Aptera is an obsolete taxonomic category, which included the Apterygota along with various other wingless arthropods.
Aptera may also refer to:
- Aptera, Greece, the city in Crete
- Aptera Motors, a defunct automobile company that was to produce the Aptera 2e
- Aptera 2 Series, a concept car developed by the automobile company Aptera Motors
- Aptera (genus), a genus of cockroaches
Aptera also serves as a specific epithet in the names of various species:
- Apteromantis aptera, a species of praying mantis, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula
- Parashorea aptera, a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family, endemic to Indonesia
- Hopea aptera, a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family, endemic to Papua New Guinea
- Inga aptera, a species of legume in the Fabaceae family, found only in Brazil