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

by Rob de Vos

 

Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852)

circumferens (Walker, 1865)
cognata (Walker, 1865)
adusta (Moore, 1882)
prunicolor (Moore, [1885])
kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Indo-Australian archipelago. In Papua not common. Mainly found at higher altitudes, but also recorded in lowland forests.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Hollandia (Jayapura), Ninay Valley, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Australia, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Caledonia

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, Joop Schaffers.