Satarupa is a genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species Satarupa formosibia Strand, 1927 Satarupa gopala Moore, 1866 Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür, 1921 West China Satarupa nymphalis (Speyer, 1879) South China, Korea, Ussuri Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914 Naga Hills, Assam, Yunnan Satarupa valentini Oberthür, 1921 West China Satarupa zulla Tytler, 1915 Chiba, H. & H. Tsukiyama (1989): Revisional notes on the Genus Satarupa Moore. 1. New synonyms of Satarupa monbeigi Oberthür. J. Res. Lepid. 27 (2): 135-143.
Etymology
Satarupa comes from the Pali śatá (Sanskrit शत shata) meaning "100" and rupa (Sanskrit रूप "rūpa") meaning "form" or "beauty", thus meaning "one hundred (beautiful) forms". It is the name given the wife of Manu; compare the goddess Saraswati.
References
Citations Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Funet Taxonomy, distribution Images representing Satarupa at Consortium for the Barcode of Life