Checklist of Subsection Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 (Butterflies)
for Iraq (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 231
1332
2471 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 229
1328
2467 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 221
1311
2448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 146
949
1870 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
12
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
10
20 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Iraq
1 Family width 20 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Iraq
10 Genera with 20 Species
Species list for Iraq
20 Species and 3 Subspecies | Adopea hamza nova | | | Adopea lineola | | | Adopea sylvestris | | | Carcharodus alcaeae | | | Carcharodus alceae Esper, 1780 | Mallow Skipper | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Metacharis sylvestra (Ménétriés, 1855) | ⇒ Metacharis ptolomaeus Fabricius, 1793 | | Muschampia tessellum Hübner, 1803 | Tesselated Skipper | | Muschampia tessellum nomas | | | Pelopidas midea (Hübner, 1821) | ⇒ Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Pyrgus armoricanus Oberthür, 1910 | Oberthür´s Grizzled Skipper | | Pyrgus badachschana Alberti, 1939 | | | Pyrgus malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Southern Grizzled Skipper | | Pyrgus pontica Reverdin, 1914 | | | Pyrgus sidae Esper, 1784 | Yellow-banded Skipper | | Spialia orbifer Hübner, 1823 | Brick Skipper | | Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Essex Skipper | | Thymelicus stigma Staudinger, 1886 | | | Thymelicus sylvestris Poda, 1761 | Hesperiid Moth |
Subnodes of Rhopalocera with occurrences in Iraq
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