Lepidoptera24 species

Family Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae)

Uraniidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 24 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Uraniidae (24)

Acropteris iphiata

Acropteris iphiata is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in Japan, China and Korea.

North Queensland Day Moth

Alcides metaurus

Alcides metaurus is a moth of the Uraniidae family. It is known from the tropical north of Queensland, Australia.

Antiplecta triangularis - Hodges#7652

Antiplecta triangularis

Antiplecta triangularis is a species of scoopwing moth in the family Uraniidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.

Brown Scoopwing

Calledapteryx dryopterata

Calledapteryx is a monotypic scoopwing moth genus in the family Uraniidae. Its only species, Calledapteryx dryopterata, the brown scoopwing moth, is found in the eastern United States. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcl

Lyssa menoetius

Lyssa menoetius is a moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by German entomologist Hopffer in 1856.

Tropical Swallowtail Moth

Lyssa zampa

Lyssa zampa, which is also known as the tropical swallowtail moth or the Laos brown butterfly, is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It can be found from Himalaya to Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.

Grey Swallowtail Moth

Micronia aculeata

Micronia aculeata is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of Family Uraniidae found in India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi.

Phazaca leucocera

Phazaca leucocera is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India, China, Borneo and the Solomon Islands.

Cotton Leaf Roller

Phazaca theclata

The Cotton leaf roller, (Phazaca theclata), is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is known from Africa south of the Sahara, from Saudi Arabia, as well as from India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Urania Swallowtail Moth

Urania fulgens

Urania fulgens, the urania swallowtail moth, is a day-flying moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found from Veracruz, Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America (west of the Andes and south to Ecuador). It is highly migratory and h

Green-banded Urania

Urania leilus

Urania leilus, the green-banded urania, is a day-flying moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in tropical South America east of the Andes, including Suriname, French Guiana, east Colombia, Venezuela, east Ecuador, Brazil, north Bolivia, east Peru

Urapteroides astheniata

Urapteroides astheniata is a moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, from India, Sri Lanka to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia.