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, [1824]) Tmolus echion (Linnaeus, 1767) Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787) Udara blackburnii (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, [1858]) 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, [1858] 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