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Adaina periarga

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Adaina periarga is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Lesotho, Malawi and Namibia.

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Quick facts about Adaina periarga

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Adaina periarga live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Adaina periarga is listed for 4 countries.

South AfricaLesothoNamibiaMalawi
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Lesotho
  2. Malawi
  3. Namibia
  4. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Adaina periarga endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Adaina periarga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAdaina
  7. SpeciesAdaina periarga Meyrick, 1913

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Adaina periarga

Other species in the same genus Adaina.

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Common questions

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Where does Adaina periarga live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Adaina periarga for 4 countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Adaina periarga?

Adaina periarga (Adaina periarga) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Adaina periarga (Adaina periarga). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-periarga

MLA

“Adaina periarga (Adaina periarga).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-periarga.

BibTeX
@misc{adaina_periarga_2026,
  title = {Adaina periarga (Adaina periarga)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-periarga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}