Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Uva Province (Sri Lanka)
List of families for Uva Province
17 Families width 76 Species and 3 Subspecies | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 | Burnet Forester | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae (Latreille, 1810) | Crambid Snout Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Immidae Heppner, 1977 | Imma Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanidae (Meyrick, 1895) | Drepanids | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Brachodidae (Agenjo, 1966) | Little Bear Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | Clear Wings | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Uva Province
67 Genera with 76 Species #ABCDEGHIJLMNOPRSTUZ
| Acraea Fabricius, 1758 | Acraeas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Actias Leach, 1807 | Asian-American moon moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1828 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adisura Moore, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampittia Moore, 1793 | Bush hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Apharitis Riley, 1925 | Tawny Silverline | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1857 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arhopala Boisduval, 1862 | Oak-blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Athyma Westwood, 1858 | Sergeants | 1 | Species | Taxom | Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1864 | Pachliopta | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Baburia Koçak, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bamra Moore, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bastilla Swinhoe, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1793 | Caper Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brithys Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1868 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1775 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1758 | Emigrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1775 | Gulls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1780 | Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cupha Billberg, 1773 | Rustic | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyana Walker, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1758 | Milkweeds | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Daphnis Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1773 | Jezebels | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discolampa Toxopeus, 1851 | Banded blue Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eterusia Hope, 1759 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euploea Fabricius, 1780 | Crows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1780 | Grass yellow | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphodes Guenée, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hanipha Moore, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1764 | Diadems | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Imma Walker, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1775 | Ceruleans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1758 | Buckeyes | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lethe Hübner, 1872 | Foresters | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucophlebia Westwood, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1758 | Evening Browns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycalesis Hübner, 1857 | Bushbrowns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 0 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nagiella Munroe, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neptis Fabricius, 1758 | Sailer butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noleca Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctemera Hübner, 1781 | Leptosomas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyodes Guenée, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ozola Walker, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachliopta Reakirt, 1758 | Red-bodied swallowtails | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1775 | Chilasa | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parantica Moore, 1865 | Glassy Tigers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1865 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Parmelina Houlbert, 1921 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parnassius Latreille, 1758 | Apollos | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phycodes Guenée, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prioneris Wallace, 1865 | Sawtooths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1875 | Lineblues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psilogramma Rothschild &..., 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrausta Schrank, 1818 | Mint Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rathinda Moore, 1775 | Monkeypuzzle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synanthedon Hübner, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tellervo Kirby, 1874 | Cracker | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tinolius Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tirumala Moore, 1775 | Blue Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Troides Hübner, 1852 | Birdwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1907 | Rattlebox moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1787 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Uva Province
76 Species and 3 Subspecies | Acraea terpsichore Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Actias selene Hübner, 1807 | Indian Luna Moth | | Acytolepis puspa Horsfield, 1828 | Common Hedge Blue | | Adisura marginalis Walker, 1857 | New Pod Borer | | Ampittia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793 | Bush Hopper | | Appias (Appias) indra Moore, 1857 | Plain Puffin | | Arhopala amantes Hewitson, 1862 | Large Oakblue | | Athyma asura asura Moore, 1858 | Studded Sergeant | | Baburia narendrani Hedqvist, 2004 | | | Bamra albicola Walker, 1858 | | | Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782 | | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Brithys crini Fabricius, 1775 | Amaryllis Borer | | Caprona ransonnettii Felder, 1868 | Golden Angle | | Castalius rosimon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Pierrot | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common migrant | | Cepora nerissa Fabricius, 1775 | Common Gull | | Chilades laius (Cramer, 1782) | ⇒ Chilades lajus Stoll, 1780 | | Chilades lajus Stoll, 1780 | Lime Blue | | Cupha erymanthis Drury, 1773 | Rustic | | Cyana peregrina Walker, 1854 | | | Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 | African Monarch | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Delias eucharis Drury, 1773 | Common Jezebekl | | Discolampa ethion Westwood, 1851 | Banded Blue Pierrot | | Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759 | Red slug caterpillar | | Euploea core Cramer, 1780 | Australian Crow | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836 | Papuan Grass-yellow | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Glyphodes canthusalis Walker, 1859 | | | Hanipha sihala | | | Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Moon Butterfly | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Imma chlorosphena Meyrick, 1906 | | | Jamides celeno Cramer, 1775 | Common Caerulean | | Junonia (Precis) almana Linnaeus, 1758 | Peacock Pansy | | Junonia (Precis) iphita Cramer, 1782 | Chocolate Pansy | | Junonia (Precis) lemonias Linnaeus, 1758 | Lemon Pansy | | Lethe rohria Fabricius, 1787 | Common Tree Brown | | Lethe sihala (Moore, 1872) | ⇒ Lethe dynsate Hewitson, 1863 | | Leucophlebia (Leucophlebia) lineata Westwood, 1847 | Large candy-striped hawkmoth | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857 | Glad-eye Bushbrown | | Nacaduba noreia | | | Nagiella inferior (Hampson, 1898) | ⇒ Pleuroptya inferior Hampson, 1898 | | Nephele hespera Fabricius, 1775 | Crepuscular hawkmoth | | Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Plain Sailor | | Noleca hapugowala | | | Nyctemera (Coleta) coleta Cramer, 1781 | Marbled white moth | | Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852 | | Ozola convergens Warren, 1905 | | | Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius, 1775 | Common Rose | | Pachliopta hector Linnaeus, 1758 | Crimson Rose | | Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 | Checkered Swallowtail | | Papilio (Princeps) polytes Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Mormon | | Papilio polymnestor Cramer, 1775 | Blue Mormon | | Parantica aglea Stoll, 1782 | Glassy Blue Tiger | | Parantica taprobana C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Ceylon Tiger | | Pareronia ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Dark Wanderer | | Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, 1758 | Apollo | | Phycodes cymineuta (Moore, 1881) | ⇒ Phycodes punctata Walsingham, 1891 | | Prioneris sita C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Painted Sawtooth | | Prosotas nora C. Felder, 1860 | Common Line Blue | | Prosotas nora ardates Moore, 1875 | Common Lineblue | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818) | ⇒ Pyrausta falcatalis Guenée, 1854 | | Rathinda amor Fabricius, 1775 | Monkey Puzzle | | Synanthedon vespiformis Linnaeus, 1761 | Yellow-legged Clearwing | | Tellervo septentrionis Butler, 1874 | | | Tinolius eburneigutta Walker, 1855 | | | Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775 | Blue Tiger | | Troides (Troides) darsius Gray, 1852 | Ceylon Birdwing | | Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907 | | | Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787 | Lesser Grass Blue | | Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Dainty grass-blue |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Uva Province
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