Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Garissa County (North Eastern Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 94
230
266 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 94
230
266 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 88
221
258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
201
242 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 25
87
96 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 25
86
95 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 25
86
95 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
62
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
58
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 3
13
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Garissa County
3 Families width 14 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for Garissa County
13 Genera with 14 Species | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | Argiolaus Druce, 1891 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 0 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Graphium Scopoli, 1873 | Bluebottles and Jays | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Junonia Hübner, 1764 | Buckeyes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnocnema Trimen & Bowker, 1872 | Woolly Legs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaedyma Felder, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Precis Hübner, 1819 | Commodores | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Garissa County
14 Species and 5 Subspecies | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Celastrina argiolaus | | | Graphium (Arisbe) colonna Christopher ..., 1873 | Black Swordtail | | Graphium philonoe philonoe Ward, 1873 | | | Junonia oenone Carolus Linn..., 1764 | Blue Pansy | | Lachnocnema emperamus Snellen, 1872 | Common Woolly Legs | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Phaedyma columella angara Ssemper, 1889 | | | Speyeria callippe macaria W. H. Edwards, 1877 | Callippe Fritillary | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758 | Red Admiral | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan |
Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Garissa County | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies | 7
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies, Brush-footed butterflies, Brush-Footed Butterfly, Brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, Checker-spots, Crescent-spots, Four-footed butterflies, Fritillaries, Mourningclocks, Nymphalids, Purples | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Papilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Parnassians and Swallowtails, Swallotails, Swallowtail Butterflies, Swallowtail Butterfly, Swallowtails, Swallowtails and apollos, Swallowtails And Parnassians | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Papilionoidea at savebutterfly.com
Papilionoidea at artfakta.se
Papilionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Papilionoidea at itis.gov
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