List of Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe
# List of Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe

The Lepidoptera of Guadeloupe consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Guadeloupe.

According to a recent estimate, there are about 398 moth species and 58 butterfly species present in Guadeloupe.

## Butterflies

### Papilionidae

* Battus polydamas neodamas (Lucas, 1852)
* Appias drusilla boydi Comstock, 1943

### Hesperiidae

* Proteides mercurius angasi Godman & Salvin, 1884
* Epargyreus zestos zestos (Geyer, 1832)
* Polygonus leo leo (Gmelin, 1790)
* Polygonus manueli punctus Bell & Comstock, 1948
* Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872)
* Urbanus dorantes obscurus (Hewitson, 1867)
* Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777)
* Astraptes anaphus anusis (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
* Achlyodes mithridates minor Comstock, 1944
* Ephyriades arcas arcas (Drury, 1773)
* Ephyriades brunnea dominicensis Bell & Comstock, 1948
* Pyrgus oileus oileus (Linné, 1767)
* Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury, 1773)
* Wallengrenia ophites (Mabille, 1878)
* Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)
* Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides Skinner, 1891
* Panoquina lucas woodruffi Watson, 1937
* Panoquina sylvicola (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
* Nyctelius nyctelius agari (Dillon, 1947)

### Pieridae

* Ascia monuste f. virginia (Godart, 1819)
* Eurema daira palmira (Poey, 1846)
* Eurema lisa euterpe (Ménétriès, 1832)
* Eurema leuce antillarum Hall, 1936
* Eurema venusta emanona Dillon, 1947
* Eurema nisevemanoma (Dillon, 1947)
* Eurema elathea elathea (Cramer, 1777)
* Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)
* Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)
* Phoebis sennae marcellina (Cramer, 1777)
* Rhabdodryas trite watsoni (F. M. Brown, 1929)
* Aphrissa statira (Cramer, 1777)

### Nymphalidae

* Danaus plexippus megalippe (Hübner, 1826)
* Anaea minor Hall, 1936
* Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776)
* Historis odius orion (Fabricius 1775)
* Hypolimnas misippus (Linné, 1764)
* Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1782)
* Junonia evarete (Stoll, 1782)
* Anartia jatrophae (Linné, 1763)
* Biblis hyperia (Cramer, 1782)
* Vanessa cardui (Linné, 1758)
* Dryas iulia dominicana (Hall, 1917)
* Agraulis vanillae insularis Maynard, 1889

### Lycaenidae

* Allosmaitia piplea (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
* Chlorostrymon simaethis (Drury, 1773)
* Chlorostrymon lalitae Brévignon, 2000
* Ministrymon azia (Hewitson, 1873)
* Strymon bubastus ponce (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
* Strymon columella (Fabricius, 1793)
* Strymon acis (Drury, 1773)
* Electrostrymon angerona (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
* Electrostrymon angelia karukera Brévignon, 2000
* Leptotes cassius chadwicki (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
* Hemiargus hanno watsoni (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
* Cyclargus thomasi woodruffi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)

## Moths

### Arctiidae

* Antichloris toddi Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
* Cosmosoma demantria Druce, 1895
* Ecpantheria guadulpensis (Oberthur, 1881)
* Empyreuma affinis Rotschild, 1912
* Epicepsis dominicensis Rotschild, 1911
* Eucereon cyneburge betzi Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
* Eucereon imriei Druce, 1884
* Eucereon rogersi Druce, 1884
* Eupseudosoma involutum (Sepp, [1855])
* Halysidota leda (Druce, 1890)
* Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793)
* Horama pretus (Cramer, 1777)
* Hyalurga vinosa (Drury, [1773])
* Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, 1777)
* Napata rabdonota Hampson, 1898
* Nyridela chalciope Hübner, 1898
* Opharus bimaculata (Dewitz, 1877)
* Pachydota albiceps (Walker, 1856)
* Pheia daphaena Hampson, 1898
* Pseudamastus alsa alsa (Druce, 1890)
* Pseudamastus alsa lalannei Toulgoët, 1985
* Syntomeida epilais epilais (Walker, 1954)
* Syntomeida melanthus merletti Chalumeau & Howden, 1978
* Utetheisa ornatrix (Linné, 1758)

