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Marasmarcha pulcher

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Marasmarcha pulcher is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran and Kazakhstan.

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Quick facts about Marasmarcha pulcher

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 pulcher 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 pulcher is listed for 4 countries.

KazakhstanAfghanistanTurkmenistanIran
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Iran
  3. Kazakhstan
  4. Turkmenistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Marasmarcha pulcher 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 pulcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMarasmarcha
  7. SpeciesMarasmarcha pulcher (Christoph, 1885)

Synonyms Mimaeseoptilus pulcher

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Marasmarcha pulcher

Other species in the same genus Marasmarcha.

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Common questions

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Where does Marasmarcha pulcher live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Marasmarcha pulcher for 4 countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Marasmarcha pulcher?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{marasmarcha_pulcher_2026,
  title = {Marasmarcha pulcher (Marasmarcha pulcher)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-pulcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}