# Callipta

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***Callipta*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae). It contains four species, which are distributed in the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), [Central](/source/Central_Asia) to [East](/source/East_Asia) [Asia](/source/Asia) and [North Africa](/source/North_Africa).[1][2] The genus was originally named *Calliope* by [Julius Weise](/source/Julius_Weise) in 1882; however, as [Édouard Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre) pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus *[Calliope](/source/Calliope_(genus))* Gould, 1836), so it was renamed to *Callipta* by Lefèvre in 1885.[3]

## Species

- *[Callipta borealis](/source/Callipta_borealis)* Lopatin, 1976 – [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan), [China](/source/China) ([Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang))
- *[Callipta fausti](/source/Callipta_fausti)* ([Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1882) - *Callipta fausti badghyza* Lopatin, 1997[4] – [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan) (South Turkmenistan: Badkhyz) - *Callipta fausti balchana* Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (West Turkmenistan) - *Callipta fausti fausti* ([Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1882) – [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), southern [European Russia](/source/European_Russia) - *Callipta fausti murgabica* Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Murgab River) - *Callipta fausti palvanica* Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (North Turkmenistan: Kaplankyr) - *Callipta fausti turcomana* Medvedev, 1957 – Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain ridge)
- *[Callipta iranica](/source/Callipta_iranica)* Lopatin, 1997[4] – [Iran](/source/Iran)
- *[Callipta oberthuri](/source/Callipta_oberthuri)* ([Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1876)[5] – [Algeria](/source/Algeria), [Tunesia](/source/Tunesia)

## References

1. Moseyko, A. G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). ["Eumolpinae"](https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea*. Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.). Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.

1. ["Callipta"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Callipta.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

1. Lefèvre, E. (1885). ["\[*Callipta*](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10172100)"]. *[Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France](/source/Bulletin_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_entomologique_de_France)*. **5** (2): CXXIV–CXXV. 6.

1. Lopatin, I. K. (1997). "On the Genus *Callipta* (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". *Entomological Review*. **77** (1): 122–126.

1. Fairmaire, L. (1876). ["Description de Coléoptères nouveaux du nord de l'Afrique"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12392642). *Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques*. **2**: 98. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

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