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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia
by Willem Hogenes
Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
ssp. eras (Boisduval, 1832)
two males showing the variety in contrast, (left) in Walmak (Jayawijaya Mountains); (right) in Mapi (southern Asmat District)
Taxonomical note
Some authors consider ssp. eras to be of species level. In that case both taxa, erotus and eras, have a parasympatric distribution. We consider both taxa to be conspecific thus being subspecies.
Distribution
STATUS: Widely distributed from Java to Samoa and from the Philippines to Southeast Australia. In Papua quite common, mostly found in the Central Mountains.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Supiori: Nansfori; Biak: Marauw; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Furu Camp (Foja Mts.), Ilaga, Jayapura, Keerom River, Kloofbivak, Langda, Mabilabol, Mapi (Asmat District), Merauke, Pass Valley, Sentani, Ubrub, Walmak (Nipsan), Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Sunda Islands (from Java eastward), Sulawesi, Moluccas, The Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, East Australia.
DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH, ZMAN.
