Species first discovered in Hong Kong

• Bauhinia (Bauhinia blakeana)
• Crapnell's camellia (Camellia crapnelliana)
• Grantham's camellia (Camellia granthamiana)
• Hong Kong camellia (Camellia hongkongensis)
• Hong Kong dogwood (Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis)
• Hong Kong iris (Iris speculatrix)
• Hong Kong balsam (Impatiens hongkongensis)
• Pavetta (Pavetta hongkongensis)
• Hong Kong croton (Croton hancei)*
• Hong Kong wild kumquat (Fortunella hindsii), see Kumquat
• Hong Kong bamboo (Arundinaria shiuyingiana)*
• Lantau star-anise (Illicium angustisepalum)*
• Hong Kong asarum (Asarum hongkongense)*
• Shiuying bamboo (Arundinaria shiuyingiana)*
• Subglabrous cane (Sasa subglabra)*
• Two-coloured bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum bicolor)*
• Monteiro's caterpillar orchid (Cheirostylis monteiroi)*
• Entire lip ginger (Zingiber integrilabrum)* (probably extinct)

• Environment of Hong Kong

For the plants:

• Hu Qi-ming ed., 2003. Rare and Precious Plants of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department; Friends of the Country Parks; Cosmos Books. October 2003 revised edition. ISBN 988-201-616-2.

For the animals:

• Bai, H.Y. & Li, H.H., 2008, A review of the genus Gibbovalva (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Gracillariinae) from China. Oriental Insects 42: 317-326.
• Bai, H.Y, Li, H.H. & Kendrick, R.C., 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 37 (148): 495-509.
• Diakonoff, A., 1984. Synopsis and descriptions of new species of the South Asiatic Cochylinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with an appendix. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 58: 261-293. (including full text PDF)
• Fibiger, M. 2008: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae. Zootaxa, 1867: 1-136. Abstract & excerpt
• Fibiger, M. 2010: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae. Zootaxa, 2583: 1–119. Preview
• Galsworthy, A.C., 1997. New and revised species of macrolepidoptera from Hong Kong. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society. 21: 127-150, 25 figures, 1 plate.
• Galsworthy, A.C., 1998a. Two new species of acontiines from Hong Kong (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 49: 30-32.
• Galsworthy, A.C., 1998b. A new species of Pingasa (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae) from Hong Kong. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 49: 104-106.
• Galsworthy, A.C., 1999a. Two new species of Sauris (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50: 35-37.
• Galsworthy, A.C., 1999b. New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50: 223-234
• Inoue, H., 1996. Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 1: Group A (annulifer Group). Tinea 15: 12-46.
• Inoue, H., 1999. Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 3: Additions and Corrections. Tinea 16: 52-60.
• Lafontaine, J.D. & Fibiger, M. 2006: Revised higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist 138: 610-635. doi:10.4039/n06-012
• László, G.M. & Sterling, M. 2020: Illustrated checklist of Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Hong Kong, China, with description of two new species. Ecologica Montenegrina 33: 33-58. doi:10.37828/em.2020.33.6
• Li, H., Zhang, Z. & Sinez, S.Y., 2012. Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa 3322: 1-34. Preview
• Li, H.H., Zhen, H., Kendrick, R.C. & Sterling, M.J., 2010. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Taxonomic study on the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 38 (149): 67-89.
• Sato, R., 1996. Six new species of the genus Psilalcis Warren (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Indo-Malayan region, with some taxonomic notes on the allied species. Tinea 15: 55-68.
• Sato, R. & Galsworthy, A.C., 1998. Description of a new species of the genus Microcalicha Sato (Geometridae) from Hong Kong. Tinea 15: 240-242.
• Wang, A.L., Wang, S.X. & Guan, W., 2021. Genus Stathmopoda Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae) from China: Descriptions of ten new species. Zootaxa 4908: 451–472. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.1
• Wang, S. & Kendrick, R.C., 2009. Genus Stereodytis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China, with descriptions of two new species. Entomologica Fennica 20: 186–190. abstract
• Wang, S.X., Kendrick, R.C. & Sterling, P., 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus Promalactis Meyrick. Zootaxa 2239: 31–44. (abstract)
• Yang, L., Li, H. & Kendrick, R.C., 2012. Taxonomic study of the genus Thisizima Walker, 1864 in China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). ZooKeys 254: 109–120. doi:10.3897/zookeys.254.3952
• Yu, G.Y. & Lau, C.S.K., 2001. A contribution to knowledge of the ladybirds of Hong Kong, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society. 24: 147-179.

• Hong Kong Plant Database
• Hong Kong Butterflies listing
• Hong Kong Moths listing
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index