Cyphura

Cyphura
Cyphura geminia from Ambon Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Uraniidae
Subfamily: Uraniinae
Genus: Cyphura
Warren, 1902[1]

Cyphura is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a generally pale or nearly-white coloration with brown or dark patterns.[3] The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.[4]

Species

  • Cyphura albisecta Warren
  • Cyphura approximans Swinhoe, 1916
  • Cyphura atramentaria Warren
  • Cyphura bifasciata Butler, 1879
  • Cyphura catenulata Warren, 1902
  • Cyphura caudiferaria Boisduval
  • Cyphura clarissima Butler
  • Cyphura costalis Butler
  • Cyphura dealbata Warren
  • Cyphura destrigata Kirsch
  • Cyphura extensa Rothschild
  • Cyphura falka Swinhoe
  • Cyphura geminia (Cramer, 1777) (Ambon Island)
  • Cyphura gutturalis Swinhoe, 1916
  • Cyphura latimarginata Swinhoe, 1902
  • Cyphura maxima Strand
  • Cyphura multistrigaria Warren
  • Cyphura mundaria Walker
  • Cyphura pannata Felder
  • Cyphura pardata Warren
  • Cyphura phantasma Felder
  • Cyphura pieridaria Warren, 1902
  • Cyphura reducta Joicey & Talbot
  • Cyphura semialba Warren
  • Cyphura semiobsoleta Warren
  • Cyphura subsimilis Warren, 1902
  • Cyphura swinhoei Joicey, 1917
  • Cyphura urapteroides Joicey

References

  1. Cyphura at funet
  2. The Moths of Borneo - Subfamily Uraniinae
  3. The Swallowtail Moths (URANIIDAE, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema
  4. Jeremy Daniel Holloway, Geoffrey Kibby & Djunijanti Peggie, The Families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks, Vol. 3), pg. 299
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