Urapteroides
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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]
Description
Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae of male thickened and flattened, of female simple. Fore wings broad, veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6,7 stalked. Veins 10 and 11 present. Hind wings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 stalked.[5]
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 recurvata Warren, 1898 (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania)
- Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild
- Urapteroides urapterina Butler, 1877
References
- ^ Urapteroides at funet
- ^ The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae
- ^ JP Moth - Urapteroides astheniata
- ^ The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema - Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Urapteroides.
Media related to Urapteroides at Wikimedia Commons- Urapteroides astheniata - Caterpillars
