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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

 

Cyphura (Xysterophora) extensa (Rothschild, 1915)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed on New Guinea, but not common.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Base Camp (Utakwa River), Bhayankara (Jayapura), Hollandia (Jayapura), Humboldt Bay, Parfi (near Jayapura), Sorong, Uskwar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Seitz, A, 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Sinnema, S. & J. Sinnema-Bloemen, 2016. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part I: Introduction of the New Subgenus Xysterophora with Two New Species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 159 (2016) 143-163.