Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Moorea (Society Windward Islands)
List of families for Moorea
18 Families width 46 Species and 10 Subspecies | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) | Hawk Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | And blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | And Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Cosmet Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | Concealer Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Indet. Skipper | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nolidae (Hampson, 1894) | Hatted Caterpillars | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947 | Autostichid Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euteliidae Grote, 1882 | Euteliid Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Moorea
50 Genera with 46 Species
| Achaea Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrius Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amyna Guenée, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argina Hübner, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Assara Walker, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autoba Walker, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Azazia Hübner, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chasmina Walker, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysodeixis Hübner, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cnaphalocrocis Lederer, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Condica Walker, 1865 | Groundlings And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dhahrania Amsel, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Endotricha Zeller, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eudocima Billberg, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulechria Meyrick, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euploea Fabricius, 1865 | Crows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathothlibus Wallengren, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 0 | Bluebottles and Jays | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Herpetogramma Lederer, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hieromantis Meyrick, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1758 | Diadems | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Luceria Walker, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manoba Walker, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1758 | Evening Browns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mocis Hübner, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoxeniades Hayward, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachliopta Reakirt, 0 | Red-bodied swallowtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnassius Latreille, 1881 | Apollos | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paronymus Aurivillius, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929 | Dingy Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piletocera Lederer, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polydesma Boisduval, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Remigia Hübner, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spoladea Guenée, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stoeberhinus Butler, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Targalla Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassodes Guenée, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thiotricha Meyrick, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1907 | Rattlebox moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vagrans Hemming, 1780 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1787 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Moorea
46 Species and 10 Subspecies | Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758 | Caster oil looper | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Argina astrea Drury, 1773 | Crotalaria pod borer | | Autoba curvata Lucas, 1894 | | | Azazia rubricans Boisduval, 1833 | | | Chasmina tibialis Fabricius, 1775 | Satin Moth | | Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis Boisduval, 1833 | Lesser Rice-Leafroller | | Condica illecta Walker, 1865 | Cutworm | | Dhahrania gambiella Walsingham, 1891 | | | Endotricha mesenterialis Walker, 1859 | | | Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763 | | | Eulechria cephalochrysa (Lower, 1894) | ⇒ Philobota cephalochrysa Lower, 1894 | | Euploea lewinii C. & R. Felder, 1865 | | | Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777 | White-brow Hawk Moth | | Graphium aristeus aristeus | | | Herpetogramma licarsisalis Walker, 1859 | Grass caterpillar | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Hieromantis ephodophora Meyrick, 1897 | Hoop Pine Seed Moth | | Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Moon Butterfly | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Luceria oculalis Moore, 1877 | | | Macroglossum hirundo (Boisduval, 1832) | ⇒ Leucostrophus alterhirundo Gerstaecker, 1871 | | Manoba progonia (Hampson, 1914) | ⇒ Nola progonia Hampson, 1914 | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000 | | | Neoxeniades seron saron (P. Mabille, 1904) | ⇒ Neoxeniades seron seron Godman, 1901 | | Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ | | Pachliopta liris liris | | | Parnassius eversmanni thor H. Edwards, 1881 | Alaskan Parnassian | | Paronymus xanthias xanthias Mabille, 1891 | | | Piletocera signiferalis Wallengren, 1860 | | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833 | Monkeypod Moth | | Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784 | | | Remigia trifasciata Stephens, 1829 | | | Spoladea recurvalis Fabricius, 1775 | Beet webworm | | Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881 | Gelechiid Moth | | Targalla delatrix Guenée, 1852 | Eugenia Caterpillar | | Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857 | Big Emerald | | Thiotricha chrysopa Meyrick, 1904 | | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 | Crimson Spotted Moth | | Vagrans egista Cramer, 1780 | Australian vagrant | | Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787 | Lesser Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Moorea
 | | Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758) |
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