Location of Bahrain

Lepidoptera of Bahrain consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Bahrain.[1]

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 93 Lepidoptera species present in Bahrain, excluding microlepidoptera.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Moths

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Ethmiidae

Geometridae

Lasiocampidae

Lymantriidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Nola harouni (Wiltshire, 1951)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

Tortricidae

  • Trachysmia jerichoana (Amsel, 1935)

References

  1. Wiltshire, E.P. (1964). "The Lepidoptera of Bahrain". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 61: 119–141.
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