Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region North Eastern Province (Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 117
412
470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 117
412
470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 111
401
460 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 87
361
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 33
210
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 33
208
239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 33
208
239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
14
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for North Eastern Province (Kenya)
2 Families width 19 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for North Eastern Province (Kenya)
14 Genera with 19 Species | Acleros Mabille, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1884 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1857 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1871 | Policemen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1827 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | Metisella Hemming, 1934 | Sylphs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Niconiades Hübner, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1798 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1870 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Soligena Prozorov & Z..., 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1949 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for North Eastern Province (Kenya)
19 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acleros mackenii Trimen, 1868 | Macken'S Dart | | Borbo fatuellus Hopffer, 1855 | Foolish Swift | | Borbo gemella Mabille, 1884 | Twin Swift | | Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857 | Ragged Skipper | | Carterocephalus palaemon Pallas, 1771 | Arctic Skipper | | Coeliades anchises Gerstaecker, 1871 | One Pip Policeman | | Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1827 | Common Hottentot | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Niconiades cydia Hewitson, 1876 | | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Sarangesa maculata Mabille, 1891 | Big-Spot Elfin | | Sarangesa phidyle Walker, 1870 | Orange Flat | | Soligena juna Prozorov & Z..., 2016 | | | Spialia colotes Druce, 1875 | Bushveld Sandman | | Spialia diomus Hopffer, 1855 | Common Sandman | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia mafa Trimen, 1870 | Mafa grizzled skipper | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Telicota ternatensis solva Evans, 1949 | |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in North Eastern Province (Kenya)
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