''Satarupa'' is a genus of
spread-winged skipper
Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (biology), family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has chan ...
s in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
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Species
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Satarupa formosibia''
Strand, 1927
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Satarupa gopala
''Satarupa gopala'', the large white flat, is a species of Skipper (butterfly), skipper butterfly found in parts of the Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan region
, including India, Malay Peninsula, Malaya, Thailand, Laos, China and Vietnam. It is ...
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Moore, 1866
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Satarupa monbeigi''
Oberthür, 1921 West China
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Satarupa nymphalis
'' Satarupa nymphalis'' is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (SouthChina, Korea, Ussuri) that belongs to the skippers family.
Description from Seitz
S. nymphalis Spr. (84 d). This large species differs from the Indian ''gopala'' M ...
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(Speyer, 1879) South China, Korea,
Ussuri
* ''
Satarupa splendens
Shatarupa ( sa, शतरूपा, Śatarūpā, she of a hundred forms) is the daughter of the creator deity, Brahma. According to ''Brahma Purana'', Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma, marrying Manu, the first m ...
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Tytler, 1914 Naga Hills, Assam, Yunnan
* ''Satarupa valentini''
Oberthür, 1921 West China
* ''Satarupa zulla''
Tytler, 1915
Etymology
''Satarupa'' comes from the Pali ''śatá'' (Sanskrit शत ''shata'') meaning "100 (number), 100" and ''rupa'' (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty",
thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu (Hinduism), Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.
References
Citations
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
FunetTaxonomy, distribution
Images representing ''Satarupa'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Tagiadini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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