Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Saku Constituency (Marsabit County, Kenya)
List of families for Saku Constituency
19 Families width 28 Species and 2 Subspecies | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | Clear Wings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 | Leaf miners | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae (Leach, 1815) | Erebid Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) | Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Long-horned moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 | Blotch leaf miner moths | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Plutellidae Guenée, 1845 | Diamond-back moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893 | Opostegid moths | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Saku Constituency
34 Genera with 28 Species #ABCDEGHMOPSVX
| Acraea Fabricius, 1875 | Acraeas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anania Hübner, 1768 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1896 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | Cacyreus Butler, 1898 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caudicornia Bryk, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1793 | Flat | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirina Walker, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1863 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1758 | Milkweeds | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Decachorda Aurivillius, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ectoedemia Busck, 1907 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eilema Hübner, 1901 | Lichen Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretis Mabille, 1891 | Elfs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1773 | Ermine Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 | Pug Moths | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1758 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | Grapholita Treitschke, 1829 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1758 | Evening Browns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odites Walsingham, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraccra Razowski, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracossulus Schoorl, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralephana Hampson, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Phyllonorycter Hübner, 1822 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Plutella Schrank, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudopostega Kozlov, 1985 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1825 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saku Constituency
28 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acraea lygus Druce, 1875 | Lygus Acraea | | Anania funebris Ström, 1768 | White Spotted Sable Moth | | Borbo micans Holland, 1896 | Marsh Swift | | Carterocephalus palaemon Pallas, 1771 | Arctic Skipper | | Caudicornia xanthopimpla Bryk, 1947 | | | Celaenorrhinus galenus Fabricius, 1793 | Common Orange Sprite | | Cirina forda Westwood, 1849 | Pallid Emperor Moth | | Colias christina W. Edwards, 1863 | Christina Sulphur | | Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) asteia Dufay, 1972 | | | Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 | African Monarch | | Decachorda fulvia Druce, 1886 | | | Eilema leia Hampson, 1901 | | | Eretis lugens Rogenhofer, 1891 | Savanna Elf | | Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878) | ⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 | | Estigmene acrea Drury, 1773 | Acraea Moth | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Hellinsia pectodactylus Staudinger, 1859 | Straw-Colored Plume Moth | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908 | | | Paraccra mimesa Razowski, 2005 | | | Paracossulus thrips Hübner, 1818 | | | Paralephana argyresthia Hampson, 1926 | | | Plutella (Plutella) xylostella Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage moth | | Speyeria callippe macaria W. H. Edwards, 1877 | Callippe Fritillary | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan | | Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Saku Constituency
 | | Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758) |
Links, sources and further information Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
Lepidoptera at butterflies.bcghana.org
Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
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Lepidoptera at tyllinen.eu
Lepidoptera at abdb-africa.org
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Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
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