Lepidoptera of Cape Verde represent about 280 known species. A total of 252 moth species have been recorded. Twenty-eight species of butterflies are known from Cape Verde, one of which is endemic. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
Butterflies
Hesperiidae
- Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
- Coeliades forestan (Stoll, 1782)
Lycaenidae
- Azanus jesous (Guérin, 1847)
- Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) (questionable)
- Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
- Chilades evorae Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011
- Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887 (questionable)
- Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tarucus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Nymphalidae
- Byblia ilithyia (Drury, 1773)
- Danaus chrysippus (Cramer, 1777)
- Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Junonia oenone (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vanessa vulcania (Godart, 1819)
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilionidae
- Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798
Pieridae
- Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776) (questionable)
- Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Colias croceus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
- Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775) (questionable)
- Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) (questionable)
- Eurema brigitta (Cramer, 1780)
- Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833) (questionable)
- Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Eurema senegalensis (Boisduval, 1836) (questionable)
- Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829
Satyrinae
- Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths
Bedelliidae
- Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora creola Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015
Cosmopterigidae
- Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
- Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
Crambidae
- Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
- Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Cataonia mauritanica Amsel, 1953
- Condylorrhiza zyphalis (Viette, 1958)
- Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
- Cynaeda dentalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851)
- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
- Euclasta insularis Viette, 1958
- Eudonia fogoalis Derra, 2008
- Eudonia lindbergalis Viette, 1958
- Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
- Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
- Pediasia strenua Bassi, 1992
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
Depressariidae
- Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
Erebidae
- Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
- Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
- Achaea infinita (Guenée, 1852)
- Achaea violaceofascia (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Anomis auragoides (Guenée, 1852)
- Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
- Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
- Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
- Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
- Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Eilema aistleitneri Cerny, 2013
- Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
- Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
- Eublemma baccatrix Hacker, 2019
- Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma ecthaemata Hampson, 1896
- Eublemma exigua (Walker, 1858)
- Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)
- Eublemma mesophaea Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma parva (Hübner, 1808)
- Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
- Eublemma spirogramma Rebel, 1912
- Gesoniodes nigripalpa (Wiltshire, 1977)
- Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
- Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
- Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
- Hypena semilutea (Snellen, 1872)
- Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
- Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
- Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826)
- Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
- Mesogenea varians Hampson, 1902
- Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
- Nodaria externalis Guenée, 1854
- Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
- Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
- Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Phytometra melanosticta Hacker, 2016
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)
- Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
- Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Tathorhynchus troberti (Guenée, 1852)
- Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
- Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gelechiidae
- Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921
- Aristotelia benedenii (Weyenbergh, 1873)
- Brachmia convolvuli (Walsingham, 1907)
- Helcystogramma lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847)
- Ornativalva heluanensis (Debski, 1913)
- Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
- Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
- Scrobipalpa aptatella (Walker, 1864)
- Zizyphia cleodorella Chrétien, 1908
Geometridae
- Chiasmia sudanata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863)
- Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863)
- Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
- Gymnoscelis daniloi Hausmann, 2009
- Gymnoscelis lindbergi Herbulot, 1957
- Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
- Mesocolpia nanula (Mabille, 1900)
- Microloxia aistleitneri Hausmann, 2009
- Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1818)
- Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
- Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pasiphila derasata (Bastelberger, 1905)
- Phaiogramma faustinata (Millière, 1868)
- Pingasa hypoleucaria (Guenée, 1862)
- Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887)
- Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1857)
- Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
- Scopula paneliusi Herbulot, 1957
- Scopula retracta (Hausmann, 2006)
- Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1858
- Traminda vividaria (Walker, 1861)
Gracillariidae
- Caloptilia soyella (van Deventer, 1904)
- Phodoryctis caerulea (Meyrick, 1912)
Noctuidae
- Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
- Acontia conifrons Aurivillius, 1879
- Acontia feae (Berio, 1937)
- Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1858)
- Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
- Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Agrotis aistleitneri Behounek & Speidel, 2009
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808)
- Agrotis subspinifera (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Androlymnia clavata Hampson, 1910
- Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
- Athetis ochreosignata Aurivillius, 1910
- Athetis pigra (Guenée, 1852)
- Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
- Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
- Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Caradrina flava Oberthür, 1876
- Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, 1858)
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1798)
- Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
- Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
- Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
- Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
- Euxoa admirabilis Hacker & Schreier, 2010
- Euxoa canariensis Rebel, 1902
- Haplocestra similis Aurivillius, 1910
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
- Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Hiccoda pluristriata (Berio, 1937)
- Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913)
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Maliattha sahelica Hacker, 2016
- Maliattha signifera (Walker, 1857)
- Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
- Mythimna natalensis (Butler, 1875)
- Mythimna poliastis (Hampson, 1902)
- Mythimna umbrigera (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Mythimna vilis (Gaede, 1916)
- Oederemia simplivalva Hacker & Schreier, 2010
- Ozarba adducta Berio, 1940
- Ozarba exoplaga Berio, 1940
- Ozarba phlebitis Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
- Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)
- Pseudozarba expatriata (Hampson, 1914)
- Pseudozarba opella (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857)
- Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
- Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
- Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
- Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
Nolidae
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
Plutellidae
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Praydidae
- Prays citri (Millière, 1873)
Pterophoridae
- Agdistis bifurcatus Agenjo, 1952
- Agdistis notabilis Gielis & Karsholt, 2009
- Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
- Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
- Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
- Hellinsia aistleitneri Arenberger, 2006
- Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Pyralidae
- Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871)
- Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
- Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Millière, 1867)
- Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
- Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
- Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phycita pachylepidella Hampson, 1896
- Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
- Susia uberalis (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885
Scythrididae
- Eretmocera basistrigata Walsingham, 1889
- Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
- Scythris fissurella Bengtsson, 1997
Sphingidae
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
- Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
- Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
Tineidae
- Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
Tortricidae
- Ancylis lutescens Meyrick, 1912
- Coniostola stereoma (Meyrick, 1912)
- Cydia choleropa (Meyrick, 1913)
- Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
- Fulcrifera boavistae Razowski, 2015
- Strepsicrates rhothia (Meyrick, 1910)
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
References
- De Prins, Jurate; De Prins, Willy (2019). "Cape Verde moth species". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. 20161117. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- Vieira, V. (2008). "Lepidopteran fauna from Sal Island, Cape Verde (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia. 36 (142): 243–252.
- Mendes, Luis F.; de Souza, A. Bivar (2010). "New data on Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) from the Cape Verde Islands, with a review of previous records" (PDF). Zoologia Caboverdiana. 1 (1): 45–58.
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