List of Lepidoptera of Qatar

The Lepidoptera of Qatar consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Qatar. Together they constitute a significant part of the list of arthropods of Qatar.

According to a recent estimate, there are about 34 Lepidoptera species in Qatar.

Hesperiidae

 * Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)

Lycaenidae

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

Nymphalidae

 * Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Papilionidae

 * Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pieridae

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

Crambidae

 * Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
 * Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
 * Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
 * Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Cossidae

 * Eremocossus vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1897)
 * Holcocerus gloriosus (Erschoff, 1874)

Erebidae

 * Clytie haifae (Habich, 1905)
 * Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855
 * Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geometridae

 * Scopula coenosaria Lederer 1855
 * Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
 * Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767

Lasiocampidae

 * Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)

Noctuidae

 * Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
 * Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cornutiplusia circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767
 * Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
 * Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
 * Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833
 * Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1800-1803)

Sphingidae

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