Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Kandy (Central Province, Sri Lanka)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 154
481
633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 154
481
633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 139
441
569 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 88
363
470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 21
183
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 21
183
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 21
183
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 1
22
27 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kandy
1 Family width 27 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Kandy
22 Genera with 27 Species #ABCEHINOPSTW
| Ampittia Moore, 1793 | Bush hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baracus Moore, 1862 | Hedge Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1868 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erionota Mabille, 1941 | Palm Redeye | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halpe Moore, 1878 | Aces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iambrix Watson, 1865 | Chestnut Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1881 | Demons | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oriens W.H. Evans, 1881 | Dartlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1798 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pedesta Hemming, 1934 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1878 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1881 | Dart species | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satarupa Moore, 0 | White Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1793 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Suastus Moore, 0 | Palm bob | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1878 | Clouded Flats | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1793 | Grass Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1949 | Palm Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Wallengrenia Berg, 1797 | Broken-Dashes | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kandy
27 Species and 4 Subspecies | Ampittia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793 | Bush Hopper | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Baracus vittatus Felder, 1862 | Banded Redeye | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Caprona ransonnettii Felder, 1868 | Golden Angle | | Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908 | Yellow Palm Dart | | Erionota torus Evans, 1941 | Banana Skipper | | Halpe homolea ceylonica Moore, 1878 | | | Iambrix salsala Moore, 1865 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Notocrypta curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862 | Common banded Demon | | Notocrypta paralysos Wood-Mason &..., 1881 | Banded Demon | | Oriens goloides Moore, 1881 | Ceylon Dartlet | | Parnara bada Moore, 1878 | African Straight Swift | | Parnara naso Fabricius, 1798 | African Straight | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas subochracea Moore, 1878 | Large Branded Swift | | Potanthus pseudomaesa Moore, 1881 | Common Dart | | Satarupa nymphalis nymphalis | | | Spialia galba Fabricius, 1793 | Indian Grizzled | | Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Ceylon Ace | | Suastus minuta Moore, 1877 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Suastus minuta minuta | | | Tagiades japetus Stoll, 1781 | Black & White Flat | | Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 | Golden Angle | | Taractrocera maevius Fabricius, 1793 | Common | | Telicota bambusae Moore, 1878 | Dark Palm Dart | | Telicota ternatensis solva Evans, 1949 | | | Wallengrenia otho Smith, 1797 | Broken Dash |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Kandy
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