Raparna

Raparna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Raparna; Moore, 1882
Synonyms
	Rapara Pagenstecher, 1909;

Raparna is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.^[1]

Description

Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nearly naked. Forewings with rectangular or rounded apex. The areole sometimes very small if present, or usually absent. Hindwings with vein 5 from well above lower angle of cell. Vein 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short stalk.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae of Erebidae or the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.^[3]

Species

Raparna bipuncta Warren & Rothschild, 1905
Raparna confusa Mabille, 1900
Raparna conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)
Raparna crocophara Turner, 1922
Raparna minima Warren & Rothschild, 1905
Raparna ochreipennis Moore, 1882

Former species

Raparna didyma Mabille, 1900 was later Rivula didyma (Mabille, 1900) after Hacker, 2021.^[1]
Raparna limbata Butler, 1898 was later Ozarba limbata (Butler, 1898)^[1]
Euperia melanospila Guenée, 1852, then Raparna melanospila or Zargata melanospila was later Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)^[1]
Raparna tritonias Hampson, 1902 was later Raparnodes tritonias (Hampson, 1902) after Hacker, 2019.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2026). "Afromoths". Retrieved June 7, 2026.
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ "Raparna". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Raparna Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
Staudinger (1870). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 14: 121.

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[afromoths-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2026). "Afromoths". Retrieved June 7, 2026.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[FE-3] "Raparna". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

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