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Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758

Имаго Urania leilus

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Uraniidae → subfamily Uraniinae → genus Urania → species Urania leilus

Species name(s)

Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio leilus Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio leilaria Hübner, [1807]. [9, 85]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Primary colors

Green, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Имаго Urania leilus

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Aleksandr Andrianov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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13.06.2009 21:47, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Butterfly black, iridescent green-blue, blue, green and white. This day of passage butterflies flying fast and high and resting on the highest trees. Distributed in Central and South America; especially beautifully painted shapes occurring in Cuba and Jamaica. (VYStanek "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Insects" in 1977 publishing Artiya, Prague). A copy of the photograph from Brazil.

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