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The Euteliinae (Lepidoptera: Stictopterinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Lophoptera huma (Swinhoe, 1903)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Indo-Australian region. It is one of the smallest Lophoptera species, easily distinguished by the two dark costal patches.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Roon Island; New Guinea: Mt. Goliath, Mokwam, Pass Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Thailand, Borneo, Sulawesi, Ceram, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, ZMAN.