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Order Lepidoptera

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Butterflies (and moths) belong to the order Lepidoptera. This name comes from the Greek lepis = 'scale' + pteron = 'wing' . The beautiful and diverse wing patterns of the approx. 180,000 species of Lepidoptera described so far from around the World arise from all these tiny scales!

Click here to view more of Linden Grenhill's amazing micro-photographs.

The earliest moths starting evolving some 215 million years ago (MYA). Butterflies are comparative 'youngsters' as they started to diverge from moths a mere 100 MYA and have since been evolving to form the 7 families that we know and love today. The spectacular diversification of Lepidoptera tracks to the rise and diversification of flowering plants.

Click on any of the boxes to see an example from each family.
All families occur on Jamaica except for Riodinidae ('Metalmark' butterflies). evolutionary chart
Phylogeny follows Wahlberg et al. 2013, where DNA analyses suggested that skippers (Hersperiidae; with hooked antennae) and moth-like butterflies (Hedylidae; no club or hook on end of antennae) should be included in the superfamily of Papilionoidea. Others keep the Superfamilies Hesperiodea and Hedyloidea intact so check the literature to keep abreast of taxonomic relationships.

Did You Know:
  • The largest and the smallest butterflies in the New World occur in Jamaica: they are the Homerus (Giant) Swallowtail (Pterourus homerus; wingspan = up-to 8 inches [200mm]) and the Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis; wingspan = 1/2 inch [12mm]).
  • CHECKLIST
    July 2017 UPDATE:
    We're extremely excited to announce the publication of an incredible new book by our friends and colleagues Tom Turner and Vaughan Turland:
    DISCOVERING JAMAICAN BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AROUND THE CARIBBEAN -
    A comprehensive study of Jamaican butterflies, and the need for conservation of those species facing loss of critical habitat.

    This book will be a must-have reference for the library of any natural history museum, university with a programme in tropical ecology, dedicated Caribbean naturalist, or budding lepidopterist.

    All 136 butterflies known from Jamaica are described in technical detail, along with more than 1000 photographs and figures depicting their life stages, their natural habitats, their island distributions and much more.   Tom and Vaughan's combined 70+ years of field observations have resulted in a tour de force of all t'ings butterfly for Jamaica. We congratulate them on this tremendous contribution!

    The website for this book gives a glimpse of the beautiful and unique butterflies which call Jamaica home.

    Tom and Vaughan were able to resolve the several spurious / erroneous records reported in Brown & Heineman (1972) and in the subsequent literature based on this seminal natural history reference. They provide details of their corrections in Chapter 5: The Jamaican Butterflies . We have updated our checklist to include these corrections and to add the several new species which have been discovered over the past few decades.

    In our checklist, we have a few links to photos on our old webpages...but you'll be much happier with Tom & Vaughan's new book!

    You also can see photos of speciemens at butterfliesofamerica.com

    Please let us know if you know of any updates.

    Last updated 22 July 2017.

    No. butterfly species described for Jamaica No. endemic species No. endemic subspecies No. of Jamaican endemic species
    in Cockpit Country
    No. restricted entirely
    to Cockpit Country
    136 37 21 33 2


    COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME SPECIES RANGE SUB-SPECIES & RANGE SPECIES OCCURS IN
    COCKPIT COUNTRY
    Papilionidae - Swallowtails
          Papilioninae
    Jamaican Kite / Blue Swallowtail Protographium marcellinus
    (Doubleday 1845)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    Southern US to Argentina Battus polydamas jamaicensis (Rothschild and Jordan 1906);
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Pelaus Swallowtail Heraclides pelaus
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico Heraclides pelaus pelaus (Fabricius 1775):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Andraemon Swallowtail Heraclides andraemon
    (Hübner 1823)
    Greater Antilles; Introduced into Jamaica, now a citrus pest.
    Yes
    Golden Swallowtail Heraclides thersites
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Melonias Swallowtail Heraclides melonius
    (Rothschild and Jordan 1906)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Cresphontes Swallowtail Heraclibes cresphontes
    (Cramer 1777)
    Canada to northern South America; formerly present on Jamaica in late 19th century
    Homerus (Giant) Swallowtail Pterourus homerus
    (Fabricius 1793)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus malayanus
    (Wallace 1865)
    Old World; Invasive Alien Species in the Caribbean and Central America; reported in Jamaica (Lewis 2009, 2010)
    Pieridae - Whites and Sulphurs
          Coliadinae
    Guayacán Sulphur Kricogonia lyside
    (Godart 1819)
    Southern US to Venezuela
    Yes
    Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
    (Boisduval 1836)
    Central and southern US to Colombia
    Yes
    Barred Sulphur Eurema daira
    (Godart 1819)
    Southern US to Brazil Eurema daira palmira (Poey 1846):
    Greater Antilles to Grenada and Barbados
    Yes
    Cramer's Barred Sulphur Eurema elathea
    (Cramer 1775)
    North and Central America :
    Yes
    Boisduval's Sulphur Eurema arbela
    (Geyer 1832)
    Southern US to South America
    Adams' Sulphur Eurema adamsi
    (Lathy 1898)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Proterpia Orange Eurema proterpia
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Texas to Peru
    Yes
    Shy Sulphur Eurema messalina
    (Fabricius 1787)
    Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica Yes
    Little Sulphur Eurema lisa
    (Boisduval and Leconte 1829)
    Eastern US to Costa Rica Eurema lisa euterpe (Ménétriés 1832):
    Greater Antilles to Barbados
    Yes
    Jamaican Yellow Pyrisitia euterpiformis
    (Monroe 1947)
    Eurema euterpiformis turlandi (Turner 2016):
    Jamaica
    Possibly
    Mimosa Yellow Eurema nise
    (Cramer 1775: TL=Jamaica)
    Southern US to Argentina Eurema nise nise (Cramer 1775):
    Jamaica, Cuba, southern Bahamas, southern Florida
    Yes
    Cryptic Sulphur Eurema nelphe
    (Felder 1869)
    Southwestern US into Panama, Cuba, Jamaica Yes
    Jamaican Bush Sulphur Eurema parvumbra
    (Kaye [1924] 1925)
    Jamaica Yes
    Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe
    (Cramer 1779)
    Eastern US to Costa Rica and Caribbean
    Yes
    Giant Brimstone Anteos maerula
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Southern US to Peru
    Yes
    Ghost Brimstone Anteos clorinde
    (Godart 1824)
    Northern US to Argentina Anteos clorinde nivifera (Fruhstorfer 1907):
    Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Swainson's Sulphur Aphrissa hartonia
    (Butler 1870)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Aphrissa Sulphur Aphrissa statira
    (Cramer 1777)
    Southern US to Argentina Aphrissa statira cubana (d'Almeida 1939):
    Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica
    Yes
    Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae
    (Linnaeus 1758; TL=Jamaica)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Yes
    Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Mexico to Paraguay and West Indies Phoebis argante comstocki (Avinoff 1944):
    Jamaica
    Golden Sulphur Phoebis agarithe
    (Boisduval 1836)
    Sothern US to Peru Phoebis agarithe antillia (Brown 1929):
    West Indies
          Piernae
    Albatross Glutophrissa drusilla
    (Cramer 1777)
    Florida to southern Brazil Glutophrissa drusilla castalia (Fabricius 1793):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Albatross Glutophrissa drusilla
    (Cramer 1777)
    Florida to southern Brazil Glutophrissa drusilla boydi (Comstock 1943):
    Greater Antilles - tho' only one single specimen known from Jamaica - and Lesser Antilles to Guadeloupe
    Great Southern White Ascia monuste
    (Linnaeus 1764)
    Southern US to Argentina Ascia monuste evonima (Boisduval 1836):
    Bahamas and Greater Antilles
    Yes
    Giant White Ganyra josephina
    (Godart 1819)
    West Indies Ganyra josephina paramaryllis (Comstock 1943):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Small White Pieris rapae
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    Asia, North Africa, Europe; accidental introduction from the US with agriculture produce in 1960: did not become established
