Biology:Urania (genus)
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| Genus: | Urania Fabricius, 1807[1]
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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 ca. 1894)
References
- ↑ Urania at funet
- ↑ [Illiger], 1807; Allgem. Lit. Ztg. Halle [Jena] 1807 (No. 2): 1181
- ↑ Hübner, [1807]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : pl. [200],
- ↑ Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 81
- ↑ Dalman, 1825; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1824 (2) : 407
- ↑ Swainson, 1833; Zool. Illustr. (2): pls. 125-126
- ↑ Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 4
- ↑ Westwood, 1879; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 10 : 516, 520-521
- ↑ Lees, David and Neal Smith (1991) Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance or an OCR of the pdf document . In Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, vol. 45. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
- ↑ The Century Dictionary by The Century Company.Available online.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3552124 entry
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