Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Northern Mariana Islands (Micronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 162
588
745 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 162
588
745 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 155
571
726 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 103
400
508 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 18
117
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 18
117
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 18
117
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
95
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
93
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
63
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Northern Mariana Islands
5 Families width 77 Species and 29 Subspecies
Genera for Northern Mariana Islands
63 Genera with 77 Species #ABCDEFGHLMNPRSTVYZ
| Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1828 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adelpha Hübner, 1866 | Sister | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agraulis Boisduval & ..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anartia Hübner, 1763 | Peacocks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anteos Hübner, 1824 | Angled Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ascia Scopoli, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baronia Salvin, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callicore Hübner, 1832 | Eighty-eights | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1758 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1829 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chliaria Moore, 1869 | Tits | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirrochroa Doubleday, 1907 | Yeomans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1775 | Milkweeds | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Doxocopa Hübner, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dryas Hübner, 1775 | Julia Heliconians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Edales Moore, 1829 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eunica Hübner, 1823 | Purplewings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euploea Fabricius, 1910 | Crows | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1994 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euselasia Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Fixsenia Scudder, 1876 | Poling’s Hairstreak | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1777 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonepteryx Leach, 1857 | Brimstones | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hamadryas Hübner, 1816 | Calicoes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heliconius Kluk, 1899 | Brush-footed butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliophorus Geyer, 1896 | Sapphires | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1912 | Diadems | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiommata Westwood, 1767 | Walls and wallbrowns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lethe Hübner, 1911 | Foresters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libythea Fabricius, 1879 | Beaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycorea Doubleday, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanitis Fabricius, 1889 | Evening Browns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mycalesis Hübner, 1892 | Bushbrowns | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neptis Fabricius, 1799 | Sailer butterflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nica Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1767 | Chilasa | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pararge Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnassius Latreille, 1916 | Apollos | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1819 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1758 | Fetterbush | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1879 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrisitia Butler, 1775 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhogyra Hübner, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdodryas Godman & Salvin, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sephisa Moore, 1910 | Courtiers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1793 | Blue pierrots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taygetis Hübner, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tirumala Moore, 1826 | Blue Tigers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vagrans Hemming, 1824 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ypthima Hübner, 1881 | Ringlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1915 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Mariana Islands
77 Species and 29 Subspecies | Acytolepis puspa Horsfield, 1828 | Common Hedge Blue | | Adelpha salmoneus salmoneus A. Butler, 1866 | | | Agraulis vanillae Linnaeus, 1758 | Gulf Fritillary | | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Anartia jatrophae Linnaeus, 1763 | Biscuit | | Anteos clorinde Godart, 1824 | Ghost Brimstone | | Appias (Catophaga) mariana Yata & Chainey, 2010 | Mariana albatross | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Ascia monuste Linnaeus, 1764 | Cabbage White | | Baronia brevicornis phronima (H.G. Dyar, 1912) | ⇒ Baronia brevicornis brevicornis Salvin, 1893 | | Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 | Brun des pélargoniums | | Callicore sorana Godart, 1832 | Sorana Eighty-eight | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Chilades (Luthrodes) pandava Horsfield, 1829 | Plain Cupid | | Chliaria kina Hewitson, 1869 | Blue tit | | Cirrochroa regina myra Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | | Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Weined Brown | | Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Migratory Monarch | | Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775 | Southern Monarch | | Doxocopa kallina Staudinger, 1886 | | | Dryas iulia Fabricius, 1775 | Flambeau | | Edales pandava (Horsfield, 1829) | ⇒ Chilades pandava Horsfield, 1829 | | Elkalyce hainani Bethune-Baker, 1914 | | | Eunica macris Godart, 1823 | | | Euploea algea eleutho Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | | | Euploea eunice Godart, 1819 | Blue-banded King Crow | | Euploea eunice kadu von Eschscholtz, 1821 | | | Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790) | ⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807 | | | Euploea nemertes (Hübner, 1806) | ⇒ Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807 | | Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Eurema blanda kishidai Yata, 1994 | | | Euselasia sergia sergia | Sergia Euselasia | | Glutophrissa drusilla (Cramer, 1777) | ⇒ Appias drusilla Cramer, 1777 | | Gonepteryx amintha Blanchard, 1871 | Orange Brimstone | | Gonepteryx mahaguru Gistel, 1857 | Lesser Brimstone | | Hamadryas amphinome Linnaeus, 1767 | Red Cracker | | Hamadryas februa Hübner, 1816 | Ferentina Calico | | Heliconius nanna Stichel, 1899 | | | Heliophorus ila de Nicéville, 1896 | Restriced Purple Sapphire | | Hypolimnas anomala Wallace, 1869 | Crow Egg-fly | | Hypolimnas antilope anomala Wallace, 1869 | | | Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Moon Butterfly | | Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775 | Blue moon | | Hypolimnas bolina rarik Eschscholtz, 1821 | | | Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lasiommata megera Linnaeus, 1767 | The Wall | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lethe dura mansonia Fruhstorfer, 1911 | | | Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879 | | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, 1847 | Tiger Mimic-Queen | | Melanitis leda Linnaeus, 1758 | Common evening brown | | Melanitis leda ponapensis Mathew, 1889 | | | Mycalesis anisops (Karsch, 1892) | ⇒ Bicyclus anisops Karsch, 1892 | | Neptis reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | | Neptis rivularis coenobita Goeze, 1799 | | | Nica flavilla Godart, 1823 | Little Banner | | Papilio (Heraclides) cresphontes Cramer, 1777 | Eastern Giant Swallowtail | | Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail | | Papilio (Princeps) polytes Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Mormon | | Papilio polytes palewensis Nakamura, 1933 | | | Papilio (Sinoprinceps) xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 | Asia Swallowtail | | Pararge aegeria Linnaeus, 1758 | Speckled Wood | | Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916 | | | Phoebis argante cypris (Hubner, 1819) | ⇒ Phoebis argante argante Fabricius, 1775 | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) celina Austaut, 1879 | Austaut'S Blue | | Pseudochazara hippolyte hippolyte Esper, 1784 | | | Pyrisitia nise (Cramer, 1775) | ⇒ Eurema nise Cramer, 1775 | | Pyrrhogyra edocla Doubleday, 1848 | | | Rhabdodryas trite Linnaeus, 1758 | Straight-line Sulphur | | Sephisa daimio Matsumura, 1910 | | | Tarucus plinius (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793 | | Taygetis ypthima Hübner, 1821 | | | Tirumala hamata hamata MacLeay, 1826 | Blue Tiger | | Vagrans egestina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | | | Ypthima baldus evanescens Butler, 1881 | | | Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina Linnaeus, 1758 | Spanish Festoon | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue | | Zizula hylax dampierensis Rothschild, 1915 | |
Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Northern Mariana Islands | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies | 17
16 | 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 | 29
39 | 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 | 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows | 12
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Riodinidae
Grote, 1895
Metalmark Butterflies, Metalmarks | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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