The Papua Insects Foundation

 

 

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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Daphnis dohertyi Rothschild, 1897

ssp. dohertyi Rothschild, 1897

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Distribution

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed in New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Bernhard Camp, Bhayangkara (Jayapura), Bilogai, Demaisi, Depapre, Genyem, Jayapura, Kaukas, Keerom River, Kloofbivak, Kouh, Langda, Mabilabol, Manokwari, Merauke, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Pionierbivak, Prafi, Senopi, Sentani, Sorong, Taja Rifi, Tanahmerah, Taritatu River, Timika, Ubrub (Keerom River), Vriendschap River, Walmak (Nipsan), Yuruf (Keerom River). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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.