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tropical swallowtail moth

Lyssa sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a large moth. It measured 14 x 8 cm. There are 2 Lyssa sp. on the Papua list: Lyssa macleayi and L. toxopeusi.

Habitat:

Observed on the outside wall of a house (under a light at night), surrounded by a large semi-urban yard & garden, near to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Reference Links:

Lyssa - Overview, Uraniidae, Macleay’s Swallowtail Moth – Lyssa macleayi | An Amateur Naturalist…

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dotun55
I love swallowtail anything, be it 'swallowtail caterpillar' :)

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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