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List of Lepidoptera of Qatar

According to a recent estimate, there are about 34 Lepidoptera species (butterflies and moths) in Qatar.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Gegenes nostradamus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
Pelopidas thrax <small>(HÃÂ¼bner, 1821)</small>

Lycaenidae

Azanus ubaldus <small>(Stoll, 1782)</small>
Brephidium exilis <small>(Boisduval, 1852)</small>
Lampides boeticus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
Tarucus balkanicus <small>(Freyer, 1885)</small>
Tarucus rosacea <small>(Austaut, 1885)</small>
Zizeeria karsandra <small>(Moore, 1865)</small>
Zizeeria knysna <small>(Trimen, 1862)</small>

Nymphalidae

Danaus chrysippus chrysippus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Junonia orithya <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Vanessa cardui <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

Papilionidae

Papilio demoleus demoleus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>

Pieridae

Belenois aurota <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
Colias croceus <small>(Geoffroy, 1785)</small>
Colotis fausta <small>(Olivier, 1804)</small>
Colotis phisadia <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>
Pieris rapae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Pontia glauconome <small>(Klug, 1829)</small>

Moths

Crambidae

Cornifrons ulceratalis <small>Lederer, 1858</small>
Euchromius ocellea <small>(Haworth, 1811)</small>
Herpetogramma licarsisalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
Nomophila noctuella <small>(Denis & SchiffermÃÂ¼ller, 1775)</small>
Pyrausta phaenicealis <small>(HÃÂ¼bner, 1818)</small>
Spoladea recurvalis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

Cossidae

Eremocossus vaulogeri <small>(Staudinger, 1897)</small>
Holcocerus gloriosus <small>(Erschoff, 1874)</small>

Erebidae

Clytie haifae <small>(Habich, 1905)</small>
Lygephila exsiccata <small>Lederer, 1855</small>
Mocis frugalis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
Utetheisa pulchella <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

Geometridae

Scopula coenosaria <small>Lederer 1855</small>
Scopula minorata ochroleucaria <small>(Herrich-SchÃÂ¤ffer, 1851)</small>
Rhodometra sacraria <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small>

Lasiocampidae

Streblote siva <small>(LefÃÂ¨bvre, 1827)</small>

Noctuidae

Agrotis ipsilon <small>(Hufnagel, 1766)</small>
Autographa gamma <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Cornutiplusia circumflexa <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small>
Helicoverpa zea <small>(Boddie, 1850)</small>
Heliothis peltigera <small>(Denis & SchiffermÃÂ¼ller, 1775)</small>
Spodoptera exigua <small>(HÃÂ¼bner, 1808)</small>
Spodoptera littoralis <small>Boisduval, 1833</small>
Trichoplusia ni <small>(HÃÂ¼bner, 1800-1803)</small>

Sphingidae

Acherontia atropos <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Acherontia styx <small>(Westwood, 1847)</small>
Agrius convolvuli <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Daphnis nerii <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Hippotion celerio <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Hyles lineata <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

See also

List of arthropods of Qatar

References