1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♀, Australia, Victoria, NE Melbourne, Yarra Ranges NP, Mt. Donna Buang, 1100 m, 21. January 2012 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

2: ♀, Australia, Queensland, n/w Innisfail, Biggs Road, Golden Hole, 80 m, 20. April 2009 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

3: Papua Neuguinea, Western Highlands, Kumdi, Gartenanlage, ca. 1300 m, 13. April 2019, Tagfund (fot.: Maria Felbauer), conf. Rob de VosForum

4: Indonesien, Bali, Klungkung, 1. Februar 2020 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

5: ♂, Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, ca. 1500 m, 28. - 30. August 2011 (fot.: Friedmar Graf), det. Roland BreithauptForum

6-7: Indonesien, West-Nusa Tenggara (Lombok), Desa Tetebatu Selatan, Reisfelder am Berghang mit Büschen und Bäumen, ca. 850 m, 24. Juni 2023, Tagfund (det. & fot.: Gudrun Müller), conf. Dominik HoferForum

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-6: two ♀♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Boisduval (1832: 200) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Leptosoma baulus Boisduval, 1832 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Nyctemera mundipicta Walker, 1859 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera integra Walker, 1866 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera tertiana Meyrick, 1886 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera secundiana Lucas, 1891 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilemera dispar Swinhoe, 1903 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilemera nigrovena Swinhoe, 1903 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilemera kinagananga Swinhoe, 1903 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilemera poliodesma Swinhoe, 1917 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera samoensis Tams, 1935 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Nyctemera baulus alba Pagenstecher, 1901 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera baulus aluensis Butler, 1887 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Nyctemera baulus nisa (Swinhoe, 1903) [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Faunistics

According to [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] this species is found in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vanuatu, Chinese Taipei, Viet Nam, New Caledonia, Palau and Solomon Island.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.5. Literature

• Original description: Boisduval (1832): Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'océan pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Première partie. Lépidoptères: I-IV, 5-267, pl. 1-12. Paris (J. Tastu).

3.6. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [papua-insects.nl]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]