Species list, Checklist of Suborder Glossata (Modern butterflies and moths) for Elephant Island (South Shetland Islands)

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 Elephant Island (South Shetland Islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	9 15 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	9 15 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	9 15 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	7 13 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	3 9 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	3 9 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Elephant Island
3 Families width 9 Species and 7 Subspecies

Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	5	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	2	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Elephant Island
9 Genera with 9 Species

Acraea Fabricius, 1855	Acraeas	1	Species	Taxom
Biblis Fabricius, 1779		1	Species	Taxom
Leptidea Billberg, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Manastigma Nicolay, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Methona Doubleday, 1818		1	Species	Taxom
Nepheronia Butler, 1836	Vagrants	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1784		1	Species	Taxom
Satyrium Scudder, 1809	Satyr Orchids	1	Species	Taxom
Speyeria Scudder, 1926	Fritillaries	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Elephant Island
9 Species and 7 Subspecies

Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855	Rooibok Acraea
Biblis hyperia hyperia Cramer, 1779	Red Rim
Leptidea amurensis vibilia Janson, 1878
Manastigma primno Godman & Salvin, 1887
Methona themisto themisto Hübner, 1818
Nepheronia argia idotea Boisduval, 1836
Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784
Satyrium calanus calanus Hübner, 1809	Banded Hairstreak
Speyeria aphrodite byblis W. Barnes & ..., 1926	Aphrodite Fritillary

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Elephant Island

Infraorder

Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918

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