''Satara'' is a genus of

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. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.

Species

Subgenus ''Satara'' Walker, 1865

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Satara aequata ''Satara aequata'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in western Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Isla ...

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Satara lorquinii ''Satara lorquinii'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Felder in 1874. It is known from eastern Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the ...

'' (Felder, 1874) (eastern Sulawesi)

Subgenus ''Owadasatara'' Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005

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Satara everetti ''Satara everetti'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) (southern Sulawesi) * ''

Satara nympha ''Satara nympha'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Yasunori Kishida in 2005. It is found in central Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of ...

'' Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005 (central Sulawesi) * ''

Satara cornutiata ''Satara cornutiata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth ...

'' Kirti & Gill, 2008 (southern India:

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References

*Dubatolov, V. V. & Kishida, Y. (June 15, 2005). "A review of the genus ''Satara'' Walker, 1865, with description of a new subgenus and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". ''Tinea''. 18 (4): 276–282. *Kirti, J. S. & Gill, N. S. (2008). "First record of genus ''Satara'' Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae) and reporting of a new species from India". ''Tinea''. 20 (3): 159–162. * Spilosomina Moth genera {{Spilosomina-stub