Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.
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. Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.
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.
Species
- Urapteroides anerces <small>Meyrick, 1886</small> (Fiji)
- Urapteroides astheniata <small>(Guenée, 1857)</small> (Himalaya to New Guinea, Queensland)
- Urapteroides diana <small>Swinhoe</small> (Peninsular Malaysia) (possibly a form of U. astheniata)
- Urapteroides equestraria <small>Boisduval</small>
- Urapteroides hermaea <small>Druce, 1888</small>
- Urapteroides hyemalis <small>Butler, 1887</small> (Solomons, Vanuatu)
- Urapteroides malgassaria <small>Mabille, 1878</small>
- Urapteroides recurvata <small>Warren, 1898</small> (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania)
- Urapteroides swinhoei <small>Rothschild</small>
- Urapteroides urapterina <small>Butler, 1877</small>
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