Lepidoptera - some pictures

The outline of this page is roughly the systematics of lepidoptera. The division goes
to varying depths at different groups. There is no profound reason for that besides the obvious:
If I have a page of a subgroup, I like to show the other groups at the same level.

Mainly the link at the name is for all the species found in Europe. For most groups
there is also a possibility to see only the species found in Finland. That link is the
Finnish flag. There are also older pages which have only the Finnish species. Those will
be eventually updated to cover European species.

There is no system to which groups have a page and which do not. I just like some more
than others. This page also contains links to the my bigger projects: Butterflies and Pterophoridae.


Microlepidoptera (old "suborder")

Micropterigoidea

Eriocranioidea

Hepialoidea

Nepticuloidea

Incurvarioidea

Tischerioidea

Tineoidea

Gracillarioidea

Yponomeutoidea

Gelechioidea

Ethmia quadrillella

Zygenoidea

Adscita statices

Sesioidea

Cossoidea

Tortricoidea

Acleris lipsiana

Choreutoidea

Urodoidea

Schreckensteinioidea

Eperminioidea

Alucitoidea

Pterophoroidea

Pyraloidea

Myelois circumvoluta

Acanthopteroctetoidea (position?)

Copromorphoidea (position?)

Galacticoidea (position?)

Thyridoidea (position?)


Macrolepidoptera (old "suborder")

Lasiocampoidea Finnish: (maps only)

Lasiocampidae Finnish: (maps only)

Poecilocampinae Finnish: (maps only)

Malacosominae Finnish: (maps only)

Lasiocampinae Finnish: (maps only)

Pinarinae Finnish: (maps only)

Chondrosteginae Finnish: (maps only)


Bombycoidea Finnish:

Endromidae Finnish:

Saturniidae Finnish:

Brahmaeidae

Lemoniidae Finnish:

Mirinidae

Sphingidae Finnish:


Hesperioidea

Hesperiidae


Papilionoidea

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae


Drepanoidea

Drepanidae

Thyatirinae

Ochropacha duplaris (dark specimen)

Drepaninae


Axioidea (position?)

Axiidae


Geometroidea

Geometridae

Alsophilinae

Geometrinae

Sterrhinae

Scopula immorataScopula ternata

Larentiinae

Lythria cruentariaEntephria infidaria

Ennominae

Ematurga atomaria

Desmobathrinae

Orthostixinae

Uraniidae

Epipleminae


Noctuoidea

Notodontidae

Pygaerinae

Notodontinae

Leucodonta bicoloria

Phalerinae

Ptilodinae

Stauropinae

Lymantriidae

Orgyinae

Calliterinae

Nygmininae

Arctorninae

Lymantrinae

Nolidae

Nolinae

Chloephorinae

Pseudoips prasinanus

Eariadinae

Arctiidae Finnish:

Lithosiinae Finnish:

Arctiinae Finnish:

Syntominae

Noctuidae

Micronoctuinae (position?)

Herminiinae Finnish:

Raphiinae (position?)

Rivulinae Finnish:

Strepsimaninae Finnish:

Hypeninae Finnish:

Tytinae Finnish:

Aedeiinae Finnish:

Catocalinae Finnish:

Calpinae

Eustrotiinae

Eublemminae

Acontiinae

Plusiinae Finnish:

Pantheinae

Dilobinae

Acronictinae Finnish:

Bryophilinae

Striinae

Pseudeustrotiinae

Amphipyrinae

Cuculliinae

Cucullia gnaphalii

Heliothinae

Pyrrhia umbra

Hadeninae

Griposia aprilina

Hydraecia Finnish:

Staurophora celsia

Archanara etc. Finnish:

Polia nebulosa

Noctuinae

Noctua Finnish:

Euxoa Finnish:

Bagisarinae (position?)

Condicinae (position?)

Euteliinae (position?)

Thaumetopoeidae (position?)

Thaumetopoeinae


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