Hypatima meliptila
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
Hypatima meliptila is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Papua New Guinea.
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Quick facts about Hypatima meliptila
- 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 Hypatima meliptila 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.
Hypatima meliptila is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Hypatima meliptila 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 Hypatima meliptila classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyGelechiidae
- genusHypatima
- SpeciesHypatima meliptila (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms Chelaria meliptila
Relatives of Hypatima meliptila
Other species in the same genus Hypatima.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Hypatima meliptila live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Hypatima meliptila for 1 country: Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Hypatima meliptila?
Hypatima meliptila (Hypatima meliptila) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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