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Pterophorus candidalis

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Pterophorus candidalis is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 19 countries, including Botswana, Burundi and Cameroon.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus candidalis

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
19 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus candidalis 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 candidalis is listed for 19 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaChadSouth AfricaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaCameroonGhanaCôte d'IvoireLiberiaSierra LeoneGabonMalawiBurundiChinaEthiopiaUganda
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Botswana
  2. Burundi
  3. Cameroon
  4. Chad
  5. China
  6. Congo - Kinshasa
  7. Côte d’Ivoire
  8. Ethiopia
  9. Gabon
  10. Ghana
  11. Kenya
  12. Liberia
  13. Malawi
  14. Namibia
  15. Sierra Leone
  16. South Africa
  17. Tanzania
  18. Uganda
  19. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus candidalis 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 candidalis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)

Synonyms Aciptilia candidalis, Aciptilis candidalis, Aciptilus candidalis, Pterophorus millierei

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus candidalis

Other species in the same genus Pterophorus.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

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Araliad plume

Pterophorus monospilalis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pterophorus candidalis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus candidalis for 19 countries, including Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus candidalis?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_candidalis_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus candidalis (Pterophorus candidalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-candidalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}