List of Lepidoptera of Qatar explained

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.

Butterflies

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)

Moths

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)