List of Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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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 et 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

Lycenidae

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-Schaffer, 1870

Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)

Melipotis contorta (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 montichristi (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

References

List of Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe Wikipedia

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