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Exelastis boireaui

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Exelastis boireaui is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Congo - Kinshasa and Uganda.

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Quick facts about Exelastis boireaui

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Exelastis boireaui 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.

Exelastis boireaui is listed for 2 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Congo - Kinshasa
  2. Uganda

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Exelastis boireaui 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 Exelastis boireaui classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusExelastis
  7. SpeciesExelastis boireaui Bigot, 1992

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Exelastis boireaui

Other species in the same genus Exelastis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Exelastis boireaui live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Exelastis boireaui for 2 countries: Congo - Kinshasa and Uganda. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Exelastis boireaui?

Exelastis boireaui (Exelastis boireaui) 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). Exelastis boireaui (Exelastis boireaui). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-boireaui

MLA

“Exelastis boireaui (Exelastis boireaui).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-boireaui.

BibTeX
@misc{exelastis_boireaui_2026,
  title = {Exelastis boireaui (Exelastis boireaui)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-boireaui},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}