List of Lepidoptera of Fiji

Location of Fiji

The Lepidoptera of Fiji consist of both butterflies and moths.

According to a recent estimate, about 1,000 Lepidoptera species are present on Fiji.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

  • Badamia atrox subflava Waterhouse, 1920
  • Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Hasora chromus bilunata (Butler, 1883)
  • Hasora chromus khoda (Mabille, 1876)
  • Oriens augustula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)

Lycaenidae

  • Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Catochrysops taitensis taitensis (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Catopyrops ancyra (Felder, 1860)
  • Cupidohylax dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Cupidohylax patala (Kollar, 1844)
  • Deudorix epijarbas diovella Waterhouse, 1920
  • Euchrysops cnejus samoa (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)
  • Famegana alsulus alsulus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)
  • Famegana alsulus lulu (Mathew, 1889)
  • Jamides candrena (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)
  • Jamides pulcherrima Butler, 1884
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Nacaduba beroe Felder & Felder, 1865
  • Nacaduba biocellata armillata (Butler, 1875)
  • Nacaduba dyopa (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869)
  • Nacaduba gemmata Druce, 1887
  • Nacaduba samoensis Druce, 1892
  • Strymon bazochii gundlachianus Bates, 1935
  • Zizina communis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1869
  • Zizina hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Zizina labradus labradus (Godart, 1824)
  • Zizina labradus mangoensis (Butler, 1884)

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Moths

Aganaidae

Agathiphagidae

Agonoxenidae

Alucitidae

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Carposinidae

  • Meridarchis sp. [Dugdale, 1978]
  • Species of an undetermined genus [Dugdale, 1978]

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterygidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Epermeniidae

Epiplemidae

  • Epiplema conchiferata Moore, 1887
  • Epiplema cretosa Swinhoe, 1902
  • Epiplema lomalangi Robinson, 1975
  • Epiplema simmondsi Robinson, 1975
  • Europlema semibrunnea (Pagenstecher, 1888)
  • Gathynia albibasis Warren, 1896
  • Phazaca cythera (Swinhoe, 1902)
  • Phazaca nakula Clayton, 2002
  • Phazaca yasawa (Robinson, 1975)


Erebidae


Herminiinae

Euteliidae

  • Anigraea ochrobasis Hampson, 1912
  • Anigraea pectinata Robinson, 1975
  • Paectes fijiensis Robinson, 1975
  • Pataeta carbo (Guenée, 1852)
  • Penicillaria dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852
  • Penicillaria magnifica (Robinson, 1975)
  • Penicillaria meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Penicillaria nugatrix Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
  • Targalla barbara (Robinson, 1975)
  • Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
  • Targalla palliatrix (Guenée, 1852)

Stictopterinae

  • Gyrtona acutipennis (Robinson, 1975)
  • Gyrtona hopkinsi Tams, 1935
  • Gyrtona purpurea Robinson, 1975
  • Gyrtona rotundipennis (Robinson, 1975)
  • Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852
  • Stictoptera describens (Walker, 1857)
  • Stictoptera obalaui Bethune-Baker, 1916
  • Stictoptera stygia Hampson, 1912
  • Stictoptera vitiensis Hampson, 1912

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterygidae

Gracilariidae

Heliodinidae

  • Stathmopoda dracaenopa Meyrick, 1933
  • Stathmopoda iocycla Meyrick, 1933
  • Stathmopoda niphocarpa Meyrick, 1937
  • Stathmopoda synchrysa Meyrick, 1923
  • Stathmopoda trichrysa (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Stathmopoda xanthodesma Meyrick, 1931

Hepialidae

Hyblaeidae

Immidae

Limacodidae

  • Beggina albifascia Robinson, 1975
  • Beggina bicornis Clayton, 2002
  • Beggina dentilinea Robinson, 1975
  • Beggina mediopunctata Robinson, 1975
  • Beggina minima Robinson, 1975
  • Beggina unicornis Robinson, 1975
  • Beggina zena Robinson, 1975

Lymantriidae

Lyonetiidae

  • Lyonetia luxurians Meyrick, 1922
  • Lyonetia spinitarsis Meyrick, 1922
  • Phrixosceles fibulatrix Meyrick, 1922
  • Phruriastis meliphaga Meyrick, 1923
  • Pontodryas loxosema Meyrick, 1920
  • Vanicela sp. [Dugdale, 1978]
  • Species of an undetermined genus [Dugdale, 1978]

Nepticulidae

  • Stigmella sp. [teste Nieuwkerken & Berg 2003]

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Apothripa vailimaTarns, 1935
  • Austrocarea albipicta (Hampson, 1905)
  • Barasa triangularis Robinson, 1975
  • Blenina vatu Holloway, 1975
  • Blenina lichenopa vatu Robinson, 1975
  • Barasa triangularis Holloway, 1975
  • Calathusa sp. near basicunea Walker
  • Carea albipicta Hampson, 1905,
  • Earias flavida Felder, 1861
  • Earias huegeli Rogenhofer
  • Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
  • Earias perhuegelii Holloway, 1977
  • Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Etanna basalis Walker, 1862
  • Etanna breviuscula (Walker, 1863)
  • Etanna mackwoodi (Hampson, 1902)
  • Etanna vailima (Tams, 1935)
  • Etanna vittalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Gabala australiata Warren, 1916
  • Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1882)
  • Giaura nigrostrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
  • Giaura sokotokai Robinson, 1969
  • Giaura spinosa Robinson, 1975
  • Giaura tetragramma (Hampson, 1905)
  • Maceda savura Robinson, 1968
  • Maceda mansueta Walker, 1857
  • Maurilia iconica (Walker, 1857)
  • Microthripa buxtoni Tams, 1935
  • Mniothripa bradleyi D. S. Fletcher, 1957
  • Nanaguna albisecta Hampson, 1905
  • Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863
  • Nanaguna vittalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Nola fijiensis Robinson, 1975
  • Nola insularum (Collenette, 1928)
  • Nola lichenosa Robinson, 1975
  • Nola samoana Robinson, 1975
  • Nola savura Clayton, 2018
  • Nola transversata Robinson, 1975
  • Nycteola indicatana (Walker, 1863)
  • Xanthodes congenita (Hampson, 1912)
  • Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852

Notodontidae

  • Lasioceros aroa vitiensis Robinson, 1975

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

Psychidae

  • Melasina hemithalama Meyrick, 1935
  • Narycia ennomopis Meyrick, 1934
  • Narycia toxophragma Meyrick, 1937
  • Themeliotis goniozona Meyrick, 1922

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

  • Urapteroides anerces (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Urapteroides hermaea (Druce, 1888)

Yponomeutidae

  • Atteva aleatrix Meyrick, 1922
  • Bedellia somnulentella Zeller, 1847
  • Callithrinca niphopyrrha Meyrick, 1927
  • Caminophantis mystolitha Meyrick, 1933
  • Prays citri Millière, 1873

Zyganeidae

References

  1. ^ Clayton, 2017. THE GENERA EOOPHYLA SWINHOE AND NYMPHICULA SNELLEN (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE: ACENTROPINAE) IN FIJI, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES
  2. ^ A record of Dactyloplusia impulsa (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae) new to Fiji
  • Razowski, 2016. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Fiji Islands - Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 59(1)
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