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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Microniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857

synonyms:

gannata Guenée, 1857
sondaicata Guenée, 1857
adjudicataria Walker, 1861
responsaria Walker, 1861

 


Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: In Papua locally common but not generally.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Dabra, Jayapura, Gunung Meja (Manokwari), Pass Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Oriental tropics east of Sulawesi.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH, ZMAN, BMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

Seitz, A., 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwärmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Holloway, J.D., 1998. Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae. The Moths of Borneo 8: 1-155.