    Lycaenidae - Blues and Hairstreaks
          Theclinae
    Bourke's Hairstreak Rekoa bourkei
    (Kaye 1925)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    St Peter's Hairstreak Allosmaitia coeblebs
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1862)
    Cuba: vagrant to Jamaica - 1 specimen from 1913
    Jamaican Green Hairstreak Cyanophrys crethona
    (Hewitson 1873)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Dallas Mountain Greenstreak Cyanophrys hartii
    (Turner and Miller 1992)
    Jamaica
    St. James' Hairstreak Chlorostrymon simaethis
    (Drury 1773)
    Texas to Argentina Chlorostrymon simaethis jago (Comstock and Huntington 1943):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Amethyst Hairstreak Chlorostrymon maesites
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1864)
    Florida to Dominica Chlorostrymon maesites maesites (Herrich-Schäffer 1864):
    Southern Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and St. Vincent
    Jackson's Hairstreak Chlorostrymon orbis
    (Johnson and Smith 1993)
    Jamaica: Blue Mountains (collected in 1919)
    Shoumatoff's Hairstreak Nesiostrymon shoumatoffi
    (Comstock and Huntington 1943)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Light-Banded Hairstreak Ministrymon azia
    (Hewitson 1873)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Lantana-scrub Hairstreak Strymon bazochii
    (Godart 1822)
    Southern US to Brazil Nesiostrymon bazochii gundlachianus (Bates 1935):
    Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Yes
    Cuban Gray Hairstreak Strymon martialis
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1865)
    Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica
    Gosse's Hairstreak Strymon acis
    (Drury 1773)
    Florida through Lesser Antilles Strymon acis gossei (Comstock and Huntington 1943):
    Jamaica
    Mallow Scrub Hairstreak Strymon istapa
    (Fabricius 1793)
    Southern US to Brazil Strymon istapa cybira (Hewitson 1874):
    Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands, Jamaica
    Disguised Hairstreak Strymon limenia
    (Hewitson 1868)
    West Indies
    Yes
    Fulvous Hairstreak Electrostrymon angelia
    (Hewitson 1874)
    Bahamas to Virgin Isands Electrostrymon angelia pantoni (Comstock and Huntington 1943):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Drury's Hairstreak Electrostrymon pan
    (Drury 1773)
    Jamaica
    Yes
          Polyommatinae
    Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius
    (Cramer 1775)
    Florida to Argentina Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas 1857):
    Bahamas and Greater Antilles
    Yes
    Miss Perkins' Blue Leptotes perkinsae
    (Kaye 193)1
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Antillean Pygmy Blue Brephidium exilis
    (Boisduval 1852)
    Southern US to northern So. America Brephidium exilis isophthalma (Herrich-Schäffer 1862):
    Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Hanno Blue Hemiargus ceraunus
    (Fabricius 1793)
    Southern US to Argentina Hemiargus ceraunus ceraunus (Fabricius 1793):
    Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Yes
    Shuey's and Turner's Blue Cyclargus shuturn (Johnson and Bálint 1995)
    Jamaica
    Jamaican Blue Cyclargus dominica
    (Möschler 1886)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Libytheidae - Snout Butterflies
          Libytheinae - Snout Butterflies
    Antillean Snout Butterfly Libytheana terena
    (Godart 1819)
    Jamaican, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
    Nymphalidae - Brush-footed Butterflies
          Danainae - Milkweeds and Monarchs
    Tiger Mimic-Queen Lycorea halia
    (Godart 1819)
    Hispaniola & Puerto Rico; vagrant in Jamaica
    Jaeger's anetia Anetia jaegeri
    (Ménétriés 1832)
    Hispaniola, Jamaica: 2 specimens in BMNH from "Christiana [Manchester], Aug 21, 1960"; Vane-Wright et al. (1992)
    ?
    Anetia sp? (unidentified) Anetia sp?
    (Unidentified)
    Jamaica: Sightings in the Blue Mountains
    Lesser Monarch Danaus cleophile
    (Godart 1819)
    Jamaica, Hispaniola & Puerto Rico Danaus cleophile jamaicensis (Turner & Turland 2017):
    Jamaica
    Monarch Danaus plexippus
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    North America Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus 1758): Occasional migrant and resident ?
    Monarch Danaus plexippus
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    North America Danaus plexippus megalippe (Hübner 1826): Migrant and resident subspecies. Yes
    Caribbean Monarch Danaus plexippus
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    North America Danaus plexippus nomadi (Turner & Turland 2017): Resident subspecies. ?
    Soldier Danaus eresimus
    (Cramer 1777)
    Southern US to Brazil and Peru, Greater Antilles Danaus eresimus tethys (Forbes 1944):
    Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica & Cayman Islands
    Queen Danaus gilippus
    (Cramer 1775)
    Southern US to Argentina, Caribbean Danaus gilippus jamaicensis (Bates 1864):
    Jamaica
    Yes
          Ithomiinae
    Transparent Butterfly Greta diaphana
