Checklist for Subsection Bombyces Scopoli, 1763
and region Mountain (Saku Constituency, Marsabit County, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 74
128
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 74
128
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 70
123
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 57
105
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 18
28
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 18
28
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 18
28
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 9
18
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 7
15
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Mountain (Marsabit County)
7 Families width 14 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Mountain (Marsabit County)
15 Genera with 14 Species | Acraea Fabricius, 1875 | Acraeas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirina Walker, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1863 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eilema Hübner, 1901 | Lichen Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1773 | Ermine Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 | Pug Moths | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1758 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1758 | Evening Browns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralephana Hampson, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1825 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mountain (Marsabit County)
14 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acraea lygus Druce, 1875 | Lygus Acraea | | Cirina forda Westwood, 1849 | Pallid Emperor Moth | | Colias christina W. Edwards, 1863 | Christina Sulphur | | Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) asteia Dufay, 1972 | | | Eilema leia Hampson, 1901 | | | Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878) | ⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 | | Estigmene acrea Drury, 1773 | Acraea Moth | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Paralephana argyresthia Hampson, 1926 | | | Speyeria callippe macaria W. H. Edwards, 1877 | Callippe Fritillary | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan |
Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Mountain (Marsabit County) | Superfamily | Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 2
2
2 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
2
0 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 2
5
5 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 2
6
7 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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