Urania (moth)

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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.

Urania
Urania boisduvalii, Cuba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Subfamily: Uraniinae
Genus: Urania
Fabricius, 1807[1]
Synonyms
  • Urania Illiger, 1807[2]
  • Lars Hübner, 1807[3]
  • Cydrus Billberg, 1820[4]
  • Cydimon Dalman, 1825[5]
  • Leilus Swainson, 1833[6]
  • Dasycephalus Walker, 1854[7]
  • Uranidia Westwood, 1879[8]

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Urania Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. ^ [Illiger], 1807; Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung Halle [Jena] 1807 (No. 2): 1181
  3. ^ Hübner, [1807]; Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge 1 : pl. [200],
  4. ^ Billberg, 1820; Enumeratio insectorum in Museo: 81
  5. ^ Dalman, 1825; Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 1824 (2) : 407
  6. ^ Swainson, 1833; Zoological Illustrations (2): pls. 125-126
  7. ^ Walker, 1854; List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 1: 4
  8. ^ Westwood, 1879; Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 10 : 516, 520-521
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ The Century Dictionary by The Century Company.Available online.
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