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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Sphinginae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

 

 

 

Psilogramma menephron (Cramer, 1780)

ssp. nebulosa Butler, 1876
anne Eitschberger, 2001

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Distribution

 

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

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Benyas, Bilai, Depapre, Genyem, Mabilabol (Oksibil), Mokwam, Pass Valley, Sama (Asmat Area), Senopi, Taja Rifi, Taritatu River, Ubrub, 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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.