Pareumelea hortensiata Guenée

Eumelea hortensiata Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 9: 394

Eumelea fervidaria Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1615.

Urapteryx marginipennis Butler, 1879. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 562.

Pareumelea rostrata Swinhoe, 1908, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), 1: 68, syn. n.

Pareumelea hortensiata exstinguens Prout, 1931, Novit. zool., 37: 11.

Diagnosis

See the previous species.

Taxonomic Notes

The genitalia of rostrata (from Sulawesi) are as in the typical race, but is larger, with broader, clearer yellow margins to both wings.

Geographical range

Sundaland, Palawan; Sulawesi (ssp. rostrata).

Habitat preference

No recently collected material has been seen from Borneo.

In Sulawesi ssp. rostrata was taken mainly in lower montane forest at just over 1000m.

Genitalia: