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Checklist for Subfamily Uraniinae Blanchard, 1845 (Uranine Moths)
and region Continents


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		2110
116133
1222976		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		2101
115931
1221959		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		1812
113780
1210168		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		929
84484
1007160		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		146
21770
211450		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		134
21590
211034		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
123
21455
210065		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Section
 		Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
44
13274
133988		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 		Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
37
11734
117521		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths		6
2619
25648		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyUraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths		97
715		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyUraniinae
Blanchard, 1845
Uranine Moths		7
201		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
7 Genera with 201 Species
Alcides Hübner, 1856138SpeciesTaxom
Chrysiridia Hübner, 177310SpeciesTaxom
Cyphura Warren, 191730SpeciesTaxom
Lyssa Huebner, 18695SpeciesTaxom
Urania Fabricius, 177912SpeciesTaxom
Urapteritra Viette, 19239SpeciesTaxom
Urapteroides Moore, 18985SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
201 Species and 8 Subspecies
Alcides achteni Hustache, 1934
Alcides aeratus Heller, 1922
Alcides affinis Fåhraeus, 1871
Alcides agathocles Walker, 1855
Alcides agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877
Alcides albocinctus Blanchard, 1853
Alcides albolineatus Roelofs, 1875
Alcides albomaculatus Kono, 1930
Alcides amitinus Kolbe, 1898
Alcides analogus Heller, 1917
Alcides anfractus Heller, 1933
Alcides apicalis Heller, 1914
Alcides arcuatus Schultze, 1919
Alcides aruus Felder, 1874
Alcides ashinagazo Kono, 1930
Alcides aspericollis Heller, 1929
Alcides biangulatus Marshall, 1928
Alcides bifasciatus Hustache, 1922
Alcides bimbiense Hustache, 1935
Alcides bohemani Heller, 1927
Alcides boops Westwood, 1879
Alcides brevior Heller, 1933
Alcides brevirostris Boheman, 1836
Alcides bubo (Schoenherr, 1825)⇒ Cylindralcides bubo Fabricius, 1801
Alcides castaneipennis Hustache, 1922
Alcides chalcomorphus Heller, 1922
Alcides circulifer Heller, 1925
Alcides congoanus Faust, 1899
Alcides cuprinus Heller, 1917
Alcides cydnus Felder, 1859
Alcides dealbatus (Boisduval, 1835)⇒ Peribleptus dealbatus Boisduval, 1835
Alcides denticulatus Kolbe, 1898
Alcides dentipes Schoenherr, 1825
Alcides deremius Kolbe, 1898
Alcides detectus Heller, 1925
Alcides detractus Heller, 1925
Alcides deturbatus Heller, 1925
Alcides dictyodes Heller, 1917
Alcides difficilis Heller, 1917
Alcides elegans Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alcides elongatus Heller, 1929
Alcides erichsoni Heller, 1917
Alcides erro Pascoe, 1883
Alcides erythropterus Chevrolat, 1881
Alcides evidens Heller, 1917
Alcides exornatus Chevrolat, 1880
Alcides fallax Boheman, 1844
Alcides fallerianus Hustache, 1936
Alcides fasciculatus Boheman, 1836
Alcides fraudator Heller, 1925
Alcides glanvillei Péringuey, 1885
Alcides gossypii Hustache, 1922
Alcides guessfeldi Kolbe, 1883
Alcides guttulatus Pascoe, 1883
Alcides habena Heller, 1917
Alcides haemopterus Boheman, 1836
Alcides hilipoides Pascoe, 1870
Alcides honestus Heller, 1917
Alcides humeralis Heller, 1940
Alcides ignoratus Heller, 1917
Alcides inducens Heller, 1925
Alcides interpositus Heller, 1925
Alcides interruptus Boheman, 1836
Alcides intrusomimus Heller, 1922
Alcides karelinii Boheman, 1844
Alcides karnyi Heller, 1933
Alcides kilimanus Aurivillius, 1910
Alcides kuvanguensis Hustache, 1937
Alcides lamprocolius Heller, 1925
Alcides lamprotrox Heller, 1925
Alcides laniger Schoenherr, 1826
Alcides laqueifer Heller, 1925
Alcides latefasciatus Chevrolat, 1881
Alcides leeuweni Heller, 1911
Alcides leucogrammus Erichson, 1843
Alcides leucospilus Erichson, 1834
Alcides leytensis Heller, 1917
Alcides liris Felder, 1860
Alcides lividinasus Heller, 1917
Alcides lixiformis Marshall, 1920
Alcides lixoides Hustache, 1927
Alcides longirostris Heller, 1917
Alcides maculiventris Hustache, 1925
Alcides mamilla Heller, 1937
Alcides meruanus Aurivillius, 1910
Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856North Queensland day moth
Alcides metaurus zodiaca Butler, 1869
Alcides miser Heller, 1917
Alcides monardi Hustache, 1935
Alcides montivagus Heller, 1933
