Urania (moth)
Genus of moths
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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)
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