Urapteroides

Urapteroides
Urapteroides astheniata from Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Uraniidae
Subfamily: Uraniinae
Genus: Urapteroides
Moore, 1888[1]

Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus includes mainly nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found from Nepal to the Indo-Australian tropics and parts of continental Southeast Asia.[3] Species have a generally pale or nearly-white coloration with darker markings.[4]

Species

  • Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886 (Fiji)
  • Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857) (Himalaya to New Guinea, Queensland)
  • Urapteroides diana Swinhoe (Peninsular Malaysia) (possibly a form of U. astheniata)
  • Urapteroides equestraria Boisduval
  • Urapteroides hermaea Druce, 1888
  • Urapteroides hyemalis Butler, 1887 (Solomons, Vanuatu)
  • Urapteroides malgassaria Mabille, 1878
  • Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild
  • Urapteroides urapterina Butler, 1877

References

  1. ↑ Urapteroides at funet
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae
  3. ↑ JP Moth - Urapteroides astheniata
  4. ↑ The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema - Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)

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