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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Rahway (Union County, New Jersey, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		15
34
42		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		15
34
42		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		15
34
42		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		13
32
40		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		2
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rahway
2 Families width 7 Species
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper6SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802)Hawk Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Rahway
6 Genera with 7 Species
Ancyloxypha Felder, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Erinnyis Hübner, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Hesperia Fabricius, 1862Branded Skippers2SpeciesTaxom
Poanes Scudder, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Polites Scudder, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Pompeius W.H. Evans, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rahway
7 Species
Ancyloxypha numitor Fabricius, 1793Common Least Skipper
Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878)⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859
Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863Cobweb Skipper
Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862Indian Skipper
Poanes hobomok Harris, 1862Hobomok Skipper
Polites themistocles Latreille, 1824Tawny-edge skipper
Pompeius verna Edwards, 1862Little Glassy Wing

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Rahway
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		2
6
7		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