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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
111
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
12
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
12 Genera with 40 Species
Acrojana Aurivillius, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Euchera Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Gonojana Aurivillius, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Hoplojana Aurivillius, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 18934SpeciesTaxom
Janomima Aurivillius, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Lichenopteryx Felder, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Parajana Aurivillius, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 190310SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 20078SpeciesTaxom
Vianga Fletcher, 18963SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
40 Species
Acrojana scutaea Strand, 1909
Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932
Euchera albida Plötz, 1880
Gonojana crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Hoplojana indecisa Aurivillius, 1901
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplojana roseobrunnea (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana roseobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980
Jana germana Rothschild, 1917
Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima germana Rothschild, 1917
Janomima mariana White, 1843
Janomima westwoodi (Aurivillius, 1901)⇒ Janomima mariana White, 1843
Lichenopteryx scotina Hering, 1932
Parajana gabunica Aurivillius, 1892
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala atomaria Holland, 1892
Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala flavina Gaede, 1927
Phiala fuscodorsata Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala hologramma Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala parabiota Kühne, 2007
Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
Phiala punctulata Pagenstecher, 1903
Rhodopteriana iyayiana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Rhodopteriana roseobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene gregorii Butler, 1894
Stenoglene kenyensis Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Stenoglene obtusus Walker, 1864
Stenoglene preussi Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene rosea Druce, 1886
Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene sulphureoides Kühne, 2007
Vianga crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Vianga smithi Takano, 2024
Vianga tristis Druce, 1896

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
8
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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