Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa. The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as ÃÂdouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus Calliope <small>Gould, 1836</small>), so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.
Species
- Callipta borealis <small>Lopatin, 1976</small> â Uzbekistan, China (Xinjiang)
- Callipta fausti <small>(Weise, 1882)</small>
- Callipta fausti badghyza <small>Lopatin, 1997</small> â Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Badkhyz)
- Callipta fausti balchana <small>Lopatin, 1997</small> â Turkmenistan (West Turkmenistan)
- Callipta fausti fausti <small>(Weise, 1882)</small> â Azerbaijan, southern European Russia
- Callipta fausti murgabica <small>Lopatin, 1997</small> â Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Murgab River)
- Callipta fausti palvanica <small>Lopatin, 1997</small> â Turkmenistan (North Turkmenistan: Kaplankyr)
- Callipta fausti turcomana <small>Medvedev, 1957</small> â Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain ridge)
- Callipta iranica <small>Lopatin, 1997</small> â Iran
- Callipta oberthuri <small>(Fairmaire, 1876)</small> â Algeria, Tunesia
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