Urapteroides

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

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]

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
  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.
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