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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

 

 

 

 

Gnathothlibus heliodes (Meyrick, 1889)

 

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Distribution

 

 

STATUS: Distributed in New Guinea and some adjacent islands. The species seems to be rather rare.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Dotir (Wandammen), Jayapura, Kaimana, Landikma, Mabilabol, Maripi, Meja Reserve (Manokwari), Mimika, Pionierbivak, Tandia (Wandammen), Taritatu River, Warkapi. 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.