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Checklist of Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775 (Modern butterflies and moths)
for Caroline Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
147
549
914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
147
549
914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
143
542
903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
82
296
496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
17
83
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
17
83
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caroline Islands
17 Families width 121 Species and 34 Subspecies
Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854Blotch leaf miner moths1SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815And blues14SpeciesTaxom
Tortricidae Latreille, 1803Bell Moths35SpeciesTaxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810Crambid Snout Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835And Sulphurs9SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae (Latreille, 1809)Indet. Skipper6SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae (Leach, 1815)Erebid Moths22SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms3SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals15SpeciesTaxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802Flour Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Tineidae Latreille, 1810& Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths1SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802)Hawk Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947Long-horned moths1SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos1SpeciesTaxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910Epermeniid moths4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caroline Islands
83 Genera with 121 Species
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Acrocercops Wallengren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1915Hedge Blues1SpeciesTaxom
Adoxophyes Meyrick, 1976Smaller Tea Tortrix4SpeciesTaxom
Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0Darkies1SpeciesTaxom
Ambia Walker, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Appias Hübner, 1913Albatrosses2SpeciesTaxom
Aulacophora Dejean, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Bactra Stephens, 19116SpeciesTaxom
Badamia Moore, 1775Brown Awl1SpeciesTaxom
Bocana Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Callopistria Hübner, 1929Fern Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Carterocephalus Lederer, 01SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1959Forget-me-nots1SpeciesTaxom
Catopsilia Hübner, 1758Emigrants3SpeciesTaxom
Catopyrops Toxopeus, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Chasmina Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Crocidosema Zeller, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cryptaspasma Walsingham, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophlebia Walsingham, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Cymolomia Lederer, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 1777Milkweeds3SpeciesTaxom
Dichromia Guenée, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Dudua Walker, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Duessa Kuznetzov, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Endotricha Zeller, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Epinotia Hübner, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Erechthias Meyrick, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Euchrysops Butler, 1914Cupids2SpeciesTaxom
Eucosma Hübner, 19466SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Eumelea Duncan, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Euploea Fabricius, 1821Crows1SpeciesTaxom
Eurema Hübner, 1933Grass yellow2SpeciesTaxom
Everes Hübner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Gnathothlibus Wallengren, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Hamodes Guenée, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Herpystis Meyrick, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876Sootywings1SpeciesTaxom
Hypolimnas Hübner, 1877Diadems5SpeciesTaxom
Icelita Bradley, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Jamides Hübner, 1915Ceruleans1SpeciesTaxom
Junonia Hübner, 1787Buckeyes2SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Lampides Hübner, 1767Ceruleans and Peablues1SpeciesTaxom
Laspeyresia Germar, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Leptocera Olivier, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Lycorea Doubleday, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lysandra Hemming, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Maruca Walker, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Mcclungia Fox, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Melanitis Fabricius, 1889Evening Browns1SpeciesTaxom
Milanion Godman & Salvin, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Neoxeniades Hayward, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Nepheronia Butler, 1836Vagrants1SpeciesTaxom
Neptis Fabricius, 1799Sailer butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Nw1SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1887Leptosomas2SpeciesTaxom
Odites Walsingham, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1767Chilasa1SpeciesTaxom
Pieris Schrank, 1828Fetterbush1SpeciesTaxom
Piletocera Lederer, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pontia Fabricius, 1764Checkered Whites1SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgus Hübner, 1813Checkered skippers1SpeciesTaxom
Remigia Hübner, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Sericia Guenée, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Temelucha Foerster, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Temnolopha Lower, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatotibia Zacher, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thecla Fabricius, 1865Hairstreaks1SpeciesTaxom
Tritopterna Meyrick, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Zizeeria Chapman, 0Grass blues2SpeciesTaxom
Zizina Chapman, 1969Lesser Grass Blues1SpeciesTaxom
Zizula Chapman, 1915Grass blues1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caroline Islands
121 Species and 34 Subspecies
Acrocercops attenuatum Walsingham, 1897
Acytolepis puspa watasei Matsumura, 1915
