Satarupa (butterfly)

Satarupa is a genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Satarupa formosibia <small>Strand, 1927</small>
• Satarupa gopala <small>Moore, 1866</small>
• Satarupa monbeigi <small>Oberthür, 1921</small> West China
• Satarupa nymphalis <small>(Speyer, 1879)</small> South China, Korea, Ussuri
• Satarupa splendens <small>Tytler, 1914</small> Naga Hills, Assam, Yunnan
• Satarupa valentini <small>Oberthür, 1921</small> West China
• Satarupa zulla <small>Tytler, 1915</small>

Etymology

Satarupa comes from the Pali śatá (Sanskrit शत shata) meaning "100" and rupa (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty", thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.

References

Citations

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Funet Taxonomy, distribution
• Images representing Satarupa at Consortium for the Barcode of Life