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

by Rob de Vos & Alberto Zilli

Ercheia dubia (Butler, 1874)

certa Bethune-Baker, 1906

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea and Queensland (Australia). A common and variable species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Batanta Island; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Gn. Bembab, Bivak 39a (Star Mts. Exp. 1959), Demaisi, Etna Bay, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath, Hollandia (Jayapura), Ilaga, Keerom, Kouh, Mt. Kunupi, Landikma, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Pass Valley, Prafi, Rasiei, Senopi, Upper Setekwa River, Taykoko, Timeepa, Tuan Wowi, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wandammen Peninsula, Warkapi, waterfall (Cyclops Mts). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Joop Schaffers, Peter Jan de Vries.