Ants
Ants
Arachnids
Arachnids
Bees
Bees
Beetles
Beetles
Booklice
Booklice
Bugs
Bugs
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Butterflies
Cicadas
Cicadas
Crane flies
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Earwigs
Earwigs
Flies
Flies
Isopods
Isopods
Locusts
Locusts
Mantises
Mantises
Mayflies
Mayflies
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Myriapods
Myriapods
Net-winged
Net-winged
Plant-parasitic
Plant-parasitic
Scorpion flies
Scorpion flies
Termites
Termites
Wasps
Wasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Gilbert Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
26
29
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
26
29
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
25
28
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
20
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
7
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gilbert Islands
7 Families width 9 Species and 4 Subspecies
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues1SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Tortricidae (Latreille, 1803)Bell Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854Blotch leaf miner moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper1SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals1SpeciesTaxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gilbert Islands
8 Genera with 9 Species
Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0Darkies1SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Dudua Walker, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Ketapangia Kumata, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Milanion Godman & Salvin, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Neptis Fabricius, 1799Sailer butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Temnolopha Lower, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gilbert Islands
9 Species and 4 Subspecies
Allotinus portunus portunus
Catocala actaea actaea
Dudua aprobola Meyrick, 1886Leaf-curling Moth
Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973
Ketapangia leucochorda Meyrick, 1908
Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917
Neptis rivularis coenobita Goeze, 1799
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Temnolopha metallota (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Gilbert Islands
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
7
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


Links, sources and further information