Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Red Sea (Indian Ocean)
List of families for Red Sea
14 Families width 24 Species and 9 Subspecies | Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) | Hawk Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | And blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | And Sulphurs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lyonetiidae Stainton, 1854 | Lyonet Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Indet. Skipper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psychidae Boisduval, 1828 | Bagmoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Red Sea
22 Genera with 24 Species
| Agrius Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alypia Hübner, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ancylosis Zeller, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aphantopus Wallengren, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bucculatrix Zeller, 1960 | Ribbed cocoon makers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callithomia Bates, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calopieris Aurivillius, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catocala Schrank, 0 | Underwing moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1829 | Arabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemidromodes Prout, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucanimorpha Walker, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycorea Doubleday, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalophanes Heylaerts, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monodonta Kenrick, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochrodia Meyrick, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Surattha Walker, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Red Sea
24 Species and 9 Subspecies | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Alypia octomaculata matuta H. Edwards, 1883 | | | Ancylosis aegyptiacella Ragonot, 1901 | | | Ancylosis ruehli Gozmány, 1959 | | | Aphantopus hyperantus arete Müller, 1764 | | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Bucculatrix noviciata Gozmány, 1960 | | | Callithomia lenea xantho C. & R. Felder, 1860 | | | Calopieris eulimene Klug, 1829 | | | Catocala actaea actaea | | | Colotis (Colotis) chrysonome Klug, 1829 | Golden Arab | | Colotis (Colotis) pleione Klug, 1829 | Orange Patch Tip | | Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780 | | Hemidromodes robusta Prout, 1913 | | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Leucanimorpha disjuncta Walker, 1870 | Texas Powdered-Skipper | | Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, 1847 | Tiger Mimic-Queen | | Megalophanes nigrimanus Walker, 1870 | | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Monodonta passalis Kenrick, 1907 | | | Ochrodia infallax Gozmány, 1960 | | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Surattha soudanensis Hampson, 1919 | |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Red Sea
 | | Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758) |
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