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Checklist for Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 (Giant Lappet Moths)
and region Central Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
620
12370
61616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
616
12349
61577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
587
12174
60866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
369
9719
53237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
79
3265
17620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
78
3261
17615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
76
3251
17595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
29
2110
13317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1909
12649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
158
1198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
26
192
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Africa
26 Genera with 192 Species
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Acrojana Aurivillius, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Camerunia Aurivillius, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Catajana Strand, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtojana Aurivillius, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Drepanojana Aurivillius, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Epijana Holland, 18967SpeciesTaxom
Euchera Hübner, 18866SpeciesTaxom
Gonojana Aurivillius, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Gracilanja Bouyer, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Hemijana Aurivillius, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Hibrildes Druce, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Hoplojana Aurivillius, 19239SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 192730SpeciesTaxom
Janomima Aurivillius, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Lichenopteryx Felder, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Murphyana Bouyer, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Parajana Aurivillius, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Phasicnecus Felder, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 186533SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 198049SpeciesTaxom
Striginiana Bouyer, 18494SpeciesTaxom
Striphnopteryx Wallengren, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Teratojana Hering, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Urojana Gaede, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Vianga Fletcher, 18694SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Africa
192 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrojana rosacea Butler, 1874
Acrojana salmonea Rothschild, 1932
Acrojana sanguineipes Strand, 1910
Acrojana sciron Druce, 1888
Acrojana scutaea Strand, 1909
Acrojana splendida Rothschild, 1917
Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia insignis (Schaus, 1893)⇒ Hoplojana zernyi Gschwandner., 1923
Camerunia lactiflora (Aurivillius, 1904)⇒ Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia orphne Schaus, 1893
Catajana bimaculata Dewitz, 1879
Cyrtojana trilineata Aurivillius, 1911
Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
Drepanojana maeonia Druce, 1896
Epijana cinerea (Holland, 1893)⇒ Stenoglene cinerea Holland, 1893
Epijana cosima Plötz, 1880
Epijana lanosa Holland, 1893
Epijana latifasciata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Epijana maculifera Strand, 1912
Epijana meridionalis Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Epijana velutonia Druce, 1896
Euchera abluta Holland, 1893
Euchera albida Plötz, 1880
Euchera cunina Hübner, 1825
Euchera fervidaria Fabricius, 1787
Euchera ochriventris Strand, 1911
Euchera sylvia Druce, 1886
Gonojana crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Gonojana dimidiata Aurivillius, 1893
Gonojana tenuis Holland, 1893
Gonojana velutina Walker, 1869
Gracilanja gracilis Walker, 1855
Gracilanja grisea Berio, 1937
Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
Gracilanja rosea Berio, 1937
Hemijana ruberrima (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Hemijana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
Hemijana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
Hemijana variegata Rothschild, 1917
Hibrildes albescens Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Hibrildes bicolor Talbot, 1928
Hibrildes crawshayi (Butler, 1896)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hoplojana distincta (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana indecisa Aurivillius, 1901
Hoplojana insignifica (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana insignifica Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana overlaeti (Berger, 1980)⇒ Jana overlaeti Berger, 1980
Hoplojana purpurata Wichgraf, 1920
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897)⇒ Archostola tianmushana Li, Wang & Dong, 2001
Hoplojana watsoni Berger, 1980
Hoplojana zernyi Gschwandner., 1923
Jana ampla Berger, 1980
Jana basoko Berger, 1980
Jana caesarea (Weymer, 1909)⇒ Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana demoulini Berger, 1980
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980
Jana fontainei Berger, 1980
Jana forbesi Berger, 1980
Jana gracilis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Gracilanja gracilis Walker, 1855
Jana hecqui Berger, 1980
Jana kivuensis Berger, 1980
Jana nigrorufa Berger, 1980
Jana obscura (Aurivillius, 1893)⇒ Rhodopteriana obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Jana overlaeti Berger, 1980
Jana plagiatus Berger, 1980
Jana polymorpha (Aurivillius, 1893)⇒ Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Jana propinquestria Strand, 1911
Jana propinquestriata Strand, 1911
Jana pseudostrigina (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Striginiana pseudostrigina Rothschild, 1917
Jana pujoli Berger, 1980
