Urania brasiliensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Uraniidae |
Genus: | Urania |
Species: | U. brasiliensis
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Binomial name | |
Urania brasiliensis (Swainson, 1833)
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Urania brasiliensis is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae first described by William John Swainson in 1833.
Distribution
[edit]Urania brasiliensis is found in the Atlantic forest of Brazil. It is one of the two species of genus Urania found in that country.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Media related to Urania brasiliensis at Wikimedia Commons
- Uraniidae - Yale University