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

by Jan Moonen

Ornithoptera meridionalis (Rothschild, 1897)

ssp. tarunggarensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species, distributed over a wide area in New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mimika, Timika.
Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

last updated on 30 March 2025