Urapteroides Explained
Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.[1]
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.[2] Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.[3]
Description
Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae of male thickened and flattened, of female simple. Forewings broad, veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 10 and 11 present. Hindwings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3 and 4 stalked.[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 recurvata Warren, 1898 (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania)
- Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild
- Urapteroides urapterina Butler, 1877
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/uraniinae/uraniinae.php The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/03_URANIIDAE/02_Uraninae/02_Urapteroides/Urapteroides%20astheniata/Urapteroides%20astheniata.htm Digital Moths of Japan - Urapteroides astheniata
- http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Uraniidae/Uraniinae/Urapteroides/Urapteroides%20astheniata.htm The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema - Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)
- Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson
. George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
