Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845

Swallowtail Moths

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: ​Geometroidea
​Family: ​Uraniidae

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The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia. The family Uraniidae contains both diurnal and nocturnal species. The day-flying species are usually more strikingly colored and vibrant than the nocturnal ones. Wikipedia

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Subfamily: Epipleminae Hampson, 1892

Genera: Dysaethria, Europlema, Orudiza, Phazaca, Rhombophylla

Dysaethria lilacina

Europlema desistaria

Europlema flavilinea

Orudiza protheclaria

Phazaca leucocera

Rhombophylla edentata

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Subfamily: Microniinae

Genera: Acropteris, Micronia

Acropteris iphiata

Micronia aculeata

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​Subfamily: ​Uraniinae ​Blanchard, 1845

​Genera: Lyssa

Lyssa zampa docile

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Uraniidae partial identification