Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Mojave Desert (Southwest USA, USA)
List of families for Mojave Desert
22 Families width 129 Species and 8 Subspecies #PNHSEGRLCT
| Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Heliodinidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Heliodinid moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sesiidae (Boisduval, 1828) | Clear Wings | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae (Leach, 1815) | Erebid Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Metalmark Butterflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815) | Blue butterflies | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lyonetiidae Stainton, 1854 | Lyonet Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prodoxidae Riley, 1881 | Yucca Moths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Psychidae (Boisduval, 1828) | Bagmoths | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Mojave Desert
104 Genera with 129 Species #ABCDEFGHKLMNOPRSTUVY
| Abaeis Hübner, 1779 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adelpha Hübner, 1837 | Sister | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adonisea Hübner, 1875 | Flower Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aetole Chambers, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Albuna Edwards, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aleptina Dyar, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allerastria R.M. Brown, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Alypia Hübner, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antharmostes Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocharis Boisduval, R..., 1852 | Orangetips | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apamea Ochsenheimer, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apodemia C. Felder & ..., 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aseptis McDunnough, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asterocampa Röber, 1835 | American Emperors | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bucculatrix Zeller, 1997 | Ribbed cocoon makers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calephelis Grote & Robi..., 1930 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1877 | Elfins | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Campometra Guenée, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chlosyne Butler, 1874 | Checkerspots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cobalos Smith, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1852 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasyblemma Dyar, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasyfidonia Packard, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichozoma Munroe, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digrammia Gumppenberg, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discestra Hampson, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drasteria Hübner, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Egira Duponchel, 1891 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1870 | Duskywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ethmia Hübner, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchloe Hübner, 1898 | Dappled whites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eulophonotus Felder, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eunica Hübner, 1852 | Purplewings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphilotes Mattoni, 1920 | American Dotted Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1946 | Pug Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euproserpinus Grote & Robi..., 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euxoa Hübner, 1888 | Coast dart | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Filatima Busck, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucina Hulst, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnorimoschema Busck, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliolonche Grote, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemileuca Walker, 1910 | Port Arthur Buck Moth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1878 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteranassa Smith, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyles Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kodiosoma Stretch, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lerodea Scudder, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithariapteryx Chambers, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithophane Hübner, 1899 | Pale pinion | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobesia Guenée, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Loxostege Hübner, 1967 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1877 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megathymus Scudder, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1916 | Wasp Moth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimoschinia Warren, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mitoura Billberg, 1816 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nasusina