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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Cechenena helops (Walker, 1856)

ssp. papuana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed. Subspecies papuana is restricted to New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island: Base Biak; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Borme, Etna Bay, Genyem, Hotice Camp (Foja Mts), Langda, Mabilabol, Mokndoma, Nabire, Om, Senopi, Sentani, Sorong, Taja Rifi, Taritatu River, Timika, Ubrub, Walmak, Warmare Dua (Arfak), Wasior (Wandammen), Werba (Fakfak), Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Australia, Papua New Guinea.

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.