Checklist of Subsection Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 (Butterflies)
for Pakistan (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 341
2929
6219 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 341
2929
6219 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 331
2905
6186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 221
2258
4905 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
817
1581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 53
817
1581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 53
817
1581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 3
47
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
40
62 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Pakistan
1 Family width 62 Species and 11 Subspecies
Genera for Pakistan
40 Genera with 62 Species
| Actinor Watson, 1878 | Veined Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1878 | Scrub Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bibasis Moore, 1865 | Awlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1949 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1891 | Angles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Carcharodus Hübner, 1847 | Mallow Skipper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carterocephalus Lederer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1884 | Flat | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Choaspes Moore, 1844 | Awlkings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eogenes Mabille, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1948 | Duskywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1804 | Dingy Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halpe Moore, 1868 | Aces | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasora Moore, 1780 | Awls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperia Fabricius, 1862 | Branded Skippers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperilla Hewitson, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobocla Moore, 1871 | Marbled Flat | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucida Evans, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metardaris Mabille, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Muschampia Tutt, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nisoniades Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1832 | Demons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphila Fabricius, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parnara Moore, 1798 | Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polytremis Mabille, 1869 | Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1842 | Dart species | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoborbo Lee, 1878 | Bevan´s swift | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1897 | Checkered skippers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1949 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Satarupa Moore, 0 | White Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Seseria Matsumura, 1893 | White Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1888 | African grizzled skippers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Suastus Moore, 1798 | Palm bob | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1934 | Clouded Flats | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1793 | Grass Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1775 | Palm Darts | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Pakistan
62 Species and 11 Subspecies | Actinor radians Moore, 1878 | Veined Dart | | Aeromachus stigmata Moore, 1878 | Veined Scrub Hopper | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Bibasis sena Moore, 1865 | Orange-tail Awl | | Caprona agama Moore, 1857 | Spotted Angle | | Caprona alida de Nicéville, 1891 | Alida Angle | | Carcharodus alceae Esper, 1780 | Mallow Skipper | | Carcharodus altheae (Hübner, 1803) | ⇒ Carcharodus floccifer Zeller, 1847 | | Carcharodus floccifer Zeller, 1847 | Tufted Skipper | | Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon | | | Celaenorrhinus leucocera Kollar, 1848 | Common Spotted Flat | | Celaenorrhinus munda Moore, 1884 | Himalayan Spotted Flat | | Choaspes xanthopogon Kollar, 1844 | Indian awkling | | Eogenes alcides Herrich-Schä..., 1854 | Alcides Skipper | | Eogenes lesliei Evans, 1910 | Leslie`s Hopper | | Erynnis pathan Evans, 1948 | Chitral Inky Skipper | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Dark Hottentot | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Halpe homolea Hewitson, 1868 | Ceylon Ace | | Hasora chromus Cramer, 1780 | Banded Awl | | Hesperia alpina (Bath, 1896) | ⇒ Pyrgus malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | | Hesperia alpina alichurensis | Mountain skipper | | Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Hesperia juba Scudder, 1872 | | Hesperia comma shandura Evans, 1949 | | | Hesperia juba Scudder, 1872 | Jagged-border Skipper | | Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 | Indian Skipper | | Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia Waterhouse, 1938 | | | Lobocla liliana Atkinson, 1871 | Marbled Flat | | Lucida lucia melitaea (M.W.K. Draudt, 1923) | ⇒ Lucida lucia scopas Mabille, 1891 | | Metardaris cosinga catana Evans, 1951 | Cosinga Firetip | | Muschampia staudingeri Speyer, 1879 | Streaked Skipper | | Nisoniades marloyi | Marloyi | | Notocrypta feisthamelii Boisduval, 1832 | Spotted Demon | | Pamphila comma | Chequered Darter | | Parnara guttata BREMER & GREY, 1852 | Common Straight Swift | | Parnara guttatus BREMER & GREY, 1853 | Common Straight Swift | | Parnara naso Fabricius, 1798 | African Straight | | Pelopidas agna Moore, 1865 | Bengal Swift | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Polytremis discreta Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Himalayan Swift | | Polytremis eltola Hewitson, 1869 | Yellow Spot Swift | | Potanthus dara Kollar, 1842 | Himalayan Dart | | Pseudoborbo bevani Moore, 1878 | Beavan´s swift | | Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore, 1874 | Kashmir Skipper | | Pyrgus malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 | Southern Grizzled Skipper | | Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882 | Spotted Small Flat | | Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 | Spotted small flat | | Satarupa nymphalis nymphalis | | | Seseria dohertyi Watson, 1893 | Contiguous Seseria | | Spialia doris Walker, 1870 | Aden Skipper | | Spialia galba Fabricius, 1793 | Indian Grizzled | | Spialia geron Watson, 1893 | Aden Skipper | | Spialia phlomidis Herrich-Schä..., 1845 | Balochi Skipper | | Spialia ploetzi Aurivillius, 1891 | Forest Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Brick Skipper | | Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888) | ⇒ Spialia ploetzi Aurivillius, 1891 | | Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Ceylon Ace | | Suastus gremius gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Indian Palm Bob | | Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914 | Evans’s Snow Flat | | Tagiades cohaerens cynthia Evans, 1934 | Evans’s snow flat | | Taractrocera danna Moore, 1865 | Himalayan Dark Dart | | Taractrocera maevius Fabricius, 1793 | Common | | Telicota bambusae Moore, 1878 | Dark Palm Dart | | Telicota colon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Darter |
Subnodes of Rhopalocera with occurrences in Pakistan
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