Bupalus (moth)
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| image_caption =Bupalus piniaria
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| taxon = Bupalus
| authority = Leach, 1815
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Bupalus is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was raised by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, in 1815 and is the name of a 6th-century BC Greek sculptor.{{cite book |last1=Emmet |first1=A Maitland |author1-link=A. Maitland Emmet |editor1-link= |title=The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning |date=1991 |publisher=Harley Books |location=Colchester |isbn=0 946589 28 3 |page=183}}
Selected species
- Bupalus piniaria (Linnaeus, 1758) – bordered white
- Bupalus vestalis Staudinger, 1897
References
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- [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/bupalus/index.html Bupalus] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=geometridae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
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Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach
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