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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Microniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

Acropteris puellaria (Walker, 1866)

titania Kirsch, 1877
tristriata Pagenstecher, 1886
nivea Warren, 1897
unipuncta Warren, 1899
obsolescens Warren, 1897
multiguttata Warren, 1901
sphaeristis Meyrick, 1886


Distribution

 

 

 

 

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

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island; Numfor Island; Biak Island; Liki Island; New Guinea: Arfak-coast, Borme, Dabra, Eilanden River, Etna Bay, Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Kobakma, Menjambow (Arfak), Setakwa River, Sorong, Sumbole, Triton Bay, Utakwa River, Waena, Werba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Timor, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

Lucas, R., 1902. Lepidoptera 1901. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 68(2-2): 633-971.
Seitz, A., 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Swinhoe, C., 1902. New and little known species of Drepanulidae, Epiplemidae, Microniidae and Geometridae in the National collection. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902(3): 585-677
Warren, W., 1901. New Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions. Novitates Zoologicae 8(1): 21-37.