Acropteris

Acropteris Geyer, 1832

Acropteris Geyer, 1832; 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; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Acropteris (Microniinae); [RFEL]
Chlevasta; [NHM-BMW]
Stesichora; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]

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

Acropteris striataria (Clerck, 1764)

Phalaena striataria Clerck, 1764; Icon. Ins. rariorum: pl. 55, f. 4

Acropteris striataria; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 220; [MOB8], 89 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832

NE.Himalaya, Burma, Java, Borneo. See [maps]

Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4: 36, pl. [131], f. 761-762; TL: Java
Micronia caseata Guenée, 1857; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10: 27

Acropteris grammearia; [MOB8]: 89, pl. 6, f. 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]
Micronia grammearia; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 852

Acropteris rectinervata (Guenée, 1857)

NE.Hiamalaya - Sundaland. See [maps]

Micronia rectinervata Guenée, 1857; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10: 27

Acropteris rectinervata; [MOB8]: 89, pl. 6, f. 168, 188; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

Acropteris leptaliata (Guenée, 1857)

NE.Himalaya, Taiwan, Andamans, Borneo, Sumatra. See [maps]

Micronia leptaliata Guenée, 1857; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10: 28
Micronia vagata Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 622

Acropteris leptaliata; [MOB8]: 89, pl. 6, f. 186; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB]
Micronia vagata; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 852

Acropteris munda Warren Larat

Acropteris munda; [MOB8], 90 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Acropteris munda Warren;

Acropteris teriadata (Guenée, 1857)

New Guinea, AU. See [maps]

Micronia teriadata Guenée, 1857
Micronia defectaria Walker, 1861
Micronia ceramata Walker, [1863]
Anteia canescens Lucas, 1891

Acropteris teriadata; [MOB8], 90 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

?Acropteris sparsaria Walker

Acropteris sparsaria; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866)

Oriental Tropics - Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas. See [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 Kinabalu: 86; [MOB8]: 90, pl. 6, f. 185; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [MOB]

Acropteris puellaria (Walker, 1866)

Micronia puellaria Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1641; TL: Timor

Acropteris puellaria; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Acropteris nanula (Warren, 1898)

Micronia nanula Warren, 1898

Acropteris nanula; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Acropteris quadripunctata (Warren, 1896)

Stesichora quadripunctata Warren, 1896
Anteia cadaverosa Lucas, 1901

Acropteris quadripunctata; [CoL]
Stesichora quadripunctata; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Acropteris inchoata (Walker, 1862) Misol

Micronia inchoata Walker, 1862; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1624; TL: Misol
Micronia simpliciata Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 331; TL: Goram

Acropteris inchoata; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 220; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Acropteris iphiata (Guenée, 1857)

Primorye, Japan, Korea, ..., China, Burma, India, Malaysia. See [maps]

Micronia iphiata Guenée, 1857

Acropteris iphiata; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [SZMN]

References:

[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[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
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[SZMN] Lepidoptera
Siberian Zoological Museum
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Volume 10. Uranides et Phalénites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10 : 1-584, Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides): pl. 1-11, (Uranides) pl. 1 (1858), Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 12-22, (Siculides) pl. 1 (1858)
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)
Holloway, 1976
Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu Moths of Borneo Kinabalu : 1-264
[MOB8]; Holloway, 1998
Families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae Moths of Borneo 8
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)
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
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
Moore, 1878
A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 821-859, pl. 51-53 (1879)
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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