List of INSECTA species in Benin



This is a list of INSECTA in Benin according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Mesocnemis singularis Common Riverjack 59912 LC
Phyllomacromia pseudafricana Western Savanna Cruiser 59998 LC
Copera sikassoensis Little Featherleg 60001 LC
Pedaria estellae 137859 LC
Trithetrum navasi Fiery Darter 60039 LC
Tetrathemis camerunensis Forest Elf 60041 LC
Zyxomma atlanticum Clear-winged Dusk-darter 60079 LC
Pentila picena Western Cream Pentila 159972 LC
Onthophagus juvencus 137957 LC
Sapho ciliata Western Bluewing 169194 LC
Paradeudorix eleala 159983 LC
Chlorocypha radix Western Red-tipped Jewel 169206 LC
Ceriagrion citrinum Yellow Waxtail 169208 EN
Euphaedra themis Themis Forester 160519 LC
Lestinogomphus minutus 169227 DD
Allocnemis elongata Orange Yellowwing 169257 LC
Lestes ictericus Tawny Spreadwing 59900 LC
Lestes ochraceus Ochre Spreadwing 59901 LC
Pseudorhynchus pungens Sub-Saharan Reed Katydid 20635974 LC
Nesciothemis pujoli Western Blacktail 158571 LC
Parazyxomma flavicans Banded Duskdarter 59755 LC
Micromacromia zygoptera Small Micmac 158575 LC
Tetrathemis godiardi 158582 LC
Phyllomacromia hervei 184183 LC
Allocnemis subnodalis Blue Yellowwing 158587 LC
Chlorocypha rubida Rosy Jewel 158589 LC
Paragomphus serrulatus 184186 LC
Phaon camerunensis Forest Flashwing 184185 LC
Pseudagrion glaucum Slender Sprite 158590 LC
Pseudagrion hemicolon Yellow-legged Sprite 158595 LC
Trithemis dejouxi 184203 LC
Ceriagrion rubellocerinum Red-tipped Waxtail 184214 LC
Pseudagrion epiphonematicum 184222 LC
Elattoneura balli 184225 LC
Pseudagrion camerunense Orange-faced Sprite 29602 LC
Charaxes imperialis Imperial Blue Charaxes 160165 LC
Gomphidia gamblesi 184237 LC
Pseudagrion aguessei 184239 LC
Mesocnemis robusta 184263 LC
Rhyothemis notata Veiled Flutterer 184279 LC
Gynacantha cylindrata Greater Girdled Duskhawker 59874 LC
Gynacantha nigeriensis Yellow-legged Duskhawker 59877 LC
Paragomphus nigroviridis 184296 LC
Chlorocypha selysi Blue-faced Jewel 184299 LC
Hadrothemis infesta Slender Jungleskimmer 59885 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)