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

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### Hesperiidae

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* Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius, 1793)
* Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)

### Lycaenidae

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* 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

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* Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Papilionidae

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* Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

### Pieridae

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* 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

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### Crambidae

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* 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

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* Eremocossus vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1897)
* Holcocerus gloriosus (Erschoff, 1874)

### Erebidae

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* Clytie haifae (Habich, 1905)
* Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855
* Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
* Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Geometridae

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* Scopula coenosaria Lederer 1855
* Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767

### Lasiocampidae

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* Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)

### Noctuidae

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* 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

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* 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

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* A Preliminary List of the Insect Fauna of Qatar
* Qatar Insects Project[permanent dead link‍]

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