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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

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

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Batanta Island; Biak Island; Japen Island: Ambaidiru; Pulau Masi-masi (Pantai Timur); Pulau Wakde; New Guinea: Abepura, Affi, Borme, Dojo, Etna Bay, Fakfak, Ifar, Jayapura, Kouh, Lelambo, Marina Valen, Ninay Valley, Sentani, Sorong, Tekai (Keerom), Utakwa River, Walmak, Warkapi, Werba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Oriental region from China to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Holloway, J.D., 1998. The Moths of Borneo, Part 8, Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae.
Seitz, A, 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.