Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Nuwara Eliya (Central Province, Sri Lanka)
List of families for Nuwara Eliya
15 Families width 44 Species and 2 Subspecies | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Carposinidae Walsingham, 1907 | Carposinid moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Nuwara Eliya
44 Genera with 44 Species #ABCEFGJLMNOPRSTUVYZ
| Acherontia Laspeyres, 1798 | Death's head Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acolutha Warren, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Actias Leach, 1807 | Asian-American moon moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrius Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1766 | Cutworm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aloa Walker, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argynnis Fabricius, 1763 | Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blastobasis Zeller, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brithys Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Capua Stephens, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1793 | Emperors | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choaspes Moore, 1843 | Awlkings | 1 | Species | Taxom | Cricula Walker, 1855 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1758 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euthalia Hübner, 1777 | Barons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fulcrifera Danilevsky &..., 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 1831 | Bluebottles and Jays | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1782 | Buckeyes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Loxura Horsfield, 1782 | Yamflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luma Walker, 1907 | Orange-Bark myrtle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lygephila Billberg, 1826 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maruca Walker, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacosmesis Diakonoff, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mycalesis Hübner, 1890 | Bushbrowns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noleca Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nosphidia Diakonoff, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1862 | Demons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orsotriaena Wallengren, 1775 | Nigger | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 | Chilasa | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parantica Moore, 1865 | Glassy Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1921 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1879 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ramadasa Moore, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Remigia Hübner, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spodoptera Guenée, 1808 | Armyworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syntozyga Lower, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1781 | Clouded Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Udara Toxopeus, 1828 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1794 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ypthima Hübner, 1864 | Ringlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zeuzera Latreille, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nuwara Eliya
44 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acherontia lachesis Fabricius, 1798 | Bee robber | | Acolutha (Emmelesia) pictaria Moore, 1888 | | | Actias selene Hübner, 1807 | Indian Luna Moth | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Agrotis (Agrotis) ipsilon Hufnagel, 1766 | Black cutworm | | Aloa lactinea Cramer, 1777 | Red costate tiger moth | | Argynnis hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763 | Indian Fritillary | | Blastobasis spermologa Meyrick, 1916 | | | Brithys crini Fabricius, 1775 | Amaryllis Borer | | Capua probolias Meyrick, 1907 | | | Charaxes bernardus Fabricius, 1793 | Tawny Rajah | | Choaspes benjaminii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | Common awlking | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Euthalia aconthea Cramer, 1777 | Baron | | Everes lacturnus Godart, 1824 | Indian Cupid | | Fulcrifera tricentra Meyrick, 1907 | | | Graphium (Graphium) bathycles Zinken, 1831 | Veined Jay | | Junonia (Precis) iphita Cramer, 1782 | Chocolate Pansy | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Loxura atymnus Stoll, 1782 | Common Yamfly | | Luma flavimarginalis Hampson, 1907 | | | Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826 | Blackneck | | Maruca vitrata Fabricius, 1787 | Bean pod borer | | Metacosmesis aelinopa Diakonoff, 1982 | | | Metacosmesis laxeuta Meyrick, 1906 | | | Mycalesis subdita Moore, 1890 | Tamil Bushbrown | | Noleca koluandura | | | Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982 | | | Notocrypta curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862 | Common banded Demon | | Orsotriaena medus Fabricius, 1775 | Nigger | | Papilio (Princeps) helenus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red Helen | | Parantica taprobana C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Ceylon Tiger | | Polyommatus dama damalis Riley, 1921 | | | Prosotas dubiosa Semper, 1879 | Purple line-blue | | Ramadasa pavo Walker, 1856 | | | Remigia mayeri (Boisduval, 1834) | ⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833 | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Spodoptera exigua Hübner, 1808 | African armyworm | | Syntozyga ephippias Meyrick, 1907 | | | Tagiades japetus Stoll, 1781 | Black & White Flat | | Udara (Udara) akasa Horsfield, 1828 | White Hedge Blue | | Vanessa indica Herbst, 1794 | Asian Admiral | | Ypthima ceylonica Hewitson, 1864 | White Four-ring | | Zeuzera pyrina Linnaeus, 1761 | Leopard Moth |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Nuwara Eliya
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