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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Microniinae) of Papua Indonesiaby Siep and Jannie Sinnema
Acropteris quadripunctata (Warren, 1896)
Distribution
STATUS: A rare species, distinguished from Acropteris puellaria by the much smaller size and broader wings.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Base Camp (Utakwa River), Kaisah, Kloofbivak, Pioniersbivak, Tanah Merah. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH. Literature (see below).
Literature
Rothschild, W., 1915. Lepidoptera of the British ornithologists' union and Wollaston expeditions in the Snow Mountains, southern Dutch New Guinea: p 102. Hazell, Watson & Viney.
Seitz, A., 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Warren, W., 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae from the Papuan Region. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 272-306.
