Biodiversity Catalog of Southwest Virginia
Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths
Lepidoptera Taxonomy:
Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Class Insecta; Order Lepidoptera
Butterfly Families
Complete butterfly species list and Butterfly photo gallery
Skippers: Family Hesperiidae species list photo gallery
Parnassians & Swallowtails: Family Papilionidae species list photo gallery
Whites and Sulphurs: Family Pieridae species list photo gallery
Gossamer-wing Butterflies: Family Lycaenidae species list photo gallery
Metalmarks: Family Riodinidae species list no photos
Brush-footed Butterflies: Family Nymphalidae species list photo gallery
Moth Families
Hooktip and False Owlet Moths – Family Drepanidae
Wild Silk Moth – Family Saturniidae
Sphinx Moths and Hawkmoths – Family Sphingidae
Prominents – Family Notodontidae
Owlet Moths and Miller Moths – Family Noctuidae
Erebid Moths – Family Erebidae
Euteliid Moths – Family Euteliidae
Concealer Moths – Family Oecophoridae
Clothes Moths – Family Tineidae
Psychids and Bagworm Moths – Family Psychidae
Grass Miner Moths – Family Elachistidae
Twirler Moths – Family Gelechiidae
Carposinid Moths – Family Carposinidae
Yponomeutid Moths – Family Yponomeutidae
Choreuitid Moths – Family Choreutidae
Sesiid Moths – Family Sesiidae
Cossid Moths and Carpenter Moths – Family Cossidae
Tortricid Moths – Family Tortricidae
Zygaenid Moths – Family Zygaenidae
Flannel Moths – Family Megalopygidae
Limacodids and Slug Caterpillar Moths – Family Limacodidae
Crambid Snout Moths – Family Crambidae
Pyralid Moths – Family Pyralidae
Thyridid Moths – Family Thyrididae
Ghost Moths – Family Hepialidae
Pterophorid Moths and Plume Moths – Family Pterophoridae
Geometer Moths and Looper Moths – Family Geometridae
Swallowtail Moths – Family Uraniidae
Mimallonid Moths – Family Mimallonidae
Apatelodid Moths – Family Apatelodidae
Lasiocampid Moths – Family Lasiocampidae
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