List of Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe

The Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Guadeloupe.

According to a recent estimate, there are about 398 moth species and 58 butterfly species present in Guadeloupe.

Papilionidae

 * Battus polydamas neodamas (Lucas, 1852)
 * Appias drusilla boydi Comstock, 1943

Hesperiidae

 * Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884
 * Epargyreus zestos zestos (Geyer, 1832)
 * Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
 * Polygonus manueli punctus Bell & Comstock, 1948
 * Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872)
 * Urbanus dorantes obscurus (Hewitson, 1867)
 * Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Astraptes anaphus anusis (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
 * Achlyodes mithridates minor Comstock, 1944
 * Ephyriades arcas arcas (Drury, 1773)
 * Ephyriades brunnea dominicensis Bell & Comstock, 1948
 * Pyrgus oileus oileus (Linné, 1767)
 * Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury, 1773)
 * Wallengrenia ophites (Mabille, 1878)
 * Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)
 * Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides Skinner, 1891
 * Panoquina lucas woodruffi Watson, 1937
 * Panoquina sylvicola (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
 * Nyctelius nyctelius agari (Dillon, 1947)

Pieridae

 * Ascia monuste f. virginia (Godart, 1819)
 * Eurema daira palmira (Poey, 1846)
 * Eurema lisa euterpe (Ménétriès, 1832)
 * Eurema leuce antillarum Hall, 1936
 * Eurema venusta emanona Dillon, 1947
 * Eurema nisevemanoma (Dillon, 1947)
 * Eurema elathea elathea (Cramer, 1777)
 * Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Phoebis sennae marcellina (Cramer, 1777)
 * Rhabdodryas trite watsoni (F. M. Brown, 1929)
 * Aphrissa statira (Cramer, 1777)

Nymphalidae

 * Danaus plexippus megalippe (Hübner, 1826)
 * Anaea minor Hall, 1936
 * Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776)
 * Historis odius orion (Fabricius 1775)
 * Hypolimnas misippus (Linné, 1764)
 * Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1782)
 * Junonia evarete (Stoll, 1782)
 * Anartia jatrophae (Linné, 1763)
 * Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1782)
 * Vanessa cardui (Linné, 1758)
 * Dryas iulia dominicana (Hall, 1917)
 * Agraulis vanillae insularis Maynard, 1889

Lycaenidae

 * Allosmaitia piplea (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
 * Chlorostrymon simaethis (Drury, 1773)
 * Chlorostrymon lalitae Brévignon, 2000
 * Ministrymon azia (Hewitson, 1873)
 * Strymon bubastus ponce (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
 * Strymon columella (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Strymon acis (Drury, 1773)
 * Electrostrymon angerona (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
 * Electrostrymon angelia karukera Brévignon, 2000
 * Leptotes cassius chadwicki (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
 * Hemiargus hanno watsoni (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
 * Cyclargus thomasi woodruffi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)

Arctiidae

 * Antichloris toddi Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
 * Cosmosoma demantria Druce, 1895
 * Ecpantheria guadulpensis (Oberthur, 1881)
 * Empyreuma affinis Rotschild, 1912
 * Epicepsis dominicensis Rotschild, 1911
 * Eucereon cyneburge betzi Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
 * Eucereon imriei Druce, 1884
 * Eucereon rogersi Druce, 1884
 * Eupseudosoma involutum (Sepp, [1855])
 * Halysidota leda (Druce, 1890)
 * Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Horama pretus (Cramer, 1777)
 * Hyalurga vinosa (Drury, [1773])
 * Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, 1777)
 * Napata rabdonota Hampson, 1898
 * Nyridela chalciope Hübner, 1898
 * Opharus bimaculata (Dewitz, 1877)
 * Pachydota albiceps (Walker, 1856)
 * Pheia daphaena Hampson, 1898
 * Pseudamastus alsa alsa (Druce, 1890)
 * Pseudamastus alsa lalannei Toulgoët, 1985
 * Syntomeida epilais epilais (Walker, 1954)
 * Syntomeida melanthus merletti Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
 * Utetheisa ornatrix (Linné, 1758)

