| Satarupa | |
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| Satarupa gopala | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Tagiadini |
| Genus: | Satarupa Moore, 1866 |
Satarupa is a genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
- Satarupa formosibia Strand, 1927
- Satarupa gopala Moore, 1866
- Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür, 1921 West China
- Satarupa nymphalis (Speyer, 1879) South China, Korea, Ussuri
- Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914 Naga Hills, Assam, Yunnan
- Satarupa valentini Oberthür, 1921 West China
- Satarupa zulla Tytler, 1915
Etymology
Satarupa comes from the Pali śatá (Sanskrit शत shata) meaning "100" and rupa (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty", thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.
References
- Chiba, H. & H. Tsukiyama (1989): Revisional notes on the Genus Satarupa Moore. 1. New synonyms of Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür. J. Res. Lepid. 27 (2): 135-143.
- Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley (1985) . "A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages". Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985. Digital South Asia Library, a project of the Center for Research Libraries and the University of Chicago. Retrieved 26 Aug 2010.
rūpá 10803 'form, beauty' ; śatá 12278 100
Citations
External links
- Funet Taxonomy, distribution
- Images representing Satarupa at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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