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Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the Lepidoptera of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not ...more ↓

Aethaloessa calidalis 1
Anatrachyntis tentoria
Angled Gem 2
Anomis sabulifera
Anticarsia irrorata 3
Appleleaf-curling moth 4
Adoxophyes privatana
Banded Pearl 5
Sameodes cancellalis
Bean-leaf Webworm Moth 6
Omiodes indicata
Bradina admixtalis 7
Cephonodes picus 1
Characoma nilotica 8
Garella nilotica
Chasmina candida 1
Chasmina tibialis 9
Chrysodeixis illuminata 1
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis 10
Marasmia poeyalis
Comostola pyrrhogona 11
Condica conducta 8
Convolvulus Hawkmoth 12
Agrius convolvuli
Cucumber Moth 13
Diaphania indica
Culladia admigratella
Danaid Eggfly 8
Hypolimnas misippus
Dark Striated Hawkmoth 14
Hippotion velox
Dark blue pansy 15
Junonia oenone
Dingy Lineblue 16
Petrelaea dana
Eilema antica 17
Brunia antica
Eilema sp 18
Eilema
Endotricha mesenterialis 19
Erechthias molynta
Etiella grisea 1
Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis 20
Gram Blue 21
Euchrysops cnejus
Grass Webworm Moth 19
Herpetogramma licarsisalis
Great Eggfly 8
Hypolimnas bolina
Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth 22
Acherontia lachesis
Greater Wax Moth 6
Galleria mellonella
Green Garden Looper 23
Chrysodeixis eriosoma
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 23
Spoladea recurvalis
Heleanna physalodes 24
Heliotrope Moth 1
Utetheisa pulchelloides
Ilima Moth 23
Amyna natalis
Lamprosema chagosalis
Lamprosema niphealis
Lamprosema salomonalis
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla 25
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus
Lawn Armyworm Moth 26
Spodoptera mauritia
Mabra eryxalis 4
Macroglossum corythus 27
Mango Flower Webworm 28
Dudua aprobola
Meadow Argus 29
Junonia villida
Mediterranean Brocade 30
Spodoptera littoralis
Megalorhipida leucodactyla 7
Megalorhipida leucodactylus
Ombava 7
Achyra massalis
Omiodes poeonalis 31
Orange-spotted Flower Moth 1
Syngamia florella
Oriental Eight-spot 32
Amyna axis
Oriental leafworm moth 33
Spodoptera litura
Ornate Hydriris Moth 34
Hydriris ornatalis
Painted Lady 35
Vanessa cardui
Parotis suralis 36
Prays citri 37
Prays citri
Prospalta capensis 23
Condica capensis
Pyrausta venilialis
Remigia frugalis 23
Mocis frugalis
Scopula actuaria 34
Stictoptera hironsi
Sufetula chagosalis
Sufetula minimalis
Synclera univocalis 38
Teak Defoliator 39
Hyblaea puera
Thiotricha sp 10
Thiotricha
Thyas honesta 40
Tomato Looper 41
Chrysodeixis chalcites
White Tangle 42
Callopistria maillardi
Yarrow Plume Moth 10
Gillmeria pallidactyla
Yellow Scallop Moth 43
Anomis erosa
Yellow Underwing 42
Thyas coronata

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