Ourapteryx kernaria

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 kernaria

Name

Ourapteryx kernaria (Oberthür, 1893)

Etymology: Khams Tibetan དཀར་ནག (karnak, recorded by Oberthür as kerna), "black and white".

Syntypes: Tsé-Kou [= China: Yunnan, Dêqên, Cigu (茨古)]. leg. R. P. Dubernard.

Synonyms

• Urapteryx kernaria Oberthür, 1893: 23, pl. II, fig. 20

References

Primary references

• Oberthür, C. 1893. Lépidoptères d’Asie. Études d'Entomologie 18: 11-45. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Inoue, H. & Stüning, D. 1995. A new species of the genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 from central China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46(4): 255–259. Full article Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1897. On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) 19: 180–235. Full article (BHL). DOI: 10.1080/00222939708680542. Reference page.