The Lepidoptera of Nauru consists 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
Choreutidae
- Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886)
Crambidae
- Diaphania indica (Sanders, 1851)
- Glyphodes multilinealis Kenrick, 1907
- Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius 1775)
Elachistidae
- Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller 1880)
Erebidae
- Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781)
- Eublemma anachoresis (Wallgreen, 1863)
- Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mocis trifasciata (Stephens 1829)
Gelechiidae
- Trissodoris honorariella (Walsingham, 1907)
Pterophoridae
- Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller 1873)
- Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius 1794)
- Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker 1864)
Pyralidae
- Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke 1832)
Noctuidae
- ?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday 1843)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval 1833)
- Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée 1852
Nolidae
- Westermannia superba (Hübner, 1823)
Sphingidae
- Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
Tineidae
- Erechthias penicillata (Swezey, 1909)
Tortricidae
- Cryptophlebia ombrodelta (Lower, 1898)
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
- Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of REPUBLIC OF NAURU
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