Saturniidae of Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea

Irian Jaya in 2003 became the provinces of West Papua and Papua, both west of Papua New Guinea.

The Weyland Mountains in Papua, near Magoda on the map, are home to Neodipthera intermedia.

Stephan Naumann lists the following species from Papua. I have added species based on 2011 Entomo Sat-Sphingia Journal, and the listing below now includes West Papua, Papua and Papua New Guinea.

Saturniinae tribus Attacini Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758 Attacus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1895 Coscinocera eurystheus Rothschild, 1898 Coscinocera butleri Rothschild, 1895 Coscinocera anteus Bouvier, 1927 Coscinocera joiceyi Bouvier, 1927 Samia ceramensis (Bouvier, 1927) tribus Saturniini Chrysodesmia flavipicta Syntherata antipoda Boisduval, XXXX Syntherata apicalis Bouvier, 1928 Syntherata aliena Niepelt, 1934 Syntherata brunnea Eckerlein, 1935 Opodiphthera sciron (Westwood, 1881) Opodiphthera pristina Walker, 1865 ? Neodiphthera foucheri Bouvier, 1926 Opodiphthera intermedia Bouvier, 1928 Opodiphthera joiceyi Bouvier, 1928 Opodiphthera talboti Bouvier, 1928 Opodiphthera grisea (Bouvier, 1928) Opodiphthera jurriaansei van Eecke, 1933 Opodiphthera gazella (Niepelt, 1934) Opodiphthera strandi (Niepelt, 1934) Opodiphthera elleri Eckerlein, 1935 status doubtful Neodiphthera albicera (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907); Papua; Papua New Guinea Neodiphthera arfakiana Brechlin, 2011; West Papua: Arfak Mountains Neodiphthera decellei Lemaire & Nässig (in Nässig & Lemaire), 2002; Bougainville Island, PNG Neodiphthera magodensis Brechlin, 2011 Magoda, Papua Neodiphthera monacha (Staudinger, 1920) Morobe Penn.: Finschhafen Neodiphthera papuana (Rothschild, 1904) Neodiphthera venusta (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907) Neodiphthera strigata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Neodiphthera nigroculata (Bouvier, 1928) Neodiphthera goodgeri (D’Abrera, 1998) Neodiphthera schaarschmidti Brechlin, 2005 Neodiphthera habemana Brechlin, 2005 Pararhodia gyra (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905) Pararhodia meeki (Jordan, 1908) Pararhodia daviesorum Lemaire, 1979 Pararhodia rotalis Paukstadt, Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1992 Pararhodia setekwa D'Abrera, 1998 status doubtful Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837) [introduced species!]

#1 Neodiphthera sp?, Tekai (3°35' 49" S, 140°37' 20" E-3.59703140.622253),
eastern Irian Jaya, March 25, 2007

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#2 Neodiphthera joiceyi?, Tekai (3°35' 49" S, 140°37' 20" E-3.59703140.622253),
eastern Irian Jaya, March 29, 2007

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#3 Neodiphthera nabiriana?, Tekai (3°35' 49" S, 140°37' 20" E-3.59703140.622253),
eastern Irian Jaya, March 25, 2007

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#4 Coscinocera hercules?, Tekai (3°35' 49" S, 140°37' 20" E-3.59703140.622253),
eastern Irian Jaya, February, 2007

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