Species list, Checklist of Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies) for Boston (Daviess County, Kentucky, 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 Boston (Daviess County, Kentucky, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	11 11 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	11 11 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	10 10 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	8 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	4 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Boston (Daviess County Kentucky)
4 Families width 4 Species

Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	1	Species	Taxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854	Gelechiid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841	Plume Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Boston (Daviess County Kentucky)
4 Genera with 4 Species

Celastrina Tutt, 2005	Azures	1	Species	Taxom
Eupithecia Curtis, 1759	Pug Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Gnorimoschema Busck, 1911		1	Species	Taxom
Paraplatyptilia Bigot & Picard, 1881		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Boston (Daviess County Kentucky)
4 Species

Celastrina serotina Pavulaan & W..., 2005	Cherry Gall Azure
Eupithecia absinthiata Clerck, 1759	Garden sole
Gnorimoschema salinaris Busck, 1911
Paraplatyptilia edwardsii Fish, 1881

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Boston (Daviess County Kentucky)

Suborder

Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths

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4

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