    (Drury 1773)
    Jamaica, Dominican Repupblic Greta diaphana diaphana (Drury 1773):
    Jamaica: Blue Mtns.
          Heliconiinae - Heliconias
    Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    US to Argentina Agraulis vanillae insularis Maynard 1889:
    Bahamas, Bermuda and Greater Antilles
    Yes
    Julia Dryas iulia
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Southern US to Brazil & Bolivia Dryas iulia delila (Fabricius 1775):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Zebra Longwing Heliconius simulator
    (Rṏber 1921)
    Jamaica Yes
    Tropical Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia
    (Cramer 1779)
    Southern US to Argentina Euptoieta hegesia hegesia(Cramer 1779):
    Cuba, Jamaica
    Yes
    Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
    (Cramer 1779)
    Eastern US to Argentina Euptoieta claudia claudia (Cramer 1779):
    Jamaica, Cuba
         Melitaeinae
    Jamaican Patch Atlantea pantoni
    (Kaye 1906)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Cuban Crescent Anthanassa frisia
    (Poey 1832)
    Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica Anthanassa frisia frisia (Hewitson 1864):
    Cuba, Jamaica
    Yes
    Pygmy Fritillary Antillea pelops
    (Drury 1773)
    West Indies Antillea pelops pygmaea (Godart 1819):
    Jamaica
    Jamaican Crescent Antillea proclea
    (Doubleday and Hewitson 1847)
    Jamaica
    Yes
         Nymphalinae - Fritillaries
    American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis
    (Drury 1773)
    Canada to Central America
    Yes
    Painted Lady Vabessa cardui
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    Global; occasional migrant to Jamaica
    Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    Global; Occasional migrant
    Sweater Mapwing Hypanartia paullus
    (Fabricius 1793)
    Greater Antilles
    Yes
    West Indian Buckeye Junonia zonalis
    (Felder & Felder 1867)
    Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Caymans Islands, Jamaica
    Yes
    Mangrove Buckeye Junonia evarete
    (Cramer 1779)
    Southern US to Argentina and Caribbean
    Mimic Hypolimnas misippus
    (Linnaeus 1764)
    Old World tropics and subtropics, New World probably via slave trade
    White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
    (Johnson 1763)
    Southern US to Argentina Anartia jatrophae saturata (Stadudinger 1885):
    Greater Inagua, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
    Yes
    Malachite Siproeta stelenes
    (Linneus 1758)
    Southern US to Brazil Siproeta stelenes stelenes (Linneus 1758):
    Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, USVI & BVI
    Yes
    Banana Butterfly Colobura dirce
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    Mexico to Paraguay Colobura dirce wolcotti (Comstock 1942):
    Greater Antilles
    Yes
    Cadmus Historis acheronta
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Mexico to Brazil Historis acheronta cadmus (Cramer 1775):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Orion Historis odius
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Southern US to Argentina Historis odius odius (Fabricius 1775):
    Greater Antilles
    Yes
         Cyrestinae - Dagger Tails
    Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesa chiron
    (Fabricius 1775)
    south U.S.A Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico to Ecuador, Surinam Marpesa chiron chiron (Fabricius 1775):
    Cuba, Jamaica
    Yes
    Antillean Dagger Tail Marpesa eleuchea
    (Hübner 1818)
    Greater Antilles (except Puerto Rico) Marpesa eleuchea pellenis (Godart 1819):
    Jamaica
    Yes
         Biblidinae
    Purple Wing Eunica tatila
    (Herrich-Schaeffer 1853)
    Greater Antilles & Central America Eunica tatila tatilista (Kaye 1926):
    Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico (1 record)
    Yes
    Dingy Purple Wing Eunica monima
    (Cramer 1782)
    Southern US to Venezuela
    Strawberry Butterfly Lucinia cadma
    (Drury 1773)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Sailor Dynamine egaea
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Mexico to Colombia Dynamine egaea egaea (Fabricius 1775):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Caribbean Cracker Hamadryas amphichloe
    (Hübner 1823)
    Mexico to Brazil Hamadryas amphichloe diasia (Fruhstorfer 1916):
    Greater Antilles
    Jamaican Mestra Mestra dorcas
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Jamaica
    Yes
         Limenitidinae - Admirals
    Jamaican Admiral Adelpha abyla
    (Hewitson 1850)
    Jamaica
    Yes
         Apaturinae - Reflecting butterflies
    Silver Emperor Doxocopa laure
    (Drury 1773)
    Mexico to Venezuela Doxocopa laure laura (Hübner 1823):
    Jamaica
    Yes
         Charaxinae
    Jamaican Leaf Butterfly Anaea portia
    (Fabricius 1775)
    Jamaica Yes
    Johnson's Leaf Butterfly Fountainea johnsoni
    (Avinoff and Shoumatoff 1941)
    Jamaica Yes
         Satyrinae - Ringlets
    Jamaican Calisto Calisto zangis
    (Fabricus 1775)
    Jamaica Yes
    Hesperiidae - Skippers
         Eudaminae
    Perkins' Skipper Phocides perkinsi
    (Kaye 1931)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Mercury Skipper Proteides mercurius
    (Fabricius 1787)
    Mexico to Argentina Proteides mercurius jamaicensis (Skinner 1920):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Silver-striped Skipper Epargyreus antaeus
    (Hewitson 1867)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Hammock Skipper Polygonus leo
    (Gmelin 1790)
    Southern US to Argentina Polygonus leo hagar Evans 1952:
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Long-tailed Skipper Chioides churchi
    (Bell and Comstock 1948)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Aguna Skipper Aguna asander
    (Hewitson 1867)
    Mexico to Argentina Aguna asander jasper (Evans 1952):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Common Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus
    (Linnaeus 1758)
    US south to Argentina Urbanua proteus domingo
    (Scudder 1872)
    Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola Yes
    Green Skipper Astraptes talus
    (Cramer 1777)
    Mexico to Argentina; insular Caribbean
    Butler's Jamaican Skipper Astraptes jaira
    (Butler 1870)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Roy's Skipper Astraptes anaphus
    (Cramer 1777)
    Mexico to Argentina Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman and Salvin 1896):
    Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Dominica, St. Vincent
    Yes
    (Unidentified) Astraptes sp.
    (observed Turner 1992, 1995; Turner & Turland 2009)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Potrillo Skipper Cabares potrillo
    (Lucas 1857)
    Texas to Colombia Cabares potrillo potrillo (Lucas 1857):
    Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
         Pyrginae
    Jamaican Hermit Skipper Grais juncta
    (Evans 1953)
    Jamaica Yes
    Jamaican Banded Skipper Timochares runia
    (Evans 1953)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Dillon's Duskywing Skipper Anastrus sempiternus
    (Butler and Druce 1872)
    Mexico to Brazil Anastrus sempiternus dilloni Bell and Comstock 1948:
    Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Yes
    Common Duskywing Skipper Gesta gesta
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1863)
    Mexico to Argentina Gesta gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer 1863):
    Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
    Yes
    Hairy Duskywing Skipper Ephyriades brunnea
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1869)
    Florida to Dominica Ephyriades brunnea jamaicensis (Möschler 1878):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Sicklewing Skipper Eantis mithridates
    (Fabricius 1793)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Tropical Checkered Skipper Pyrgus oileus
    (Linnaeus 1767)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Yes
         Hesperiinae
    Caribbean Ruby-eye Skipper Perichares philetes
    (Gmelin 1790; TL=Jamaica)
    American to southern Brazil
    Yes
    Canna Skipper Calpodes ethlius
    (Stoll 1782)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Obsure Skipper Panoquina panoquinoides
    (Skinner 1891)
    Southern US to Brazil
    Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola
    (Edwards 1863)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Yes
    Savannah Skipper Panoquina lucas
    (Watson 1937)
    Southern US to Argentina Panoquina sylvicola woodruffi Watson 1937:
    Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, some Lesser Antilles
    Yes
    Malicious Skipper Synapte malitiosa
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1865)
    Mexico to Brazil
    Yes
    Three Spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1865)
    Southern US to Brazil
    Yes
    Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala
    (Edwards 1869)
    Southern US to Argentina
    Yes
    Turner's Gold-striped Skipper Troyus turneri
    (Warren and Turland 2012)
    Jamaica (genus endemic to Jamaica)
    Yes
    Kaye's Branded Skipper Rhinthon cubana
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1865)
    Mexico to Ecuador Rhinthon cubana thernae (Turner & Turland 2017):
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
    (Drury 1773)
    Canada to Argentina
    Yes
    Jamaican Broken-dash Skipper Wallengrenia vesuria
    (Plōtz 1882)
    Jamaica Yes
    Lilly Perkins' Skipper Choranthus lilliae
    (Bell 1931)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Butler's Branded Skipper Euphyes singularis
    (Herrich-Schäffer 1865)
    Greater Antilles Euphyes singularis insolata Butler 1878:
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Jamaican Tawny Skipper Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis
    (Schaus 1902)
    Jamaica
    Yes
    Nyctelius Skipper Nyctelius nyctelius
    (Latreille 1824)
    Central America to Brazil
    Yes
    Hedylidae - Moth-like Butterflies
    Dainty Moth-Butterfly Macrosoma stabilinota
    (Prout 1932)
    Honduras to northern Amazonia; Jamaica



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