Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region West New Guinea (New Guinea)
List of families for West New Guinea
13 Families width 109 Species and 28 Subspecies | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Skipper | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Callidulidae Moore, 1877 | Old World Butterfly Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | Concealer Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for West New Guinea
72 Genera with 109 Species #ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPT
| Acosmeryx Boisduval, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ambulyx Westwood, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arrhenes Mabille, 1905 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bastilla Swinhoe, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bihastina Prout, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bindahara Moore, 1905 | Plane | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callhistia Druce, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1947 | Dusky blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetocneme Felder, 1775 | Dusk-flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysochloroma Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comella Pagenstecher, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupha Billberg, 1775 | Rustic | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Curetis Hübner, 1908 | Sunbeams | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrestis Boisduval, 1819 | Map Butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1827 | Milkweeds | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Danis Fabricius, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1895 | Jezebels | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dindymus Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dura Hübner, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elymnias Hübner, 1860 | Palmflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eubordeta Rothschild, 1915 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Euphyia Hübner, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euploea Fabricius, 1793 | Crows | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1832 | Grass yellow | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Furcula Lamarck, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathothlibus Wallengren, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 1779 | Bluebottles and Jays | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1782 | Awls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterodisca Warren, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hippotion Hübner, 1994 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homona Walker, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalodia Jordan, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocysta Westwood, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1782 | Ceruleans | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kobrona W.H. Evans, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megacorma W. Rothschil..., 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meganoton Boisduval, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milionia Walker, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monodontides Toxopeus, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 1916 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1889 | Demons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocybadistes Heron, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1841 | Birdwings | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pachliopta Reakirt, 1758 | Red-bodied swallowtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pantoporia Hübner, 1832 | Lascars | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1829 | Chilasa | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramilionia Bethune-Baker, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parantica Moore, 1894 | Glassy Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Paratelphusa Janse, 1958 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1879 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1915 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaedyma Felder, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Philiris Röber, 1891 | Moonbeams | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1917 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilasthena Warren, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Praesos Walker, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prothoe Hübner, 0 | Blue Begums | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Protoploea Ackery & Van..., 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilogramma Rothschild &..., 2001 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pteronymia Butler & Druce, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taenaris Hübner, 1860 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1916 | Palm Darts | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tellervo Kirby, 1775 | Cracker | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Theretra Hübner, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thysonotis Hübner, 1897 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tirumala Moore, 1826 | Blue Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tolmera Warren, 1907 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | Troides Hübner, 1819 | Birdwings | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West New Guinea
