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Marasmarcha bonaespei

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Marasmarcha bonaespei is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Namibia, South Africa and Uganda.

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Quick facts about Marasmarcha bonaespei

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
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Marasmarcha bonaespei 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.

Marasmarcha bonaespei is listed for 4 countries.

South AfricaZimbabweNamibiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Namibia
  2. South Africa
  3. Uganda
  4. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Marasmarcha bonaespei 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 Marasmarcha bonaespei classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMarasmarcha
  7. SpeciesMarasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)

Synonyms Exelastis pavidus, Lioptilus bonaespei, Marasmarcha pavidus, Marasmarcha verax, Pterophorus pavidus, Pterophorus verax

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Marasmarcha bonaespei

Other species in the same genus Marasmarcha.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Marasmarcha bonaespei live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Marasmarcha bonaespei for 4 countries: Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Marasmarcha bonaespei?

Marasmarcha bonaespei (Marasmarcha bonaespei) 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). Marasmarcha bonaespei (Marasmarcha bonaespei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-bonaespei

MLA

“Marasmarcha bonaespei (Marasmarcha bonaespei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-bonaespei.

BibTeX
@misc{marasmarcha_bonaespei_2026,
  title = {Marasmarcha bonaespei (Marasmarcha bonaespei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-bonaespei},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}