Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Axinoptera Hampson, 1893 . Illust. typical spec. lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9 : 41 [list], 154.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
GEOMETROIDEA : GEOMETRIDAE : LARENTIINAE

Type-species:
Axinoptera subcostalis Hampson, 1893. Illust. typical spec. lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 155, pl.171, figs 24, 25.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Collins , 1962. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13), 5: 125.

Type specimens:
Type(s) CEYLON: ? Locality, (? Depository)..

Notes:
Parsons et al. (1999) included 13 species in the genus AXINOPTERA.

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