List of moths of Australia (Uraniidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the family
Uraniidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Uraniidae
Uraniidae
The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, ninety genera, and roughly seven-hundred species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia. Some of the tropical species are known for their bright, butterfly-like colors and are called...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Epipleminae
- Balantiucha cyclocrossa Turner, 1926
- Balantiucha decorata (Warren, 1898)
- Balantiucha leucocephala (Walker, 1863)
- Balantiucha mutans (Butler, 1887)
- Balantiucha seminigra (Warren, 1896)
- Balantiucha stolida (Butler, 1886)
- Cathetus euthysticha (Turner, 1911)
- Chundana lugubris Walker, 1862
- Dirades lugens (Warren, 1897)
- Dysaethria pasteopa Turner, 1911
- Dysrhombia longipennis Warren, 1896
- Epiplema angulata Warren, 1896
- Epiplema argillodes Turner, 1903
- Epiplema coeruleotincta Warren, 1896
- Epiplema conflictaria (Walker, 1861)
- Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)
- Epiplema leucosema Turner, 1911
- Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866)
- Epiplema stereogramma (Turner, 1903)
- Epiplema thiocosma Turner, 1911
- Lobogethes interrupta Warren, 1896
- Monobolodes subfalcata Warren, 1898
- Rhombophylla xylinopis (Turner, 1903)
Uraniinae
- Acropteris nanula (Warren, 1898)
- Acropteris teriadata (Guenée, 1857)
- Alcides metaurusAlcides metaurusAlcides metaurus is a moth of the Uraniidae family. It is known from the tropical north of Queensland.The wingspan is about 100 mm. Adults are black with iridescent bands of yellow and pink. The underside is iridescent pale green with black bands. They are on wing during the day and feed on flower...
(Hopffer, 1856) - Aploschema discata (Warren, 1899)
- Cyphura geminia (Cramer, 1777)
- Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856)
- Stesichora quadripunctata Warren, 1896
- Strophidia directaria (Walker, 1866)
- Urapteroides astheniataUrapteroides astheniataUrapteroides astheniata is a moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, from India to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia.The wingspan is about 60 mm.The larvae feed on Endospermum species....
Guenée, 1857)