🇰🇳Animals recorded in St Kitts & Nevis

Which animals have been recorded in St Kitts & Nevis? 1,293 occurrence records cover 350 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Dohrniphora divaricata, Milkweed [butterfly], Nososticta salomonis.

• 1,293 records
• 350 species
• 26 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Dohrniphora divaricata, Milkweed [butterfly], Nososticta salomonis. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in St Kitts & Nevis

	Animal	Group	Records
	Dohrniphora divaricata	Insecta Phoridae	106
	Milkweed [butterfly] Danaus plexippus	Insecta Nymphalidae	61
	Nososticta salomonis	Insecta Platycnemididae	24
	Heriades bruneri	Insecta Megachilidae	20
	White Peacock Anartia jatrophae	Insecta Nymphalidae	20
	Rejectaria richardashleyi	Insecta Erebidae	19
	Panther anole Anolis bimaculatus	Squamata Dactyloidae	16
	Protoneura viridis	Insecta Coenagrionidae	15
	Small Indian mongoose Herpestes javanicus	Mammalia Herpestidae	15
	Planthopper Xyphon reticulatum	Insecta Cicadellidae	14
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	14
	Little Woodslave Sphaerodactylus sabanus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	14
	Junonia lavinia	Insecta Nymphalidae	14
	Lesser Antillean Fruit Bat Brachyphylla cavernarum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	13
	rosy lobsterette Nephropsis rosea	Malacostraca Nephropidae	12
	Little Yellow Eurema lisa	Insecta Pieridae	12
	Cloudless Giant Sulphur Phoebis sennae	Insecta Pieridae	11
	Ornate Moth Utetheisa ornatrix	Insecta Erebidae	10
	Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus	Insecta Lycaenidae	10
	Red-faced groundlizard Ameiva erythrocephala	Squamata Teiidae	9
	Munidopsis erinacea	Malacostraca Munidopsidae	9
	Horn Coral Caryophyllia ambrosia	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	9
	Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita	Aves Columbidae	9
	Anamixis vanga	Malacostraca Leucothoidae	9
	Andrenosoma bayardi	Insecta Asilidae	8
	purplehead gamba prawn Aristeus antillensis	Malacostraca Aristeidae	8
	Halichondria cristata	Demospongiae Halichondriidae	8
	Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis	Mammalia Molossidae	8
	Homola vigil	Malacostraca Homolidae	7
	royal red shrimp Pleoticus robustus	Malacostraca Solenoceridae	7
	Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	7
	Springer's Sawtail Cat Shark Galeus springeri	Elasmobranchii Scyliorhinidae	7
	Atlantic deepsea lobster Acanthacaris caeca	Malacostraca Nephropidae	6
	Rejectaria villavicencia	Insecta Erebidae	6
	Anamixis cavatura	Malacostraca Leucothoidae	6
	mitten lobsterette Nephropides caribaeus	Malacostraca Nephropidae	6
	Selenophorus discopunctatus	Insecta Carabidae	6
	Callicista columella	Insecta Lycaenidae	5
	Galathocrypta acaudata	Malacostraca Bopyridae	5
	Psalidopus barbouri	Malacostraca Psalidopodidae	5
	scullptured lobster Eunephrops cadenasi	Malacostraca Nephropidae	5
	Ceramaster grenadensis	Asteroidea Goniasteridae	5
	Schwartz' Anole Anolis schwartzi	Squamata Dactyloidae	5
	Gulper Shark Centrophorus granulosus	Elasmobranchii Centrophoridae	5
	Inflated Spiny Crab Minyorhyncha crassa	Malacostraca Epialtidae	5
	Ant-parasitic wasp Orasema minutissima	Insecta Eucharitidae	4
	Orasema stramineipes	Insecta Eucharitidae	4
	Cutworm Moth Anticarsia gemmatalis	Insecta Erebidae	4
	Euchromius galapagosalis	Insecta Crambidae	4
	Caligus productus	Copepoda Caligidae	4
	giant gamba prawn Aristaeomorpha foliacea	Malacostraca Aristeidae	4
	Megalops Shrimp Penaeopsis serrata	Malacostraca Penaeidae	4
	scarlet gamba prawn Aristaeopsis edwardsiana	Malacostraca Aristeidae	4
	Terpios granulosus	Demospongiae Suberitidae	4
	Moseley's fan coral Flabellum moseleyi	Anthozoa Flabellidae	4
	Circeaster americanus	Asteroidea Goniasteridae	4
	Rosy dory Cyttopsis rosea	— Parazenidae	4
	Dwarf Dory Zenion hololepis	— Zeniontidae	4
	West Indian Lanternshark Etmopterus robinsi	Elasmobranchii Etmopteridae	4
	vervet monkey Chlorocebus aethiops	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	4