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Acropteris Geyer in Hübner, 1832

Acropteris Geyer, 1832; in Hübner, Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 36, TS: Acropteris grammearia Geyer
Chlevasta Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (68): 106, 117, TS: Acropteris grammearia Geyer
?Chlevasta Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1: 26, 37
Stesichora Meyrick, 1886; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3) : 200, TS: Micronia puellaria Walker
Acropteris ; [MOB8, 88]

1215x895 (~87Kb) upperside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, the Krating rivulet valley among the tropical forest above the waterfalls. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832

NE.Himalaya, Burma, Java, Borneo. See [About maps] Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832; in Hübner, Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 36, : pl. [131], f. 761-762, TL: Java
Micronia caseata Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 10: 27
Acropteris grammearia ; [MOB8: 89, pl. 6, f. 187]

Acropteris rectinervata (Guenée, 1857)

NE.Hiamalaya - Sundaland. See [About maps] Micronia rectinervata Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 10: 27
Acropteris rectinervata ; [MOB8: 89, pl. 6, f. 168, 188]

Acropteris leptaliata (Guenée, 1857)

NE.Himalaya, Taiwan, Andamans, Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Micronia leptaliata Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 10: 28
Micronia vagata Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 622
Acropteris leptaliata ; [MOB8: 89, pl. 6, f. 186]

Acropteris teriadata (Guenée, 1857)

New Guinea, AU. See [About maps]

Micronia teriadata Guenée, 1857 Micronia defectaria Walker, 1861

Micronia ceramata Walker, [1863] Anteia canescens Lucas, 1891

Acropteris teriadata ; [MOB8, 90 (note)]

Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866)

Oriental Tropics - Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas. See [About maps] Micronia ciniferaria Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1642
Micronia obliquaria Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 622
Acropteris ciniferaria ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 86; [MOB8: 90, pl. 6, f. 185]

Larva on Dregia [MOB8]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[MOB8]

Holloway, 1998; The Moths of Borneo, Part 8; Families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

Some related literature:

Clerck, 1764

Icones Insectorum Rariorum cum Nominibus eorum Trivialibus, Locisque e C. Linnaei ... Systema Naturae allegatis. Holmiae Icon. Ins. rariorum : pl. 1-12 (1759), : pl. 13-55 (1764)

Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]

Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, Sechter un letzter Band, 1843-1856 Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (1): (i) pl. I (1843), (3): (i) I-II, pl. II-IV (1844), (6): (i) pl. V (1844), (7): (i) pl. VI (1844), (8): (i) III-X, pl. VII-VIII (1844), (9): (i) pl. IX-XI (1844), (11): (i) pl. XII (1845), (13): (i) XI-XIV, pl. XIII-XIV (1846), (17): (i) pl. XVI (1846), (22): (ii) pl. I-III (1847), (35): (i) pl. XV (1848), (36): (i) pl. XVII-XIX (1848), (37): (i) pl. XX (1849), (?38): (i) XV-XVIII (1849), (38): (i) pl. XXI-XXII (1849), (40): (ii) I-II-IV, pl. IV-IX (1849), (48): [1], 2-24 (1851), (55): 25-80, (iv) [1], 2-36 (1852), (60): (ii) V-VIII, pl. X-XIV (iv) 37-40 (1853), (65): (iv) 41-60 (1854), (66): (iv) 61-72 (1855), (68): 81-152 (1855), (69): 153-178, (Index univ.) [1], 2-48 (1856), (69): (Schlusswort) i-iv (1856)

Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]

Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Rhopalocera (Tagfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1 (1-2): pl. [1-10], f. 1-22 (1850), 1 (3): pl. 11-14, f. 23-60 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 15-18, f. 61-78 (1855), 1 (5): pl. [19-22], f. 79-94 (1856), 1 (?6): pl. [23-24], f. 95-102 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [25-28], f. 103-123 (1869)

Geyer in Hübner, 1832

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), : pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)

Meyrick, 1886

Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3) : 189-296

Moore, 1877

The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60

Rothschild, 1915

On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227

Röber, 1891

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)

Walker, 1862

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1479-1796 ([1863])

Walker, 1866

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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