Adoxophyes aurantia Clarke, 1976
Adoxophyes balioleuca Clarke, 1976
Adoxophyes molybdaina Clarke, 1976
Adoxophyes poecilogramma Clarke, 1976
Allotinus portunus portunus
Ambia aulacophora Hampson, 1897
Appias ada ardens Butler, 1898
Appias leptis myndus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)⇒ Appias indra Moore, 1857
Aulacophora indica Gmelin, 1790Cucurbit beetle
Aulacophora quadrimaculata Fabricius, 1781
Bactra excelsa (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Bactra litigatrix (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Bactra monochorda (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Bactra opatanias (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Bactra passercula (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775Brown Awl
Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1859Moth
Callopistria meridionalis (Collenette, 1929)⇒ Callopistria maillardi Guenée, 1862
Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon
Catocala actaea actaea
Catochrysops panormus papuana Tite, 1959Pale Pea-blue
Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775Cassia butterfly
Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758Common migrant
Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758Mottled Emigrant
Catopyrops keiria keiria Druce, 1891
Chasmina candida Walker, 1865
Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910Lantana Flower-cluster Moth
Cryptaspasma (Allobrachygonia) polysticta Clarke, 1976
Cryptophlebia (Cryptophlebia) ombrodelta Lower, 1898Litchi fruit moth
Cryptophlebia atrilinea Clarke, 1976
Cryptophlebia carpophaga (Lower, 1898)⇒ Cryptophlebia ombrodelta Lower, 1898
Cryptophlebia citrogramma (Clarke, 1976)⇒ Thaumatotibia citrogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1976
Cymolomia cyanosticha Clarke, 1976
Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Monarch
Danaus affinis rubrica Fruhstorfer, 1907
Danaus melanippus Cramer, 1777Black Veined Tiger
Dichromia quinqualis Walker, 1859
Dudua aprobola Meyrick, 1886Leaf-curling Moth
Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973
Dudua proxima Clarke, 1976
Duessa pleurogramma Clarke, 1976
Endotricha separata Whalley, 1963
Epinotia corynetes (Diakonoff, 1982)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Epinotia lantana (Busck, 1910)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Erechthias minuscula Walsingham, 1897Caribbean Scavenger Moth
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 cnidus Waterhouse &..., 1914Cupid
Eucosma coniogramma Clarke, 1976
Eucosma eridela (Turner, 1946)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Eucosma perversa (Turner, 1946)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Eucosma phaedropa (Turner, 1946)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Eucosma polyphaea (Turner, 1926)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Eucosma tornocosma (Turner, 1946)⇒ Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eumelea rosalia Stoll, 1781
Euploea eunice kadu von Eschscholtz, 1821
Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758Common Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe marginata Kishida, 1933
Everes lacturnus pulchra Rothschild, 1915
Gnathothlibus eras (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777
Hamodes aurantiaca (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes marginata (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Herpystis maurodicha Clarke, 1976
Herpystis theodora Clarke, 1976
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing
Hypolimnas antilope anomala Wallace, 1869
Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758Blue Moon Butterfly
Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775Blue moon
Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764Common Diadem
Hypolimnas pithoeka pithoeka Kirsch, 1877
Icelita monela Clarke, 1976
Jamides bochus palauensis Fruhstorfer, 1915
Junonia orithya Linnaeus, 1764Blue Argus
Junonia villida villida Fabricius, 1787Meadow Argus
Lacera capella (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767Bean butterfly
Laspeyresia celiae Clarke, 1976
Leptocera disciseta Richards, 1963
Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, 1847Tiger Mimic-Queen
Lysandra hispana Herrich-Schä..., 1852Common Blue
Maruca vitrata Fabricius, 1787Bean pod borer
Mcclungia cymo cymo Hübner, 1806
Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889
Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917
Neoxeniades seron saron (P. Mabille, 1904)⇒ Neoxeniades seron seron Godman, 1901
Nepheronia thalassina thalassina Boisduval, 1836
Neptis rivularis coenobita Goeze, 1799
Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915
Nw thecla danaus
Nyctemera angalensis Matsumura, 1930
Nyctemera burica (Butler, 1887)⇒ Nyctemera angalensis Matsumura, 1930
Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908
Papilio (Sinoprinceps) xuthus Linnaeus, 1767Asia Swallowtail
Pieris ergane Geyer, 1828Mountain Small White
Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia Godart, , 1819Zebra White
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Pontia helice helice Linnaeus, 1764
Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, 1813)⇒ Pyrgus fritillarius Poda, 1761
Remigia trifasciata Stephens, 1829
Sericia diops (Walker, 1857)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia layardi (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia sumbana (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780
Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia zamis (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Spirama obscura (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Temelucha carolinensis Townes, 1958
Temelucha clarkei Townes, 1958
Temelucha kusaiensis Townes, 1958
Temelucha yapensis Townes, 1958
Temnolopha metallota (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Dudua brachytoma Diakonoff, 1973
Thecla imma Prittwitz, 1865
Tritopterna chionostoma Meyrick, 1921
Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787Lesser Grass Blue
Zizeeria zizina
Zizina labradus lampra Tite, 1969
Zizula hylax dampierensis Rothschild, 1915

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Caroline Islands
InfraorderHeteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
17
83
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom