Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 22, 2026

Callipta

Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa. The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as Édouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously, so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.

Last revised
Jul 22, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
289 w
Citations
10
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Callipta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Callipta
Lefèvre, 18851
Type species
Calliope fausti
Weise, 1882
Synonyms
  • Calliope Weise, 1882
    (preoccupied)
  • Arachnipta Medvedev, 1957

Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa.23 The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as Édouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus Calliope Gould, 1836), so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.1

Species

  • Callipta borealis Lopatin, 1976 – Uzbekistan, China (Xinjiang)
  • Callipta fausti (Weise, 1882)
    • Callipta fausti badghyza Lopatin, 19974 – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Badkhyz)
    • Callipta fausti balchana Lopatin, 19974 – Turkmenistan (West Turkmenistan)
    • Callipta fausti fausti (Weise, 1882) – Azerbaijan, southern European Russia
    • Callipta fausti murgabica Lopatin, 19974 – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Murgab River)
    • Callipta fausti palvanica Lopatin, 19974 – Turkmenistan (North Turkmenistan: Kaplankyr)
    • Callipta fausti turcomana Medvedev, 1957 – Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain ridge)
  • Callipta iranica Lopatin, 19974 – Iran
  • Callipta oberthuri (Fairmaire, 1876)5 – Algeria, Tunesia
References

References

  1. Lefèvre, E. (1885). "[Callipta]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 6. 5 (2): CXXIV–CXXV.
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. "Callipta". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. Lopatin, I. K. (1997). "On the Genus Callipta (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 77 (1): 122–126.
  5. Fairmaire, L. (1876). "Description de Coléoptères nouveaux du nord de l'Afrique". Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques. 2: 98. Retrieved 26 February 2026.