URANIINAE

The 'Uraniinae' or 'uraniine moths' are a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Uraniidae. It contains seven genera that occur in the tropics of the world. Although phylogenetically moths, they are usually diurnal and are generally as colorful as butterflies; indeed, many species bear an uncanny resemblance in shape and coloration to papilionid butterflies (swallowtails and relatives). They are also usually toxic, hence the bright color.

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Species

Sources

External links

Species

'''NOTE:''' This list of species is adapted mostly with some rearrangements from The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; it is likely to be fairly complete (as of January 2006) as including valid species for most of which distributional information is here given.
However, a considerable number of the taxa listed here are suspected to be junior synonyms of others. If starting species/genus pages, please double-check beforehand whether the taxon in question is still considered valid. Especially those in square brackets should be considered suspect without up-to-date information on their taxonomic status, a thorough review of the group being still pending but see ^[1].
Note also that namely in suspect taxa, parentheses around describers' names and description dates - which indicate a genus change from the original description - may be missing.

★ ''Alcides'' Hübner, 1822
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★ ''Alcides agathyrsus'' Kirsch, 1877 (New Guinea)
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★ ''[Alcides boops'' Westwood, 1879]
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★ ''[Alcides argyrios'' Gmelin, 1788]
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★ ''Alcides cydnus'' Felder, 1859 (Maluku)
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★ ''Alcides liris'' Felder, 1860 (New Guinea)
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★ ''Alcides aruus'' Felder, 1874 (Aru I.)
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★ ''[Alcides arnus]]'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
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★ ''Alcides metaurus'' (Hopffer, 1856) (Australia)
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★ ''[Alcides zodiaca'' (Butler, 1869) (Australia)]
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★ ''Alcides orontes'' (Linnaeus, 1763) (Moluccas, Ambon Island)
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★ ''[Alcides sordidior'' Rothschild, 1916]
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★ ''Alcides latona'' Druce, 1886 (Solomons)
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★ ''[Alcides ribbei'' Pagenstecher, 1912]
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★ ''Alcides aurora'' Salvin & Godman, 1877 (New Britain, New Ireland)

★ ''Chrysiridia'' Hübner, 1823
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★ ''Chrysiridia croesus'' Gerstaecker, 1871 (Tanzania)
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★ ''Chrysiridia rhipheus'' Drury, 1773 (Madagascar)
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★ ''[Chrysiridia crameri'' Maassen, 1879]
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★ ''[Chrysiridia druryi'' Boisduval, 1874]
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★ ''[Chrysiridia madagascariensis'' Lesson, 1831]
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★ ''[Chrysiridia papageno'' Niepelt, 1931]
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★ ''[Chrysiridia prometheus'' Drapiez, 1819]

★ ''Cyphura'' Warren, 1902
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★ ''Cyphura albisecta'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura approximans'' Swinhoe, 1916
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★ ''Cyphura atramentaria'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura bifasciata'' Butler, 1879
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★ ''Cyphura catenulata'' Warren, 1902
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★ ''Cyphura caudiferaria'' Boisduval
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★ ''Cyphura clarissima'' Butler
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★ ''Cyphura costalis'' Butler
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★ ''Cyphura dealbata'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura destrigata'' Kirsch
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★ ''Cyphura extensa'' Rothschild
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★ ''Cyphura falka'' Swinhoe
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★ ''Cyphura geminia'' (Cramer, 1777) (Ambon Island)
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★ ''Cyphura gutturalis'' Swinhoe, 1916
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★ ''Cyphura latimarginata'' Swinhoe, 1902
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★ ''Cyphura maxima'' Strand
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★ ''Cyphura multistrigaria'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura mundaria'' Walker
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★ ''Cyphura pannata'' Felder
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★ ''Cyphura pardata'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura phantasma'' Felder
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★ ''Cyphura pieridaria'' Warren, 1902
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★ ''Cyphura reducta'' Joicey & Talbot
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★ ''Cyphura semialba'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura semiobsoleta'' Warren
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★ ''Cyphura subsimilis'' Warren, 1902
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★ ''Cyphura swinhoei'' Joicey, 1917
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★ ''Cyphura urapteroides'' Joicey


