List of Lepidoptera of Nauru

Location of Nauru

Lepidoptera of Nauru consist of both the Butterflies and Moths recorded from Nauru.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 4 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

Noctuidae

?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)

External links

List of butterflies of Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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