepidoptera at papua-insects.nl
Lepidoptera at tyllinen.eu
Lepidoptera at abdb-africa.org
Lepidoptera at artfakta.se
Lepidoptera at dyntaxa.se
Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
Lepidoptera at itis.gov