109 Species and 28 Subspecies | Acosmeryx anceus anceus Stoll, 1781 | | | Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi Rothschild, 1894 | | | Arrhenes dschilus Plötz, 1885 | Iris skipper | | Arrhenes marnas Felder, 1860 | Affinis skipper | | Arrhenes tranquilla Swinhoe, 1905 | | | Bastilla curvisecta Prout L. B., 1919 | | | Bihastina (Bihastina) albolucens Prout, 1916 | | | Bindahara meeki Rothschild &..., 1905 | | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Callhistia grandis kaporana Rothschild, 1898 | | | Callhistia wollastoni Rothschild, 1915 | | | Candalides erinus stevensi Wind & Clench, 1947 | | | Chaetocneme helirius Cramer, 1775 | | | Chrysochloroma electrica saturata Warren, 1912 | | | Comella laetifica Felder & Felder, 1864 | | | Cupha prosope Fabricius, 1775 | Australian rustic | | Curetis barsine C.Felder, 1860 | | | Curetis barsine menestratus Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | | Cyrestis acilia Godart, 1819 | Godart'S Map Butterfly | | Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Migratory Monarch | | Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775 | Black & White Tiger | | Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827 | | | Danis danis Cramer, 1775 | Large green banded blue | | Dasychira groetscheli Bryk, 1935 | | | Dasychira nigrita Rothschild, 1915 | | | Delias approximata Joicey & Talbot, 1922 | | | Delias ornytion Godman & Salvin, 1881 | | | Delias persephone (Staudinger, 1895) | ⇒ Delias ornytion Godman & Salvin, 1881 | | Dindymus (Cornidindymus) abdominalis Distant, 1914 | | | Dura cinnamomina Rothschild, 1915 | | | Elymnias cybele Felder, 1860 | | | Eubordeta flammea Jordan, 1912 | | | Eubordeta flammea flammea Jordan, 1912 | | | Eubordeta flammens discus Joicey & Talbot, 1916 | | | Eubordeta iucunda Jordan, 1912 | | | Eubordeta meeki albifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1915 | | | Euphyia zalmoxis Thierry-Mieg, 1894 | | | Euploea algea Godart, 1819 | Algea Crow | | Euploea batesii C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Bate's Crow | | Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790) | ⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | Euploea netscheri Snellen, 1889 | White-brand Crow | | Euploea stephensii C. & R. Felder, 1865 | | | Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793 | Double-branded Blue Crow | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema puella Boisduval, 1832 | Broad Margined Grass Yellow | | Furcula bifida lype Seiffers, 1933 | | | Gnathothlibus heliodes Meyrick, 1889 | | | Graphium (Graphium) codrus Cramer, 1779 | Eastern Olive Triangle | | Hasora celaenus Cramer, 1782 | | | Heterodisca scardamiata Warren, 1896 | | | Heterodisca scardamiata scardamiata Warren, 1896 | | | Hippotion brennus Stoll, 1782 | | | Hippotion japenum (Riotte, 1994) | ⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | | Homona amphigona (Meyrick, 1936) | ⇒ Homona superbana Kuznetsov, 1992 | | Homona salaconis Meyrick, 1912 | | | Hyalodia tenuisquamosa Joicey & Talbot, 1922 | | | Hypocysta tenuisquamosa Joicey & Talbot, 1922 | | | Jamides aleuas aleuas | | | Jamides bochus Stoll, 1782 | Dark Cerulean | | Kobrona kobres Plötz, 1885 | | | Lycaeides ismenias aegus | | | Macroglossum vidua Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Megacorma obliqua obliqua Walker, 1856 | | | Meganoton hyloicoides Rothschild, 1910 | | | Milionia magna Bethune-Baker, 1910 | | | Monodontides argioloides Rothschild, 1915 | | | Nacaduba argioloides Rothschild, 1916 | | | Notocrypta clavata Staudinger, 1889 | Clavate Banded Demon | | Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894 | Green Grass-dart | | Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) priamus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cairns birdwing butterfly | | Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Parrott & De..., 1989) | ⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Ornithoptera (Schoenbergia) goliath Oberthür, 1888 | Goliath Birdwing | | Ornithoptera paradisea arfakensis Joicey & Talbot, 1915 | | | Ornithoptera paradisea paradisea ♰ Staudinger, 1893 | Paradise Birdwing | | Ornithoptera tithonus prominens Joicey & Noakes, 1915 | | | Ornithoptera tithonus tithonus Haan, 1841 | | | Pachliopta polydorus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-bodied Swallowtail | | Pantoporia consimilis Boisduval, 1832 | Orange aeroplane | | Papilio euchenor Guérin-Ménev..., 1829 | | | Paramilionia magna Bethune-Baker, 1910 | | | Paramilionia weiskei rubidifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1915 | | | Parantica melusine Grose-Smith, 1894 | | | Parnara amalia Semper, 1879 | Hyaline Swift | | Pelopidas lyelli Rothschild, 1915 | Lyell's Swift | | Phaedyma heliopolis Felder, 1867 | | | Plebejus aegus (Chapman, 1917) | ⇒ Plebejus argyrognomon Bergsträsser, 1779 | | Poecilasthena (Poecilasthena) limnaea Prout, 1926 | | | Praesos wollastoni Rothschild, 1915 | | | Prothoe australis Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | | Prothoe australis guilelmi | | | Protoploea apatela Joicey & Talbot, 1925 | Magpie | | Psilogramma kitchingi Brechlin & L..., 2001 | | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Psilogramma papuensis Brechlin, 2001 | | | Psilogramma pseudoargos Brechlin, 2001 | | | Pteronymia primula auricula Haensch, 1905 | | | Taenaris catops Westwood, 1851 | Silky Owl | | Taenaris dimona trita Stichel, 1906 | | | Taenaris myops Felder, 1860 | One-Eyed Owl | | Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986 | | | Telicota colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Darter | | Telicota gervasa Evans, 1949 | | | Telicota melanion Mabille, 1878 | | | Telicota ternatensis moorei Rothschild, 1916 | | | Tellervo nedusia mysoriensis Staudinger, 1885 | | | Tellervo parvipuncta separata Ackery, 1987 | | | Tellervo zoilus Fabricius, 1775 | Cairns hamadryad | | Theretra indistincta papuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Thysonotis concolor Rothschild, 1917 | | | Thysonotis hengis Grose-Smith, 1897 | | | Thysonotis phroso Grose-Smith, 1897 | | | Tirumala hamata MacLeay, 1826 | Blue Tiger | | Tolmera culminata Prout, 1928 | | | Tolmera ecstatica Prout, 1916 | | | Tolmera exuberans Prout, 1916 | | | Tolmera sordida Warren, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in West New Guinea
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