A review of the tiger moth genus Amerila Walker, 1855 from Flores Island, Indonesia, with a description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Abstract

<jats:p>The Flores Island is a part of the East Nusa Tenggara Group belonging to the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. The Lepidoptera fauna of this remote island comprises two species of the genus Amerila Walker, 1855, i.e. Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) and Amerila rosenfeldae sp. nov. The first species is widespread from India and Southeast Asia to New Guinea, while the latter taxon appears to represent a lineage endemic to Flores.</jats:p>

New records of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Flores Island, Indonesia

“…Thus, the total number of Amerilini Dubatolov, 2010 andArctiini Leach, [1815] species in the fauna of Flores Island is 26 species [Bolotov et al, 2018;Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b; this study]. However, among these tribes only six species and three subspecies are endemics of the island or Lesser Sunda Archipelago (one species in the tribe Amerilini, fi ve species and three subspecies in the tribe Arctiini) [Bolotov et al, 2018;Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b; this study].…”

“…In this article, we report on the fi rst records of three species of tiger moths. Therefore, the total number of Amerilini and Arctiini species in the fauna of Flores Island is 26 species [Bolotov et al, 2018;Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b; this study]. Additionally, this study presents a new data of locality of nine species, previously known for the island, and illustrations of some species .…”

“…The fauna of Amerilini and Arctiini of Flores Island recently comprised 22 species [Bolotov et al, 2018]. In 2020 one more Amerila Walker, 1855 species, Amerila rosenfeldae Spitsyn et Bolotov, 2020, was described from remote mountain range in the middle part of the Flores Island [Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b]. In this article, we report on the fi rst records of three species of tiger moths.…”

“…Distribution* Reference to the records from Flores Amerilini Dubatolov, 2010 Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) India and Sri-Lanka over Nepal, continental China, Taiwan, the Philippines to Indo-China, Indonesia and New Guinea [Bolotov et al, 2018;Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b] A. rosenfeldae Spitsyn et Bolotov, 2020 Flores [Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b] Arctiini Leach, [1815] Utetheisa palla (Röber, 1891) Lesser Sundas [Dubatolov, 2010[Dubatolov, , 2012 present study] U. pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 China, Japan, islands of the Indian Ocean, Pakistan, India, Sri-Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk, and New Zealand [Bolotov et al, 2018 (it Flores [Roepke, 1954;Dubatolov, 2010Dubatolov, , 2012De Vos, 2015] N. baulus Boisduval, 1832 Sundaland to North Australia and Samoa [Roepke, 1954;Bolotov et al, 2018; present study] N. coleta (Stoll, 1781) Japan, Oriental Region to New Guinea [Roepke, 1954; present study] N. distincta Walker, 1854 Java and Flores [Bolotov et al, 2018; present study] N. maculata variamacula De Vos, 2002 Bali, Lombok, andFlores [De Vos, 2002] N. pagenstecheri Pagenstecher, 1898…”

“…Among tiger moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae) level of endemism is much lower. Only one species in the tribe Amerilini Dubatolov, 2010 is an endemic of the island (50%) [Spitsyn, Bolotov, 2020b]. The tribe Arctiini Leach, [1815] has fi ve species (20.8%) and three subspecies (32%), which are endemics of the island or Lesser Sunda Archipelago [Bolotov et al, 2018;this study].…”