Genus Urania

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Urania Swallowtail Moth (Urania fulgens) - Urania fulgens

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Uraniidae (Swallowtail Moths)

Subfamily Uraniinae

Genus Urania

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Urania Fabricius, 1807

Explanation of Names

New Latin, from Greek mythology Ουρανια, the muse of astronomy, from a Greek root meaning "heavenly" (Wikipedia--Urania).

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1), (second sp. reportedly taken on oil platform off the coast of Louisiana)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 19 November, 2010 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 16 September, 2011 - 4:53pm

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