Eupterotidae is a family of Lepidoptera , numbering about 300 species distributed in Africa , tropical Asia , Oceania , Central and South America .
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 Pseudojana perspicuifascia | ||||||||||||||
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| Eupterotidae Swinhoe , 1892 |
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Description
Butterflies of medium or large size, similar to butterflies from another family - Saturnia . The wingspan ranges from 25 to 100 mm. Sexual dimorphism - females are larger than males. The body of the butterflies is covered with hairs. The color of the wings is usually brown or brown, brown-red with red wings, some species are painted yellow. Often the pattern on the front wings is represented by dark transverse stripes. The front wings of a number of species with a sharp apex, and the outer edge is more or less sickle-shaped. There is no radial vein, so R1 is separated from Rs. The hind wings are more rounded, with a blunt apex. The body is long and cylindrical. The head is relatively small. Antennae are rather short (approximately 1 \ 3-1 \ 4 of the length of the fore wing), more developed in males. Proboscis is not developed. Legs are poorly developed.
Systematics
The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced Ganissa group. The subfamily Eupterotinae has about 11 genera , the Ganissa group has about 10 genera, the Janinae subfamily includes about 16 genera, the Panacelinae subfamily consists of one genus, which includes 3 species, and the Striphnopteryginae subfamily includes 15 genera.
Eupterote sp.
Panacela lewinae
Childbirth
- Acrojana
- Apha
- Apona
- Bantuana
- Brachytera
- Calapterote
- Camerunia
- Catajana
- Cotana
- Cyrtojana
- Dreata
- Drepanojana
- Epicydas
- Epijana
- Euchera
- Eupterote
- Ganisa
- Gastridiota
- Gonojana
- Hemijana
- Herningijana
- Heteromorpha
- Hibrildes
- Hoplojana
- Horanpella
- Hypercydas
- Jana
- Janomima
- Lasiomorpha
- Leptojana
- Lewinibombyx
- Lichenopteryx
- Mallarctus
- Marmaroplegma
- Melanergon
- Melanothrix
- Messata
- Murlida
- Neopreptos
- Nervicompressa
- Nisaga
- Pachyclea
- Pachyjana
- Palirisa
- Panacela
- Pandala
- Paracydas
- Parajana
- Paramarane
- Paraphyllalia
- Phasicnecus
- Phiala
- Phyllalia
- Poloma
- Preptos
- Preptothauma
- Pseudoganisa
- Pseudojana
- Pterocerota
- Pugniphalera
- Raarisquamosa
- Rhabdosia
- Sangatissa
- Sarmalia
- Sarvena
- Schistissa
- Semuta
- Sesquiluna
- Spalyria
- Sphingognatha
- Stenoglene
- Stibolepis
- Striphnopteryx
- Tagora
- Teratojana
- Tissanga
- Trichophiala
- Urojana
- Vianga
Literature
- Forbes, WTM, 1955: The subdivision of the Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 98 (2): 85-132.
- Nässig, WA & Oberprieler, RG, 2008: An annotated catalog of the genera of Eupterotidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88 (1): 53-80.
- Nässig, WA, & Schulze, CH, 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.
- Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. [1]
- Oberprieler, RG; Nässig, WA; Edwards, ED 2003: Ebbepterote, a new genus for the Australian 'Eupterote' expansa (TP Lucas), with a revised classification of the family Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera). Invertebrate systematics, 17: 99-110.