Checklist of Subsection Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 (Butterflies)
for Saudi Arabia (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 277
2039
4446 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 276
2038
4444 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 270
2026
4428 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 187
1649
3779 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
26
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 1
13
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Saudi Arabia
1 Family width 19 Species and 10 Subspecies
Genera for Saudi Arabia
13 Genera with 19 Species | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1884 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1804 | Dingy Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucida Evans, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoxeniades Hayward, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paronymus Aurivillius, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1821 | Branded Swifts | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1937 | Hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1870 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saudi Arabia
19 Species and 10 Subspecies | Borbo gemella Mabille, 1884 | Twin Swift | | Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1827 | Common Hottentot | | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 | Dingy Swift | | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Dark Hottentot | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Lucida lucia melitaea (M.W.K. Draudt, 1923) | ⇒ Lucida lucia scopas Mabille, 1891 | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Neoxeniades seron saron (P. Mabille, 1904) | ⇒ Neoxeniades seron seron Godman, 1901 | | Paronymus xanthias xanthias Mabille, 1891 | | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax Hübner, 1821 | Large Branded Swift | | Pelopidas thrax thrax Hübner, , 1821 | | | Platylesches robustus villa Evans, 1937 | | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Sarangesa phidyle Walker, 1870 | Orange Flat | | Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978 | | | Spialia doris Walker, 1870 | Aden Skipper | | Spialia mafa higginsi Evans, 1937 | | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman |
Subnodes of Rhopalocera with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
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