Satarupa (butterfly)
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Genus: | Satarupa Moore, 1866
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Satarupa is a genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]Satarupa comes from the Pali śatá (Sanskrit शत shata) meaning "100" and rupa (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty",[2] thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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