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Nippoptilia philippensea

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Nippoptilia philippensea is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Philippines.

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Quick facts about Nippoptilia philippensea

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 Nippoptilia philippensea 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.

Nippoptilia philippensea is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Philippines

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Nippoptilia philippensea 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 Nippoptilia philippensea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusNippoptilia
  7. SpeciesNippoptilia philippensea Gielis, 2003

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Nippoptilia philippensea

Other species in the same genus Nippoptilia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Nippoptilia philippensea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Nippoptilia philippensea for 1 country: Philippines. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Nippoptilia philippensea?

Nippoptilia philippensea (Nippoptilia philippensea) 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). Nippoptilia philippensea (Nippoptilia philippensea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-philippensea

MLA

“Nippoptilia philippensea (Nippoptilia philippensea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-philippensea.

BibTeX
@misc{nippoptilia_philippensea_2026,
  title = {Nippoptilia philippensea (Nippoptilia philippensea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-philippensea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}