Cossidae

 * Givera species

Notodontidae

 * Nystalea nyseus (Cramer, 1775)
 * Nystalea ebalea (Stoll, 1780)
 * Proalymiotis aequipars (Walker, 1858)
 * Rhuda focula (Stoll, 1780)
 * Malocampa punctata (Stoll, 1780)
 * Rifargia occulta Schaus, 1905
 * Disphragis cubana (Grote, 1865)
 * Hemiceras domingonis Dyar, 1908
 * Rhuda focula (Stoll, 1780)
 * Dasylophia lucia Schaus, 1901

Sphingidae

 * Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)
 * Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832)
 * Neococytius cluentius (Cramer, 1779)
 * Manduca rustica harterti (Rotschild, 1894)
 * Manduca sexta luciae (Johanssen, 1764)
 * Protambulyx strigilis (Linné, 1771)
 * Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linné, 1771)
 * Erinnyis lassauxi (Boisduval, 1859)
 * Erinnyis ello (Linné, 1758)
 * Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1773)
 * Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Erinnyis oenotrus (Stoll, 1780)
 * Erinnyis crameri (Schauss, 1898)
 * Pachylia ficus (Linné, 1758)
 * Pachylia syces syces (Hübner, 1822)
 * Enyo lugubris (Linné, 1771)
 * Enyo ocypete (Linné, 1758)
 * Madoryx oiclus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Perigonia lusca (Fabricius, 1777)
 * Aellopos tantalus (Linné, 1758)
 * Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775)
 * Eumorpha vitis (Linné, 1758)
 * Eumorpha fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776)
 * Eumorpha labruscae (Linné, 1758)
 * Eumorpha obliquus guadelupensis Chalumeau & Delplanque, 1974
 * Xylophanes tersa (Linné, 1771)
 * Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
 * Xylophanes chiron necchus (Cramer, 1779)
 * Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

Geometridae

 * Acratodes noctuata Guenée, 1858
 * Acratodes praepeditaria (Möschler, 1890)
 * Ametris nitocris (Cramer, 1780)
 * Anisodes ordinata rubrior Herbulot, 1988
 * Anisodes urcearia Guenée, 1858
 * Chloropteryx glauciptera (Hampson, 1895)
 * Cyclomia mopsaria Guenée, 1858
 * Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861)
 * Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, 1857)
 * Drepanodes ephyrata Guenée, 1857
 * Eois tegularia (Guenée, 1857)
 * Epimecis detexta detexta (Walker, 1860)
 * Epimecis detexta leduchatae Herbulot, in litt
 * Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, 1823)
 * Erosina hyberniata Guenée 1857
 * Eueana simplaria Herbulot, 1986
 * Euphyia perturbata (Walker, 1862)
 * Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye, 1901)
 * Eupithecia carribeana Herbulot, 1986
 * Eupithecia comes Herbulot, 1986
 * Eupithecia lecerfiata Herbulot, 1984
 * Eupithecia velutipennis Herbulot, 1986
 * Hydata insatisfacta Herbulot, 1988
 * Leptocnenopsis tatochorda Prout, 1916
 * Lobocleta indecora Warren, 1900
 * Lobocleta martinicensis Herbulot, 1985
 * Lobocleta tricuspida Herbulot, 1985
 * Macrosema immaculata (Warren, 1897)
 * Malanolophia lalanneae Herbulot, 1985
 * Melanchroia chephise (Stoll, 1782)
 * Melanolophia ludovici Herbulot, 1995
 * Melanolophia rufimontis Herbulot, 1986
 * Nemoria rectilinea (Warren, 1906)
 * Nepheloleuca complicata (Guenée, 1857)
 * Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777)
 * Obila defensata (Walker, 1862)
 * Oenoptila nigrilineata venusta Warren, 1900
 * Oospila confundaria (Möschler, 1890)
 * Oxydia brevipecten Herbulot, 1985
 * Oxydia lalanneorum Herbulot, 1985
 * Oxydia vesulia alternata (Warren, 1905)
 * Pero astapa (Druce, 1892)
 * Pero lignata (Warren, 1897)
 * Pero rectisectaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
 * Phrudocentra centrifugaria impunctata (Warren, 1909)
 * Phrygionis cruorata Warren, 1905
 * Phrygionis dominica Prout, 1933
 * Pleuroplucha molitaria guadelupa Herbulot, 1995
 * Psaliodes subochreofusa Herbulot, 1988
 * Pterocypha lezardata Herbulot, 1988
 * Ptychamalia perlata nigricostata (Warren, 1907)
 * Scelolophia terminata fragmentata (Warren, 1904)
 * Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Semaeopus caecaria distinctata (Warren, 1900)
 * Semaeopus indignaria (Guenée, 1858)
 * Semaeopus subrubra dominicana Prout, 1918
 * Semaeopus vincentii luciae Prout, 1938
 * Semiothisa praelongata bruni Herbulot, 1985
 * Semiothisa everiata (Guenée, 1857)
 * Sericoptera mahometaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
 * Sphacelodes brunneata Warren, 1907
 * Synchlora cupedinaria guadelupensis Herbulot, 1988
 * Synchlora frondaria Guenée, 1857
 * Synchlora herbaria intacta (Warren, 1905)
 * Synchlora isolata (Warren, 1900)
 * Tricentrogyna crocantha Herbulot, 1988
 * Tricentrogyna rubricosta (Hampson, 1895)
 * Xanthorhoe picticolor Warren, 1990

