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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Epipleminae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Europlema nivosaria (Walker, 1866)

paucifera (Walker, 1866)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Moluccas and West New Guinea. A common species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island; Roon Island; Biak Island: Naval Base; New Guinea: Base Camp (Utakwa River), Canoe Camp (Utakwa River), Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Manokwari, Upper Setekwa River, Utakwa River, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sula Islands (Moluccas).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.