Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for Tamil Nadu (South India, India)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 286
2161
4277 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 285
2159
4275 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 270
2104
4195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 171
1625
3280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 35
500
805 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 35
500
805 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 35
500
805 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 1
63
103 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Tamil Nadu
1 Family width 103 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Tamil Nadu
63 Genera with 103 Species
| Achalarus Scudder, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1775 | Scrub Hoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1941 | Roadside-Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampittia Moore, 1793 | Bush hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arnetta Watson, 1883 | Bobs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Atrytonopsis Godman, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autochton Hübner, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baoris Moore, 1878 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baracus Moore, 1862 | Hedge Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bibasis Moore, 1865 | Awlets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1866 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caltoris Swinhoe, 1869 | Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1868 | Angles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1878 | Flat | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1883 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choaspes Moore, 1843 | Awlkings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cogia Butler, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coladenia Moore, 1866 | Pied Flats | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Copaeodes Speyer, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupitha Moore, 1877 | Wax dart | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1857 | Duskywings | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Fulgora Linnaeus, 1845 | Alligator bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gangara Moore, 1775 | Giant Redeye | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gerosis Mabille, 1865 | White flat | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halpe Moore, 1877 | Aces | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1818 | Awls | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1863 | Branded Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyarotis Moore, 1887 | Flitters | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Iambrix Watson, 1865 | Chestnut Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1910 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lerema Scudder, 1797 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mastor Godman, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Matapa Moore, 1866 | Branded redeye | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1881 | Demons | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odontoptilum de Nicéville, 1862 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oriens W.H. Evans, 1881 | Dartlets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1798 | Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1878 | Branded Swifts | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Poanes Scudder, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polytremis Mabille, 1869 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pompeius W.H. Evans, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1881 | Dart species | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoborbo Lee, 1878 | Bevan´s swift | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocoladenia Shirôzu & S..., 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psolos C. & R. Felder, 1876 | Coon | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Quedara Swinhoe, 1888 | Dubious Flitters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rachana Eliot, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1882 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sovia Evans, 1897 | Bicolour Aces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1793 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Staphylus Godman & Salvin, 1866 | Scallopwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Suastus Moore, 1877 | Palm bob | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1878 | Clouded Flats | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tapena Moore, 1881 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1793 | Grass Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1949 | Palm Darts | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1887 | Ace butterflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thorybes Scudder, 1777 | Cloudywings | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Udaspes Moore, 1775 | Grass demon | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Wallengrenia Berg, 1797 | Broken-Dashes | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tamil Nadu
