Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Uraniidae
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Uraniidae
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
Subfamily: Epipleminae Hampson, 1892
Genera: Dysaethria, Europlema, Orudiza, Phazaca, Rhombophylla
Subfamily: Microniinae
Genera: Acropteris, Micronia
Subfamily: Uraniinae Blanchard, 1845
Genera: Lyssa
Uraniidae partial identification