Ourapteryx excellens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species: Ourapteryx excellens

Ourapteryx excellens (Butler, 1889)

Type locality: Cashmere [= Kashmir].

Holotype: NHMUK 15105971. [Labeled 87-59 (789)]

Butler, A. G. 1889. Illustrations of typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Part 7: 1–124. BHL Reference page.

Hampson, G.F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths 3. London: Taylor and Francis. 1–546. BHL Reference page.
Prout, L.B. 1912–1916. The Palaearctic Geometrae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. IV. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. I–V + 479 pp. + 25 pls. BHL Reference page.
Seitz, A. 1915. Die palaearktischen Ourapteryx und ihre nähere verwandtschaft. Entomologische Rundschau 32(4): 19–22; 32(5): 25–28; 32(6): 31–33. Reference page.
Stüning, D. 2000. Additional notes on the Ennominae of Nepal, with descriptions of eight new species (Geometridae). In: Haruta, T. (Ed.) Moths of Nepal. Part 6. Tinea 16 (Suppl. 1): 94–152, figs. 1433–1509. Full issue (PDF) Reference page.