| Heteropteryx | |
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| Female of Heteropteryx dilatata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Heteropterygidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropteryginae |
| Tribe: | Heteropterygini |
| Genus: | Heteropteryx Gray, G.R., 1835 |
| Species: | H. dilatata
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteropteryx dilatata (Parkinson 1798)
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| Synonyms | |
Heteropteryx is a monotypic genus of stick insects containing Heteropteryx dilatata as the only described species.[1][2] and gives its name to the family of the Heteropterygidae. Their only species may be known as jungle nymph, Malaysian stick insect, Malaysian wood nymph, Malayan jungle nymph, or Malayan wood nymph and because of their size it is commonly kept in zoological institutions and private terrariums of insect lovers. It originates from the Malay Archipelago and is nocturnal.
- ^ Parkinson, J. (1798) Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 4(1): 190.
- ^ Gray, G.R. (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 13, 32.