Satarupa (butterfly)
Introduction '''''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
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