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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesiaby Siep and Jannie Sinnema
Cyphura (Cyphura) maxima Strand, 1913
swinhoei (Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
Distribution
STATUS: Widely distributed on New Guinea. Probably the most common Cyphura species.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island; Mioswaar Island; Roon Island; Pulau Hariti; Pulau Ratewi; Yapen: Ambaidiru; New Guinea: Ampas, Benyas, Borme, Camp Walker (Waena), Depapre, Dojo, Eilanden River, Etna Bay, Haya, Ifar, Jayapura, Kapaur (Fakfak), Kloofbivak, Marina Valen, Miei, Ninay Valley, Sentani, Upper Setekwa River, Sibil, Sinimburu, Sorong, Syoubri, Tami River, Tekai (Keerom), Teminaboean, Timika, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Waena, Wandammen Peninsula, Wangaar River. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, ZMHB, Remco Hofland, Michael Thirnbeck.
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.
