Cyphura
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Cyphura is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.[2]
Distribution[edit]
The genus includes primarily nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found in the Australasian tropical areas. Species have a generally pale or nearly-white colouration with brown or dark patterns.[3] The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.[4]
Species[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Cyphura Warren, 1902". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Subfamily Uraniinae". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema
- ^ Jeremy Daniel Holloway, Geoffrey Kibby & Djunijanti Peggie, The Families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks, Vol. 3), pg. 299
External links[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Uraniinae.
Media related to Cyphura at Wikimedia Commons- Uraniidae - Yale University
