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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	3 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Pentland skerries
3 Families width 7 Species

Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	5	Species	Taxom
Papilionidae (Latreille, 1802)	Apollos	1	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Blue butterflies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Pentland skerries
6 Genera with 7 Species

Aglais Dalman, 1819	Tortoiseshells	1	Species	Taxom
Boloria Moore, 1794	Lesser Fritillaries	1	Species	Taxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1906	Chilasa	1	Species	Taxom
Plebejus Kluk, 1852	Small Jewel Blues	1	Species	Taxom
Polygonia Hübner, 1775	Anglewings	1	Species	Taxom
Vanessa Fabricius, 1758	Admirals	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Pentland skerries
7 Species

Aglais milberti Godart, 1819	Fire-rim Tortoiseshell
Boloria (Clossiana) chariclea Schneider, 1794	Arctic Fritillary
Papilio (Pterourus) canadensis (Rotschild & ..., 1906)	⇒ Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852)	⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971
Polygonia progne Cramer, 1775	Dark-Gray Anglewing
Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758	Red Admiral
Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758	Cosmopolitan

Subnodes of Pterygota with occurrences in Pentland skerries

Infraclass

Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects

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6
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Pterygota at itis.gov
Pterygota at marinespecies.org