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

by Rob de Vos & Alberto Zilli

Ischyja manlia (Cramer, 1776)

squalida (Fabricius, 1787)
amboinensis Felder, 1861

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed in the Indo-Australian region. So far known it is the only Ischyja species with blue hindwing pattern occurring in New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Japen Island: Waropen; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Borme, Furu Camp (Foja Mts), Mt. Kunupi, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Pass Valley, Sorong, Walmak, Yongsu. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Australian region from North India through Oriental region and Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Palau.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.