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Deuterocopus ritsemae

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Deuterocopus ritsemae is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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Quick facts about Deuterocopus ritsemae

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Deuterocopus ritsemae 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.

Deuterocopus ritsemae is listed for 3 countries.

Papua New GuineaIndonesiaIndia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. India
  2. Indonesia
  3. Papua New Guinea

Is Deuterocopus ritsemae 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 Deuterocopus ritsemae classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusDeuterocopus
  7. SpeciesDeuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884

Synonyms Deuterocopus dorites, Deuterocopus rubrodactylus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Deuterocopus ritsemae

Other species in the same genus Deuterocopus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Deuterocopus ritsemae live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Deuterocopus ritsemae for 3 countries: India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Deuterocopus ritsemae?

Deuterocopus ritsemae (Deuterocopus ritsemae) 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). Deuterocopus ritsemae (Deuterocopus ritsemae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/deuterocopus-ritsemae

MLA

“Deuterocopus ritsemae (Deuterocopus ritsemae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/deuterocopus-ritsemae.

BibTeX
@misc{deuterocopus_ritsemae_2026,
  title = {Deuterocopus ritsemae (Deuterocopus ritsemae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/deuterocopus-ritsemae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}