Eupterote

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Eupterote is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.[2]

Eupterote
Eupterote asclepiades
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Tribe: Eupterotini
Genus: Eupterote
Hübner, 1820[1]
Type species
Phalaena fabia
Cramer, 1780
Synonyms
  • Messata Walker, 1855
  • Tagora Walker, 1855
  • Murlida Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore
  • Brachytera Felder, 1874
  • Sphingognatha Felder, 1874
  • Leptojana Butler, 1881
  • Pachyjana Butler, 1881
  • Horanpella Moore, 1883
  • Sangatissa Moore, 1883
  • Spalyria Moore, 1884
  • Mallarctus Mell, 1930
  • Drepanojana Bryk, 1944
  • Heringijana Bryk, 1944
  • Sarmalia Walker, 1866

Species

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Former species

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References

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  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Eupterote Hübner, 1820". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eupterote​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  • Nässig, W.A., 1989: A new species of the genus Eupterote Hübner [1822] from Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2 (7): 169–174.
  • Nässig, W.A., 2000: A new and remarkable species of Eupterote from the mountains of West Sumatra (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 12 (2): 67–77. Full article: [1].
  • Nässig, W.A., Holloway, J.D. & Beeke, M., 2011: Description of a new species of Eupterote (Eupterote) from Sulawesi (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 31 (4): 197–200.
  • Nässig, W.A., & Schulze, C.H., 2007: A second species with diurnal males of the genus Eupterote from Indonesia: Eupterote (Eupterote) splendens sp. n. from Sulawesi (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Eupterotidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 87 (2): 189–194.
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