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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Siep and Jannie Sinnema

 

 

Cyphura (Xysterophora) femkeae Sinnema & Sinnema-Bloemen, 2016


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species which is distributed in the Arfak Mountains.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Demaisi, Mokwam, Ninay Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, coll. Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

Seitz, A, 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Sinnema, S. & J. Sinnema-Bloemen, 2016. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part I: Introduction of the New Subgenus Xysterophora with Two New Species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 159 (2016) 143-163
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