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genus

Pterophorus

Pterophorus is a genus in the family Pterophoridae. This database currently files 43 species under it, recorded across 104 countries.

Species filed
43
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
104
With a free photo
0%
Weight range
Not recorded

Best-known members of Pterophorus

Ranked by popularity score.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Araliad plume

Pterophorus monospilalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Where is Pterophorus found?

Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

Fiji: 1 speciesTanzania: 5 speciesKazakhstan: 1 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 10 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 9 speciesSomalia: 1 speciesKenya: 5 speciesSudan: 1 speciesChad: 2 speciesRussia: 1 speciesNorway: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 5 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesFrance: 2 speciesZimbabwe: 6 speciesBotswana: 2 speciesNamibia: 2 speciesBenin: 1 speciesNigeria: 2 speciesCameroon: 8 speciesGhana: 3 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 3 speciesGuinea: 2 speciesLiberia: 3 speciesSierra Leone: 2 speciesCongo: 1 speciesGabon: 2 speciesMalawi: 7 speciesMozambique: 1 speciesBurundi: 1 speciesIsrael: 1 speciesLebanon: 1 speciesMadagascar: 4 speciesGambia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 1 speciesIraq: 1 speciesOman: 2 speciesThailand: 7 speciesLaos: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesVietnam: 4 speciesMongolia: 2 speciesIndia: 6 speciesBhutan: 2 speciesNepal: 1 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesKyrgyzstan: 1 speciesIran: 2 speciesSyria: 2 speciesArmenia: 1 speciesSweden: 1 speciesUkraine: 2 speciesPoland: 1 speciesAustria: 2 speciesHungary: 2 speciesMoldova: 1 speciesRomania: 2 speciesLithuania: 1 speciesLatvia: 1 speciesEstonia: 1 speciesGermany: 1 speciesBulgaria: 2 speciesGreece: 2 speciesTurkey: 2 speciesAlbania: 2 speciesCroatia: 2 speciesSwitzerland: 1 speciesLuxembourg: 1 speciesBelgium: 2 speciesNetherlands: 1 speciesPortugal: 1 speciesSpain: 2 speciesIreland: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 3 speciesAustralia: 2 speciesSri Lanka: 3 speciesChina: 9 speciesTaiwan: 3 speciesItaly: 2 speciesDenmark: 1 speciesUnited Kingdom: 1 speciesGeorgia: 1 speciesPhilippines: 2 speciesMalaysia: 2 speciesSlovenia: 1 speciesFinland: 1 speciesSlovakia: 2 speciesCzechia: 1 speciesJapan: 2 speciesYemen: 2 speciesLibya: 1 speciesEthiopia: 5 speciesUganda: 5 speciesRwanda: 1 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 2 speciesMacedonia: 2 speciesSerbia: 1 speciesMontenegro: 1 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Indonesia10
  2. Congo - Kinshasa9
  3. China9
  4. Cameroon8
  5. Malawi7
  6. Thailand7
  7. India6
  8. Zimbabwe6
  9. Ethiopia5
  10. Kenya5
  11. Tanzania5
  12. Uganda5
  13. South Africa5
  14. Madagascar4
  15. Vietnam4
  16. Côte d’Ivoire3
  17. Ghana3
  18. Sri Lanka3
  19. Liberia3
  20. New Zealand3

All species in Pterophorus

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
White plumePterophorus pentadactylaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded46
Araliad plumePterophorus monospilalisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Pittosporum plumePterophorus furcatalisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus africanusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded4
Not recordedPterophorus albidusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded30
Not recordedPterophorus aliubasignumPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus auroraPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPterophorus bacteriopaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus baliolusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus candidalisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded19
Not recordedPterophorus cerauniaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded7
Not recordedPterophorus ceylonicusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus chosokeialisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded5
Not recordedPterophorus cleronomaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedPterophorus dallastaiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded3
Not recordedPterophorus dohertyiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPterophorus ebbeiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus elaeopaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded6
Not recordedPterophorus erratusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPterophorus flavusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded4
Not recordedPterophorus innotatalisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus ischnodactylaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded31
Not recordedPterophorus kuningusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus lacteipennisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded8
Not recordedPterophorus lamotteiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus lampraPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded6
Not recordedPterophorus laocaiensisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus legrandiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus leucadactylusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded5
Not recordedPterophorus lieftinckiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus lindneriPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus massaiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus melanopodaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded7
Not recordedPterophorus nigropunctatusPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedPterophorus niveaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedPterophorus niveodactylaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedPterophorus rhypariasPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded12
Not recordedPterophorus shevniniPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPterophorus spissaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded10
Not recordedPterophorus tinsukiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedPterophorus uzungwePterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedPterophorus vikhreviPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPterophorus virgoPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1