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Urapteroides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Geometroidea

Subfamily
  
Uraniinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Uraniidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Urapteroides

Similar
  
Urapteroides astheniata, Butterflies and moths, Uraniinae, Micronia, Lyssa

Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.

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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. Species have a generally pale or nearly-white coloration with darker markings.

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.

Species

  • Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886 (Fiji)
  • Urapteroides astheniata (GuenĂ©e, 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 Wikipedia
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