Eupterote orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Eupterotidae
Subfamilia: Eupterotinae
Tribus: Eupterotini
Genus: Eupterote
Species: Eupterote orientalis

Name

Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius, 1793)

Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].

Lectotype: ZMUC. male ♂. (lectotype designated by Zolotuhin, 2018: 384

Synonymy

• Bombyx orientalis Fabricius, 1793 (original combination)
• Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius): Zolotuhin, 2018: 385
• Dreata geminata Walker, 1855 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2018: 385)
  • Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Dreata Anada Moore, 1860 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2018: 385)
  • Type locality: Canara
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Brachytera phalaenaria Felder & Felder, 1874 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2018: 385)
  • Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
    • Holotype: male ♂. [probably lost].
• Eupterote auriflua Moore, 1884 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2018: 385)
  • Type locality: Hab. Malabar.
    • Syntypes: BMNH. male ♂, female ♀.
• Eupterote geminata var. hebes Grünberg, 1914 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2018: 385)
  • Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
    • Holotype: ZMHB. male ♂

References

• Zolotuhin, V.V. 2018. Nomenclature and synonymic remarks on two species of Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera) described by Johan Christian Fabricius, and notes on related species. Zootaxa 4471(2): 381–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.11. Reference page.