Checklist of Subsection Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 (Butterflies)
for Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 203
1005
1472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 201
1003
1472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 194
971
1424 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 133
768
1171 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 40
322
433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
322
433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
322
433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 3
25
39 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
23
34 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Darwin
1 Family width 34 Species and 18 Subspecies
Genera for Darwin
23 Genera with 34 Species
| Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1932 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908 | Palm Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetocneme Felder, 1867 | Dusk-flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopyge Mielke, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalla Mabille, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1780 | Awls | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperilla Hewitson, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neohesperilla Waterhouse &..., 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ocybadistes Heron, 1933 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1879 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paronymus Aurivillius, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1915 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pholisora Scudder, 1878 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proeidosa Atkins, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1855 | African grizzled skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Suniana W.H. Evans, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1932 | Grass Darts | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1775 | Palm Darts | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Darwin
34 Species and 18 Subspecies | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Borbo cinnara Wallace, 1866 | Formosan Swift | | Borbo impar lavinia Waterhouse, 1932 | Yellow Swift | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Cephrenes augiades Felder, 1860 | Orange Palm Dart | | Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908 | Yellow Palm Dart | | Chaetocneme denitza Hewitson, 1867 | Ornata dusk-flat | | Cyclopyge roscius iphimedia Plötz, 1886 | | | Dalla agathocles polydesma Mabille, 1889 | Agathocles Skipperling | | Hasora chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded Awl | | Hasora chromus chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded awl | | Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia Waterhouse, 1938 | | | Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Riverine Sedge-skipper | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Neohesperilla croceus Miskin, 1889 | Crocea Skipper | | Neohesperilla senta Miskin, 1891 | Miskin´s skipper | | Neohesperilla xiphiphora Lower, 1911 | Sword-brand Grass-skipper | | Ocybadistes flavovittatus vesta Waterhouse, 1932 | | | Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894 | Green Grass-dart | | Ocybadistes walkeri olivia Waterhouse, 1933 | | | Parnara amalia Semper, 1879 | Hyaline Swift | | Paronymus xanthias xanthias Mabille, 1891 | | | Pelopidas agna dingo Evans, 1949 | Common Swift | | Pelopidas lyelli lyelli Rothschild, 1915 | Lyell´s Swift | | Pholisora libya (Scudder, 1878) | ⇒ Hesperopsis libya Scudder, 1878 | | Proeidosa polysema Lower, 1908 | Polysema Skipper | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Spialia diomus diomus Hopffer, 1855 | | | Suniana lascivia Rosenstock, 1885 | Dingy Dart | | Suniana lascivia lascivia Rosenstock, 1885 | Dingy Grass-dart | | Taractrocera anisomorpha Lower, 1911 | Large Yellow Grass-dart | | Taractrocera dolon diomedes Waterhouse, 1933 | Sandy Grass-dart | | Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932 | Ina Grass Dart | | Telicota ancilla Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Dark Palm Dart | | Telicota augias Linnaeus, 1763 | Bright-orange Darter | | Telicota augias krefftii MacLeay, 1866 | Krefft´s Darter | | Telicota colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Darter |
Subnodes of Rhopalocera with occurrences in Darwin
Links, sources and further information
|
