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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Smerinthinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Ambulyx wildei Miskin, 1891

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Distribution

 

STATUS: Known from New Guinea only.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abepura, Ampas, Arfak Mountains, Borme, Depapre, Genyem, Hotice Camp (Foja Mts), Jayapura, Mabilabol (Oksibil), Mokndoma, Om (Waris District), Senopi, Sentani, Sorong, Taritatu River, Tiri Camp (Foja Mts), Ubrub, Uskwar, Wambes, Yuruf (Keerom River). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Gorbunov, O.G. & A.N. Zamesov, 2014b. To the knowledge of Macroheterocera of Southeast Asia and New Guinea. II. Hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Papua Province, Indonesia. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 167-185.