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Exelastis viettei

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Exelastis viettei is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Comoros.

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Quick facts about Exelastis viettei

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Exelastis viettei 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 viettei is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Comoros

Is Exelastis viettei 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 viettei classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusExelastis
  7. SpeciesExelastis viettei (Gibeaux, 1994)

Synonyms Cordivalva viettei

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Exelastis viettei

Other species in the same genus Exelastis.

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Common questions

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Where does Exelastis viettei live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Exelastis viettei for 1 country: Comoros. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Exelastis viettei?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{exelastis_viettei_2026,
  title = {Exelastis viettei (Exelastis viettei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-viettei},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}