Psychidae

 * Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

Yponomeutidae

 * Atteva aurea (Fitch, 1856)

Noctuidae

 * Acroria terens (Walker, 1857)
 * Achaea ablunaris (Guenée, 1852)
 * Agrapha oxygramma (Geyer, 1832)
 * Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852
 * Agrotis repleta Walker, 1857
 * Agrotis subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823)
 * Amyna octo (Guenée, 1852)
 * Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
 * Anomis editrix (Guenée, 1852)
 * Anomis illita Guenée, 1852
 * Anomis impasta Guenée, 1852
 * Antachara diminuta (Guenée, 1852)
 * Antiblemma concinnula (Walker, 1865)
 * Antiblemma imitans (Walker, 1858)
 * Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818
 * Argyrogramma basigera (Walker, 1865)
 * Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Ascalapha odorata (Linné, 1758)
 * Autoplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)
 * Azeta repugnalis (Hübner, 1825)
 * Bagisara repanda (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Baniana ostia Druce, 1898
 * Baniana veluticollis Hampson, 1898
 * Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901)
 * Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854
 * Callopistria floridensis (Guenée, 1852)
 * Callopistria mexicana Druce, 1889
 * Catabena vitrina (Walker 1857)
 * Caularis undulans Walker, 1857
 * Characoma nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881)
 * Coenipeta bibitrix (Hübner, 1823)
 * Coenobela paucula (Walker, 1858)
 * Collomena filifera (Walker, 1857)
 * Concana mundissima Walker, 1857
 * Condica albigera (Guenée, 1852)
 * Condica circuita (Guenée, 1852)
 * Condica concisa (Walker, 1856)
 * Condica cupentia (Cramer, 1779)
 * Condica mobilis (Walker, 1856)
 * Condica sutor (Guénée, 1852)
 * Condica vacillans (Walker, 1858)
 * Cropia infusa (Walker, 1857)
 * Cydosia nobilitella (Cramer, 1779)
 * Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Dipterygia ordinarius (Butler, 1879)
 * Dipterygia pallida (Dognin, 1907)
 * Dyomyx jugator Le Duchat d'Aubigny, 1992
 * Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)
 * Elaphria chalcedonia (Hübner, 1808)
 * Elaphria deltoides (Möschler, 1880)
 * Elaphria devara (Druce, 1898)
 * Elaphria nucicolora (Guenée, 1852)
 * Ephyrodes cacata Guenée, 1852
 * Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852
 * Eriopyga herbuloti Le Duchat d'Aubigny, 1992
 * Eublemma cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
 * Eublemma recta (Guenée, 1852)
 * Eudocima materna (Linné, 1767)
 * Eulepidotis addens (Walker, 1858)
 * Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
 * Eulepidotis superior (Guenée, 1852)
 * Eutelia ablatrix (Guenée, 1852)
 * Eutelia piratica Schaus, 1940
 * Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Glympis eubolialis (Walker, 1865)
 * Gonodes liquida (Möschler, 1886)
 * Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832
 * Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, 1840)
 * Gonodonta nutrix (Stoll, 1780)
 * Gonodonta parens Guenée, 1852
 * Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, 1777)
 * Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
 * Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
 * Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777)
 * Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury, 1773)
 * Hemeroplanis scopulepes Haworth, 1809
 * Hemicephalis characteria (Stoll, 1790)
 * Heripyga herbuloti Duchat d'Aubigny Marti et al., 2000
 * Hormoschista latipalpis (Walker, 1858)
 * Hypena abjuralis Walker, 1858
 * Hypena androna Druce, 1890
 * Hypena loxo Druce, 1890
 * Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854
 * Hypena porrectalis (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Hypena vetustalis Guenée, 1854
 * Hypocala andremona (Stoll, 1781)
 * Isogona scindens (Walker, 1858)
 * Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
 * Kakopoda progenies (Guenée, 1852)
 * Lascoria orneodalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Lesmone cinerea (Butler, 1878)
 * Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
 * Lesmone hinna (Geyer, 1837)
 * Lesmone porcia (Stoll, 1790)
 * Letis hypnois (Hübner, 1821)
 * Letis mycerina (Cramer, 1777)
 * Leucania chejela (Schaus, 1921)
 * Leucania dorsalis Walker, 1856
 * Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852
 * Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
 * Leucania juncicola Guenée, 1852
 * Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
 * Leucania senescens Möschler, 1890
 * Leucania subpunctata (Harvey, 1875)
 * Litoprosopus bahamensis Hampson, 1926
 * Lophophora clanymoides Möschler, 1890
 * Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857)
 * Makapta varians (Hampson, 1926)
 * Mamestra soligena Möschler, 1886
 * Massala asema Hampson, 1926
 * Massala obvertens (Walker, 1858)
 * Mastigophorus latipennis Herrich-Schäffer, 1870
 * Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)
 * Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852)
 * Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
 * Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
 * Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1825)
 * Melipotis goniosema (Hampson, 1926)
 * Melipotis januaris (Guenée, 1852)
 * Melipotis ochrodes (Guenée, 1852)
 * Metalectra analis Schaus, 1916
 * Metalectra praecisalis Hübner, 1823
 * Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)
 * Metria decessa (Walker, 1857)
 * Metria permixta (Schaus, 1911)
 * Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)
 * Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852)
 * Mocis megas (Guenée, 1852)
 * Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859
 * Motya flotsama (Dyar, 1914)
 * Mouralia tinctoides (Guenée, 1852)
 * Nagara clara (Stoll, 1782)
 * Neogalea sunia (Guenée, 1852)
 * Neophaenis meterythra Hampson, 1908
 * Neostictoptera species
 * Nola bistriga (Möschler, 1890)
 * Obrima pyraloides Walker, 1856
 * Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872)
 * Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
 * Orthodes vesquesa (Dyar, 1913)
 * Paectes arcigera (Guenée, 1852)
 * Paectes canofusa (Hampson, 1898)
 * Paectes obrotunda (Guenée, 1852)
 * Palthis angustipennis Schaus, 1916
 * Panula inconstans Guenée, 1852
 * Parachabora abydas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
 * Paratrachea species
 * Perasia garnoti (Guenée, 1852)
 * Peteroma carilla Schaus, 1901
 * Phalaenophana eudorealis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Phlyctaina irrigualis Möschler, 1890
 * Phyprosopus tristriga (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
 * Physula albipunctilla Schaus, 1916
 * Plusiodonta thomae Guenée, 1852
 * Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pseudaletia species
 * Pseudaletia sequax Franclemont, 1951
 * Pseudoplusia includens (Walker, 1857)
 * Ptichodes immunis (Guenée, 1852)
 * Radara nealcesalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Radara tauralis (Walker, 1865)
 * Rejectaria karukerensis Lalanne-Cassou, 1992
 * Remigia latipes Guenée, 1852
 * Remigia repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Renodes aequalis (Walker, 1865)
 * Renodes liturata (Walker, 1865)
 * Rhamnocampa species
 * Rivula pusilla Möschler, 1890
 * Selenisa sueroides (Guenée, 1852)
 * Speocropia scriptura (Walker, 1858)
 * Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857)
 * Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, 1782)
 * Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, 1782)
 * Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
 * Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797)
 * Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)
 * Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852)
 * Spodoptera sunia Malausa & Kermarrec, 1982
 * Spragueia margana (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Spragueia perstructana (Walker, 1865)
 * Syllectra congemmalis Hübner, 1823
 * Syllectra erycata (Cramer, 1780)
 * Synalamis toulgoeti Lalanne-Cassou, 1992
 * Tandilia rodea (Schaus, 1894)
 * Tetanolita borgesalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Thioptera nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852)
 * Thursania grandirenalis Schaus, 1916
 * Toxonprucha diffundens (Walker, 1858)
 * Tripudia luda (Druce, 1898)
 * Tripudia quadrifera (Zeller, 1874)
 * Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, [1780])
 * Zale erilda Schaus, 1940
 * Zale fictilis (Guenée, 1852)
 * Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)
 * Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)