Alcides nigrofasciatus Kono, 1928
Alcides nipponicus Kono, 1930
Alcides notatus Hombron & Ja..., 1847
Alcides obscurus Aurivillius, 1910
Alcides obsidianus Heller, 1917
Alcides olivaceus Gerstaecker, 1855
Alcides orientalis Chevrolat, 1881
Alcides orontes Linnaeus, 1763
Alcides orontes sordidior Rothschild, 1916
Alcides pectoralis Boheman, 1836
Alcides persegnis Heller, 1917
Alcides piceus Roelofs, 1875
Alcides pius Heller, 1917
Alcides puncticollis Hustache, 1935
Alcides punctiger Heller, 1917
Alcides pustulatus Heller, 1929
Alcides quinquesignatus Aurivillius, 1912
Alcides rhomboidalis Faust, 1894
Alcides roelofsi Lewis, 1875
Alcides rufus Boheman, 1836
Alcides ryoichii Kono, 1942
Alcides saitoi Kono, 1937
Alcides sauteri Heller, 1922
Alcides scenicus Faust, 1894
Alcides sedi Marshall, 1938
Alcides senex Boheman, 1836
Alcides septentrionalis Heller, 1917
Alcides serratidens Heller, 1917
Alcides simplex Fåhraeus, 1871
Alcides sparsus Boheman, 1844
Alcides subaeneus Heller, 1917
Alcides subvillosus Fåhraeus, 1871
Alcides sumatranus Heller, 1933
Alcides takahashii Kono, 1930
Alcides tchadensis Hustache, 1922
Alcides tenuistria Heller, 1914
Alcides trifidus Kono, 1930
Alcides trifidus taiwanus Kono, 1930
Alcides trilobus Schoenherr, 1825
Alcides turpis Heller, 1917
Alcides umenoi Kono, 1937
Alcides undulatus Heller, 1917
Alcides vacillans Heller, 1917
Alcides variabilis Heller, 1917
Alcides viator Heller, 1917
Alcides vinaceomicans Heller, 1923
Alcides zodaica
Alcides zodiaca (Hopffer, 1856)⇒ Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856
Chrysiridia croesus Gerstaecker, 1871African Sunset Moth
Chrysiridia dasycephalus (Swainson, 1833)⇒ Chrysiridia rhipheus Drury, 1773
Chrysiridia druryi Boisduval, 1874
Chrysiridia laetevirens Oberthür, 1898
Chrysiridia madagascarensis
Chrysiridia madagascariensis Drury, 1773Madagascan sunset moth
Chrysiridia melania Oberthür, 1898
Chrysiridia prometheus Drapiez, 1819
Chrysiridia rhipheus Drury, 1773Madagascan sunset moth
Chrysiridia riphearia (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chrysiridia madagascariensis Drury, 1773
Cyphura (Cyphura) bifasciata Butler, 1879
Cyphura (Cyphura) caudiferaria Boisduval, 1832
Cyphura (Cyphura) dealbata Warren, 1907
Cyphura (Cyphura) destrigata Kirsch, 1877
Cyphura (Cyphura) falka Swinhoe, 1916
Cyphura (Cyphura) geminia Cramer, 1777
Cyphura (Cyphura) gutturalis Swinhoe, 1916
Cyphura (Cyphura) latimarginata Swinhoe, 1902
Cyphura (Cyphura) maxima Strand, 1905
Cyphura (Cyphura) multistrigaria Warren, 1907
Cyphura (Cyphura) mundaria Walker, 1859
Cyphura (Cyphura) pannata Felder, 1874
Cyphura (Cyphura) pardata Warren, 1906
Cyphura (Cyphura) phantasma Felder, 1874
Cyphura (Cyphura) pieridaria Warren, 1902
Cyphura (Cyphura) reducta Joycey & Talbot, 1917
Cyphura (Cyphura) semiobsoleta Warren, 1896
Cyphura (Cyphura) swinhoei Joicey, 1917
Cyphura (Xysterophora) albisecta Warren, 1907
Cyphura (Xysterophora) astheniata Guenée, 1857
Cyphura (Xysterophora) atramentaria Warren, 1907
Cyphura (Xysterophora) devosi Sinnema & Si..., 2016
Cyphura (Xysterophora) extensa Rothschild, 1915
Cyphura (Xysterophora) femkeae Sinnema & Si..., 2016
Cyphura (Xysterophora) macleayi Montrouzier, 1856
Cyphura macleayi macleayi Montrouzier, 1856
Cyphura (Xysterophora) semialba Warren, 1907
Cyphura (Xysterophora) swinhoei Rothschild, 1915
Cyphura (Xysterophora) toxopeusi Regteren Altena, 1953
Cyphura (Xysterophora) urapteroides Joicey & Talbot, 1917
Lyssa macleayi Montrouzier, 1857
Lyssa menoetius Hopffer, 1856
Lyssa patroclus Linnaeus, 1758
Lyssa toxopeusi Regteren Altena, 1953
Lyssa zampa Butler, 1869Tropical swallowtail moth
Urania boisduvali Guérin-Ménev..., 1829
Urania boisduvalii Guérin, 1829
Urania brasiliensis Swainson, 1833
Urania fulgens Walker, 1854Urania Swallowtail Moth
Urania fulgens fulgens Walker, 1854
Urania fulgens poeyi Herrich-Schä..., 1866
Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758Green-banded Urania
Urania leilus brasiliensis Swainson, 1833
Urania leilus leilus Linnaeus, 1758
Urania poeyi Herrich-Schä..., 1868
Urania ripheus Swainson, 1833
Urania sloanus Cramer, 1779
Urapteritra antsianakaria Oberthür, 1923
Urapteritra falcifera Weymer, 1892
Urapteritra fasciata Mabille, 1879
Urapteritra lobularia Mabille, 1880
Urapteritra mabillei Viette, 1972
Urapteritra malgassaria Mabille, 1878
Urapteritra montana Viette, 1972
Urapteritra piperita Oberthür, 1923
Urapteritra suavis Oberthür, 1923
Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886
Urapteroides astheniata Guenée, 1857
Urapteroides falcifera
Urapteroides hermaea Druce, 1888
Urapteroides recurvata Warren, 1898


Links, sources and further information
Uraniinae at itis.gov