An estimated 1,150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Of these, 948 are endemic and 199 are nonindigenous species.
This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to Hawaii, the individual species can be found on the genus page.
Butterflies Papilionidae
Papilio xuthus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Pieridae Colias ponteni Wallengren, 1860 Abaeis nicippe (Cramer, 1779) Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)
Nymphalidae Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa tameamea (Eschscholtz, 1878) Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773)
Lycaenidae
Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Strymon bazochii (Godart, ) Tmolus echion (Linnaeus, 1767) Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787) Udara blackburni (Tuely, 1878)
Hesperiidae Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
Macro moths Geometridae Chloroclystis pyrrholopha Turner, 1907 Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861) Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, ) Euacidalia brownsvillea Cassino, 1931 Eupithecia craterias (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia dryinombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia monticolans Butler, 1881 Eupithecia niphoreas (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia orichloris Meyrick, 1899 Eupithecia phaeocausta (Meyrick 1899) Eupithecia prasinombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia rhodopyra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia scoriodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia staurophragma (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia stypheliae (Swezey, 1948) Fletcherana Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haworth, 1809 Iridopsis fragilaria Grossbeck, 1909 Kauaiina Psamatodes abydata Guenée, Megalotica Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861) Progonostola Scopula personata (Prout, 1913) Scotorythra Tritocleis
Erebidae Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 Anomis hawaiiensis (Butler, 1882) Anomis noctivolans (Butler, 1880) Anomis vulpicolor (Meyrick, 1928) Antiblemma acclinalis Hübner, 1823sim Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1858 Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Galtara extensa (Butler, 1880) Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914) Hypena newelli (Swezey, 1912) Hypena obsoleta Butler, 1877 Hypena plagiota (Meyrick, 1899) Hypena senicula (Meyrick, 1928) Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794) Hypocala velans Walker, 1857 Melipotis indomita (Walker, 1858) Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858) Oraesia excavata (Butler, 1878) Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852 Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852 Pseudoschrankia Schrankia altivolans (Butler, 1880) Schrankia howarthi D. Davis & Medeiros, 2009 Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Euteliidae Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852 Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852 Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
Noctuidae Acrapex exanimis (Meyrick, 1899) Acrapex mischus D. S. Fletcher, 1959 Agrotis arenivolans Butler, 1879 Agrotis aulacias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis baliopa Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis bryani (Swezey, 1926) Agrotis ceramophaea Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis charmocrita (Meyrick, 1928) Agrotis cremata (Butler, 1880) Agrotis crinigera (Butler, 1881) Agrotis dislocata (Walker, 1856) Agrotis epicremna Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis evanescens (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis giffardi (Swezey, 1932) Agrotis hephaestaea (Meyrick, 1899) Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis kerri (Swezey, 1920) Agrotis laysanensis (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis melanoneura Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis mesotoxa Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis microreas Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis panoplias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis perigramma Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis photophila (Butler, 1879) Agrotis procellaris Meyrick, 1900 Agrotis psammophaea Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis tephrias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis xiphias Meyrick, 1899 Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) Amyna natalis (Walker, 1858) Anarta decepta Grote, 1883 Arcte coerula (Guenée, 1852) Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794) Athetis thoracica (Moore, 1884) Aumakua Callopistria floridensis (Guenée, 1852) Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777) Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) Condica dolorosa (Walker, 1865) Condica illecta (Walker, 1865) Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremerc & Grey, 1853) Elaphria nucicolora (Guenee, 1852) Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794) Haliophyle Helicoverpa confusa Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues, 1905) Helicoverpa minuta Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850) Heliothis melanoleuca Mitchell, 1997 Leucania scottii (Butler, 1886) Leucania striata Leech, 1900 Leucania stenographa (Lower, 1900) Lophoplusia giffardi (Swezey, 1913) Lophoplusia psectrocera (Hampson, 1913) Lophoplusia pterylota (Meyrick, 1904) Lophoplusia violacea (Swezey, 1920) Megalographa biloba (Stephens, 1830) Mouralia tinctoides Guenée, 1852 Mythimna amblycasis (Meyrick, 1899) Mythimna dasuta (Hampson, 1905) Mythimna macrosaris (Meyrick, 1899) Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) Neogalea sunia Guenée, 1852 Peridroma albiorbis (Warren, 1912) Peridroma chersotoides (Butler, 1881) Peridroma cinctipennis (Butler, 1881) Peridroma coniotis (Hampson, 1903) Peridroma neurogramma (Meyrick, 1899) Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) Peridroma selenias (Meyrick, 1899) Spodoptera exempta Walker, 1856 Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, )
Nolidae Meganola brunellus (Hampson, 1893)
Sphingidae Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) Hyles calida (Butler, 1881) Hyles calida calida Hyles calida hawaiiensis Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) Hyles perkinsi (Swezey, 1920) Hyles wilsoni (Rothschild, 1894) Macroglossum pyrrhostictum Butler, 1875 Manduca blackburni (Butler, 1880) Psilogramma increta (Walker 1865) (formerly misidentified as Psilogramma menephron) Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773) Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick, 1899)
Micro moths Alucitidae Alucita objurgatella (Walsingham, 1907)
Austostichidae
Autosticha pelodes (Meyrick, 1883) Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881
Batrachedridae Batrachedrodes Chedra microstigma (Walsingham, 1907) Chedra mimica Zimmerman, 1978
Bedelliidae Bedellia boehmeriella Swezey, 1912 Bedellia oplismeniella Swezey, 1912 Bedellia orchilella Walsingham, 1907 Bedellia struthionella Walsingham, 1907 10 undescribed Bedellia species
Blastobasidae Blastobasis inana (Butler, 1881)
Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck, 1914
Carposinidae
