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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.
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