AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845 (Swallowtail Moths)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
72
2157
6319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
2154
6314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
69
2152
6306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1436
4642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1294
4335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
3
333
1082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyUraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths
16
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
16 Genera with 38 Species
Alcides Hübner, 17634SpeciesTaxom
Anteia Guenée, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphura Warren, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Dirades Holloway, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Dysaethria Turner, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Epiplema Herrich-Schä..., 18618SpeciesTaxom
Europlema Holloway, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Gathynia Walker, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Lyssa Huebner, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Meleaba Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Micronia Guenée, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Phazaca Walker, 19755SpeciesTaxom
Stesichora Meyrick, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Strophidia Hübner, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Urania Fabricius, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Urapteroides Moore, 18883SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
38 Species
Alcides elegans Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alcides exornatus Chevrolat, 1880
Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856North Queensland day moth
Alcides orontes Linnaeus, 1763
Dirades infans Warren, 1900
Dirades leucocera (Hampson, 1891)⇒ Phazaca leucocera Hampson, 1891
Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Epiplema conchiferata Moore, 1887
Epiplema cretosa Swinhoe, 1902
Epiplema incolorata Guenée, 1857Zebra-tailed Lizards
Epiplema instabilata Walker, 1866
Epiplema lomalangi Robinson, 1975
Epiplema quadricaudata (Walker, 1861)⇒ Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Epiplema simmondsi Robinson, 1975
Epiplema subproximans (Walker, 1861)⇒ Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Europlema instabilita Walker, 1866
Europlema semibrunnea Pagenstecher, 1884
Gathynia albibasis Warren, 1896
Gathynia cythera Swinhoe, 1902
Gathynia yasawa Robinson, 1975
Lyssa macleayi Montrouzier, 1857
Lyssa menoetius Hopffer, 1856
Lyssa toxopeusi Regteren Altena, 1953
Lyssa zampa Butler, 1869Tropical swallowtail moth
Meleaba urania Dyar, 1913
Micronia astheniata (Guenée, 1857)⇒ Urapteroides astheniata Guenée, 1857
Micronia notabalis Pagenstecher, 1900
Phazaca cythera Swinhoe, 1902
Phazaca leucocera Hampson, 1891
Phazaca mutans Butler, 1887
Phazaca nakula Clayton, 2002
Phazaca yasawa Robinson, 1975
Stesichora puellaria Walker, 1866
Stesichora sphaeristis Meyrick, 1886
Urania fulgens Walker, 1854Urania Swallowtail Moth
Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886
Urapteroides astheniata Guenée, 1857
Urapteroides hermaea Druce, 1888

Subnodes of Uraniidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyEpipleminae
Hampson, 1892
Scoopwing Moths
7
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicroniinae
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUraniinae
Blanchard, 1845
Uranine Moths
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Uraniidae at gbif.org
Uraniidae at irmng.org
Uraniidae at itis.gov