| | | | | Taxonomy for Lepidoptera (Lepidopterans) in Taiwan | Class
Taiwan | Insecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insects) - Systematics
622 families, 11176 genera, 40645 species | Tree
| Subclass
Taiwan | Pterygota (Lang, 1888) (Winged insects)
619 families, 11170 genera, 40637 species | Tree
| Infraclass
Taiwan | Neoptera (Van Der Wulp, 1890) (Wing-folding insects)
596 families, 11046 genera, 40168 species | Tree
| Superorder
Taiwan | Holometabola (Heider, 1889) (Holometabolous Insects)
390 families, 8582 genera, 32079 species | Tree
| Order
Taiwan | Lepidoptera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidopterans) - Systematics
75 families, 2607 genera, 9084 species | Site
Tree
| | Families | 238 worldwide | | Genera | 26.590 worldwide | | Species | 451.495 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)
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| Suborder
Taiwan | Glossata (Fabricius, 1775)
74 families, 2605 genera, 9073 species | Suborder
Taiwan | Zeugloptera (Chapman, 1917)
1 family, 2 genera, 11 species |
Family overview for Lepidoptera (Lepidopterans) in Taiwan
| | | Adelidae (Bruand, 1851) - 15 Species | Longhorned Fairy Moths | | Alucitidae (Leach, 1815) - 4 Species | Many Plumed Moths | | Anthelidae (Turner, 1904) - 1 Species | Australian Lappet Moths | | Arctiidae (Leach, 1815) - 449 Species | Tiger Moths | | Arrhenophanidae (Walsingham, 1913) - 2 Species | Tropical Lattice Moths | | Autostichidae (Le Marchand, 1947) - 2 Species | Autostichid Moths | | | Batrachedridae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 7 Species | Flower moths | | Bombycidae (Latreille, 1802) - 18 Species | Silkworm Moths | | Brachodidae (Agenjo, 1966) - 7 Species | Little Bear Moths | | Brahmaeidae (Swinhoe, 1892) - 4 Species | Brahmin Moths | | | Callidulidae (Moore, 1877) - 8 Species | Old World Butterfly Moths | | Carposinidae (Walsingham, 1907) - 4 Species | Fruitworm Moths | | Choreutidae (Stainton, 1854) - 31 Species | Metalmark Moths | | Coleophoridae (Hübner, 1825) - 11 Species | Casebearer Moths | | Cosmopterigidae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 49 Species | Cosmet Moths | | Cossidae (Leach, 1815) - 34 Species | Carpenterworm Moths | | Crambidae (Latreille, 1810) - 643 Species | Grass moth | | | Drepanidae (Meyrick, 1895) - 158 Species | Hooktip Moths | | | Elachistidae (Bruand, 1851) - 41 Species | Grass Miner Moths | | Epermeniidae (Spuler, 1910) - 2 Species | Fringe Tufted Moths | | Epicopeiidae (Swinhoe, 1892) - 3 Species | Oriental Swallowtail Moths | | Epipyropidae (Dyar, 1903) - 1 Species | Planthopper Parasite Moths | | Erebidae (Leach, 1815) - 658 Species | Erebid Moths | | Eriocottidae (Spuler, 1898) - 2 Species | Old World Spiny Winged Moths | | Eupterotidae (Swinhoe, 1892) - 14 Species | Giant Lappet Moths | | Euteliidae (Grote, 1882) - 29 Species | Euteliid Moths | | | Galacticidae (Minet, 1986) - 1 Species | Galacticid Moths | | Gelechiidae (Stainton, 1854) - 159 Species | Twirler Moths | | Geometridae (Leach, 1815) - 1351 Species | Geometer Moths | | Glyphipterigidae (Stainton, 1854) - 38 Species | Sedge Moths | | Gracillariidae (Stainton, 1854) - 66 Species | Leafminer Moths | | | Heliodinidae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) - 2 Species | Sun Moths | | Hepialidae (Stephens, 1829) - 22 Species | Ghost Moths | | Hesperiidae (Latreille, 1809) - 378 Species | Skipper Butterflies | | Hyblaeidae (Hampson, 1903) - 4 Species | Teak Moths | | | Immidae (Heppner, 1977) - 11 Species | Imma Moths | | | Lasiocampidae (Harris, 1841) - 71 Species | Lappet Moths | | Lecithoceridae (Le Marchand, 1947) - 99 Species | Tropical Longhorned Moths | | Limacodidae (Duponchel, 1845) - 98 Species | Slug Caterpillar Moths | | Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815) - 362 Species | Gossamer Winged Butterflies | | Lyonetiidae (Stainton, 1854) - 8 Species | Lyonet Moths | | | Micronoctuidae (Fibiger In Fibiger & Lafonteine, 2005) - 3 Species | | Micropterigidae (Herrich-schäffer, 1855) - 11 Species | Mandibulate Archaic Moths | | | Neopseustidae (Hering, 1925) - 1 Species | Archaic Bell Moths | | Nepticulidae (Stainton, 1854) - 1 Species | Minute Eye Cap Moths | | Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809) - 1113 Species | Owlet Moths | | Nolidae (Hampson, 1894) - 172 Species | Tuft moths | | Notodontidae (Stephens, 1829) - 279 Species | Prominent Moths | | Nymphalidae (Rafinesque, 1815) - 664 Species | Brush Footed Butterflies | | | Oecophoridae (Bruand, 1851) - 70 Species | Concealer Moths | | Opostegidae (Meyrick, 1893) - 2 Species | White Eye Cap Moths | | | Palaeosetidae (Turner, 1922) - 3 Species | Miniature Ghost Moths | | Palaephatidae (Davis, 1986) - 3 Species | Gondwanaland Moths | | Papilionidae (Latreille, 1802) - 202 Species | Swallowtail Butterflies | | Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835) - 123 Species | Yellows & Whites & Sulphurs | | Plutellidae (Guenée, 1845) - 12 Species | Diamondback Moths | | Psychidae (Boisduval, 1828) - 16 Species | Bagworm Moths | | Pterophoridae (Zeller, 1841) - 58 Species | Plume Moths | | Pyralidae (Latreille, 1802) - 270 Species | Snout Moths | | | Riodinidae (Grote, 1895) - 5 Species | Metalmark Butterflies | | Roeslerstammiidae (Bruand, 1850) - 4 Species | Double-eye moths | | | Saturniidae (Boisduval, 1837) - 36 Species | Emperor Moths | | Schreckensteiniidae (Fletcher, 1929) - 1 Species | Bristle Legged Moths | | Scythrididae (Rebel, 1901) - 2 Species | Flower Moths | | Sematuridae (Guenée, 1858) - 3 Species | American Swallowtail Moths | | Sesiidae (Boisduval, 1828) - 42 Species | Clearwing Moths | | Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) - 214 Species | Hawk Moths | | | Thyrididae (Herrich-schäffer, 1846) - 40 Species | Picture Winged Leaf Moths | | Tineidae (Latreille, 1810) - 119 Species | Fungus Moths | | Tineodidae (Meyrick, 1885) - 1 Species | False Plume Moths | | Tortricidae (Latreille, 1803) - 574 Species | Leafroller Moths | | | Uraniidae (Blanchard, 1845) - 58 Species | Swallowtail Moths | | | Xyloryctidae (Meyrick, 1890) - 4 Species | Timber Moths | | | Yponomeutidae (Stephens, 1829) - 16 Species | Ermine Moths | | | Zygaenidae (Latreille, 1809) - 98 Species | Burnet Moths | 75 Families with 9087 Species in Taiwan
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| | | 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) |
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