List of Lepidoptera of Hawaii

Location of Hawaii

An estimated 1,150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Of these, 948 are endemic and 199 are nonindigenous species.[1]

This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to Hawaii, the individual species can be found on the genus page.

Butterflies

Papilionidae

Papilio xuthus
  • Papilio xuthus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Pieridae

  • Colias ponteni Wallengren, 1860
  • Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779)
  • Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)[2]

Nymphalidae

  • Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vanessa tameamea (Eschscholtz, 1878)
  • Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Lycaenidae

Udara blackburni, one of only two butterflies endemic to Hawaii

Hesperiidae

Macro moths

Geometridae

Erebidae

Euteliidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Sphingidae

Micro moths

Alucitidae

Austostichidae

Batrachedridae

Bedelliidae

Blastobasidae

Bucculatricidae

Carposinidae

Carposina sp.
Carposina nigronotata

Castniidae

Choreutidae

Cosmopterigidae

Crambidae

Omiodes blackburni
Udea litorea

Depressariidae

Dryadaulidae

Elachistidae

Gelechiidae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Caloptilia azaleella

Immidae

Limacodidae

Meessiidae

Momphidae

Oecophoridae

Thyrocopa apatela

Opostegidae

Plutellidae

Praydidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Megalorrhipida leucodactyla

Pyralidae

Achroia grisella
Plodia interpunctella

Schreckensteiniidae

Scythrididae

Sesiidae

Tineidae

Erechthias simulans

Tortricidae

Xyloryctidae

Major works dealing with Hawaiian Lepidoptera

See also

References

  1. ^ Eldredge, Lucius G.; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2003). "Hawaii's Biodiversity: A Detailed Assessment of the Numbers of Species in the Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 76: 1–30.
  2. ^ "Butterflies of Hawaii, United States". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. ^ Snyder, Jim. "A New Butterfly for Hawaii and the United States" (PDF). American Butterflies, Spring 2008. North American Butterfly Association. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

External links

  • List of the arthropods of Hawaii
  • Fauna of Hawaii Images
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