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Pterophorus dallastai

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus dallastai is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Congo - Kinshasa, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus dallastai

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus dallastai 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 dallastai is listed for 3 countries.

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

  1. Congo - Kinshasa
  2. Malawi
  3. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus dallastai 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 dallastai classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus dallastai

Other species in the same genus Pterophorus.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

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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 dallastai live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus dallastai for 3 countries: Congo - Kinshasa, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus dallastai?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_dallastai_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus dallastai (Pterophorus dallastai)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-dallastai},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}