''Eupterote'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Eupterotidae
Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...
. 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''
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 ...
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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
''Eupterote flavida'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1884. It is found in India.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite ...
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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. The main geography of Taiwan, isl ...
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Matsumura, 1908
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Eupterote gardneri
''Eupterote'' is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Species
* '' Eupterote acesta'' Swinhoe, 1894
* '' Eupterote alba'' (Swinhoe, 1892)
* '' Eupterote amaena'' Walker, 1855
* ''Eupterote ...
''
Bryk, 1950
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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, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depe ...
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(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 () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and populati ...
''
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, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries an ...
''
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 In ...
''
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 list of islan ...
''
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 w ...
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Walker, 1855
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Eupterote liquidambaris''
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 naessigi''
Holloway, 1987
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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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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
''Eupterote weberi'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1976. It is found in Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental ...
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(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
822
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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
Bombycoidea genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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