Cyphura is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by William Warren in 1902.
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.The Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae, Uraniinae) of Papua Indonesia by Siep and Jannie Sinnema The larvae live in webbing of the host plant.Jeremy Daniel Holloway, Geoffrey Kibby & Djunijanti Peggie, The Families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks, Vol. 3), pg. 299
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
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Uraniidae - Yale University