Insects of East Asia

225 species in 11 orders and 63 families, in taxonomic order.

Butterflies and mothsLepidoptera80 species

Swallowtails Whites and yellows Brush-footed butterflies Blues and coppers Skippers Hawk moths Emperor moths Geometer moths Grass moths Erebid moths Lappet moths Burnet moths

BeetlesColeoptera31 species

Ground beetles Scarabs Ladybirds Stag beetles Longhorn beetles Jewel beetles Darkling beetles Leaf beetles Rove beetles Dor beetles Blister beetles

Dragonflies and damselfliesOdonata25 species

Skimmers Clubtails Demoiselles Narrow-winged damselflies Euphaeidae Featherleg damselflies

MantisesMantodea5 species

Crickets and grasshoppersOrthoptera17 species

Grasshoppers Bush crickets True crickets Gryllotalpidae Gaudy grasshoppers Rhaphidophoridae

Bees, wasps and antsHymenoptera16 species

Bees and bumblebees Ants Wasps and hornets

FliesDiptera2 species

Robber flies March flies

True bugsHemiptera27 species

Shield bugs Cicadas Assassin bugs Leaf-footed bugs Broad-headed bugs Froghoppers Leafhoppers Flatid planthoppers Largidae Plataspid bugs Scentless plant bugs Ricaniid planthoppers Jewel bugs Tessaratomidae

LacewingsNeuropteraIn preparation

CaddisfliesTrichopteraIn preparation

MayfliesEphemeropteraIn preparation

Cockroaches and termitesBlattodea1 species

EarwigsDermaptera1 species

ScorpionfliesMecopteraIn preparation

Dobsonflies and alderfliesMegalopteraIn preparation

Stick insectsPhasmatodeaIn preparation

SpidersAraneae20 species

Orb-weaver spiders Lynx spiders Nursery web spiders Jumping spiders Huntsman spiders Long-jawed orb weavers