Pearsall, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nathalis Boisduval, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1775 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctueliopsis Munroe, 1918 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oeneis Hübner, 1775 | Arctics | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oncocnemis Lederer, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachliopta Reakirt, 0 | Red-bodied swallowtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1982 | Chilasa | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Peoria Ragonot, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheraeus Godman & Salvin, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pholisora Scudder, 1793 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebulina Kluk, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonogenys Munroe, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ponometia Herrich-Schä..., 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1998 | Checkered Whites | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prodoxus Riley, 2005 | Bogus Yucca Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prorella Barnes & McD..., 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudalypia H. Edwards, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyraphlecta Tams, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrausta Schrank, 1886 | Mint Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1872 | Checkered skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rindgea Johnson, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Salebriacus Heinrich, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schinia Hübner, 1893 | Flower Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scotogramma H. Edwards, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Semiothisa Hübner, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesia Fabricius, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sexserrata Barnes & Ben..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Spaelotis Boisduval, 1840 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sphinx Linnaeus, 1868 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tegeticula Zeller, 1892 | Yucca moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thessalia Scudder, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Thymelicus Hübner, 1819 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thyridopteryx Stephens, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichocerapoda Benjamin, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoclea Grote, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tridepia McDunnough, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tristyla Smith, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ufeus Grote, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yermoia McDunnough, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mojave Desert
129 Species and 8 Subspecies | Abaeis nicippe Cramer, 1779 | Black Bordered Orange | | Acontia arida (Smith, 1900) | ⇒ Tarache arida Smith, 1900 | | Adelpha bredowii Geyer, 1837 | Bredow'S Sister | | Adonisea aurantiaca Edwards, 1881 | | | Adonisea cupes Grote, 1875 | | | Aetole cera Hsu, 2005 | | | Albuna pyramidalis Walker, 1856 | Fireweed Clearwing | | Aleptina semiatra Smith, 1902 | Flat cardiapod | | Allerastria albiciliatus J.B. Smith, 1903 | Southern peacock sole | | Allerastria annae R.M. Brown, 1987 | | | Alypia ridingsii Grote, 1864 | Mountain Forester | | Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912 | | | Anthocharis (Anthocharis) cethura C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Desert Orangetip | | Anthocharis (Anthocharis) sara Lucas, 1852 | 'Pacific' Sara Orangetip | | Apamea spaldingi Smith, 1909 | Spalding´s Apamea | | Apodemia mormo C. Felder & ..., 1859 | Antioch Metalmark | | Aseptis serrula Barnes & McD..., 1918 | West Coast sole | | Asterocampa celtis Boisduval & ..., 1835 | Alicia Emperor | | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Bucculatrix tetradymiae Osborne & Ru..., 1997 | | | Calephelis nemesis W. Edwards, 1871 | Dusky Metalmark | | Calephelis wrighti Holland, 1930 | Sweetbush Metalmark | | Callophrys (Callophrys) dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 | 'Bramble' Bramble Hairstreak | | Callophrys (Callophrys) perplexa (Barnes & Ben..., 1923) | ⇒ Callophrys sheridanii Carpenter, 1877 | | Callophrys (Incisalia) fotis Strecker, 1877 | Arizona Gray Elfin | | Campometra fraterna | | | Chlosyne acastus Edwards, 1874 | Acastus Checkerspot | | Cobalos angelicus Smith, 1899 | | | Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 | Alfalfa Butterfly | | Dasyblemma straminea Dyar, 1923 | | | Dasyfidonia macdunnoughi Guedet, 1935 | Weller's Salamander | | Dichozoma parvipicta Barnes & McD..., 1918 | | | Digrammia puertata Grossbeck, 1912 | Ravine Salamander | | Discestra crotchii (Grote, 1880) | ⇒ Anarta crotchii Grote, 1880 | | Drasteria ochracea Behr, 1870 | Picasso fish | | Drasteria scrupulosa H. Edwards, 1878 | | | Egira curialis Grote, 1873 | Citrus cutworm | | Egira variabilis (Smith, 1891) | ⇒ Egira variolosus Gyulai , L. ..., 2011 | | Erynnis funeralis Scudder & Bu..., 1870 | Funereal dusky wing | | Ethmia albistrigella Walsingham, 1880 | | | Euchloe (Euchloe) creusa Doubleday, 1847 | California Marble | | Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898) | ⇒ Euchloe hyantis W. Edwards, 1871 | | Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874 | Cocoa stem borer | | Eunica alpais cinara (W.C. Hewitson, 1852) | ⇒ Eunica alpais alpais Godart, 1824 | | Euphilotes mojave (Watson & Com..., 1920) | ⇒ Euphilotes enoptes Boisduval, 1852 | | Eupithecia deserticola (McDunnough, 1946) | ⇒ Eupithecia tenellata Dietze, 1906 | | Euproserpinus phaeton Grote & Robi..., 1865 | Phaeton Primrose Sphinx | | Euxoa serricornis Smith, 1888 | | | Filatima spinigera Clarke, 1947 | | | Glaucina erroraria Dyar, 1906 | | | Glaucina macdunnoughi Grossbeck, 1912 | Ravine Salamander | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Gnorimoschema generale Povolny, 2003 | | | Heliolonche carolus McDunnough, 1936 | Thickleaf draba | | Hemileuca burnsi Watson, 1910 | Burns' Buckmoth | | Hesperopsis libya libya Scudder, 1878 | Mojave Sootywing | | Heteranassa mima Harvey, 1876 | | | Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | | Kodiosoma fulva (Stretch, 1872) | ⇒ Kodiosoma fulvum Stretch, 1872 | | Lerodea eufala Edwards, 1869 | Eufala Skipper | | Lithariapteryx jubarella Comstock, 1940 | | | Lithophane longior Smith, 1899 | | | Lobesia drasteria Razowski, 2013 | | | Loxostege kingi Munroe, 1976 | | | Loxostege mojavealis Capps, 1967 | | | Lycaena speciosa Edwards, 1877 | | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Megathymus yuccae Boisduval & ..., 1834 | Yucca Giant Skipper | | Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916 | | | Mimoschinia rufofascialis Stephens, 1834 | Barber-pole caterpillar | | Mitoura gryneus (Hübner, 1816) | ⇒ Callophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819 | | Nasusina minuta Hulst, 1896 | Black Mountain Salamander | | Nathalis iole Boisduval, 1836 | Dainty sulfur | | Nepheronia argia argia Fabricius, 1775 | | | Noctueliopsis aridalis Barnes & Ben..., 1922 | | | Noctueliopsis palmalis Barnes & McD..., 1918 | | | Oeneis (Oeneis) polixenes Fabricius, 1775 | Banded Arctic | | Oncocnemis flagrantis (Smith, 1893) | ⇒ Unciella flagrantis Smith, 1893 | | Oncocnemis rosea (Smith, 1903) | ⇒ Sympistis rosea Smith, 1903 | | Pachliopta polydorus thessalia | | | Papilio indra calcicola J. Emmel & G..., 1998 | Indra Swallowtail | | Papilio indra panamintensis J. Emmel, 1982 | Indra Swallowtail | | Peoria albidella (Hulst, 1900) | ⇒ Arivaca artella Shaffer, 1968 | | Pheraeus argynnis Plötz, 1883 | | | Pholisora catullus Fabricius, 1793 | Common sooty wing | | Plebulina emigdionis (Grinnell, 1905) | ⇒ Plebejus emigdionis Grinnell, 1905 | | Pogonogenys proximalis Fernald, 1894 | | | Ponometia mcdunnoughi Barnes & Ben..., 1923 | | | Ponometia megocula Smith, 1900 | | | Pontia beckerii W. Edwards, 1871 | Becker's white | | Pontia sisymbrii Boisduval, 1852 | California White | | Pontia sisymbrii nigravenosa Austin & J. ..., 1998 | Black-Veined Spring White | | Prodoxus gypsicolor Pellmyr, 2005 | | | Prodoxus praedictus Pellmyr, 2009 | | | Prodoxus sordidus Riley, 1892 | | | Prodoxus weethumpi Pellmyr, 2005 | | | Prorella tremorata McDunnough, 1949 | | | Pseudalypia crotchii Edwards, 1874 | Balloonfish | | Pyraphlecta melissodes Tams, 1932 | | | Pyrausta dapalis Grote, 1881 | | | Pyrausta laticlavia Grote & Robi..., 1867 | Southern Purple Mint Moth | | Pyrausta lethalis Grote, 1881 | Lethal Pyrausta Moth | | Pyrausta linealis Fernald, 1894 | | | Pyrausta morenalis Dyar, 1908 | | | Pyrausta napaealis Hulst, 1886 | | | Pyrgus communis Grote, 1872 | Checkered Skipper | | Rindgea cyda Druce, 1893 | Flattened Musk Turtle | | Salebriacus odiosella Hulst, 1887 | | | Schinia biundulata Smith, 1891 | Pacific halibut | | Schinia intrabilis Smith, 1893 | | | Scotogramma hirsuta McDunnough, 1938 | Rocky Mountain draba | | Semiothisa colorata (Grote, 1883) | ⇒ Digrammia colorata Grote, 1883 | | Sesia tibialis (Harris, 1839) | ⇒ Sesia tibiale Harris, 1839 | | Sexserrata hampsoni Barnes & Ben..., 1922 | Hoshigarei | | Sphinx chersis Hübner, 1823 | Great Ash Sphinx | | Sphinx perelegans Hy. Edwards, 1874 | Elegant Sphinx | | Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval, 1868 | Sequoia Sphinx | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Tegeticula antithetica Pellmyr, 2003 | | | Tegeticula mojavella Pellmyr, 1999 | | | Tegeticula synthetica Riley, 1892 | | | Thessalia leanira Felder, 1860 | Leanira Checkerspot | | Thyridopteryx meadi (H. Edwards, 1881) | ⇒ Thyridopteryx meadii Edwards, 1881 | | Trichocerapoda oblita Grote, 1877 | Threespot flounder | | Trichoclea mojave (Benjamin, 1932) | ⇒ Sideridis mojave Benjamin, 1932 | | Tridepia nova Smith, 1903 | Southern peacock sole | | Tristyla alboplagiata Smith, 1893 | | | Ufeus faunus Strecker, 1898 | | | Ufeus plicatus Grote, 1878 | Folded Satyr | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan | | Yermoia perplexata McDunnough, 1940 | |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Mojave Desert
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