Papua-Insects.nl

The Papua Insects Foundation

about us:

---

The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Sphinginae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

 

 

 

Psilogramma menephron (Cramer, 1780)

ssp. nebulosa Butler, 1876
anne Eitschberger, 2001

---

Distribution

 

STATUS: Widely distributed but less common than other Psilogramma species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island: Biak; Yapen Island: Ambaidiru; New Guinea: Ampas, Benyas, Bilai, Borme, Depapre, Genyem, Kwerba, Mabilabol (Oksibil), Mokwam, Pass Valley, Sama (Asmat Area), Senopi, Taja Rifi, Taritatu River, Ubrub, Camp Walker (Waena), Walmak (Nipsan), Yahukimo (Nipsan), Yamasy (Asmat Area), Yuruf (Keerom River). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

Literature

Eitschberger, U., 2001. Neubeschreibungen von Arten in der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten Suppl. 1: 3-63.
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.