Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Lepidoptera

Autumnal Moth

Epirrita autumnata

28-35 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Banana Moth

Opogona sacchari

18-25 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Banded Hairstreak

Satyrium calanus

25-32 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Banded Peacock

Papilio crino

Wingspan 80-100mm
Lepidoptera

Banded Peacock Butterfly

Anartia fatima

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Banded Swallowtail

Papilio demolion

80-110 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Banded Treebrown

Lethe confusa

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Barred Red Moth

Hylaea fasciaria

30-36 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bath White

Pontia daplidice

42-52 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Beautiful Snout

Hypena crassalis

30-36 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bedstraw Hawk Moth

Hyles gallii

55-75 mm
Lepidoptera

Bee Moth

Aphomia sociella

30-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bee-fly Hawk Moth

Macroglossum bombylans

30-40 mm
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

25-30 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bella Moth

Utetheisa ornatrix

33-46 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Vulnerable

Bhutan Glory

Bhutanitis lidderdalii

90-110 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Endangered

Birdwing Butterfly

Ornithoptera alexandrae

210-310 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bitter Blue

Theclinesthes miskini

20-28 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Black Arches

Lymantria monacha

40-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Black Cutworm

Agrotis ipsilon

40-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Black Jungle Queen

Stichophthalma howqua

100-130 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

69-84 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Black Witch Moth

Ascalapha odorata

120-170 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Black-waved Flannel Moth

Megalopyge crispata

25-35 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Endangered

Blackburn's Sphinx Moth

Manduca blackburni

100-120 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blind Ringlet

Erebia pharte

28-34 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blinded Sphinx Moth

Paonias excaecata

55-80 mm
Lepidoptera

Blood-red Cymothoe

Cymothoe sangaris

55-70 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blood-vein Moth

Timandra comae

30-35 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Doctor Butterfly

Rhetus periander

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Metalmark

Lasaia sula

18-22 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Mormon

Papilio polymnestor

120-150 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Morpho

Morpho menelaus

120-150 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Nawab

Polyura schreiber

80-100 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Pansy

Junonia orithya

40-60 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Pansy

Junonia evarete

45-60 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Striped Nettle Grub

Parasa lepida

30-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue Triangle

Graphium sarpedon

6-8 cm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue-frosted Banner

Catonephele numilia

55-70 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Blue-spotted Charaxes

Charaxes ameliae

65-85 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Endangered

Bogong Moth

Agrotis infusa

40-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bolas Spider Moth Mimic

Celaenia excavata

30-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bordered White

Bupalus piniaria

32-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

35-45 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brazilian Skipper

Calpodes ethlius

45-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brazilian Thorn Moth

Cyanopepla huillensis

35-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bright-eyed Ringlet

Erebia oeme

32-38 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Bright-line Brown-eye Moth

Lacanobia oleracea

35-44 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

52-60 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

33-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk-Moth

Hemaris fuciformis

38-48 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brown Argus

Aricia agestis

25-31 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Least Concern (declining in parts of range)

Brown Hairstreak

Thecla betulae

36-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brown House Moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

15-25 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brown-tail Moth

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

36-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Brutus Charaxes

Charaxes brutus

70-90 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Buck Moth

Hemileuca maia

50-75 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Buff Arches

Habrosyne pyritoides

38-43 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Buff Ermine Moth

Spilosoma lutea

34-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Buff-tip

Phalera bucephala

55-68 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Burnished Brass

Diachrysia chrysitis

35-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Cabbage Looper

Trichoplusia ni

33-38 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

Wingspan 34-50mm
Lepidoptera

Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

Bunaea alcinoe

100-160 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cactoblastis Moth

Cactoblastis cactorum

27-35 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Caenis Glider

Cymothoe caenis

50-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cairns Birdwing

Ornithoptera euphorion

Wingspan 120-150mm
Lepidoptera

Calleta Silk Moth

Eupackardia calleta

85-110 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Camberwell Beauty

Nymphalis antiopa

62-86 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Canary Islands Admiral Butterfly

Vanessa vulcania

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Canary Islands Blue Butterfly

Cyclyrius webbianus

22-28 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Canary Islands Brimstone Butterfly

Gonepteryx cleobule

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Endangered

Canary Islands Large White Butterfly

Pieris cheiranthi

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Ennomos alniaria

35-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cantor's Hawk Moth

Ambulyx cantorii

85-115 mm
Lepidoptera

Carolina Sphinx Moth

Manduca carolina

85-110 mm
Lepidoptera

Carolina Sphinx Moth

Manduca sexta

95-120 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Carpenterworm Moth

Prionoxystus robiniae

40–75 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Casemaking Clothes Moth

Tinea pellionella

10-15 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cecropia Moth

Hyalophora cecropia

Wingspan 110-160mm
Lepidoptera

Central Asian Apollo

Parnassius actius

65-85 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Chequered Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

26-32 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Near Threatened

Chimera Birdwing

Ornithoptera chimaera

140-190 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Chimney Sweeper Moth

Odezia atrata

25-30 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Chinese Character Moth

Cilix glaucata

20-25 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Chinese Moon Moth

Actias dubernardi

90-120 mm
Lepidoptera

Chinese Oak Silk Moth

Antheraea pernyi

110-150 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Chinese Peacock Swallowtail

Papilio bianor

Wingspan 80-110 mm
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Chinese Tussar Moth

Antheraea frithi

Wingspan 100-140 mm
Lepidoptera

Chinese Windmill

Atrophaneura alcinous

Wingspan 75-100mm
Lepidoptera

Chinese Windmill Butterfly

Byasa alcinous

Wingspan 75-95 mm
Lepidoptera

Chocolate-tip Moth

Clostera curtula

30-38 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Cinnabar Moth

Tyria jacobaeae

32-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Citrus Swallowtail

Papilio demodocus

90-120 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Claudina Metalmark

Mesosemia claudia

30-38 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Clifden Nonpareil Moth

Catocala fraxini

75-100 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Clipper Butterfly

Parthenos sylvia

90-110 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Near Threatened

Clouded Apollo

Parnassius mnemosyne

52-62 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Clouded Buff Moth

Diacrisia sannio

38-48 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Clouded Skipper

Lerema accius

32-44 mm wingspan