List of Lepidoptera of Nauru
Location of Nauru
The Lepidoptera of Nauru consist 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
Noctuidae
- ?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
External links
- First Records of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) from the Republic of Nauru
- North, A. J., 1903. Notes on the zoology of Paanopa or Ocean Island and Nauru or Pleasant Island, Gilbert Group. Records of the Australian Museum 5(1): 1–15.; 14 April 1903
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