Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 182
945
1461 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 182
945
1461 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 176
916
1425 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 123
760
1252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 19
144
179 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 19
144
179 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 19
144
179 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
21
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Saint Lucia
2 Families width 24 Species and 6 Subspecies
Genera for Saint Lucia
21 Genera with 24 Species
| Astictopterus C. & R. Felder, 1864 | Fairies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1855 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetocneme Felder, 1867 | Dusk-flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chelepteryx Gray, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chioides Lindsey, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiomara Godman and S..., 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1793 | Policemen | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymaenes Scudder, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliopetes Billberg, 1758 | White Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1881 | Branded Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1868 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctelius Hayward, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1889 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1798 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polygonus Hübner, 1790 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Proteides Hübner, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1870 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1884 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urbanus Hübner, 1758 | Longtail Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saint Lucia
24 Species and 6 Subspecies | Astictopterus inornatus Trimen, 1864 | Modest Slyph | | Borbo fallax Gaede, 1916 | False Swift | | Borbo lugens Hopffer, 1855 | Lesser Horned Skipper | | Chaetocneme beata Hewitson, 1867 | Common Red-eye | | Chelepteryx collesi Gray, 1835 | Batwing | | Chioides catillus Cramer, 1780 | Albo Longtail | | Chiomara asychis grenada Evans, 1953 | White-patterned Skipper | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Cymaenes laureolus loxa Evans, 1955 | | | Heliopetes arsalte Linnaeus, 1758 | Arsalte Skipper | | Hesperia colorado harpalus W. H. Edwards, 1881 | Idaho Branded Skipper | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Kedestes callicles Hewitson, 1868 | Pale Ranger | | Nyctelius nyctelius Latreille, 1824 | Nyctelius Skipper | | Parnara monasi Trimen, 1889 | Water Skipper | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Platylesches ayresii Trimen, 1889 | Peppered Hopper | | Platylesches moritili Wallengren, 1857 | Common Hopper | | Platylesches tina Evans, 1937 | Small Hopper | | Polygonus leo Gmelin, 1790 | Hammoch Skipper | | Polygonus leo leo Gmelin, 1790 | Hammock Skipper | | Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884 | Mercurial Skipper | | Sarangesa phidyle Walker, 1870 | Orange Flat | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Urbanus proteus Linnaeus, 1758 | Bean leaf roller |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Saint Lucia
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