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The Cocytiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos & Alberto Zilli

 

Avatha tepescens Walker, 1858

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rather common species with a peculiar distribution, from Sundaland to West New Guinea, but not known from the Moluccas yet.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mabilabol, Nomnagihé, Setekwa River, Timeepa, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Wondiwoi Mts. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sundaland.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, ZMAN. Literature: see below.