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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Daphnis protrudens Felder, [1874]

ssp. protrudens Felder, [1874]

 

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Distribution

 

 

STATUS: Rather rare in Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Arfak Mts, Genyem, Jayapura, Landikma, Langda, Mabilabol, Sentani, Ubrub (Keerom River). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: ssp. protrudens: Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Northeast 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.