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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

 

Cyphura (Cyphura) geminia (Cramer, 1777)

gutturalis (Swinhoe, 1916)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Distributed in the Moluccas and on Waigeo. A common species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Moluccan islands (Ambon, Saparua, Obi, Buru, Kai Islands, Seram).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Sinnema, S. & J. Sinnema-Bloemen, 2020. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part III: The geminia and semiobsoleta species groups from the Indo-Pacific region with five new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 163: 63-99.