The Lepidoptera of Nauru consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Nauru, an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific.
According to a recent estimate, there are a total of four butterfly species present in Nauru, none of which is endemic. The number of moth species is unknown.
Butterflies Hesperiidae Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
Lycaenidae Petrelaea tombugensis (Rober, 1886)
Nymphalidae Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths
Choreutidae Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886)
Crambidae Diaphania indica (Sanders, 1851) Glyphodes multilinealis Kenrick, 1907 Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius 1775)
Elachistidae Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller 1880)
Erebidae Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781) Eublemma anachoresis (Wallgreen, 1863) Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) Mocis trifasciata (Stephens 1829)
Gelechiidae Trissodoris honorariella (Walsingham, 1907)
Pterophoridae Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller 1873) Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius 1794) Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker 1864)
Pyralidae Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke 1832)
Noctuidae ?Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday 1843) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval 1833) Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée 1852
Nolidae Westermannia superba (Hübner, 1823)
Sphingidae Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
Tineidae Erechthias penicillata (Swezey, 1909)
Tortricidae Cryptophlebia ombrodelta (Lower, 1898)
External links First Records of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) from the Republic of Nauru North, A. J., 1903. Notes on the zoology of Paanopa or Ocean Island and Nauru or Pleasant Island, Gilbert Group. Records of the Australian Museum 5(1): 1–15.; 14 April 1903 Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of REPUBLIC OF NAURU