| | | | Taxonomy for Lepidoptera (Lepidopterans) in Chile | Class Chile | Insecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insects) - Systematics 424 families, 2947 genera, 9277 species | Tree
| Subclass Chile | Pterygota (Lang, 1888) (Winged insects) 418 families, 2938 genera, 9266 species | Tree
| Infraclass Chile | Neoptera (Van Der Wulp, 1890) (Wing-folding insects) 406 families, 2904 genera, 9202 species | Tree
| Superorder Chile | Holometabola (Heider, 1889) (Holometabolous Insects) 292 families, 2433 genera, 8212 species | Tree
| Order Chile | Lepidoptera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidopterans) - Systematics 47 families, 452 genera, 1328 species | Site Tree
| Families | 238 worldwide | Genera | 26.590 worldwide | Species | 451.455 worldwide | Common names | Lepidopterans, Butterflies and Moths | German names | Schmetterlinge und Motten, Falter, Schmetterlinge | Dutch names | Vlinders, Schubvleugeligen | Danish names | Sommerfugle | Finnish names | Perhoset | Norwegian names | Sommerfugler | Swedish names | Fjärilar | Spanish names | Lepidópteros, Mariposas | Italian names | Farfalle | French names | Papillons | Author | Carl von Linné (Carl Nilsson Linnæus), 1758 | Distribution | Continents:
Eurasia (Asia, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, North Eurasia, West Eurasia)
America (North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean)
Africa (East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, West Africa)
Oceania (Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia)
Antarctica (Subantarctic Islands, Antarctic Islands, Ross Dependency)
Ecozones:
Palaearctic (West Palaearctic, East Palaearctic)
Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Indo-Australian region (Oriental, Malesia)
Holarctic
Fossils:
Cenozoic (Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary)
Paleozoic (Cambrian, Permian, Ordovician, Carboniferous, Silurian, Devonian)
Mesozoic (Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic)
World Oceans:
Pacific Ocean (South Pacific, Pacific Islands, North Pacific, Central Pacific)
Atlantic Ocean (British overseas territory Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, North Sea)
Indian Ocean (Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean, Great Australian Bight, Eastern Indian Ocean)
Antarctic Ocean
| Countries Checklists | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Links and References | Lepidoptera in arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net Lepidoptera in bie.ala.org.au Lepidoptera in butterflies.bcghana.org Lepidoptera in mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu Lepidoptera in afromoths.net Lepidoptera in butterfliesofamerica.com Lepidoptera in darwinfoundation.org Lepidoptera in faunaeur.org Lepidoptera in itis.gov Lepidoptera in leps.it Lepidoptera in papua-insects.nl Lepidoptera in staffs-ecology.org.uk Lepidoptera in tyllinen.eu Lepidoptera in ucl.ac.uk Lepidoptera in abdb-africa.org Lepidoptera in dyntaxa.se Lepidoptera in Wikipedia (English)
|
| Suborder Chile | Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) 47 families, 452 genera, 1328 species |
Family overview for Lepidoptera (Lepidopterans) in Chile
| | Alucitidae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species | Many Plumed Moths | Andesianidae (Davis & Gentili, 2003) - 3 Species | Andean endemic moths | Arctiidae (Leach, 1815) - 17 Species | Tiger Moths | | Batrachedridae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 1 Species | Flower moths | Brachodidae (Agenjo, 1966) - 1 Species | Little Bear Moths | | Castniidae (Boisduval, 1828) - 1 Species | Giant Butterfly Moths | Choreutidae (Stainton, 1854) - 1 Species | Metalmark Moths | Coleophoridae (Hübner, 1825) - 1 Species | Casebearer Moths | Copromorphidae (Meyrick, 1905) - 1 Species | Tropical Fruitworm Moths | Cosmopterigidae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 3 Species | Cosmet Moths | Cossidae (Leach, 1815) - 30 Species | Carpenterworm Moths | Crambidae (Latreille, 1810) - 67 Species | Grass moth | | Elachistidae (Bruand, 1851) - 12 Species | Grass Miner Moths | Erebidae (Leach, 1815) - 13 Species | Erebid Moths | Eriocottidae (Spuler, 1898) - 1 Species | Old World Spiny Winged Moths | Eupterotidae (Swinhoe, 1892) - 1 Species | Giant Lappet Moths | | Gelechiidae (Stainton, 1854) - 5 Species | Twirler Moths | Geometridae (Leach, 1815) - 158 Species | Geometer Moths | Gracillariidae (Stainton, 1854) - 9 Species | Leafminer Moths | | Heliozelidae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 1 Species | Shield Bearer Moths | Hepialidae (Stephens, 1829) - 26 Species | Ghost Moths | Hesperiidae (Latreille, 1809) - 91 Species | Skipper Butterflies | | Lasiocampidae (Harris, 1841) - 14 Species | Lappet Moths | Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815) - 122 Species | Gossamer Winged Butterflies | Lyonetiidae (Stainton, 1854) - 1 Species | Lyonet Moths | | Momphidae (Herrich Schaffer, 1857) -> Coleophoridae - 1 Species | Mompha Moths | | Neopseustidae (Hering, 1925) - 2 Species | Archaic Bell Moths | Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809) - 203 Species | Owlet Moths | Notodontidae (Stephens, 1829) - 1 Species | Prominent Moths | Nymphalidae (Rafinesque, 1815) - 168 Species | Brush Footed Butterflies | | Oecophoridae (Bruand, 1851) - 41 Species | Concealer Moths | Opostegidae (Meyrick, 1893) - 1 Species | White Eye Cap Moths | | Palaephatidae (Davis, 1986) - 24 Species | Gondwanaland Moths | Papilionidae (Latreille, 1802) - 12 Species | Swallowtail Butterflies | Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835) - 84 Species | Yellows & Whites & Sulphurs | Plutellidae (Guenée, 1845) - 11 Species | Diamondback Moths | Prodoxidae (Riley, 1881) - 1 Species | Yucca Moths | Psychidae (Boisduval, 1828) - 2 Species | Bagworm Moths | Pterophoridae (Zeller, 1841) - 22 Species | Plume Moths | Pyralidae (Latreille, 1802) - 11 Species | Snout Moths | | Riodinidae (Grote, 1895) - 4 Species | Metalmark Butterflies | | Saturniidae (Boisduval, 1837) - 21 Species | Emperor Moths | Sesiidae (Boisduval, 1828) - 3 Species | Clearwing Moths | Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) - 17 Species | Hawk Moths | | Tineidae (Latreille, 1810) - 6 Species | Fungus Moths | Tortricidae (Latreille, 1803) - 111 Species | Leafroller Moths | | Yponomeutidae (Stephens, 1829) - 1 Species | Ermine Moths | 47 Families with 1328 Species in Chile
|
|
|
| |
| | |
| | Taxonomy | Class | Insecta Insects, True insects | Subclass | Pterygota Winged insects | Infraclass | Neoptera Wing-folding insects | Superorder | Holometabola Holometabolous Insects | Order | Lepidoptera Lepidopterans, Butterflies and Moths | Author | Linnaeus, 1758 | | Synonyms | Frenatae (Comstock, 1892) Jugatae (Gers, 1981) Macrolepidoptera (Minet, 1991) Microlepidoptera (Wilcox, 1953) |
| | |
|
| | |
|