TAXONOMY AND SPECIES
CHIMAERA
1.Ornithoptera chimaera ssp. chimaera (Rothschild, 1904)
Oiwa Village, Aseki District
Papua New Guinea, 19-V-2015
Oiwa Village, Aseki District
Papua New Guinea, 19-V-2015
Yerawa Village, Aseki District
Papua New Guinea,19-V-2015
Yerawa Village, Aseki District
Papua New Guinea,19-V-2015
TITHONUS SPECIES GROUP
FORMS:
MALE:
f.aurata (Rousseau-Decelle, 1935)-f.confluenta (Haugum&Low, 1979)-f.sangnifluens (Rousseau-Decelle,1935)
f.polyconfluenta (Ohya, 1983)-f.quinquemaculata (Parrott&Deslisle, 1986)-f.aureosedulum (Deslisle, 2004)
f.dioni (Deslisle&Sclavo,2008)-f.manguini (Deslisle&Sclavo)-f.sanguismaculata (Deslisle&Sclavo)
FEMALE:
f.hermniea (Rousseau-Decelle,1935)-f.excellens (Haugum&Low, 1979)
DISTRIBUTION:: Indonesia: Irian Jaya; Jayapura. PNG: Telefomin, Porgera, Laiagam, Mendi to Ialibu, Bismarck Range, Bundi to Bundikara, Woitape, Kabebe on Mt Otto (Kabebe), Mt Gahavisuka, North East of Goroka, Menyamya, Mt Sam Sam (Sambio II), Oiwa, Aseki, Gumi, Sambio, Bulolo, (Manki Ridge), Wau (Mt Kaindi, Kuper Range), Upper Waria River area, Hydrographer Mts, Upper Angabanga River areas (Tapini), Upper Aroa RIver area (Owgarra), Owen Stanley Range (Woitape)
TYPE LOCALITY: Owgarra, Upper Aroa River, PNG
b)Ornithoptera chimaera chimaera f. loc. charybdis (F: van Eecke, 1915, M: Joicey&Talbot, 1922)
Yerawa Village
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Aseki, 01-VI-2005
Yerawa Village
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Aseki, 01-VI-2005
Yerawa Village,
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Aseki, 01-VI-2005
Yerawa Village,
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Aseki, 01-VI-2005
FORMS:
MALE:
f.aurora (Rousseau-Decelle, 1935)-f.confluenta (Haugum&Low, 1979)f.sangnifluens (Rousseau-Decelle,1935)
f.polyconfluenta (Ohya, 1983)-f.quinquemaculata (Parrott&Deslisle,1986)-f.aureosedulum (Deslisle, 2004)
f.manguini (Deslisle&Sclavo)
FEMALE:
f.herminea (Rousseau-Decelle, 1935)
f.excellens (Haugum&Low, 1979)
DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia: Irian Jaya; Wanggar RIver area, Nabire, Siriwo River area, upper Uruma RIver area, Lake Yamur area, Meno, Kobowre Mts, (=Weyland), (Mts Kunupi, Dewaro), Mapia, Lake Paniai (=Wissel) area, Enarotali, Upper Otakwa RIver area, Jayawijaya Mts (Wamena, Angguruk)
TYPE LOCALITY: F:holotype: Dutch Central N.G.=Snow Mts; M: neallotype, Kobowre Mts (=Weyland), Mt Dewaro, 3.500ft
f. confluenta
Morobe Province
c) Ornithoptera chimaera chimaera f. local flavidior ( Rothschild, 1919)
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Huon Peninsula
Papua New-Guinea XII-1992
Huon Peninsula
Papua New-Guinea XII-1992
FORMS:
MALE:
f.aurata (Rousseau-Decelle, 1935)-f.aureosedulum (Deslisle, 2004)
DISTRIBUTION: PNG: Huon Peninsula (Finistere, Saruwanged, Rawlinson and Atzeka Ranges, Sialum, Sattelburg, Finschhafen), Lae, Markham Range area, Herzok Mountains
TYPE LOCALITY: Bolauberg, German New Guinea, 1.200m (Kesser Bequest)
d)Ornithoptera chimaera f. loc. dracaena ( F:Joicey&Talbot, 1916, M: Deslisle, 2004) )
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FORMS:?
DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia: Irian Jaya; Wondiboi Mountains
TYPE LOCALITY: Wasior in Wondiboi Mts, 3000-4000feet, Irian Jaya, Indonesia