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Checklist of Section Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
for Samoa (Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
191
921
1762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
191
921
1762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
187
916
1755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
117
679
1372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
23
100
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
23
100
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
22
99
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
9
57
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Samoa
9 Families width 88 Species and 35 Subspecies
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals24SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae (Leach, 1815)Erebid Moths17SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835And Sulphurs6SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae (Leach, 1815)Cankerworm moths15SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809)Armyworms7SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues11SpeciesTaxom
Tortricidae (Latreille, 1803)Bell Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Samoa
57 Genera with 88 Species
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Acraea Fabricius, 1855Acraeas2SpeciesTaxom
Agrius Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Appias Hübner, 1848Albatrosses4SpeciesTaxom
Belenois Hübner, 1927Caper Whites1SpeciesTaxom
Bihastina Prout, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Calais Laporte de C..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Callopistria Hübner, 1862Fern Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Catada Walker, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Catephia Ochsenheimer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1927Forget-me-nots2SpeciesTaxom
Catopsilia Hübner, 0Emigrants1SpeciesTaxom
Chloroclystis Hübner, 1958Pugs7SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 1827Milkweeds3SpeciesTaxom
Deudorix Hewitson, 1927Cornelians1SpeciesTaxom
Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1902Autumn leaf1SpeciesTaxom
Dudua Walker, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Euchrysops Butler, 1869Cupids2SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Euploea Fabricius, 1910Crows10SpeciesTaxom
Eurema Hübner, 1875Grass yellow1SpeciesTaxom
Famegana Eliot, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Grammia Rambur, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1889Bluebottles and Jays1SpeciesTaxom
Helicoverpa Hardwick, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Hybridoneura Warren, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Hypobapta L.B. Prout, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Hypolimnas Hübner, 1869Diadems10SpeciesTaxom
Ideopsis Horsfield, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Ilattia Walker, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Jamides Hübner, 1876Ceruleans3SpeciesTaxom
Junonia Hübner, 1787Buckeyes2SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Lampides Hübner, 1767Ceruleans and Peablues1SpeciesTaxom
Lobesia Guenée, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Macroglossum Scopoli, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Mcclungia Fox, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Melanitis Fabricius, 1928Evening Browns2SpeciesTaxom
Melapia Sugi, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Melinaea Hübner, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Micrulia Warren, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Nacaduba Moore, 1892Lineblues3SpeciesTaxom
Neptis Fabricius, 1799Sailer butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1866Chilasa1SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphilodes Warren, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochazara de Lesse, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomimetis Warren, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Remigia Hübner, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Rusicada Hubner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Symmimetis Turner, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Temnolopha Lower, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Tirumala Moore, 1927Blue Tigers3SpeciesTaxom
Vagrans Hemming, 1874Vagrants2SpeciesTaxom
Zizina Chapman, 1884Lesser Grass Blues1SpeciesTaxom
Zizula Chapman, 1915Grass blues1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Samoa
88 Species and 35 Subspecies
Acraea andromacha polynesiaca Rebel, 1911
Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855Rooibok Acraea
Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758Convolvulus hawk moth
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
Appias (Catophaga) paulina Cramer, 1777Albatross Butterfly
Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862
Appias paulina manaia Hopkins, 1927
Appias athama Blanchard, 1848Pacific albatross
Belenois java schmeltzi Hopkins, 1927
Bihastina eurychora Prout, 1928
Calais speciosus Linnaeus, 1767
Callopistria nauticorum (Guenée, 1862)⇒ Callopistria maillardi Guenée, 1862
Catada charalis Swinhoe, 1900
Catephia homotima Tams, 1935
Catochrysops taitensis Boisduval, 1832
Catochrysops taitensis pepe Hopkins, 1927
Catopsilia scylla scylla
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
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Black Weined Brown
Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Monarch
Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827
Deudorix epijarbas doris Hopkins, 1927
Doleschallia tongana vomana Fruhstorfer, 1902
Dudua aprobola Meyrick, 1886Leaf-curling Moth
Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973
Ericeia certilinea (Prout, 1929)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia levuensis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798Bean blue
Euchrysops cnejus samoa Herrich-Scha..., 1869
Eudocima (Othreis) obliterans Walker, 1858
Euploea algea Godart, 1819Algea Crow
Euploea algea schmeltzi Herrich-Scha..., 1869
Euploea eleutho (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)⇒ Euploea boisduvali boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807
Euploea lewinii C. & R. Felder, 1865
Euploea lewinii bourkei Poulton, 1924
Euploea nemertes (Hübner, 1806)⇒ Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807
Euploea schmeltzi schmeltzi
Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910
Eurema hecabe sulphurata Butler, 1875
Famegana alsulus lulu Mathew, 1889
Grammia oithona (Strecker, 1878)⇒ Grammia phyllira Drury, 1773
Graphium (Arisbe) polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889Dancing Swallowtail
Helicoverpa separata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Helicoverpa assulta Guenée, 1852
Hybridoneura picta Warren, 1901
Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & S..., 2009Varied Grey
Hypolimnas antilope Cramer, 1779Spotted Crow Eggfly
Hypolimnas antilope lutescens Butler, 1874
Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758Blue Moon Butterfly
Hypolimnas bolina inconstans Butler, 1873
Hypolimnas bolina ivena Fruhstorfer, 1912
Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775Blue moon
Hypolimnas bolina otaheitae C Felder, 1862
Hypolimnas bolina pallescens Butler, 1874
Hypolimnas errabunda Hopkins, 1927
Hypolimnas octocula octocula Butler, 1869
Ideopsis juventa Cramer, 1777Gray
Ilattia bavia Felder, 1874
Jamides argentina von Prittwitz, 1867
Jamides carissima Butler, 1876Tongan Blue
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
Lobesia clavosa Diakonoff, 1973
Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856
Mcclungia cymo cymo Hübner, 1806
Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758Common evening brown
Melanitis leda hopkinsi Poulton & Riley, 1928
Melapia bifasciata Inoue & Sugi, 1961
Micrulia pacifica (Holloway, 1979)⇒ Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & S..., 2009
Micrulia tenuilinea Warren, 1896
Mocis demonstrans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Mocis discrepans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830The Triple-barred
Nacaduba dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869Owl-Spotted Blue
Nacaduba dyopa dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869
Nacaduba samoensis Druce, 1892
Neptis rivularis coenobita Goeze, 1799
Papilio godeffroyi Semper, 1866Godeffroy´s Swallowtail
Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker, 1866
Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784
Pseudomimetis vailima (Prout, 1958)⇒ Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & S..., 2009
Remigia demonstrans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Remigia discrepans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Rusicada nigritarsis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Anomis nigritarsis Walker, 1857
Symmimetis sylvatica (Warren, 1901)⇒ Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & S..., 2009
Temnolopha metallota (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973
Tirumala hamata MacLeay, 1826Blue Tiger
Tirumala hamata melittula Herrich-Schä..., 1869
Tirumala hamata tutuilae Hopkins, 1927
Vagrans egista Cramer, 1780Australian vagrant
Vagrans egista bowdenia M. R. Butler, 1874Vagrant Butterfly
Zizina labradus mangoensis Butler, 1884
Zizula hylax dampierensis Rothschild, 1915

Subnodes of Cossina with occurrences in Samoa
SubsectionBombyces
Scopoli, 1763
8
54
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubsectionCossina
Meyrick, 1907
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom