List of Lepidoptera of Qatar
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The Lepidoptera of Qatar consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Qatar. Together they constitute a significant part of the list of arthropods of Qatar. According to a recent estimate, there are about 34 Lepidoptera species in Qatar.
Butterflies
Hesperiidae
- Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
Lycaenidae
- Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
- Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1885)
- Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)
- Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
- Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Nymphalidae
- Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilionidae
- Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae
- Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
- Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804)
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829)
Moths
Crambidae
- Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
- Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Cossidae
- Eremocossus vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1897)
- Holcocerus gloriosus (Erschoff, 1874)
Erebidae
- Clytie haifae (Habich, 1905)
- Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855
- Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae
- Scopula coenosaria Lederer 1855
- Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767
Lasiocampidae
- Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)
Noctuidae
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cornutiplusia circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767
- Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
- Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1800-1803)
Sphingidae
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)
- Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)
