''Eupterote'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Eupterotidae
Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.
Diversity
The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced ''Ganissa group''. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the ...
. It was first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1820.
Species
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Eupterote acesta''
Swinhoe, 1894
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Eupterote alba''
(Swinhoe, 1892)
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Eupterote amaena''
Walker, 1855
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Eupterote asclepiades
''Eupterote asclepiades'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in Sundaland. The habitat consist of lowland rainforests, including hill dipterocarp forests.
The larvae are polyphagous.
Reference ...
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(Felder, 1874)
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Eupterote balwanti''
Bhasin., 1946
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Eupterote calandra''
Swinhoe, 1894
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Eupterote celebica''
Nässig, Holloway & Beeke, 2011
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Eupterote chinensis''
Leech, 1898
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Eupterote citheronia
''Eupterote citheronia'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Felix Bryk in 1944. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்க ...
''
Bryk, 1944
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Eupterote citrina''
Walker, 1855
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Eupterote crinita''
Swinhoe, 1899
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Eupterote decolorata''
(Grünberg, 1914)
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Eupterote diffusa
''Eupterote diffusa'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...
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Walker, 1865
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Eupterote dulcinea''
Swinhoe, 1901
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Eupterote epicharis''
West, 1932
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Eupterote fabia''
(Cramer, 1780)
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Eupterote flavicollis''
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
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Eupterote flavida''
Moore, 1884
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Eupterote formosana
''Eupterote formosana'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1908. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East an ...
''
Matsumura, 1908
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Eupterote geminata
''Eupterote geminata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 58–80 mm. The forewings have a single medial indistinct slightly curved line. Bot ...
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(Walker, 1855)
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Eupterote glaucescens
''Eupterote glaucescens'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries an ...
''
(Walker, 1855)
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Eupterote harmani
''Eupterote harmani'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1987. It is found on Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geogr ...
''
Holloway, 1987
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Eupterote hibisci
''Eupterote hibisci'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countr ...
''
Fabricius, 1775
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Eupterote kageri
''Eupterote kageri'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Wolfgang A. Nässig in 1989. It is found on Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Ind ...
''
Nässig, 1989
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Eupterote kalliesi
''Eupterote kalliesi'' is a moth of the family Eupterotidae. It is found in Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest ...
''
Nässig, 2000
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Eupterote lineosa
''Eupterote lineosa'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wi ...
''
Walker, 1855
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Eupterote liquidambaris
''Eupterote liquidambaris'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rudolf Mell in 1930. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of c ...
''
Mell, 1930
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Eupterote minor''
Moore, 1893
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Eupterote mollifera''
Walker, 1865
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Eupterote multiarcuata''
Holloway, 1976
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Eupterote muluana''
Holloway, 1987
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Eupterote murina''
(Moore, 1877)
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Eupterote naessigi''
Holloway, 1987
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Eupterote nigriceps''
(Hampson, 1893)
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Eupterote nobilis''
(Bryk, 1944)
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Eupterote obsoleta''
(Talbot, 1926)
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Eupterote orientalis''
Fabricius
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Eupterote pallida''
(Walker, 1855)
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Eupterote pandya''
(Moore, 866
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Eupterote patula''
(Walker, 1855)
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Eupterote petola''
Moore, 1860
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Eupterote placida''
(Moore, 883
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Events
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Eupterote plumipes''
(Walker, 1855)
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Eupterote radiata''
(Walker, 1866)
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Eupterote rothschildi''
(Strand, 1924)
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Eupterote splendens''
Nässig & C.H. Schulze, 2007
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Eupterote subcurvifera''
(Walker, 1865)
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Eupterote testacea''
Walker, 1855
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Eupterote todara''
Moore, 1884
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Eupterote translata''
Swinhoe, 1885
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Eupterote udiana''
Moore, 1860
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Eupterote undans''
Walker, 1855
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Eupterote undata''
Blanchard, 1844
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Eupterote unicolor''
Hampson, 1891
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Eupterote vialis''
Moore, 1879
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Eupterote weberi''
(Holloway, 1976)
Former species
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Eupterote collaris''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
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Eupterote doddi''
Turner, 1911
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Eupterote expansa''
(Lucas, 1891)
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Eupterote jaresia''
Swinhoe, 1904
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Eupterote niassana''
(Rothschild, 1917)
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Eupterote punctata''
Joicey & Talbot, 1916
References
* , 1989: A new species of the genus ''Eupterote'' Hübner
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Events
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from Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). ''Heterocera Sumatrana'' 2 (7): 169–174.
* , 2000: A new and remarkable species of ''Eupterote'' from the mountains of West Sumatra (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). ''Heterocera Sumatrana'' 12 (2): 67–77. Full article
* , & , 2011: Description of a new species of ''Eupterote (Eupterote)'' from Sulawesi (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' NF 31 (4): 197–200.
* , 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.
External links
Hübner, 1820 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 187
Eupterotinae
Macrolepidoptera genera
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