### Cossidae

* Givera species

### Notodontidae

* Nystalea nyseus (Cramer, 1775)
* Nystalea ebalea (Stoll, 1780)
* Proalymiotis aequipars (Walker, 1858)
* Rhuda focula (Stoll, 1780)
* Malocampa punctata (Stoll, 1780)
* Rifargia occulta Schaus, 1905
* Disphragis cubana (Grote, 1865)
* Hemiceras domingonis Dyar, 1908
* Rhuda focula (Stoll, 1780)
* Dasylophia lucia Schaus, 1901

### Sphingidae

* Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)
* Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832)
* Neococytius cluentius (Cramer, 1779)
* Manduca rustica harterti (Rotschild, 1894)
* Manduca sexta luciae (Johanssen, 1764)
* Protambulyx strigilis (Linné, 1771)
* Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linné, 1771)
* Erinnyis lassauxi (Boisduval, 1859)
* Erinnyis ello (Linné, 1758)
* Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1773)
* Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
* Erinnyis oenotrus (Stoll, 1780)
* Erinnyis crameri (Schauss, 1898)
* Pachylia ficus (Linné, 1758)
* Pachylia syces syces (Hübner, 1822)
* Enyo lugubris (Linné, 1771)
* Enyo ocypete (Linné, 1758)
* Madoryx oiclus (Cramer, 1779)
* Perigonia lusca (Fabricius, 1777)
* Aellopos tantalus (Linné, 1758)
* Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775)
* Eumorpha vitis (Linné, 1758)
* Eumorpha fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776)
* Eumorpha labruscae (Linné, 1758)
* Eumorpha obliquus guadelupensis Chalumeau & Delplanque, 1974
* Xylophanes tersa (Linné, 1771)
* Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
* Xylophanes chiron necchus (Cramer, 1779)
* Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

### Geometridae

* Acratodes noctuata Guenée, 1858
* Acratodes praepeditaria (Möschler, 1890)
* Ametris nitocris (Cramer, 1780)
* Anisodes ordinata rubrior Herbulot, 1988
* Anisodes urcearia Guenée, 1858
* Chloropteryx glauciptera (Hampson, 1895)
* Cyclomia mopsaria Guenée, 1858
* Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861)
* Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, 1857)
* Drepanodes ephyrata Guenée, 1857
* Eois tegularia (Guenée, 1857)
* Epimecis detexta detexta (Walker, 1860)
* Epimecis detexta leduchatae Herbulot, in litt
* Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, 1823)
* Erosina hyberniata Guenée 1857
* Eueana simplaria Herbulot, 1986
* Euphyia perturbata (Walker, 1862)
* Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye, 1901)
* Eupithecia carribeana Herbulot, 1986
* Eupithecia comes Herbulot, 1986
* Eupithecia lecerfiata Herbulot, 1984
* Eupithecia velutipennis Herbulot, 1986
* Hydata insatisfacta Herbulot, 1988
* Leptocnenopsis tatochorda Prout, 1916
* Lobocleta indecora Warren, 1900
* Lobocleta martinicensis Herbulot, 1985
* Lobocleta tricuspida Herbulot, 1985
* Macrosema immaculata (Warren, 1897)
* Malanolophia lalanneae Herbulot, 1985
* Melanchroia chephise (Stoll, 1782)
* Melanolophia ludovici Herbulot, 1995
* Melanolophia rufimontis Herbulot, 1986
* Nemoria rectilinea (Warren, 1906)
* Nepheloleuca complicata (Guenée, 1857)
* Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777)
* Obila defensata (Walker, 1862)
* Oenoptila nigrilineata venusta Warren, 1900
* Oospila confundaria (Möschler, 1890)
* Oxydia brevipecten Herbulot, 1985
* Oxydia lalanneorum Herbulot, 1985
* Oxydia vesulia alternata (Warren, 1905)
* Pero astapa (Druce, 1892)
* Pero lignata (Warren, 1897)
* Pero rectisectaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
* Phrudocentra centrifugaria impunctata (Warren, 1909)
* Phrygionis cruorata Warren, 1905
* Phrygionis dominica Prout, 1933
* Pleuroplucha molitaria guadelupa Herbulot, 1995
* Psaliodes subochreofusa Herbulot, 1988
* Pterocypha lezardata Herbulot, 1988
* Ptychamalia perlata nigricostata (Warren, 1907)
* Scelolophia terminata fragmentata (Warren, 1904)
* Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius, 1794)
* Semaeopus caecaria distinctata (Warren, 1900)
* Semaeopus indignaria (Guenée, 1858)
* Semaeopus subrubra dominicana Prout, 1918
* Semaeopus vincentii luciae Prout, 1938
* Semiothisa praelongata bruni Herbulot, 1985
* Semiothisa everiata (Guenée, 1857)
* Sericoptera mahometaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
* Sphacelodes brunneata Warren, 1907
* Synchlora cupedinaria guadelupensis Herbulot, 1988
* Synchlora frondaria Guenée, 1857
* Synchlora herbaria intacta (Warren, 1905)
* Synchlora isolata (Warren, 1900)
* Tricentrogyna crocantha Herbulot, 1988
* Tricentrogyna rubricosta (Hampson, 1895)
* Xanthorhoe picticolor Warren, 1990

