Cyphura Explained

Cyphura is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.^[1]

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 colouration with brown or dark patterns.^[2] The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.^[3]

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

External links

• • Uraniidae - Yale University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Subfamily Uraniinae . The Moths of Borneo . January 25, 2019.
2. http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Uraniidae/Uraniinae/Cyphura/Cyphura%20geminia.htm The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema
3. Jeremy Daniel Holloway, Geoffrey Kibby & Djunijanti Peggie, The Families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks, Vol. 3), pg. 299