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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Smerinthinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Ambulyx dohertyi Rothschild, 1894

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Distribution

 

STATUS: A very common species which is very variable in groundcolour of the forewings.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak; New Guinea: Affi, Ampas, Bagia, Benyas, Borme, Genyem, Mt. Hacauwa (Foja Mts), Jayapura, Keerom River, Kokas (nr Fakfak), Mabilabol, Marina Valen, Mist Camp, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Rattan Camp, Sentani, Taja Rifi, Taritatu River, Timeepa, Ubrub, Uskwar, Walmak (Nipsan), Wambes, Wembi, Werba (nr Fakfak), Yahukimo, Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Kai Islands, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Gorbunov, O.G. & A.N. Zamesov, 2014b. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. II. Hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 167-185.