Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 229
1256
1792 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 229
1256
1792 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 219
1242
1781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 169
1090
1648 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 36
179
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 36
179
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
177
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
15
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
2 Families width 22 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
15 Genera with 22 Species | Dejeania Townsend, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretis Mabille, 1891 | Elfs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eucraera Tams, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1793 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1857 | Rangers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1928 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1798 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1897 | Checkered skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1870 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1949 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tsitana Evans, 1870 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Voracia Linnaeus, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zophopetes Mabille, 1868 | Nightfighters | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
22 Species and 4 Subspecies | Dejeania bombylans Fabricius, 1798 | | | Eretis djaelaelae Wallengren, 1857 | Marbled Elf | | Eretis lugens Rogenhofer, 1891 | Savanna Elf | | Eucraera gemmata asaphes Tams, 1936 | | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Kedestes chaca Trimen, 1873 | Shaka's Ranger | | Kedestes lepenula Wallengren, 1857 | Chequered Ranger | | Metisella orientalis Krüger, 1928 | Eastern Sylph | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Pyrgus malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Southern Grizzled Skipper | | Sarangesa motozi Wallengren, 1857 | Elfin Skipper | | Sarangesa phidyle Walker, 1870 | Orange Flat | | Spialia asterodia Trimen, 1864 | Asterodia Sandman | | Spialia colotes colotes Druce, 1875 | | | Spialia nanus Trimen, 1889 | Dwarf Sandman | | Spialia sataspes Trimen, 1864 | Boland Sandman | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Telicota ternatensis solva Evans, 1949 | | | Tsitana tsita Trimen, 1870 | Dismal Sylph | | Voracia nusa Zolotuhin & ..., 2005 | | | Zophopetes dysmephila Trimen, 1868 | Palm Tree Nightfighter |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
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