Satarupa

Satarupa
Satarupa gopala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Satarupa
Moore, 1866

Satarupa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Etymology

Satarupa, from Pali śatá (sanskrit शत shata) "100 (number)" and rupa (sanskrit रूप rūpa) "form, beauty,"[2] "hundred (beautiful) forms." It is the name given the wife of Manu (Hinduism); compare the goddess Saraswati.

References

  1. Chiba, H. & H. Tsukiyama (1989): Revisional notes on the Genus Satarupa Moore. 1. New synonyms of Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür. J. Res. Lepid. 27 (2): 135-143.
  2. Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley (1985) [London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966.]. "A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages". Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985. Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago. Retrieved 26 Aug 2010. rūpá 10803 'form, beauty' ; śatá 12278 100

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