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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

Cyphura (Cyphura) caudiferaria (Boisduval, 1832)

mundaria (Walker, 1866)
pannata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

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

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Pulau Liki; Pulau Wakde; Batanta Island; Salawati Island; Biak Island; New Guinea: Ampas, Andai, Demaisi, Dorey (Manokwari), Etna Bay, Jayapura, Kapaur (Fakfak), Kwaneha, Manokwari, Mokwam, Momi, Ninay Valley, Noordwijk (Sentani), Pioniersbivak, Sentani Pos 7, Sorong, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Wambes, Warkapi, Wembi, Wosi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Seram, Halmahera, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, OXUM, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

Sinnema, S. & J. Sinnema-Bloemen, 2020. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part III: The geminia and semiobsoleta species groups from the Indo-Pacific region with five new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 163: 63-99.