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Pterophorus tinsuki

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus tinsuki is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Bhutan and India.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus tinsuki

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus tinsuki 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 tinsuki is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Bhutan
  2. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus tinsuki 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 tinsuki classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus tinsuki Kovtunovich, 2003

Synonyms Pterophorus karmawangdii

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus tinsuki

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 tinsuki live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus tinsuki for 2 countries: Bhutan and India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus tinsuki?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_tinsuki_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus tinsuki (Pterophorus tinsuki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-tinsuki},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}