Urapteroides

Urapteroides
	Urapteroides astheniata from Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Uraniidae
Subfamily:	Uraniinae
Genus:	Urapteroides; Moore, 1888[1]

Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus includes mainly nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found from Nepal to the Indo-Australian tropics and parts of continental Southeast Asia.[3] Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.[4]

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.[5]

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

Savela, Markku. "Urapteroides Moore, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae
Digital Moths of Japan - Urapteroides astheniata
The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema - Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Media related to Urapteroides at Wikimedia Commons
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (20 July 2010). "Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Urapteroides Moore, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[2] The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae

[3] Digital Moths of Japan - Urapteroides astheniata

[4] The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema - Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)

[5] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.