List of Lepidoptera of Qatar

Location of Qatar

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)

References

• A Preliminary List of the Insect Fauna of Qatar
• Qatar Insects Project