Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region West Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)
List of families for West Pacific Ocean
14 Families width 150 Species and 44 Subspecies | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | Blue butterflies | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Anthelidae Turner, 1904 | Australian Lappet Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | Brimstones | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae (Latreille, 1809) | Skipper | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Metalmark Butterflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psychidae (Boisduval, 1828) | Bagmoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for West Pacific Ocean
96 Genera with 150 Species #ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPSTUY
| Acosmeryx Boisduval, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adelpha Hübner, 1867 | Sister | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrias Doubleday, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthela Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthene Doubleday, 1886 | Ciliate Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antiblemma Huebner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Arhopala Boisduval, 1865 | Oak-blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1763 | Pachliopta | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1775 | Dusky blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catocala Schrank, 0 | Underwing moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catochrysops Boisduval, 1860 | Forget-me-nots | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cephonodes Hübner, 1777 | Bee Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1805 | Gulls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilo Zincken, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoritis Butler, 1764 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirrochroa Doubleday, 1907 | Yeomans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenonympha Hübner, 1761 | Heaths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1819 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cressida Swainson, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupha Billberg, 1775 | Rustic | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1790 | Milkweeds | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Daphnis Hübner, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1894 | Jezebels | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1867 | Autumn leaf | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elodina C. Felder & ..., 1993 | Pearl-whites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1914 | Cupids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euphyia Hübner, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euploea Fabricius, 1793 | Crows | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1805 | Grass yellow | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euselasia Hübner, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euxoa Hübner, 1940 | Coast dart | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Famegana Eliot, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1869 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathothlibus Wallengren, 1777 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 0 | Bluebottles and Jays | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1870 | Awls | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippotion Hübner, 1793 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypochrysops C. Felder & ..., 1775 | Jewels | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1764 | Diadems | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolycaena C.Felder & R..., 1793 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1889 | Ceruleans | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1764 | Buckeyes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1903 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1775 | Evening Browns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melasina Boisduval, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesosemia Hübner, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morpho Fabricius, 1822 | Morpho butterfly | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycalesis Hübner, 1775 | Bushbrowns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 1878 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoxeniades Hayward, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyris Westwood, 1902 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1989 | Birdwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orsotriaena Wallengren, 1775 | Nigger | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachliopta Reakirt, 1758 | Red-bodied swallowtails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1779 | Chilasa | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pareuptychia W. Forster, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnassius Latreille, 1916 | Apollos | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1884 | Dingy Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaedyma Felder, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Praesos Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilogramma Rothschild &..., 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pteronymia Butler & Druce, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sahulana Hirowatari, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopodes Erichson, 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Speiredonia Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1945 | Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1855 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spodoptera Guenée, 1833 | Armyworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1860 | Clouded Flats | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1932 | Grass Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1793 | Blue pierrots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theclinesthes Röber, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theretra Hübner, 1856 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tirumala Moore, 1826 | Blue Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trapezites Hübner, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1907 | Rattlebox moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Yoma Doherty, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ypthima Hübner, 1775 | Ringlets | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West Pacific Ocean
150 Species and 44 Subspecies | Acosmeryx anceus Stoll, 1781 | | | Adelpha naxia naxia C. & R. Felder, 1867 | Naxia Sister | | Agrias amydon zenodorus Hewitson, 1870 | | | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Anthela astata Turner, 1926 | | | Anthene seltuttus Röber, 1886 | Dark Ciliate Blue | | Antiblemma odontozona Hampson, 1926 | | | Appias albina albina Boisduval, 1836 | White Albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) paulina Cramer, 1777 | Albatross Butterfly | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Arhopala centaurus Fabricius, 1775 | Centaur Oakblue | | Arhopala madytus Fruhstorfer, 1914 | Bright Oak-blue | | Arhopala philander C. Felder & ..., 1865 | Dark Oak-Blue | | Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932 | | | Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) polydorus Linnaeus, 1763 | Red Bodied Swallowtail | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Candalides erinus Fabricius, 1775 | Small Dusky Blue | | Catocala actaea actaea | | | Catochrysops amasea Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Cobalt Pea-blue | | Catochrysops amasea amasea Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Cobalt Pea-blue | | Catochrysops panormus C. Felder, 1860 | Forget-me-not | | Catochrysops panormus papuanus Felder, 1860 | | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopyrops ancyra Felder, 1860 | Ancyra Blue | | Catopyrops ancyra mysia Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Papuan Line-blue | | Cephonodes picus (Cramer, 1777) | ⇒ Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | | Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908 | Yellow Palm Dart | | Cepora perimale Donovan, 1805 | Australian gull | | Chilo crypsimetalla Turner, 1911 | | | Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher, 1900 | Sugarcane borer | | Chrysoritis zeuxo zeuxo Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Cirrochroa regina myra Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | | Coenonympha arcania arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Coenonympha arcania Linnaeus, 1761 | | Colias philodice dorippe (J.B. Godart, 1819) | ⇒ Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | | Cressida cressida Fabricius, 1775 | Big greasy | | Cupha prosope prosope Fabricius, 1775 | Australian Rustic | | Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Weined Brown | | Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775 | Black & White Tiger | | Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827 | | | Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) | ⇒ Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Daphnis hypothous Cramer, 1780 | Jade hawkmoth | | Daphnis placida Walker, 1856 | | | Delias aruna Boisduval, 1832 | Golden Jezebel | | Delias ladas Grose-Smith, 1894 | | | Doleschallia bisaltide Cramer, 1777 | Australian leafwing | | Doleschallia bisaltide australis Felder & Felder, 1867 | Australian Leafwing | | Elodina angulipennis Lucas, 1852 | Common Pearl White | | Elodina queenslandica De Baar & Ha..., 1993 | Glistening pearl white | | Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780 | | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Euchrysops cnejus cnidus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Cupid | | Euphyia zalmoxis Thierry-Mieg, 1894 | | | Euploea (Crastia) alcathoe Godart, 1819 | Alcathoe Crow | | Euploea algea Godart, 1819 | Algea Crow | | Euploea batesii C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Bate's Crow | | Euploea core Cramer, 1780 | Australian Crow | | Euploea corinna (W.S. Macleay, 1826) | ⇒ Euploea core Cramer, 1780 | | Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790) | ⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | Euploea resarta (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Euploea batesii resarta Butler, 1876 | | Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793 | Double-branded Blue Crow | | Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793 | Dwarf Crow | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema alitha C. & R. Felder, 1862 | Scalloped Grass Yellow | | Eurema laeta Boisduval, 1836 | Line grass yellow | | Eurema smilax Donovan, 1805 | Small Grass Yellow | | Euselasia euploea Hewitson, 1855 | | | Euselasia sergia sergia | Sergia Euselasia | | Euxoa perierga dolomedes Boursin, 1940 | | | Everes lacturnus australis Couchman, 1962 | Tailed Cupid | | Famegana alsulus alsulus Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | Black-spotted Grass-blue | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus W. H. Edwards, 1869 | Silvery Blue | | Gnathothlibus australiensis Lachlan, 2004 | | | Gnathothlibus eras (Boisduval, 1832) | ⇒ Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777 | | Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777 | White-brow Hawk Moth | | Graphium (Graphium) eurypylus Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Jay | | Graphium (Graphium) macfarlanei Butler, 1877 | Green Triangle | | Graphium aristeus aristeus | | | Hasora chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded Awl | | Hasora hurama Butler, 1870 | Broad Banded Awl | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775 | Hippotion Sphinx Moth | | Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe, 1892 | Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth | | Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | Dark striated hawkmoth | | Hypochrysops narcissus Fabricius, 1775 | Narcissus Jewel | | Hypolimnas alimena Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue-banded Egg-fly | | Hypolimnas alimena lamina Fruhstorfer, 1903 | Blue-banded Eggfly | | Hypolimnas antilope Cramer, 1779 | Spotted Crow Eggfly | | Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Moon Butterfly | | Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Diadem | | Hypolycaena phorbas Fabricius, 1793 | Black-spotted Flash | | Ionolyce helicon (Felder C., 1860) | ⇒ Nacaduba helicon Felder, 1860 | | Ionolyce helicon caracalla Waterhouse &..., 1914 | | | Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 | Amarauge Cerulean | | Jamides nemophila nemophila Butler, 1876 | | | Jamides phaseli Mathew, 1889 | Bean flower caterpillar | | Junonia hedonia Linnaeus, 1764 | Brown Argus | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Macroglossum dohertyi Rothschild, 1894 | | | Macroglossum micacea Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum rectans Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Melanitis leda bankia Fabricius, 1775 | Common evening brown | | Melasina isopeda (Meyrick, 1907) | ⇒ Typhonia isopeda Meyrick, 1907 | | Mesosemia halmus Doubleday, 1847 | | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Morpho aega aega Hübner, 1822 | | | Mycalesis perseus Fabricius, 1775 | Common Bush Brown | | Mycalesis sirius Fabricius, 1775 | Cedar Bush Brown | | Nacaduba cyanea arinia Oberthür, 1878 | Tailed Green-banded Blue | | Neoxeniades seron saron (P. Mabille, 1904) | ⇒ Neoxeniades seron seron Godman, 1901 | | Nephele hespera Fabricius, 1775 | Crepuscular hawkmoth | | Ogyris aenone Waterhouse, 1902 | Cooktown Azure | | Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Parrott & De..., 1989) | ⇒ Ornithoptera priamus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Orsotriaena medus Fabricius, 1775 | Nigger | | Pachliopta polydorus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-bodied Swallowtail | | Papilio (Princeps) aegeus Donovan, 1805 | Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly | | Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan, 1805 | Large Citrus Butterfly | | Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779 | Canopus Butterfly | | Pareuptychia poltys Prittwitz, 1865 | | | Parnassius eversmanni thor H. Edwards, 1881 | Alaskan Parnassian | | Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916 | | | Petrelaea dana de Nicéville, 1884 | Dana Blue | | Phaedyma shepherdi Moore, 1858 | Common aeroplane | | Phaedyma shepherdi shepherdi Moore, 1858 | Common Aeroplane | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Praesos mariana White, 1852 | | | Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784 | | | Psilogramma papuensis Brechlin, 2001 | | | Pteronymia primula auricula Haensch, 1905 | | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Sahulana scintillata Lucas, 1899 | Glistening Blue | | Scopodes denticollis MacLeay, 1864 | | | Scopodes sexfoveatus (MacLeay, 1888) | ⇒ Scopodes denticollis MacLeay, 1864 | | Speiredonia zamis (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005 | | Speyeria coronis simaetha dos Passos &..., 1945 | Coronis Fritillary | | Spialia diomus diomus Hopffer, 1855 | | | Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, 1833 | Grass armyworm | | Tagiades curatus (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades curiosa (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades korela (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades monachus (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | Nestus Flat | | Tagiades nestus korela Mabille, 1891 | | | Tagiades sivoa (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades suffusus (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Tagiades swinhoei (Felder, 1860) | ⇒ Tagiades nestus Felder, 1860 | | Taractrocera anisomorpha Lower, 1911 | Large Yellow Grass-dart | | Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932 | Ina Grass Dart | | Tarucus plinius (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793 | | Theclinesthes miskini arnoldi Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Wattle Blue | | Theretra clotho Drury, 1773 | Common hunter hawkmoth | | Theretra indistincta Butler, 1877 | | | Theretra latreillei MacLeay, 1827 | Pale Brown Hawk Moth | | Theretra nessus Drury, 1773 | Orange-sided hunter hawkmoth | | Theretra oldenlandiae Fabricius, 1775 | Impatiens Hawk Moth | | Theretra silhetensis Walker, 1856 | Brown-banded hunter hawkmoth | | Tirumala hamata hamata MacLeay, 1826 | Blue Tiger | | Trapezites heteromacula (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) | ⇒ Trapezites heteromaculata Meyrick & Lower, 1902 | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pectinata Hampson, 1907 | | | Yoma sabina Cramer, 1780 | Australian lurcher | | Ypthima arctous Fabricius, 1775 | Dingy Ring |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in West Pacific Ocean
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