Urania (moth)
Urania is a genus of colorful, dayflying moths in the family Uraniidae, native to warmer parts of the Americas. Their larvae feed on Omphalea.
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| Urania boisduvalii, Cuba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Uraniinae |
| Genus: | Urania Fabricius, 1807[1] |
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The genus name Urania is Neo-Latin from Latin Urania from Ancient Greek Ουρανία, one of the Muses, literally 'The Heavenly One'.[9][10]
Distribution
The genus includes relatively large day-flying moths that are found in Mexico (rarely reaching north to Texas as a vagrant), Central America, warmer parts of South America and the Caribbean islands.
Species
- Urania boisduvalii Guérin-Meneville, 1829 – (Cuba)
- Urania brasiliensis Swainson, 1833 – (eastern Brazil)
- Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758 – green-banded urania (tropical South America east of the Andes)
- Urania fulgens Walker, 1854 – urania swallowtail moth (Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America)
- Urania poeyi Herrich-Schäffer, 1866 – (eastern Cuba)
- Urania sloanus Cramer, 1779 – Sloane's urania (Jamaica; extinct c. 1894)
 Illustration of the now extinct Urania sloanus in Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll's De uitlandsche kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America |
References
- Savela, Markku. "Urania Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- [Illiger], 1807; Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung Halle [Jena] 1807 (No. 2): 1181
- Hübner, [1807]; Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge 1 : pl. [200],
- Billberg, 1820; Enumeratio insectorum in Museo: 81
- Dalman, 1825; Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 1824 (2) : 407
- Swainson, 1833; Zoological Illustrations (2): pls. 125-126
- Walker, 1854; List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 1: 4
- Westwood, 1879; Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 10 : 516, 520-521
- Lees, David and Neal Smith (1991) Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance Archived 2007-03-15 at the Wayback Machine or an OCR of the pdf document Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. In Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, vol. 45. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
- The Century Dictionary by The Century Company.Available online.
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