Cyphura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Uraniidae
Subfamilia: Uraniinae
Genus: Cyphura
Subgenera: C. (Xysterophora) – Species: C. aruensis – C. bifasciata – C. costalis – C. geminia – C. marcoi – C. maxima – C. multistrigata – C. numforensis – C. pallidata – C. pieridaria – C. semiobsoleta – C. swinhoei – C. trifasciata
Name

Cyphura Warren, 1902

Type species: Phalaena geminia Cramer, 1777 by original designation

Cyphura geminia

Primary references
Additional references

Sinnema, S.G. & Sinnema-Bloemen, J.W. 2016. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part I: Introduction of the New Subgenus Xysterophora with Two new species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 159(3): 143–163 DOI: 10.1163/22119434-15903004. Reference page.
Sinnema, S.G. & Sinnema-Bloemen, J.W. 2018. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part II: The caudiferaria-, phantasmah- and pardata-group from the Indo-Pacific region with eight new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae)). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 161(1): 39-62 DOI: 10.1163/22119434-00002073. Paywall. Reference page.
Sinnema, S.G. & Sinnema-Bloemen, J.W. 2020. Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part III: The geminia and semiobsoleta species groups from the Indo-Pacific region with five new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 163(1): 63–99 DOI: 10.1163/22119434-bja10009. Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Lepidoptera/Uraniidae/Uraniinae/Cyphura geminia

Cyphura is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.[2]

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.[3] The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.[4]
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

References

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