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Checklist of Subsection Bombyces Scopoli, 1763
for Tonga (Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
139
443
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
139
443
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
135
429
596
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
89
304
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
27
143
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
27
143
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
27
143
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
12
95
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
10
88
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tonga
10 Families width 121 Species and 36 Subspecies
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals22SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues12SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802)Hawk Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms14SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths19SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths34SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835And Sulphurs7SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos2SpeciesTaxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894Hatted Caterpillars3SpeciesTaxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845Swallowtail Moths2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tonga
88 Genera with 121 Species
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Acraea Fabricius, 1911Acraeas2SpeciesTaxom
Actinote Hübner, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Agriades Hübner, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Agrius Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Amyna Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anisodes Guenée, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 18866SpeciesTaxom
Anthophila Haworth, 1886Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Appias Hübner, 1927Albatrosses3SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Azazia Hübner, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Baronia Salvin, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Belenois Hübner, 1927Caper Whites2SpeciesTaxom
Berresa Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Callopistria Hübner, 1862Fern Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Catephia Ochsenheimer, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1993Forget-me-nots2SpeciesTaxom
Cephonodes Hübner, 1903Bee Hawk Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Chloroclystis Hübner, 1958Pugs7SpeciesTaxom
Chrysodeixis Hübner, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Cleora Curtis, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Condica Walker, 1865Groundlings And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 1827Milkweeds3SpeciesTaxom
Deudorix Hewitson, 1927Cornelians1SpeciesTaxom
Digama Moore, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1927Autumn leaf4SpeciesTaxom
Earias Hübner, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Epidesma Huebner, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Epiplema Herrich-Schä..., 19752SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Euchrysops Butler, 1869Cupids2SpeciesTaxom
Euploea Fabricius, 1865Crows8SpeciesTaxom
Eurema Hübner, 1867Grass yellow4SpeciesTaxom
Famegana Eliot, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Giaura Walker, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1930Pugs1SpeciesTaxom
Helicoverpa Hardwick, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Hemicopsis Swinhoe, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Heterostegane Hampson, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Hippotion Hübner, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Hydrillodes Guenée, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1859Bloxworth snout1SpeciesTaxom
Hypocala Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Hypolimnas Hübner, 0Diadems8SpeciesTaxom
Hypospila Guenée, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Jamides Hübner, 1884Ceruleans4SpeciesTaxom
Junonia Hübner, 1787Buckeyes2SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Lampides Hübner, 1767Ceruleans and Peablues1SpeciesTaxom
Leucostrophus Rothschild &..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Macroglossum Scopoli, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Maliattha Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Maniola Schrank, 1758Meadowbrowns1SpeciesTaxom
Melanitis Fabricius, 1775Evening Browns2SpeciesTaxom
Melapia Sugi, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Nacaduba Moore, 1869Lineblues1SpeciesTaxom
Neptis Fabricius, 1799Sailer butterflies2SpeciesTaxom
Nodaria Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1832Leptosomas1SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Oruza Walker, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758Chilasa1SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphilodes Warren, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929Dingy Lineblues1SpeciesTaxom
Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Plebeius Kluk, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Progonia Hampson, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochazara de Lesse, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhorachis Meyrick, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Remigia Hübner, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Rusicada Hubner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Saletara Butler, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Scopula Schrank, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Sericia Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Simplicia Guenée, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Spodoptera Guenée, 1833Armyworm Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Tajuria Moore, 1869Royals1SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Tirumala Moore, 1883Blue Tigers1SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1907Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Vagrans Hemming, 1874Vagrants1SpeciesTaxom
Zizina Chapman, 1884Lesser Grass Blues2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tonga
121 Species and 36 Subspecies
Acraea andromacha Fabricius, 1775Glasswing
Acraea andromacha polynesiaca Rebel, 1911
Actinote alcione leucothoe Potts, 1944
Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775Pink Spotted Hawk-moth
Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852
Anisodes obliviaria (Walker, 1861)⇒ Perixera obliviaria Walker, 1861
Anomis albipuncta (Walker, 1858)⇒ Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
Anomis amboinensis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Anomis nigritarsis Walker, 1857
Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
Anomis irene (Prout, 1929)⇒ Anomis nigritarsis Walker, 1857
Anomis nigritarsis Walker, 1857
Anomis samoana Butler, 1886
Anthophila chalcotoxa (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Choreutis chalcotoxa Meyrick, 1886