Carposina achroana (Meyrick, 1883) Carposina atronotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina benigna Meyrick, 1913 Carposina bicincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina cervinella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina corticella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina crinifera (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina dispar (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina distincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina divaricata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina ferruginea (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina gemmata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina glauca Meyrick, 1913 Carposina gracillima (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina graminicolor (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina graminis (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina herbarum (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina inscripta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina irrorata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina lacerata Meyrick, 1913 Carposina latifasciata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina mauii (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina nigromaculata (Walsingham, 1907)
Carposina nigronotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina olivaceonitens (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina piperatella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina plumbeonitida (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina punctulata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina pusilla (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina pygmaeella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina sasakii Matsumura, 1900 Carposina saurates Meyrick, 1913 Carposina semitogata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina solutella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina subolivacea (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina subumbrata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina tincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina togata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina trigononotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina viridis (Walsingham, 1907) 10 undescribed Carposina species
Castniidae Telchin licus (Drury, 1773)
Choreutidae
Choreutis sp.
Cosmopterigidae Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962) Anatrachyntis incertulella (Walker 1864) Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham, 1882) Asymphorodes dimorpha (Busck, 1914) Asymphorodes triaula (Meyrick, 1935) Hyposmocoma Ithome concolorella (Chambers, 1875) Trissodoris honorariella (Walsingham, 1907)
Crambidae
Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859) Ategumia fatualis (Lederer, 1863) Ategumia matutinalis Guenée, 1854 (formerly misidentified as Ategumia ebulealis) Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll, in Cramer, ) Elophila obliteralis (Walker, 1859) Euchromius ocelleus (Haworth, 1811) Eudonia actias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia aeolias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia amphicypella (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia antimacha (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia balanopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia bucolica (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia bucolica bucolica Eudonia bucolica macrophanes Eudonia bucolica pyrseutis Eudonia clonodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia crataea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia cryerodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia dactyliopa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia demodes (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia empeda (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia epimystis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia erebochalca (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia formosa (Butler, 1881) Eudonia frigida (Butler, 1881) Eudonia geraea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia gonodecta (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia halirrhoa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia hawaiiensis (Butler, 1881) Eudonia ianthes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia ischnias (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia isophaea (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia jucunda (Butler, 1881) Eudonia loxocentra (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia lycopodiae (Swezey, 1910) Eudonia marmarias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia melanocephala (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia melichlora (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia meristis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia meristis meristis Eudonia meristis halmaea Eudonia mesoleuca (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia miantis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia montana (Butler, 1882) ?Eudonia nectarias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia nectarioides (Swezey, 1913) Eudonia nyctombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia oenopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia ombrodes (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia orthoria (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia oxythyma (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia pachysema (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia parachlora (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia passalota (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia pentaspila (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia peronetis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia platyscia (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia probolaea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia religiosa (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia rhombias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia siderina (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia struthias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia tetranesa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia thalamias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia thyellopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia triacma (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia tyraula (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia venosa (Butler, 1881) Eudonia zophochlora (Meyrick, 1899) Glyphodes cyanomichla (Meyrick, 1899) Glyphodes perelegans (Meyrick, 1898) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1794) Herpetogramma licarsisalis Walker, 1859 Hydriris dioctias (Meyrick, 1904) Lineodes ochrea Walsingham, 1907 Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) Mestolobes Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Omiodes accepta (Butler, 1877) Omiodes anastrepta Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes anastreptoides Swezey, 1913 Omiodes antidoxa Meyrick, 1904 Omiodes asaphombra Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes blackburni (Butler, 1877) Omiodes continuatalis (Wallengren, 1860) Omiodes demaratalis (Walker, 1859) Omiodes epicentra Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes euryprora Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes fullawayi Swezey, 1913 Omiodes giffardi Swezey, 1921 Omiodes iridias Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes laysanensis Swezey, 1914 Omiodes localis (Butler, 1879) Omiodes maia Swezey, 1909 Omiodes meyricki Swezey, 1907 Omiodes monogona Meyrick, 1888