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Pterophorus ceraunia

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus ceraunia is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Benin, Cameroon and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus ceraunia

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
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus ceraunia 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 ceraunia is listed for 7 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoZimbabweBeninCameroonMalawiMadagascarRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Benin
  2. Cameroon
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Madagascar
  5. Malawi
  6. Rwanda
  7. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus ceraunia 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 ceraunia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus ceraunia (Bigot, 1969)

Synonyms Aciptilia ceraunia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus ceraunia

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

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pterophorus ceraunia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus ceraunia for 7 countries, including Benin, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, Madagascar and Malawi. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus ceraunia?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_ceraunia_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus ceraunia (Pterophorus ceraunia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-ceraunia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}