Kingdom Animalia Family Uraniidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Subfamily Uraniinae Genus Urania Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Urania, Butterflies and moths, Omphalea, Urania leilus, Uraniidae | ||
Migraci n se urania fulgens
Urania fulgens, the urania swallowtail moth, is a day-flying moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found from Veracruz, Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America (west of the Andes and south to Ecuador). It is highly migratory and has been recorded as a vagrant to Texas, USA.
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It is sometimes confused with the similar U. leilus, but that species is found east of the Andes in South America, is slightly larger, and has more white to the "tail". The two have been treated as conspecific.
As appears to be the case for all Urania, the larvae of U. fulgens feed exclusively on the toxic Omphalea species.
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