List of Lepidoptera of Cape Verde

Location of Cape Verde

Lepidoptera of Cape Verde represent about 134 known species. A total of 130 moth species have been recorded. Four species of butterfly are known from Cape Verde,[1] none of which are endemic.[2]

The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Satyrinae

Moths

Arctiidae

Crambidae

Elachistidae

Geometridae

Gracillariidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

Tortricidae

References

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