Pterophoridae

 * Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880)
 * Adaina bipunctata (Möschler, 1890)
 * Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
 * Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
 * Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
 * Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864)
 * Megalorrhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891
 * Oidaematophorus devriesi Landry & Gielis, 1992
 * Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
 * Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874)

Pyralidae

 * Aethiophysa falcatalis (Hampson, 1895)
 * Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Azochis euvexalis (Möschler, 1890)
 * Bonchis munitalis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Caphys bilineata (Stoll, [1781])
 * Cliniodes euphrosinalis Möschler, 1886
 * Condylorrhiza vestigialis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Desmia flebilialis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Desmia funeralis (Hübner, 1796)
 * Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Diaphania elegans (Möschler, 1890)
 * Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Epicorsia cerata (Fabricius, 1795)
 * Epitamyra minusculalis (Möschler, 1890)
 * Eulepte concordalis Hübner, 1825
 * Eulepte gastralis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Glyphodes sibillalis Walker, 1859
 * Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
 * Hypsopygia nostralis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
 * Loxomorpha cambogialis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Omiodes humeralis Guenée, 1854
 * Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Omiodes martyralis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Pachypalpia dispilalis Hampson, 1895
 * Palpita isoscelalis gourbeyrensis Munroe, 1959
 * Palpita persimilis Munroe, 1959
 * Palpita viettei Munroe, 1959
 * Pococera atramentalis (Lederer, 1863)
 * Pococera scabridella (Ragonot, 1889)
 * Polygrammodes eleuata (Fabricius, 1777)
 * Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Sathria internitalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Sparagmia gonoptera (Latreille, 1828)
 * Syllepte pactolalis (Guenée, 1854)
 * Syngamia florella (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
 * Triuncidia eupalusalis (Walker, 1859)

Plutellidae

 * Plutella xylostella (Linné, 1758)

Gracillariidae

 * Macrosaccus gliricidius Davis, 2011

Tortricidae

 * Lorita insulicola Razowski & Becker, 2007