List of Lepidoptera of Nauru

The Lepidoptera of Nauru consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Nauru, an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of four butterfly species present in Nauru, none of which is endemic. The number of moth species is unknown.

Butterflies edit

Hesperiidae edit

Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)

Lycaenidae edit

Petrelaea tombugensis (Rober, 1886)

Nymphalidae edit

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths edit

Choreutidae edit

Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886)

Crambidae edit

Diaphania indica (Sanders, 1851)
Glyphodes multilinealis Kenrick, 1907
Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius 1775)

Elachistidae edit

Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller 1880)

Erebidae edit

Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781)
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallgreen, 1863)
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis trifasciata (Stephens 1829)

Gelechiidae edit

Trissodoris honorariella (Walsingham, 1907)

Pterophoridae edit

Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller 1873)
Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius 1794)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker 1864)

Pyralidae edit

Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke 1832)

Noctuidae edit

?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday 1843)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval 1833)
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée 1852