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Pterophorus albidus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus albidus is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 30 countries, including Australia, Botswana and Cameroon.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus albidus

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
30 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus albidus 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.

Pterophorus albidus is listed for 30 countries.

FijiTanzaniaIndonesiaDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanChadSouth AfricaZimbabweBotswanaNigeriaCameroonCôte d'IvoireLiberiaSierra LeoneMalawiMozambiqueMadagascarGambiaOmanThailandVietnamAustraliaChinaPhilippinesJapanEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Botswana
  3. Cameroon
  4. Chad
  5. China
  6. Congo - Kinshasa
  7. Côte d’Ivoire
  8. Ethiopia
  9. Fiji
  10. Gambia
  11. Indonesia
  12. Japan
  13. Kenya
  14. Liberia
  15. Madagascar
  16. Malawi
  17. Mozambique
  18. Nigeria
  19. Oman
  20. Philippines
  21. Réunion
  22. Sierra Leone
  23. Somalia
  24. South Africa
  25. Sudan
  26. Tanzania
  27. Thailand
  28. Uganda
  29. Vietnam
  30. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus albidus 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 Pterophorus albidus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)

Synonyms Aciptilia suffata, Aciptilia suffiata, Aciptilus albidus, Alucita endogramma, Alucita endophaea, Pterophorus endogramma, Pterophorus endophaea, Pterophorus suffiata

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • シロトリバJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus albidus

Other species in the same genus Pterophorus.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Araliad plume

Pterophorus monospilalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does Pterophorus albidus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus albidus for 30 countries, including Australia, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus albidus?

Pterophorus albidus (Pterophorus albidus) 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). Pterophorus albidus (Pterophorus albidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-albidus

MLA

“Pterophorus albidus (Pterophorus albidus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-albidus.

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_albidus_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus albidus (Pterophorus albidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-albidus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}