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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Epipleminae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Chaetoceras strigulosata Warren, 1907

transnigrata Warren, 1907 (page 111) syn. nov.

 

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea, but locally common. It is clear that Chaetoceras strigulosata Warren, 1907 is conspecific with C. transnigrata Warren, 1907. According to the rules of the Code for Zoological Names the first one has priority because it was decribed one page before the latter.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Mt. Goliath, Mt. Lina (Cyclops), Molbakon, Sinimburu, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.