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The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesiaby Siep and Jannie Sinnema
Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856)
subspecies:
macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856)
Distribution
STATUS: A common species. In Lyssa macleayi the transverse is running straight to the tornus and is not branched off, the transverse on the underside of the hindwing not broadly margined by black, while in Lyssa toxopeusi there is a broad dark margin along the white transverse band on the underside of the hindwing and the fainted, slightly branched off white transverse band in the tornus of the forewing.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Salawati Island; Biak Island: Biak, Bosnik; Supiori Island: Korido, Nansfori; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Bilogai, Borme, Demaisi, Etna Bay, Fakfak, Hosma, Ifar, Jayapura, Julianabivak, Mabilabol, Manokwari, Mokwam, Noesawammer, Om, Pass Valley, Pionierbivak, Prauwenbivak, Senopi, Sentani, Sibil, Sorong, East Tami, Ubrub, Uskwar, Windesi, Yuruf, Warkapi. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Gebeh, Kai Islands, Aru Islands, Tanimbar, Papua New Guinea, Fergusson Island.
DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH, WAU, ZMAN.
Literature
Regteren Altena, C.O. van, 1953. A revision of the genus Nyctalemon Dalman (Lepidoptera, Uraniidae) with notes on the biology, distribution, and evolution of its species. Zoölogische Verhandelingen, Leiden 19: 1-57.
Seitz, A, 1934. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Uraniidae: 93-96. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
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