Jana roseata Rothschild, 1917
Jana seydeli Berger, 1980
Jana strigina (Westwood, 1849)⇒ Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Jana tripunctata Aurivillius, 1897
Jana vandeschricki Berger, 1980
Jana variegata Rothschild, 1917
Jana viettei Berger, 1980
Jana watsoni (Berger, 1980)⇒ Hoplojana watsoni Berger, 1980
Jana yokoana Bethune-Baker, 1927
Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima ibandana Dall´Asta, 1979
Janomima mariana White, 1843
Janomima nigricans (Gaede, 1927)⇒ Janomima mariana White, 1843
Janomima ochrea (Gaede, 1932)⇒ Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima variegata Rothschild, 1917
Lichenopteryx scotina Hering, 1932
Murphyana bamendana Darge, 2013
Parajana gabunica Aurivillius, 1892
Parajana lamani Aurivillius, 1906
Parajana marmorata Holland, 1893
Phasicnecus bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)⇒ Stenoglene bipunctatus Aurivillius, 1909
Phasicnecus grandiplaga (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Phasicnecus plagiatus (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Phasicnecus roseus (Druce, 1886)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala albida Plötz, 1880
Phiala angola (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala angulata (Gaede, 1927)⇒ Phiala venusta Walker, 1865
Phiala atomaria Holland, 1892
Phiala aurivillii Bethune-Baker, 1915
Phiala bamenda Strand, 1911
Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala crassistriga Strand, 1911
Phiala cubicularis Strand, 1911
Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780
Phiala esomelana Bethune-Baker, 1927
Phiala flavina Gaede, 1927
Phiala hologramma Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala inferiora Strand, 1911
Phiala infuscata Grünberg, 1907
Phiala iridescens Bouyer, 2014
Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala maxima Kühne, 2007
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala niveociliata Strand, 1911
Phiala odites Schaus, 1893
Phiala postmedialis Strand, 1911
Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
Phiala punctulata Pagenstecher, 1903
Phiala rubrivena (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala sabalina Rebel, 1914
Phiala simplex Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala specialis Kühne, 2007
Phiala subiridescens Holland, 1893
Phiala ueleae Kühne, 2007
Phiala uelleburgensis Strand, 1912
Phiala venusta Walker, 1865
Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana insignifica Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Stenoglene basquini Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene bipartita Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene bipunctatus Aurivillius, 1909
Stenoglene bouyeri Basquin, 2013
Stenoglene brunneofasciata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene brunneus Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene cinerea Holland, 1893
Stenoglene citrina Druce, 1886
Stenoglene citrinoides Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene citrinus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene decellei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene decellei decellei Dall'Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene decellei flava Dall'Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene dehanicus Strand, 1911
Stenoglene dufranei Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene flava Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene fontainei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene fouassini Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene gemmatus Wichgraf, 1921
Stenoglene grandiplaga Holland, 1920
Stenoglene hilaris Felder, 1874
Stenoglene latimaculata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene maculifera Strand, 1912
Stenoglene morettoi Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene nivalis Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene noellae Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene novempunctatus Bethune-Baker, 1927
Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Stenoglene obtusus Walker, 1864
Stenoglene opalina Druce, 1910
Stenoglene parvula Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene paulisi Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene pellucida Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Stenoglene peropalinus Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Stenoglene plenevauxae Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene preussi Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene pseudosygina Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene pujoli Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene pulverulentus Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Stenoglene rosea Druce, 1886
Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene shabae Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene sigyna Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene sinjaevi Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene sulphureotinctus Strand, 1912
Stenoglene thelda Druce, 1887
Stenoglene uelei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene uniformis Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Striginiana camerunica Aurivillius, 1893
Striginiana nobilis Holland, 1893
Striginiana pseudostrigina Rothschild, 1917
Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Striphnopteryx edulis Boisduval, 1847
Teratojana flavina Hering, 1937
Urojana eborea Gaede, 1915
Vianga dimidiata Aurivillius, 1893
Vianga smithi Takano, 2024
Vianga tristis Druce, 1896
Vianga velutina Walker, 1869

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Central Africa
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
19
143
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
7
49
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eupterotidae at afromoths.net
Eupterotidae at gbif.org
Eupterotidae at irmng.org