Urania (genus)
| Urania | |
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| U. boisduvalii, Cuba | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Uraniinae |
| Genus: |
Urania Fabricius, 1807 |
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Urania is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.
The genus name Urania is New Latin from Latin Urania from Ancient Greek Ουρανία, one of the Muses, literally 'The Heavenly One'.
The genus includes relatively large day-flying moths that are found in the Central American and South American regions.
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