Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region British Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)
List of families for British Virgin Islands
28 Families width 123 Species and 24 Subspecies #CGTNEPLSHDRO
| Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 | Blotch leaf miner moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | & Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835) | Brimstones | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809) | Armyworms | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Douglasiidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Douglas Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 | Cup moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyblaeidae Hampson, 1903 | Teak Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | Clear Wings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Metalmark Butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euteliidae (Grote, 1882) | Euteliid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893 | Opostegid moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 | Eggar Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 | Leaf miners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for British Virgin Islands
105 Genera with 123 Species #ABCDEHIJLMNOPRSTUWXZ
| Achyra Guenée, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acrocercops Wallengren, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrolophus Poey, 1890 | Grass Tubeworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Actinote Hübner, 1944 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agraulis Boisduval & ..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaea Hübner, 1793 | Leafwings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anartia Hübner, 1763 | Peacocks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anticarsia Hübner, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ascalapha Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ascia Scopoli, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Battus Scopoli, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Biblis Fabricius, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blepolenis Röber, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brevioleria Lamas, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calidota Dyar, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calisto Hübner, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callicista Grote, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cassiana Heinrich, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caularis Walker, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cautethia Grote, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choranthus Scudder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cobubatha Walker, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cocytius Hübner, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Coelostathma Clemens, 1860 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Coenonympha Hübner, 0 | Heaths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1758 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Composia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchylodes Guenée, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copaeodes Speyer, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptologa T.B. Fletcher, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclargus Nabokov, 1943 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cymaenes Scudder, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1884 | Milkweeds | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dialectica Walsingham, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichogama Lederer, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dryas Hübner, 1934 | Julia Heliconians | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Electrostrymon Clench, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enyo Hübner, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epargyreus Hübner, 1832 | Flasher butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephyriades Hübner, 1825 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epicorsia Hübner, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episimus Walsingham, 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erastria Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebia Dalman, 1827 | Alpines | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1758 | Duskywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ethmia Hübner, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucosmophora Walsingham, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eueana Prout, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eugnosta Hübner, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumorpha Hübner, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1833 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Evergestella Munroe, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliconius Kluk, 1767 | Brush-footed butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heuretes Grote & Robi..., 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyblaea Fabricius, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hylephila