Uraniinae

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Uraniinae
Chrysiridia rhipheus from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: Uraniidae Subfamily: Uraniinae Blanchard, 1845
Genera
Alcides Chrysiridia Cyphura Lyssa Urania Urapteritra Urapteroides

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.

Contents 1 Species 2 Sources 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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

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

• Chrysiridia Hübner, 1823

• Chrysiridia croesus Gerstaecker, 1871 (Tanzania)
• Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773) (Madagascar)
  • Junior synonyms: [C. madagascariensis Lesson, 1831], [C. crameri Maassen, 1879]
• [Chrysiridia druryi Boisduval, 1874]
• [Chrysiridia papageno Niepelt, 1931]
• [Chrysiridia prometheus (Drapiez, 1819])] (Single specimen said to have come from St Helena, if it was really a species it is now extinct)

• Cyphura Warren, 1902

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

• Lyssa Hübner, 1823

• Lyssa achillaria Hübner, 1816
• Lyssa curvata Skinner, 1903 (Vanuatu)
• Lyssa fletcheri Regteren Altena, 1953
• Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1857) (Australia)
• Lyssa menoetius (Hopffer, 1856) (Borneo, Philippines, Sangir, Sulawesi)

• Lyssa menoetius adspersus (Regteren Altena, 1953) (Kalimantan)
• Lyssa menoetius celebensis (Regteren Altena, 1953) (Sulawesi)

• Lyssa mutata Butler, 1887 (Solomons)
• Lyssa patroclus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moluccas)
• [Lyssa patroclaria Hübner, 1816]
• Lyssa toxopeusi Regteren Altena, 1953
• Lyssa velutinus Röber, 1927
• Lyssa zampa (Butler, 1869) (Himalaya to southern China, Thailand, Andamans, Philippines, Sulawesi)

• Lyssa zampa docile (Butler, 1877) (Andaman Islands)
• Lyssa zampa dilutus (Röber, 1927) (Sulawesi)

• Urania Fabricius, 1807

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

• Urapteritra Viette, 1972

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

• Urapteroides Moore, 1888

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

[edit] 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 .

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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