The Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Puerto Rico. According to a recent estimate, there are about 1000 Lepidoptera species present in Puerto Rico. Butterflies Hesperiidae Achlyodes thraso sagra Evans, 1953 Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin, 1896) Astraptes talus (Cramer, 1777) Atalopedes mesogramma apa Comstock, 1944 Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782) Choranthus borinconus (Watson, 1937) Choranthus haitensis Skinner, 1920 Choranthus vitellius (Fabricius, 1793) Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Shaffer, 1865) Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) Ephyriades arcas philemon (Fabricius, 1775) Ephyriades zephodes (Hübner, 1825) Euphyes singularis insolata (Butler, 1878) Gesta gesta gesta Herrich-Schäffer, 1863 Hylephila phileus phileus (Drury, 1773) Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1823) Panoquina nero belli Watson, 1937 Panoquina ocola (Edwards, 1863) Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides (Skinner, 1892) Panoquina sylvicola woodruffi Watson, 1937 Perichares philetes philetes (Gmeling, 1790) Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Boddaert, 1783) Polites vibex dictynna (Godman & Salvin, 1896) Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824) Proteides mercurius pedro (Dewitz, 1877) Pyrgus oileus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) Pyrrchocalles antigua antigua (Herrich-Shaffer, 1863) Urbanus dorantes cramptoni Comstock, 1944 Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) Wallengrenia druryi druryi (Latreille, 1824) Lycaenidae Allosmaitia fidena (Hewitson, 1867) Chlorostrymon maesites maesites (Herrich-Shaeffer, 1864) Chlorostrymon simaethis simaethis (Drury, 1770) Echinargus isola isola (Reakirt, 1866) Electrostrymon angelia boyeri (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Hemiargus hanno watsoni Comstock & Huntington, 1943 Hemiargus thomasi noelli Comstock & Huntington, 1943 Hemiargus woodruffi Comstock & Huntington, 1943 Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857) Nesiostrymon celida aibonito (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Pseudochrysops bornoi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Strumon limenia (Hewitson, 1868) Strymon acis mars (Fabricius, 1777) Strymon bubastus pence (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Strymon columella arecibo (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) Nymphalidae Adelpha arecosa (Hewitson, 1847) Anaea troglodyte borinquenalis Johnson & Comstock, 1941 Anartia jatrophae semifusca Munroe, 1942 Antillea pelops pelops (Drury, 1770) Asterocampa lycaon idyja (Geyer, 1828) Atlantea tulita (Dewitz, 1877) Biblis hyperia hyperia (Cramer, 1779) Calisto nubila Lathy, 1899 Colobura dirce wolcotti Comstock, 1942 Danaus eresimus eresimus (Cramer, 1777) Danaus gilippus cleothera (Godart, 1820) Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus plexippus portoricensis (Clark, 1941) Dione vanillae insularis (Maynard, 1889) Dryas iulia iulia (Fabricius, 1775) Eunica monima (Stoll, 1782) Eunica tatila tatilista Kaye, 1926 Euptoieta claudia claudia (Cramer, 1775) Euptoieta hegesia watsoni Comstock, 1944 Hamadryas ferox diasia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Heliconius charitonius charitonius (Linnaeus, 1767) Heliconius melphis melphis Godart, 1819 Helioconius charitonius punctatus (Hall, 1936) Hipolinmas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Historis acheronta cadmus (Cramer, 1775) Historis odius odius (Fabricius, 1775) Hypanartia paullus