Billberg, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1946 | Dwarf cream wave | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Imbrasia Hübner, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1780 | Buckeyes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiothyris Meyrick, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1775 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobocleta Warren, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lorita Busck, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manduca Hübner, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melipotis Hübner, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1916 | Wasp Moth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesosemia Hübner, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mocis Hübner, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nagara Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neogalea Hampson, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxydia Guenée, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panoquina Hemming, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnassius Latreille, 1916 | Apollos | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perigonia Herrich-Schä..., 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phidotricha Ragonot, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1758 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polygonus Hübner, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portentomorpha Amsel, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psamatodes Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopostega Kozlov, 2007 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosphinx Burmeister, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Psychonoctua Grote, 1865 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pterocypha Herrich-Schä..., 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptichodis Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1767 | Checkered skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrisitia Butler, 1830 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Remigia Hübner, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sophyrita Zolotuhin & ..., 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spinipogon Razowski, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stictoptera Guenée, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmella Schrank, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stomopteryx Heinemann, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1868 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 4 | Species | Taxom | Synchlora Guenée, 1857 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1868 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tomares Rambur, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urbanus Hübner, 1790 | Longtail Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1758 | Rattlebox moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Wallengrenia Berg, 1797 | Broken-Dashes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylophanes Hübner, 1771 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for British Virgin Islands
123 Species and 24 Subspecies | Achyra bifidalis Fabricius, 1794 | | | Achyra rantalis Guenée, 1854 | Garden Webworm | | Acrocercops zebrulella Forbes, 1931 | | | Acrolophus walsinghami Möschler, 1890 | | | Actinote alcione albunea Potts, 1944 | | | Actinote alcione leucothoe Potts, 1944 | | | Agraulis vanillae Linnaeus, 1758 | Gulf Fritillary | | Anaea astina Fabricius, 1793 | | | Anaea troglodyta astina Fabricius, 1793 | Florida Leafwing | | Anartia jatrophae Linnaeus, 1763 | Biscuit | | Anticarsia repugnalis Hübner, 1825 | | | Ascalapha odorata Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Witch | | Ascia monuste Linnaeus, 1764 | Cabbage White | | Battus polydamas Linnaeus, 1758 | Black page | | Biblis hyperia Cramer, 1779 | Crimson-banded Black | | Blepolenis batea batea (Hübner, 1821) | ⇒ Blepolenis batea didymaon C. Felder & ..., 1867 | | Brevioleria seba seba Hewitson, 1872 | | | Calidota strigosa Walker, 1855 | Streaked Calidota | | Calisto anegadensis Smith , Mill..., 1991 | Anegada Calisto | | Callicista columella Fabricius, 1793 | | | Cassiana malacella Dyar, 1914 | | | Caularis undulans Walker, 1857 | | | Cautethia noctuiformis bredini Cary, 1970 | | | Choranthus vitellius Fabricius, 1793 | Vitellius Skipper | | Cobubatha metaspilaris Walker, 1863 | | | Cobubatha punctifinis (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Cobubatha metaspilaris Walker, 1863 | | Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773 | Giant Sphinx | | Coenonympha corinna corinna | | | Colias hyale hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | | Composia credula Fabricius, 1775 | | | Conchylodes diphteralis Geyer, 1832 | | | Copaeodes eoa Smith, Mille..., 1991 | Anegada Skipperling | | Cryptologa nystalea T.B. Fletcher, 1921 | | | Cyclargus ammon Lucas, 1857 | Blue Butterfly | | Cyclargus ammon woodruffi W.P. Comstoc..., 1943 | | | Cyclargus thomasi Clench, 1941 | Miami Blue | | Cyclargus thomasi woodruffi W. Comstock ..., 1943 | Miami Blue | | Cymaenes tripunctus Herrich-Schä..., 1865 | Dingy Dotted Skipper | | Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Weined