''Urapteroides'' is a

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of moths in the

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Distribution

The genus includes mainly

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moths that are found from

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to the Indo-Australian tropics and parts of continental

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. Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.

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.

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

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q13868753 Uraniidae