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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

Cyphura (Cyphura) semiobsoleta (Warren, 1896)

ssp. reducta Joicey & Talbot, 1916

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Endemic for New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Arfak Mts., Mt. Kunupi, Meniy River (Arfak), Mokwam, Walmak, Wandammen Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.