Species list, Checklist of Suborder Glossata (Modern butterflies and moths) for Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)

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 Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775 (Modern butterflies and moths)
and region Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	37 60 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	37 60 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	35 58 55	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	28 49 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	7 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	7 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Point
7 Families width 8 Species and 3 Subspecies

Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	2	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	1	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	1	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802)	Hawk Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	1	Species	Taxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810	Crambid Snout Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917	African Primitive Ghost Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Point
8 Genera with 8 Species

Aloeides Hübner, 1857	Coppers	1	Species	Taxom
Arhopala Boisduval, 1914	Oak-blues	1	Species	Taxom
Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1915	Autumn leaf	1	Species	Taxom
Ectochela Hampson, 1930		1	Species	Taxom
Erinnyis Hübner, 1787		1	Species	Taxom
Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876	Sootywings	1	Species	Taxom
Loxostege Hübner, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 1917		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Point
8 Species and 3 Subspecies

Aloeides aranda Wallengren, 1857	Aranda Copper
Arhopala horsfieldi eurysthenes Fruhstorfer, 1914	Peacock Oakblue
Doleschallia dascylus anicetus Fruhstorfer, 1915
Ectochela dasophrys Tams, 1930
Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787)	⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876	'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing
Loxostege frustalis Zeller, 1852
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Cape Point

Infraorder	Exoporia Dugdale, 1974	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	6 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom