The Papua Insects Foundation

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The Swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Papilioninae) of Papua Indonesia

by Jan Moonen

Ornithoptera chimaera (Rothschild, 1904)

ssp. charybdis (van Eecke, 1915)
dracaena (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
ssp. chimaera (Rothschild, 1904)
ssp. flavidior (Rothschild, 1913)
draco Rousseau-Decelle, 1935

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Restricted to New Guinea with three subspecies in the Indonesian part.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Abmisibil, Ameagi River, Batimban (Star Mts), Bion River (Pass Valley), Diben River (Pass Valley), Jaba River (Central Mts), Langda, Mokndoma, Nipsan River, Perameles Bivak (3rd Nw Guinea Exp.), Sabin, Timika, Yango River (Nipsan), Yapimakot.
Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Eecke, R. van, 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Rhopalocera collected by the third New Guinea Expedition. In: Herderschee, A.F.; Nova Guinea 13(Zool.3):55-80, pls.I-III.

Haugum, J., 1988. The type specimens of Papilionidae in the Dutch Rijksmuseum, Leiden. Pap.Int. 5(2):327-362 (20.X.1988)

Pulle, A., 1915. Naar het Sneeuwgebergte van Nieuw Guinea met de derde Nederlandsche Expeditie Amsterdam.

 

last updated on 30 March 2025