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Checklist of Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775 (Modern butterflies and moths)
for Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		27
46
43		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		27
46
43		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		26
45
42		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		23
41
40		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		6
7
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		6
7
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Point
6 Families width 7 Species and 2 Subspecies
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues2SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals1SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms1SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802)Hawk Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810Crambid Snout Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Point
7 Genera with 7 Species
Aloeides Hübner, 1857Coppers2SpeciesTaxom
Arhopala Boisduval, 1914Oak-blues1SpeciesTaxom
Doleschallia C. & R. Felder, 1915Autumn leaf1SpeciesTaxom
Ectochela Hampson, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Erinnyis Hübner, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Loxostege Hübner, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Point
7 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aloeides aranda Wallengren, 1857Aranda Copper
Arhopala horsfieldi eurysthenes Fruhstorfer, 1914Peacock Oakblue
Doleschallia dascylus anicetus Fruhstorfer, 1915
Ectochela dasophrys Tams, 1930
Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780
Loxostege frustalis Zeller, 1852
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Cape Point
InfraorderExoporia
Dugdale, 1974
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species		 
Taxom
 
InfraorderHeteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom