Species list, Checklist of Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies) for Walker River (Lyon County, Nevada, USA)

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Booklice	Bugs
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Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Walker River (Lyon County, Nevada, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	19 30 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	19 30 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	18 29 52	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	14 24 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	5 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Walker River (Lyon County Nevada)
5 Families width 8 Species

Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837	And Giant Silk Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	2	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	1	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Walker River (Lyon County Nevada)
8 Genera with 8 Species

Catocala Schrank, 1864	Underwing moths	1	Species	Taxom
Hemileuca Walker, 1872	Port Arthur Buck Moth	1	Species	Taxom
Hyalophora Duncan & Wes..., 1855		1	Species	Taxom
Leptotes Scudder, 1868	Common Blues	1	Species	Taxom
Lycaena Fabricius, 1866	Boulder Copper	1	Species	Taxom
Phobolosia Dyar, 1881		1	Species	Taxom
Protorthodes McDunnough, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Smerinthus Latreille, 1837	Eyed Hawkmoths	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Walker River (Lyon County Nevada)
8 Species

Catocala californica W.H. Edwards, 1864	An Underwing Moth
Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch, 1872	Nevada buck moth
Hyalophora euryalus Boisduval, 1855	Ceanothus silk moth
Leptotes marina Reakirt, 1868	Marine Blue
Lycaena (Chalceria) rubidus Behr, 1866	'White Mountains' Ruddy Copper
Phobolosia anfracta H. Edwards, 1881	Fivelined tonguesole
Protorthodes alfkenii Grote, 1895	Pacific burrfish
Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837	Cerisy'S Sphinx Moth

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Walker River (Lyon County Nevada)

Suborder

Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths

5
8
8

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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
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Lepidoptera at gbif.org
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Lepidoptera at itis.gov