List of Lepidoptera of Nauru explained

The Lepidoptera of Nauru consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Nauru, an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of four butterfly species present in Nauru, none of which is endemic. The number of moth species is unknown.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)

Lycaenidae

Petrelaea tombugensis (Rober, 1886)

Nymphalidae

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths

Choreutidae

Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886)

Crambidae

Diaphania indica (Sanders, 1851)
Glyphodes multilinealis Kenrick, 1907
Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius 1775)

Elachistidae

Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller 1880)

Erebidae

Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781)
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallgreen, 1863)
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis trifasciata (Stephens 1829)

Gelechiidae

Trissodoris honorariella (Walsingham, 1907)

Pterophoridae

Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller 1873)
Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius 1794)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker 1864)

Pyralidae

Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke 1832)

Noctuidae

?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday 1843)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval 1833)
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée 1852

Nolidae

Westermannia superba (Hübner, 1823)

Sphingidae

Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)

Tineidae

Erechthias penicillata (Swezey, 1909)

Tortricidae

Cryptophlebia ombrodelta (Lower, 1898)

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