Satarupa
Satarupa | |
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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
- Satarupa formosibia Strand, 1927
- Satarupa gopala Moore, 1866
- Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür, 1921 West China
- Satarupa nymphalis (Speyer, 1879) South China, Korea, Ussuri
- Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914 Naga Hills, Assam, Yunnan
- Satarupa valentini Oberthür, 1921 West China
- Satarupa zulla Tytler, 1915 [1]
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
Citations
External links
- Funet Taxonomy, distribution
- Images representing Satarupa at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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