page_title: Uraniinae
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Uraniinae / Species
caption_attribution_description: Malaysia, Fraser's Hill. March, 2009
context_page_description: The Uraniinae or uraniine moths are a subfamily of moths in the family Uraniidae. It contains seven genera that occur in the tropics of the world.
  Three of its genera are essentially diurnal, although some crepuscular activity has been recorded. They are blackish with markings in iridescent green or light blue; some species have orange, gold or pink highlights. They are as brightly marked as the most colorful butterflies; indeed, they bear an uncanny resemblance in shape and coloration to some papilionid butterflies. They are also usually toxic, hence the bright warning colors. Cases are known where harmless butterflies mimic these toxic moths, e.g. Papilio laglaizei and Alcides agathyrsus.
  The remaining genera in the subfamily are far less colorful, overall gray-brown with a light band on each wing or white with brownish markings, and mainly nocturnal or crepuscular. Despite their relatively dull colors, Lyssa species are impressive because of their large size with a typical wingspan of 10–16 cm. No other species in the subfamily has a wingspan that exceeds 10 cm.
context_section_description: 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.
  Alcides Hübner, [1822]
  Alcides agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877 (New Guinea)
  Alcides argyrios Gmelin, 1788
  Alcides arnus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  Alcides aruus Felder, 1874 (Aru I.)
  Alcides aurora Salvin & Godman, 1877 (New Britain, New Ireland)
  Alcides boops Westwood, 1879
  Alcides cydnus Felder, 1859 (Maluku)
  Alcides latona Druce, 1886 (Solomons)
  Alcides liris Felder, 1860 (New Guinea)
  Alcides metaurus (Hopffer, 1856) (Australia)
  Alcides orontes (Linnaeus, 1763) (Moluccas, Ambon Island)
  Alcides ribbei Pagenstecher, 1912
  Alcides sordidior Rothschild, 1916
  Alcides zodiaca (Butler, 1869) (Australia)
  Chrysiridia Hübner, [1823]
  Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871) – African sunset moth (Tanzania)
  Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773) – Madagascan sunset moth (Madagascar)
  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 circa 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
caption: Urapteroides astheniata from Australia
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