Species list, Checklist of Class Insecta (Insects) for Lions Head (Cape Town)

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 Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (Insects)
and region Lions Head (Cape Town)

Class

Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects

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7
6

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for Lions Head (Cape Town)
5 Families width 6 Species

Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	0	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	2	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	2	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lions Head (Cape Town)
7 Genera with 6 Species

Aloeides Hübner, 1819	Coppers	0	Species	Taxom
Leptomyrina Butler, 1898		0	Species	Taxom
Pontia Fabricius, 1764	Checkered Whites	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudolarentia Herbulot, 1863		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudomaenas L.B. Prout, 1858		1	Species	Taxom
Spialia Swinhoe, 1764	African grizzled skippers	2	Species	Taxom
Stygionympha Van Son, 1887		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lions Head (Cape Town)
6 Species

Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764	Common Meadow White
Pseudolarentia cryptospilata Walker, 1863
Pseudomaenas intricata Walker, 1858
Spialia sataspes Trimen, 1864	Boland Sandman
Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764	Mountain Sandman
Stygionympha vigilans Trimen, 1887	Western Hillside Brown

Subnodes of Insecta with occurrences in Lions Head (Cape Town)

Subclass

Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects

5
7
6

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Insecta (Linnaeus 1758)

Links, sources and further information

Insecta at papua-insects.nl
Insecta at artfakta.se
Insecta at dyntaxa.se
Insecta at gbif.org
Insecta at irmng.org
Insecta at itis.gov
Insecta at marinespecies.org