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Pterophorus elaeopa

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus elaeopa is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including India, Indonesia and Laos.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus elaeopa

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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus elaeopa 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 elaeopa is listed for 6 countries.

IndonesiaThailandLaosVietnamIndiaMalaysia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. India
  2. Indonesia
  3. Laos
  4. Malaysia
  5. Thailand
  6. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus elaeopa 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 elaeopa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus elaeopa (Meyrick, 1908)

Synonyms Alucita elaeopa

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus elaeopa

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 elaeopa live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus elaeopa for 6 countries, including India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus elaeopa?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_elaeopa_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus elaeopa (Pterophorus elaeopa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-elaeopa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}