Urania brasiliensis

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Urania brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Urania
Species:
U. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Urania brasiliensis
(Swainson, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Leilus brasiliensis Swainson, 1833

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]

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