List of Lepidoptera of Qatar

Lepidoptera of Qatar consist of both the Butterflies and Moths recorded from Qatar.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 34 Lepidoptera species present in Qatar.

Contents

1 Butterflies
2 Moths
3 External links

Butterflies

Lycaenidae

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1885)
Tarucus rosaceus Austaut, 1885
Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

Nymphalidae

Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Papilionidae

Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pieridae

Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Madais fausta fausta Olivier, 1804
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829)

Moths

Arctiidae

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Crambidae

Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Geometridae

Scopula coenosaria Lederer 1855
Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Noctuidae

Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clytie haifae (Habich, 1905)
Cornutiplusia circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767
Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1800-1803)

Sphingidae

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

External links