Doratopteryx zopheropa is a moth in the Himantopteridae family. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911.[1] It is found in Uganda.[2]
| Doratopteryx zopheropa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Himantopteridae |
| Genus: | Doratopteryx |
| Species: | D. zopheropa
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| Binomial name | |
| Doratopteryx zopheropa Bethune-Baker, 1911
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The wingspan is about 24 mm. The head and thorax are dusky grey and the abdomen is yellowish. The forewings are dusky grey, with an obscure yellowish dash in the cell and a small basal patch below the cell. The hindwings have the base yellowish and the long entirely filamentary tail is dusky.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Doratopteryx zopheropa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7:530–576. p. 573
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