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Acropteris
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Acropteris

Acropteris is a genus of moths of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by Carl Geyer in 1832. The species of this genus are found in tropical Asia, Africa and Australia....

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27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acropteris iphiata

speciesAcropteris iphiata

Acropteris ciniferaria

speciesAcropteris ciniferaria

Acropteris leptaliata

speciesAcropteris leptaliata

Acropteris teriadata

speciesAcropteris teriadata

Plain Swallowtail

speciesAcropteris illiturata

Acropteris rectinervata

speciesAcropteris rectinervata

Acropteris nanula

speciesAcropteris nanula

Acropteris grammearia

speciesAcropteris grammearia

Acropteris striataria

speciesAcropteris striataria

Acropteris inchoata

speciesAcropteris inchoata

Acropteris vacuata

speciesAcropteris vacuata

Acropteris puellaria

speciesAcropteris puellaria

Acropteris costinigrata

speciesAcropteris costinigrata

Acropteris nigroapicata

speciesAcropteris nigroapicata

Acropteris basiguttaria

speciesAcropteris basiguttaria

Acropteris sparsaria

speciesAcropteris sparsaria

Acropteris insticta

speciesAcropteris insticta

Acropteris munda

speciesAcropteris munda

Acropteris nigrisquama

speciesAcropteris nigrisquama

Acropteris parvidentata

speciesAcropteris parvidentata

Acropteris rhibetaria

speciesAcropteris rhibetaria

Acropteris tenella

speciesAcropteris tenella

Acropteris angulilinea

speciesAcropteris angulilinea

Acropteris mendax

speciesAcropteris mendax

Acropteris hypocrita

speciesAcropteris hypocrita

Acropteris numforensis

speciesAcropteris numforensis

Acropteris reticulata

speciesAcropteris reticulata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122400.