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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Kwango (Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		11
19
33		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		11
19
33		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		11
19
33		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		10
18
32		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		3
7
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kwango
3 Families width 18 Species and 3 Subspecies
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835Brimstones3SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Admirals2SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kwango
7 Genera with 18 Species
Appias Hübner, 1898Albatrosses1SpeciesTaxom
Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1793Emperors1SpeciesTaxom
Glutophrissa Hübner, 1779Albatrosses1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1865Bluebottles and Jays8SpeciesTaxom
Memphis Hübner, 1916Leafwings1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1885Chilasa7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopontia Plötz, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwango
18 Species and 3 Subspecies
Appias (Glutophrissa) perlucens Butler, 1898
Charaxes lycurgus Fabricius, 1793Laodice Untailed Charaxes
Glutophrissa epaphia Cramer, 1779African Albatross
Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779Large Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883Riley's graphium
Graphium fulleri ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884
Graphium (Arisbe) hachei (Dewitz, 1881)⇒ Papilio martensi Dewitz, 1881
Graphium hachei hachei Dewitz, 1881
Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843Acraea Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793Electric Green Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegon Hewitson, 1865Creamy Graphium
Memphis xenocles appias (appiades J.K..., 1916)⇒ Memphis xenocles xenocles Westwood, 1850
Papilio (Princeps) chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904Broad Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) gallienus Distant, 1879Narrow-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) hesperus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio mechowiana Dewitz, 1885
Pseudopontia paradoxa R. Felder, 1869Pseudopontiinae

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Kwango
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		3
7
18		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
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