Lepidoptera20 species

Family Monkey Moths (Eupterotidae)

Eupterotidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 20 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Eupterotidae (20)

Apha kantonensis

Apha kantonensis is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Mell in 1929. It is found in China, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Eupterote flavicollis

Eupterote flavicollis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1843. It is found in India.

Eupterote mollifera

Eupterote mollifera is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Eupterote orientalis

Eupterote orientalis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius, but the year of description is not clear. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Eupterote primularis

Eupterote diffusa is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Eupterote undata

Eupterote undata is a moth of the family Eupterotidae. It is found in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines.

Banded Monkey

Jana eurymas

Jana eurymas, the banded monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South

Inquisitive Monkey

Janomima mariana

Janomima mariana, the Inquisative Monkey, is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by White in 1843. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Neopreptos marathusa

Neopreptos marathusa is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Druce in 1886. It is found in Costa Rica.

Lewin’s Bag Shelter Moth

Panacela lewinae

Panacela lewinae, or Lewin's bag shelter moth, is a moth of the family Eupterotidae. The species was first described by Lewin in 1805. It is found in Australia from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales.

Panacela nyctopa

Panacela nyctopa is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Turner in 1922. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Clay Monkey

Phyllalia patens

Phyllalia patens is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. It is found in Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in South Africa.

Angular Monkey

Poloma angulata

Poloma angulata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape).

Sphingognatha asclepiades

Eupterote asclepiades is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in Sundaland. The habitat consist of lowland rainforests, including hill dipterocarp forests.

Edible Monkey

Striphnopteryx edulis

Striphnopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1858. Its only species, Striphnopteryx edulis, was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. It is found in South Africa, where it ha

King Monkey

Tantaliana tantalus

Tantaliana tantalus is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in South Africa and the Gambia.