Taxonomic Information
Deuterocopus Zeller, 1851 species known from India.
1. Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911 (Plate 1, Fig. 3)
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 21: 105.
TL: India. Distribution: India (Karnataka).
2. Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1909 (Plate 1, Fig. 4)
Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1909; Spolia Zeylanica, 6: 19.
TL: Sri Lanka.Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu), Australia, Borneo, Moluccas, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand.
3. Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1907 (Plate 1, Fig. 5)
Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1907; Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1908: 473–474.
TL: India. Distribution: India (Karnataka, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand), Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Palau, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor.
4. Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884 (Plate 1, Fig. 6)
Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884; Notes Leyden Museum, 6: 243
TL: Indonesia, Java. Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu), Bismarck Islands, Indonesia, Moluccas, Myanmar, New Britain, New Guinea, Sri Lanka
5. Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907 (Plate 1, Fig. 7)
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907; Denkschriften Mathematischen- Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 71: 85. TL: Yemen, Sokotra [now Socotra Island]. Distribution: India, Australia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Oman, Somalia, Rep. South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Deuterocopus spp. -
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Pathania, P.C., Gielis, C., Das, A. and Chandra, K., 2021. Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India. Zootaxa, 4915(2), pp.201-236.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Deuterocopus spp. Zeller, 1851 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/deuterocopus-spp, accessed 2024/04/18.