According to a recent estimate, there are about 34 Lepidoptera species (butterflies and moths) in Qatar.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius, 1793) Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821)

Lycaenidae Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, 1885) Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885) Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

Nymphalidae Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Papilionidae Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Pieridae Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804) Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819) Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829)

Moths

Crambidae Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858 Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Cossidae Eremocossus vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1897) Holcocerus gloriosus (Erschoff, 1874)

Erebidae Clytie haifae (Habich, 1905) Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855 Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geometridae Scopula coenosaria Lederer 1855 Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767

Lasiocampidae Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)

Noctuidae Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) Cornutiplusia circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767 Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850) Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833 Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1800-1803)

Sphingidae Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

See also List of arthropods of Qatar

References A Preliminary List of the Insect Fauna of Qatar Qatar Insects Project