Urania (moth)

Urania
	Urania boisduvalii, Cuba
Scientific classification
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];

Urania is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.

The genus name Urania is New 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 the Central American and South American regions.

Species

Urania boisduvalii Guérin-Meneville, 1829 – (Cuba)
Urania brasiliensis Swainson, 1833 – (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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[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

[Lees2010-9] 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.