★ ''Lyssa'' Hübner, 1823
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★ ''[Lyssa achillaria]]'' Hübner, 1816
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★ ''Lyssa curvata'' Skinner, 1903 (Vanuatu)
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★ ''[Lyssa fletcheri]]'' Regteren Altena, 1953
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★ ''Lyssa macleayi'' (Montrouzier, 1857) (Australia)
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★ ''Lyssa menoetius'' (Hopffer, 1856) (Borneo, Philippines, Sangir, Sulawesi)
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★ ''Lyssa menoetius adspersus'' (Regteren Altena, 1953) (Kalimantan)
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★ ''Lyssa menoetius celebensis'' (Regteren Altena, 1953) (Sulawesi)
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★ ''Lyssa mutata'' Butler, 1887 (Solomons)
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★ ''Lyssa patroclus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moluccas)
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★ ''[Lyssa patroclaria'' Hübner, 1816]
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★ ''[Lyssa toxopeusi]]'' Regteren Altena, 1953
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★ ''[Lyssa velutinus]]'' Röber, 1927
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★ ''Lyssa zampa'' (Butler, 1869) (Himalaya to southern China, Thailand, Andamans, Philippines, Sulawesi)
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★ ''Lyssa zampa docile'' (Butler, 1877) (Andaman Islands)
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★ ''Lyssa zampa dilutus'' (Röber, 1927) (Sulawesi)

★ ''Urania'' Fabricius, 1807
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★ ''Urania leilus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Central and Amazonian South America)
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★ ''Urania brasiliensis'' Swainson, 1833 (Atlantic forest, Brazil)
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★ ''Urania fulgens'' (Walker, 1854) (Veracruz, Mexico, throughout Central America to northern Ecuador west of the Andes)
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★ ''Urania poeyi'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1866 (E. Cuba)
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★ ''Urania boisduvalii'' Guérin-Meneville, 1829 (W. Cuba]
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★ ''[Urania amphiclus'' Guenée, 1857
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★ ''[Urania elegans'' Niepelt, 1930]
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★ ''[Urania fernandinae'' MacLeay, 1834]
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★ ''[Urania surinamensis'' Swainson]
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★ ''[Urania occidentalis'' Swainson, 1833]
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★ ''Urania sloanus'' Cramer, 1779 (Jamaica, extinct ca. 1894)
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★ ''[Urania sloanaria'' Hübner, 1816]

★ ''Urapteritra'' Viette, 1972
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★ ''Urapteritra antsianakariae'' Oberthür, 1923 (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra falcifera'' (Weymer, 1892) (East Africa)
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★ ''Urapteritra mabillei'' Viette, 1972 (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra montana'' Viette, 1972 (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra piperita'' Oberthür, 1923 (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra recurvata'' Warren (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra suavis'' Oberthür, 1923 (Madagascar)
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★ ''Urapteritra fasciata'' (Mabille, 1878)(Madagascar)

★ ''Urapteroides'' Moore, 1888
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★ ''Urapteroides anerces'' Meyrick, 1886 (Fiji)
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★ ''Urapteroides astheniata'' (Guenée, 1857) (Himalaya to New Guinea, Queensland)
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★ ''[Urapteroides diana'' Swinhoe (Peninsular Malaysia) (possibly a form of ''U. astheniata'')]
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★ ''[Urapteroides equestraria'' Boisduval]
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★ ''[Urapteroides hermaea'' Druce, 1888]
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★ ''[Urapteroides hyemalis'' Butler, 1887 (Solomons, Vanuatu)]
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★ ''[Urapteroides malgassaria'' Mabille, 1878]
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★ ''[Urapteroides swinhoei'' Rothschild]
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★ ''[Urapteroides urapterina'' Butler, 1877]

Sources

★ 1. Lees, David C. and Smith, Neal G. [1991] "Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance. ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'', vol. 45. " available at http://research.yale.edu/peabody/jls/pdfs/1990s/1991/1991-45(4)296-Lees.pdf .

External links

★ Moths of Borneo: Subfamily Uraniinae (with pictures and description of species: ''Lyssa zampa'', ''L. menoetius'', ''Urapteroides astheniata'')