### Psychidae

* Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

### Yponomeutidae

* Atteva aurea (Fitch, 1856)

### Noctuidae

* Acroria terens (Walker, 1857)
* Achaea ablunaris (Guenée, 1852)
* Agrapha oxygramma (Geyer, 1832)
* Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852
* Agrotis repleta Walker, 1857
* Agrotis subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
* Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823)
* Amyna octo (Guenée, 1852)
* Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
* Anomis editrix (Guenée, 1852)
* Anomis illita Guenée, 1852
* Anomis impasta Guenée, 1852
* Antachara diminuta (Guenée, 1852)
* Antiblemma concinnula (Walker, 1865)
* Antiblemma imitans (Walker, 1858)
* Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818
* Argyrogramma basigera (Walker, 1865)
* Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794)
* Ascalapha odorata (Linné, 1758)
* Autoplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)
* Azeta repugnalis (Hübner, 1825)
* Bagisara repanda (Fabricius, 1793)
* Baniana ostia Druce, 1898
* Baniana veluticollis Hampson, 1898
* Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901)
* Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854
* Callopistria floridensis (Guenée, 1852)
* Callopistria mexicana Druce, 1889
* Catabena vitrina (Walker 1857)
* Caularis undulans Walker, 1857
* Characoma nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881)
* Coenipeta bibitrix (Hübner, 1823)
* Coenobela paucula (Walker, 1858)
* Collomena filifera (Walker, 1857)
* Concana mundissima Walker, 1857
* Condica albigera (Guenée, 1852)
* Condica circuita (Guenée, 1852)
* Condica concisa (Walker, 1856)
* Condica cupentia (Cramer, 1779)
* Condica mobilis (Walker, 1856)
* Condica sutor (Guénée, 1852)
* Condica vacillans (Walker, 1858)
* Cropia infusa (Walker, 1857)
* Cydosia nobilitella (Cramer, 1779)
* Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
* Dipterygia ordinarius (Butler, 1879)
* Dipterygia pallida (Dognin, 1907)
* Dyomyx jugator Le Duchat d'Aubigny, 1992
* Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)
* Elaphria chalcedonia (Hübner, 1808)
* Elaphria deltoides (Möschler, 1880)
* Elaphria devara (Druce, 1898)
* Elaphria nucicolora (Guenée, 1852)
* Ephyrodes cacata Guenée, 1852
* Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852
* Eriopyga herbuloti Le Duchat d'Aubigny, 1992
* Eublemma cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
* Eublemma recta (Guenée, 1852)
* Eudocima materna (Linné, 1767)
* Eulepidotis addens (Walker, 1858)
* Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Eulepidotis superior (Guenée, 1852)
* Eutelia ablatrix (Guenée, 1852)
* Eutelia piratica Schaus, 1940
* Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
* Glympis eubolialis (Walker, 1865)
* Gonodes liquida (Möschler, 1886)
* Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832
* Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, 1840)
* Gonodonta nutrix (Stoll, 1780)
* Gonodonta parens Guenée, 1852
* Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, 1777)
* Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
* Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
* Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777)
* Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury, 1773)
* Hemeroplanis scopulepes Haworth, 1809
* Hemicephalis characteria (Stoll, 1790)
* Heripyga herbuloti Duchat d'Aubigny Marti et al., 2000
* Hormoschista latipalpis (Walker, 1858)
* Hypena abjuralis Walker, 1858
* Hypena androna Druce, 1890
* Hypena loxo Druce, 1890
* Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854
* Hypena porrectalis (Fabricius, 1794)
* Hypena vetustalis Guenée, 1854
* Hypocala andremona (Stoll, 1781)
* Isogona scindens (Walker, 1858)
* Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
* Kakopoda progenies (Guenée, 1852)
* Lascoria orneodalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Lesmone cinerea (Butler, 1878)
* Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
* Lesmone hinna (Geyer, 1837)
* Lesmone porcia (Stoll, 1790)
* Letis hypnois (Hübner, 1821)
* Letis mycerina (Cramer, 1777)
* Leucania chejela (Schaus, 1921)
* Leucania dorsalis Walker, 1856
* Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852
* Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
* Leucania juncicola Guenée, 1852
* Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
* Leucania senescens Möschler, 1890
* Leucania subpunctata (Harvey, 1875)
* Litoprosopus bahamensis Hampson, 1926
* Lophophora clanymoides Möschler, 1890
* Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857)
* Makapta varians (Hampson, 1926)
* Mamestra soligena Möschler, 1886
* Massala asema Hampson, 1926
* Massala obvertens (Walker, 1858)
* Mastigophorus latipennis Herrich-Schäffer, 1870
* Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)
* Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852)
* Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
* Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
* Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1825)
* Melipotis goniosema (Hampson, 1926)
* Melipotis januaris (Guenée, 1852)
* Melipotis ochrodes (Guenée, 1852)
* Metalectra analis Schaus, 1916
* Metalectra praecisalis Hübner, 1823
* Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)
* Metria decessa (Walker, 1857)
* Metria permixta (Schaus, 1911)
* Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)
* Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852)
* Mocis megas (Guenée, 1852)
* Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
* Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859
* Motya flotsama (Dyar, 1914)
* Mouralia tinctoides (Guenée, 1852)
* Nagara clara (Stoll, 1782)
* Neogalea sunia (Guenée, 1852)
* Neophaenis meterythra Hampson, 1908
* Neostictoptera species
* Nola bistriga (Möschler, 1890)
* Obrima pyraloides Walker, 1856
* Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872)
* Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
* Orthodes vesquesa (Dyar, 1913)
* Paectes arcigera (Guenée, 1852)
* Paectes canofusa (Hampson, 1898)
* Paectes obrotunda (Guenée, 1852)
* Palthis angustipennis Schaus, 1916
* Panula inconstans Guenée, 1852
* Parachabora abydas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Paratrachea species
* Perasia garnoti (Guenée, 1852)
* Peteroma carilla Schaus, 1901
* Phalaenophana eudorealis (Guenée, 1854)
* Phlyctaina irrigualis Möschler, 1890
* Phyprosopus tristriga (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
* Physula albipunctilla Schaus, 1916
* Plusiodonta thomae Guenée, 1852
* Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
* Pseudaletia species
* Pseudaletia sequax Franclemont, 1951
* Pseudoplusia includens (Walker, 1857)
* Ptichodes immunis (Guenée, 1852)
* Radara nealcesalis (Walker, 1859)
* Radara tauralis (Walker, 1865)
* Rejectaria karukerensis Lalanne-Cassou, 1992
* Remigia latipes Guenée, 1852
* Remigia repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
* Renodes aequalis (Walker, 1865)
* Renodes liturata (Walker, 1865)
* Rhamnocampa species
* Rivula pusilla Möschler, 1890
* Selenisa sueroides (Guenée, 1852)
* Speocropia scriptura (Walker, 1858)
* Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857)
* Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, 1782)
* Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794)
* Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, 1782)
* Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
* Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797)
* Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)
* Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852)
* Spodoptera sunia Malausa & Kermarrec, 1982
* Spragueia margana (Fabricius, 1794)
* Spragueia perstructana (Walker, 1865)
* Syllectra congemmalis Hübner, 1823
* Syllectra erycata (Cramer, 1780)
* Synalamis toulgoeti Lalanne-Cassou, 1992
* Tandilia rodea (Schaus, 1894)
* Tetanolita borgesalis (Walker, 1859)
* Thioptera nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852)
* Thursania grandirenalis Schaus, 1916
* Toxonprucha diffundens (Walker, 1858)
* Tripudia luda (Druce, 1898)
* Tripudia quadrifera (Zeller, 1874)
* Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, [1780])
* Zale erilda Schaus, 1940
* Zale fictilis (Guenée, 1852)
* Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)
* Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)