103 Species and 3 Subspecies | Achalarus lyciades Geyer, 1832 | Hoary Edge | | Aeromachus dubius Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Dingy Scrub Hopper | | Aeromachus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1775 | Pigmy Scrub Hopper | | Amblyscirtes belli Freeman, 1941 | Bell's roadside-skipper | | Ampittia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793 | Bush Hopper | | Arnetta mercara Evans, 1932 | Coorg Forest Hopper | | Arnetta vindhiana Moore, 1883 | Vindhyan Bob | | Atrytonopsis hianna Scudder, 1868 | Dusted Skipper | | Autochton cellus Boisduval & ..., 1833 | Golden banded skipper | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Baoris farri Moore, 1878 | Paintbrush Swift | | Baracus vittatus Felder, 1862 | Banded Redeye | | Bibasis gomata Moore, 1865 | Pale Green Awlet | | Bibasis jaina Moore, 1865 | Common Orange Awlet | | Bibasis sena Moore, 1865 | Orange-tail Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Caltoris canaraica Moore, 1883 | Kanara Swift | | Caltoris kumara Moore, 1878 | Blank Swift | | Caltoris philippina Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Philippine Swift | | Caprona agama Moore, 1857 | Spotted Angle | | Caprona alida de Nicéville, 1891 | Alida Angle | | Caprona ransonnetti Felder, 1868 | Golden Angle | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Celaenorrhinus ambareesa Moore, 1866 | Dakhan spotted flat | | Celaenorrhinus leucocera Kollar, 1848 | Common Spotted Flat | | Celaenorrhinus ruficornis Mabille, 1878 | Dusky spotted flat | | Cephrenes chrysozona Pplötz, 1883 | Plain Palm Dart | | Choaspes benjaminii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | Common awlking | | Cogia indrani Moore, 1865 | Tricolour Flat | | Coladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Pseudocoladenia dan Fabricius, 1787 | | Coladenia indrani Moore, 1866 | Tricolor Pied Flat | | Copaeodes minima Edwards, 1870 | Southern Skipperling | | Cupitha purreea Moore, 1877 | Dingy Skipper | | Erynnis horatius Scudder & Bu..., 1870 | Brown Dusky Wing | | Erynnis juvenalis Fabricius, 1793 | 'Arizona' Juvenal's Duskywing | | Erynnis martialis Scudder, 1869 | Mottled Dusky Wing | | Erynnis zarucco Lucas, 1857 | Streamlined Dusky Wing | | Fulgora lampetis Burmeister, 1845 | | | Gangara thyrsis Fabricius, 1775 | Common Banded awl | | Gerosis bhagava Moore, 1865 | Common Yellow-breast Flat | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Halpe homolea Hewitson, 1868 | Ceylon Ace | | Halpe porus Mabille, 1877 | Bi-spot ace | | Hasora badra Moore, 1857 | Ceylon Awl | | Hasora chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded Awl | | Hasora taminatus Hübner, 1818 | Black flat | | Hesperia metea Scudder, 1863 | Cobweb Skipper | | Hyarotis adrastus Stoll, 1782 | Tree Flitter | | Hyarotis microstrictum Wood-Mason &..., 1887 | Brush Flitter | | Iambrix salsala Moore, 1865 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Lerema accius Smith, 1797 | Clouded Skipper | | Mastor hegon Scudder, 1863 | | | Matapa aria Moore, 1866 | Common red-eye | | Notocrypta curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862 | Common banded Demon | | Notocrypta paralysos Wood-Mason &..., 1881 | Banded Demon | | Odontoptilum angulatum Felder, 1862 | Banded Angle | | Oriens concinna Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Common Dartlet | | Oriens goloides Moore, 1881 | Ceylon Dartlet | | Parnara ganga W.H. Evans, 1937 | Continental Swift | | Parnara guttatus BREMER & GREY, 1853 | Common Straight Swift | | Parnara naso Fabricius, 1798 | African Straight | | Pelopidas agna Moore, 1865 | Bengal Swift | | Pelopidas conjuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Conjoined Swift | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas subochracea Moore, 1878 | Large Branded Swift | | Poanes zabulon Boisduval & ..., 1829 | Southern Dimorphic Skipper | | Polytremis lubricans Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Contiguous Swift | | Pompeius verna Edwards, 1862 | Little Glassy Wing | | Potanthus confucius Felder & Felder, 1862 | Chinese Dart | | Potanthus pallida Evans, 1932 | Indian Dart | | Potanthus palnia Evans, 1914 | Palni Dart | | Potanthus pava Fruhstorfer, 1911 | Formosan dart | | Potanthus pseudomaesa Moore, 1881 | Common Dart | | Pseudoborbo bevani Moore, 1878 | Beavan´s swift | | Pseudocoladenia dan Fabricius, 1787 | Fulvous Pied Flat | | Psolos fuligo Mabille, 1876 | Coon | | Quedara basiflava de Nicéville, 1888 | Golden Flitter | | Rachana jalindra Horsfield, 1829 | Banded Royal | | Sarangesa dasahara Moore, 1865 | Black Angle | | Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882 | Spotted Small Flat | | Sovia hyrtacus de Nicéville, 1897 | Bicolour Ace | | Spialia galba Fabricius, 1793 | Indian Grizzled | | Staphylus mazans Reakirt, 1866 | Mazans Scallopwing | | Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Ceylon Ace | | Suastus minuta Moore, 1877 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Tagiades gana Moore, 1865 | Immaculate | | Tagiades japetus Stoll, 1781 | Black & White Flat | | Tagiades jepetus Stoll, 1782 | Ceylon Snow Flat | | Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 | Golden Angle | | Tapena thwaitesi Moore, 1881 | Angled Flat | | Taractrocera ceramas Hewitson, 1868 | Tamil Grass Dart | | Taractrocera maevius Fabricius, 1793 | Common | | Telicota ancilla Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Dark Palm Dart | | Telicota bambusae Moore, 1878 | Dark Palm Dart | | Telicota colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Darter | | Telicota ternatensis solva Evans, 1949 | | | Thoressa evershedi W.H. Evans, 1910 | Evershed'S Ace | | Thoressa honorei de Nicéville, 1887 | Madras Ace | | Thorybes confusis (Herrich-Schä..., 1869) | ⇒ Thorybes pylades Scudder, 1870 | | Thorybes daunus Cramer, 1777 | | | Udaspes folus Cramer, 1775 | Chestnut Bob | | Wallengrenia otho Smith, 1797 | Broken Dash |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
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