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Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Western Ghats (West India, India)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		26
220
410		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		26
220
410		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		19
213
404		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		16
209
400		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		9
187
378		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Ghats
9 Families width 378 Species and 2 Subspecies
Crambidae Latreille, 1810Crambid Snout Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper86SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues122SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms1SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals105SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos22SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835And Sulphurs35SpeciesTaxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895Metalmark Butterflies3SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Western Ghats
SuborderGlossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		9
187
378		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
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
Lepidoptera at artfakta.se
Lepidoptera at dyntaxa.se
Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
Lepidoptera at itis.gov