Green-banded urania (Urania leilus)

PNYC - El Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 27, 2020

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

What a gorgeous butterfly! Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  It's a moth! Had to do a double take as well, crazy. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Whoah! That is wild! Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      I only noticed it because I was setting the common name for the family:
      https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/uraniidae
      
      "Swallowtail MOTHS"
      
      Huh??? Posted 4 years ago
    2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
        
        Lion
        
        Aha yes gotta love day-flying moths :) Posted 4 years ago

NattyOne

Lion

Magic Posted 4 years ago

The Green-banded urania

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

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson