Satarupa (butterfly)

Satarupa
Satarupa gopala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
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 ^[1]

Etymology

Satarupa comes from the Pali śatá (Sanskrit शत shata) meaning "100" and rupa (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty", ^[2] thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.

References

1. 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.
2. Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley (1985) [London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966.]. "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

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Funet Taxonomy, distribution
• Images representing Satarupa at Consortium for the Barcode of Life