Checklist for Subsection Bombyces Scopoli, 1763
and region Amajuba (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 53
149
163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 53
149
163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 52
148
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 44
137
152 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 8
20
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 8
20
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 8
20
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 7
17
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 7
17
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Amajuba
7 Families width 18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Amajuba
17 Genera with 18 Species | Aloeides Hübner, 1973 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Athalia Leach, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axiocerses Hübner, 1857 | Scarlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catochria Herrich-Scha..., 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cigaritis Donzel, 1850 | Barred Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crudaria Wallengren, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Durbania Trimen, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitoxis Wallengren, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnocnema Trimen & Bowker, 1793 | Woolly Legs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1887 | Giant Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metallochlora Warren, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orachrysops Vári & Kroon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1798 | Chilasa | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodafra Rothschild &..., 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tephrina Hübner, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Amajuba
18 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 | Swanepoel's Copper | | Athalia marginipennis Enderlein, 1920 | | | Axiocerses tjoane Wallengren, 1857 | Commom Scarlet | | Catochria postflava Kiriakoff, 1955 | | | Cigaritis ella Hewitson, 1865 | Ella's Bar | | Cigaritis mozambica Bertolini, 1850 | Mozambique Bar | | Crudaria leroma Wallengren, 1857 | Silver Spotted Grey | | Durbania limbata Trimen, 1887 | Natal Rocksitter | | Epitoxis amazoulella Strand, 1917 | | | Ionolyce helicon hyllus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Bronze Line-blue | | Lachnocnema bibulus Fabricius, 1793 | Common Woolly Legs | | Lepidochrysops tantalus Trimen, 1887 | King Blue | | Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917 | | | Orachrysops ariadne Butler, 1898 | Karkloof Blue | | Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798 | African lime swallowtail | | Rhodafra opheltes Cramer, 1780 | Broad Striped Hawk | | Tephrina exospilata Walker, 1861 | | | Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908 | |
Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Amajuba | Superfamily | Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 3
3
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 2
11
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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