Papua-Insects.nl

The Papua Insects Foundation

about us:

---

The Euteliinae (Lepidoptera: Euteliidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Aplotelia tripartita (Semper, 1900)

ssp. pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906

 

---

Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: The species tripartita is much more wider distributed than oetakwa, with three subspecies in The Philippines and Sulawesi (ssp. tripartita), the Lesser Sunda Islands East of the Wallace Line (ssp. microsundana Holloway, 1985) and Papua New Guinea (ssp. pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906). For distinguishing characters between the two species see oetakwa.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Senopi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.