### Pterophoridae

* Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880)
* Adaina bipunctata (Möschler, 1890)
* Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
* Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
* Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
* Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864)
* Megalorrhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1794)
* Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891
* Oidaematophorus devriesi Landry & Gielis, 1992
* Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
* Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874)

### Pyralidae

* Aethiophysa falcatalis (Hampson, 1895)
* Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794)
* Azochis euvexalis (Möschler, 1890)
* Bonchis munitalis (Lederer, 1863)
* Caphys bilineata (Stoll, [1781])
* Cliniodes euphrosinalis Möschler, 1886
* Condylorrhiza vestigialis (Guenée, 1854)
* Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859)
* Desmia flebilialis (Guenée, 1854)
* Desmia funeralis (Hübner, 1796)
* Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775)
* Diaphania elegans (Möschler, 1890)
* Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794)
* Epicorsia cerata (Fabricius, 1795)
* Epitamyra minusculalis (Möschler, 1890)
* Eulepte concordalis Hübner, 1825
* Eulepte gastralis (Guenée, 1854)
* Glyphodes sibillalis Walker, 1859
* Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
* Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Hypsopygia nostralis (Guenée, 1854)
* Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
* Loxomorpha cambogialis (Guenée, 1854)
* Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Omiodes humeralis Guenée, 1854
* Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
* Omiodes martyralis (Lederer, 1863)
* Pachypalpia dispilalis Hampson, 1895
* Palpita isoscelalis gourbeyrensis Munroe, 1959
* Palpita persimilis Munroe, 1959
* Palpita viettei Munroe, 1959
* Pococera atramentalis (Lederer, 1863)
* Pococera scabridella (Ragonot, 1889)
* Polygrammodes eleuata (Fabricius, 1777)
* Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée, 1854)
* Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)
* Sathria internitalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Sparagmia gonoptera (Latreille, 1828)
* Syllepte pactolalis (Guenée, 1854)
* Syngamia florella (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
* Triuncidia eupalusalis (Walker, 1859)

### Plutellidae

* Plutella xylostella (Linné, 1758)

### Gracillariidae

* Macrosaccus gliricidius Davis, 2011

### Tortricidae

* Lorita insulicola Razowski & Becker, 2007
