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Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 9 countries, including Cameroon, Kenya and Malawi.

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Quick facts about Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

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
9 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Bipunctiphorus dimorpha 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.

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha is listed for 9 countries.

TanzaniaKenyaSouth AfricaZimbabweCameroonSierra LeoneMalawi
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cameroon
  2. Kenya
  3. Malawi
  4. Réunion
  5. Seychelles
  6. Sierra Leone
  7. South Africa
  8. Tanzania
  9. Zimbabwe

Is Bipunctiphorus dimorpha 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 Bipunctiphorus dimorpha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusBipunctiphorus
  7. SpeciesBipunctiphorus dimorpha (Fletcher, 1910)

Synonyms Bipunctiphorus etiennei, Bipunctiphorus patriarcha, Platyptilia dimorpha, Platyptilia patriarcha

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Bipunctiphorus dimorpha

Other species in the same genus Bipunctiphorus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Bipunctiphorus dimorpha live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Bipunctiphorus dimorpha for 9 countries, including Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Réunion and Seychelles. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Bipunctiphorus dimorpha?

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha (Bipunctiphorus dimorpha) 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). Bipunctiphorus dimorpha (Bipunctiphorus dimorpha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bipunctiphorus-dimorpha

MLA

“Bipunctiphorus dimorpha (Bipunctiphorus dimorpha).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bipunctiphorus-dimorpha.

BibTeX
@misc{bipunctiphorus_dimorpha_2026,
  title = {Bipunctiphorus dimorpha (Bipunctiphorus dimorpha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bipunctiphorus-dimorpha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}