Acropteris Geyer, 1832

FAMILY Uraniidae
SUBFAMILY Microniinae
AUTHORGeyer, 1832
STATUSGenus
PUBLICATIONGeyer C. 1832. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter neuer oder seltener Nichteuropäischer Arten. (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes). Viertes Hundert. - — 4:1-48, figs 301-400.
PAGINATION 36 Bhl
COMMENTSType species: Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832. - In: Hübner, Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge 4: 36; pl. [131], figs 761, 762. By subsequent designation by Hampson, 1895. Fauna of British India (Moths) 3: 114 [as a junior name of striataria Clerck, which Hampson placed as a senior synonym of grammearia Geyer, 1832].

Genus Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
Chlevasta Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Synonym of genus

Species

NAME AUTHOR STATUS PUBLICATION
costinigrata Warren, 1897 Species Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 4:12-130.
hypocrita Snellen, 1872 Species Snellen P. C. T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de vlinder-fauna van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 15:1-110, pls 1-8.
illiturata Camera Warren, 1897 Species Warren W. 1897b. New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 4:195-262, pl. 5.
insticta Warren, 1897 Species Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 4:12-130.
mendax Snellen, 1872 Species Snellen P. C. T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de vlinder-fauna van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 15:1-110, pls 1-8.
nigrisquama Warren, 1897 Species Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 4:12-130.
tenella (Walker, 1869) Species Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7.
vacuata Warren, 1897 Species Warren W. 1897b. New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 4:195-262, pl. 5.