List of Lepidoptera of Cape Verde

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Location of Cape Verde

Lepidoptera of Cape Verde represent about 280 known species. A total of 252 moth species have been recorded.[1] Twenty-eight species of butterflies are known from Cape Verde, one of which is endemic.[2][3][4] The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Butterflies

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Hesperiidae

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Lycaenidae

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Nymphalidae

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Papilionidae

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Pieridae

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Satyrinae

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Moths

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References

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  1. ^ De Prins, Jurate; De Prins, Willy (2019). "Cape Verde moth species". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. 20161117. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. ^ Vieira, V. (2008). "Lepidopteran fauna from Sal Island, Cape Verde (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia. 36 (142): 243–252.
  3. ^ Mendes, Luis F.; de Souza, A. Bivar (2010). "New data on Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) from the Cape Verde Islands, with a review of previous records" (PDF). Zoologia Caboverdiana. 1 (1): 45–58.
  4. ^ Tennent, W. John; Russell, Peter J.C. (2014). "Butterflies of the Cape Verde Islands (Insecta, Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Zoologia Caboverdiana. Retrieved 2022-02-12.

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