Brown | | Danaus plexippus leucogyne A. Butler, 1884 | Monarch | | Dialectica sanctaecrucis Walsingham, 1897 | | | Dichogama colotha Dyar, 1912 | | | Dichogama innocua Fabricius, 1793 | | | Dryas iulia Fabricius, 1775 | Flambeau | | Dryas iulia alcionea Cramer, 1779 | | | Dryas iulia iulia (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Dryas iulia nudeola Bates, 1934 | | Dryas iulia moderata N. Riley, 1926 | Julia | | Dryas iulia nudeola Bates, 1934 | Julia | | Electrostrymon angelia Hewitson, 1874 | Angelic Hairstreak | | Enyo lugubris lugubris Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Epargyreus zestos Geyer, 1832 | Rusty skipper | | Ephyriades arcas Drury, 1773 | Caribbean Duskywing | | Ephyriades brunnea Herrich-Schä..., 1865 | Florida Duskywing | | Ephyriades zephodes Hübner, 1825 | Zephodes Duskywing | | Epicorsia oedipodalis Guenée, 1854 | | | Episimus chica Razowski & B..., 2008 | | | Episimus vixenus Razowski, 2008 | | | Erastria decrepitaria Hübner, 1823 | | | Erebia stirius pitho Hübner, 1827 | | | Erinnyis ello ello Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Erynnis tages Linnaeus, 1758 | Dingy Skipper | | Ethmia submissa Busck, 1914 | Moth | | Eucosmophora dives Walsingham, 1897 | | | Eueana niveociliaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870 | Sacramento Mountain Salamander | | Eugnosta fraudulenta Razowski & B..., 2007 | | | Eumorpha labruscae Linnaeus, 1758 | Gaudy Sphinx | | Eumorpha vitis Linnaeus, 1758 | Vine sphinx | | Eurema lisa Boisduval & ..., 1833 | Little Sulfur | | Evergestella evincalis Möschler, 1890 | | | Heliconius charithonia Linnaeus, 1767 | Florida Zebra Longwing | | Hemiargus (Hemiargus) hanno Stoll, 1790 | Common Blue | | Hemiargus ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | Antillean Blue | | Heuretes picticornis Grote & Robi..., 1868 | | | Hyblaea puera Cramer, 1777 | Djativlinder | | Hylephila phyleus Drury, 1773 | Fiery Skipper | | Idaea eupitheciata Guenée, 1858 | | | Idaea minuta Schaus, 1901 | Commerson's sole | | Idaea monata Ramos, 1946 | | | Imbrasia chevalia Stoneham, 1933 | | | Junonia genoveva Cramer, 1780 | Black-Mangrove Buckeye | | Lasiothyris guanana Razowski & B..., 2007 | | | Leptotes cassius Cramer, 1775 | Cassius Blue | | Lobocleta indecora Warren, 1900 | | | Lorita insulicola Razowski & B..., 2007 | | | Manduca sexta jamaicensis Butler, 1875 | | | Melipotis acontioides Guenée, 1852 | Royal Poinciana Moth | | Melipotis fasciolaris Hübner, 1823 | Fasciolated Melipotis | | Melipotis sinualis (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Melipotis acontioides Guenée, 1852 | | Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916 | | | Mesosemia methion maera Hewitson, 1873 | | | Mocis antillesia Hampson, 1913 | | | Mocis bahamica Hampson, 1913 | | | Nagara penicillum (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Melipotis acontioides Guenée, 1852 | | Neogalea sunia Guenée, 1852 | Catabena Moth | | Oxydia vesulia Cramer, 1779 | Spurge Spanworm Moth | | Panoquina lucas Fabricius, 1793 | Purple Washed Skipper | | Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916 | | | Perigonia lusca Fabricius, 1777 | Coffee Sphinx | | Phidotricha erigens Ragonot, 1889 | | | Phoebis sennae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cloudless giant sulphur | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Polygonus leo Gmelin, 1790 | Hammoch Skipper | | Portentomorpha xanthialis Guenée, 1854 | | | Psamatodes abydata (Guenée, 1858) | ⇒ Semiothisa abydata Guenée, 1858 | | Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784 | | | Pseudopostega abrupta Walsingham, 1897 | | | Pseudopostega sectila D.R. Davis &..., 2007 | | | Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771 | Frangipani hornworm | | Pterocypha defensata (Walker, 1862) | ⇒ Pterocypha floridata Walker, 1863 | | Ptichodis immunis Guenée, 1852 | Cutworm moth | | Pyrgus oileus Linnaeus, 1767 | Tropical Checkered Skipper | | Pyrisitia lisa (Boisduval & ..., 1830) | ⇒ Eurema lisa Boisduval & ..., 1833 | | Remigia antillesia (Hampson, 1913) | ⇒ Mocis bahamica Hampson, 1913 | | Sophyrita epithemia Hering, 1928 | | | Spinipogon virginanus Razowski & B..., 2007 | | | Stictoptera penicillum (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Melipotis acontioides Guenée, 1852 | | Stigmella virginica Remeikis & S..., 2017 | | | Stomopteryx grandidierella Viette, 1956 | | | Strymon acis Drury, 1773 | Acis Hairstreak | | Strymon columella Fabricius, 1793 | Columella Hairstreak | | Strymon istapa (Reakirt, 1867) | ⇒ Strymon columella Fabricius, 1793 | | Strymon limenia Hewitson, 1868 | Disguised Hairstreak | | Thecla limenia Hewitson, 1868 | Hairstreak Moth | | Tomares ballus Fabricius, 1787 | Cardenillo | | Urbanus dorantes Stoll, 1790 | Brown Tailed Skipper | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758 | Beautiful Utetheisa | | Wallengrenia otho Smith, 1797 | Broken Dash | | Xylophanes chiron cubanus Rothschild &..., 1906 | | | Xylophanes pluto Fabricius, 1777 | Pluto Sphinx | | Xylophanes tersa tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina Linnaeus, 1758 | Spanish Festoon |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in British Virgin Islands
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