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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Microniinae) of Papua Indonesiaby Siep and Jannie Sinnema
Strophidia directaria (Walker, 1866)
Distribution
STATUS: A common species, widely distributed on New Guinea, mostly near the coast in lowland.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island; Numfor Island; New Guinea: Dojo, Hollandia (Jayapura), Ifar, Kapaur (Fakfak), Kouh, Manokwari (Meja Reserve), Merauke, Nambukrang, Pionierbivak, Sentani, Ubrub, Setakwa River, Tandia, Triton Bay, Utakwa River, Warkapi, Wosi. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sumba, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, ZMAN.
Literature
Seitz, A., 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwärmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
