List of Lepidoptera of Cyprus

Location of Cyprus

Lepidoptera of Cyprus consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Cyprus.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

  • Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
  • Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
  • Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)
  • Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)

Lycaenidae

  • Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Azanus jesous (Guerin-Meneville, 1847)
  • Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834)
  • Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)
  • Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Luthrodes galba (Lederer, 1855)
  • Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784)
  • Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)
  • Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)
  • Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Moths

Adelidae

Alucitidae

Autostichidae

Blastobasidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Douglasiidae

Elachistidae

Erebidae

Eriocottidae

Euteliidae

  • Eutelia adulatrix (Hübner, 1813)

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Chondrostega pastrana Lederer, 1858
  • Lasiocampa terreni (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)

Limacodidae

  • Hoyosia cretica (Rebel, 1906)

Micropterigidae

Momphidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

Oecophoridae

Peleopodidae

Plutellidae

Praydidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Scythrididae

  • Scythris punctivittella (O. Costa, 1836)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Stathmopodidae

Tineidae

  • Ateliotum arenbergeri Petersen & Gaedike, 1985
  • Cephimallota angusticostella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Edosa fuscoviolacella (Ragonot, 1895)
  • Eudarcia lobata (Petersen & Gaedike, 1979)
  • Eudarcia echinatum (Petersen & Gaedike, 1985)
  • Eudarcia holtzi (Rebel, 1902)
  • Hapsifera luridella Zeller, 1847
  • Infurcitinea cyprica Petersen & Gaedike, 1985
  • Infurcitinea frustigerella (Walsingham, 1907)
  • Infurcitinea graeca Gaedike, 1983
  • Infurcitinea nedae Gaedike, 1983
  • Infurcitinea nigropluviella (Walsingham, 1907)
  • Monopis imella (Hübner, 1813)
  • Morophaga morella (Duponchel, 1838)
  • Myrmecozela parnassiella (Rebel, 1915)
  • Myrmecozela stepicola Zagulajev, 1972
  • Nemapogon cyprica Gaedike, 1986
  • Nemapogon orientalis Petersen, 1961
  • Nemapogon signatellus Petersen, 1957
  • Neurothaumasia ankerella (Mann, 1867)
  • Neurothaumasia macedonica Petersen, 1962
  • Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Niditinea tugurialis (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
  • Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
  • Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917
  • Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tischeriidae

Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

Ypsolophidae

Zygaenidae

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