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Anua indiscriminata (Hampson, 1893)⇒ Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
Anua timorensis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
Anua tongaensis (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
Appias (Catophaga) paulina Cramer, 1777Albatross Butterfly
Appias athama Blanchard, 1848Pacific albatross
Appias athama manaia Hopkins, 1927
Argina astrea Drury, 1773Crotalaria pod borer
Azazia rubricans Boisduval, 1833
Baronia brevicornis phronima (H.G. Dyar, 1912)⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893
Belenois java Linnaeus, 1768Caper White
Belenois java schmeltzi Hopkins, 1927
Berresa natalis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bagisara praecelsa Ferguson, 1997
Callopistria pulchrilinea Walker, 1862
Catephia monastica Hampson, 1926
Catochrysops strabo Fabricius, 1793Forget Me Not Blue
Catochrysops taitensis hopkinsi Miller & Miller, 1993
Cephonodes armatus Rothschild &..., 1903
Chloroclystis aeneta (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis aucta (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis fluctuosa (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis mempta (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis oceanica (Herbulot, 1962)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis rotumensis (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chloroclystis woodjonesi (Prout, 1958)⇒ Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) eriosoma Doubleday, 1843Cabbage semi-looper
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) illuminata Robinson, 1968
Cleora samoana Butler, 1886
Condica illecta Walker, 1865Cutworm
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Black Weined Brown
Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Monarch
Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827
Deudorix epijarbas armstrongi Hopkins, 1927
Digama africana Swinhoe, 1907
Doleschallia bisaltide Cramer, 1777Australian leafwing
Doleschallia bisaltide drusius
Doleschallia tongana tongana Hopkins, 1927
Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
Earias vittella Fabricius, 1794Cotton spotted bollworm
Epidesma melanitis (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Episcepsis melanitis Hübner, 1818
Epiplema instabilata Walker, 1866
Epiplema simmondsi Robinson, 1975
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798Bean blue
Euchrysops cnejus samoa Herrich-Scha..., 1869
Euploea boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Euploea boisduvalii (Lucas, 1853)⇒ Euploea boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Euploea lewanii Felder & Felder, 1865
Euploea lewinii C. & R. Felder, 1865
Euploea lewinii lewinii C & R Felder, 1865
Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793Double-branded Blue Crow
Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793Dwarf Crow
Euploea tulliolus forsteri Felder & Felder, 1865
Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758Common Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe sulphurata Butler, 1875
Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
Eurema brigitta australis Wallace, 1867No-brand Grass-yellow
Famegana alsulus Herrich-Schä..., 1869Black Spotted Grass Blue
Famegana alsulus lulu Mathew, 1889
Giaura tetragramma Hampson, 1905
Gymnoscelis tyloceia (Prout, 1930)⇒ Gymnoscelis yurikae Inoue, 2002
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805African cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera armigera Hübner, , 1808
Hemicopsis purpuraria Swinhoe, 1904
Heterostegane minutissima Swinhoe, 1904
Hippotion celerio L., 1758Common striated hawkmoth
Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793Dark striated hawkmoth
Hydrillodes surata Meyrick, 1910
Hypena iconicalis Walker, 1859Definite Patch
Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794Moth
Hypolimnas antilope lutescens Butler, 1874
Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758Blue Moon Butterfly
Hypolimnas bolina ivena Fruhstorfer, 1912
Hypolimnas bolina moseleyi
Hypolimnas bolina naresii Butler, 1883
Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775Blue moon
Hypolimnas bolina pallescens Butler, 1874
Hypolimnas bolina thomsonii
Hypospila similis Tams, 1935
Jamides carissima Butler, 1876Tongan Blue
Jamides carissima thomasi Miller & Miller, 1993
Jamides morphoides Butler, 1884
Junonia villida Fabricius, 1787Albin's Hampstead Eye
Junonia villida villida Fabricius, 1787Meadow Argus
Lacera capella (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767Bean butterfly
Leucostrophus alterhirundo Gerstaecker, 1871Swallow Hawk
Macroglossum hirundo (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Leucostrophus alterhirundo Gerstaecker, 1871
Maliattha ritsemae Snellen, 1880
Maniola jurtina janira Linnaeus, 1758
Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758Common evening brown
Melanitis leda solandra Fabricius, 1775Evening Brown
Melapia bifasciata Inoue & Sugi, 1961
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Nacaduba dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869Owl-Spotted Blue
Neptis hylas Linnaeus, 1758Common Plain Sailor
Neptis rivularis coenobita Goeze, 1799
Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Simplicia cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) baulus Boisduval, 1832Magpie Moth
Ophiusa disjungens Walker, 1858Guava moth
Oruza cariosa Lucas, 1894
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852Moth
Papilio (Princeps) memnon Linnaeus, 1758Christmas swallowtail
Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia Godart, , 1819Zebra White
Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856
Progonia micrastis (Meyrick, 1902)⇒ Progonia umbrifera Lucas, 1894
Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784
Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Remigia trifasciata Stephens, 1829
Rusicada nigritarsis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Anomis nigritarsis Walker, 1857
Saletara liberia Cramer, 1779Malayan Albatross
Scopula epigypsa Meyrick, 1886
Scopula homodoxa Meyrick, 1886
Scopula julietae Robinson, 1975
Sericia anops (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Simplicia erebina Butler, 1879
Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, 1833Grass armyworm
Tajuria deudorix deudorix Hewitson, 1869
Thalassodes chloropis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857Big Emerald
Tirumala hamata angustata Moore, 1883
Trigonodes cephise Cramer, 1779
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907Crimson Spotted Moth
Vagrans egista bowdenia M. R. Butler, 1874Vagrant Butterfly
Zizina labradus Godart, 1824Clover Blue
Zizina labradus mangoensis Butler, 1884

Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Tonga
SuperfamilyBombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyGeometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
2
11
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyNoctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
3
40
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyPapilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
4
32
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom