Species list, Checklist of Subclass Pterygota (Winged insects) for Gairsay (Northern Orkney Islands, United Kingdom)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 (Winged insects)
and region Gairsay (Northern Orkney Islands, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Gairsay
4 Families width 8 Species

Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	4	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	2	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	1	Species	Taxom
Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843	Broad-shouldered bugs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Gairsay
6 Genera with 8 Species

Aglais Dalman, 1758	Tortoiseshells	1	Species	Taxom
Maniola Schrank, 1758	Meadowbrowns	1	Species	Taxom
Pieris Schrank, 1758	Fetterbush	2	Species	Taxom
Polyommatus Latreille, 1775	Meadow Blues	1	Species	Taxom
Vanessa Fabricius, 1758	Admirals	2	Species	Taxom
Velia Latreille, 1947	water cricket	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Gairsay
8 Species

Aglais urticae Linnaeus, 1758	Small Tortoiseshell
Maniola (Maniola) jurtina Linnaeus, 1758	Meadow Brown
Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758	'Margined' Mustard White
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758	Cabbage Butterfly
Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775	Common Blue
Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758	Red Admiral
Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758	Cosmopolitan
Velia (Plesiovelia) caprai Tamanini, 1947	African plume

Subnodes of Pterygota with occurrences in Gairsay

Infraclass

Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects

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Families
Genera
Species

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Links, sources and further information

Pterygota at itis.gov
Pterygota at marinespecies.org