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Urania Swallowtail Moth - Urania fulgens This Swallowtail Moth - Urania fulgens is a day time Moth. Costa Rica,Geotagged,Spring,Urania fulgens,Urania swallowtail moth Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Urania Swallowtail Moth - Urania fulgens

This Swallowtail Moth - Urania fulgens is a day time Moth.

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''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 . It is highly migratory and has been recorded as a vagrant to Texas, USA.

It is sometimes confused with the similar ''U. leilus'', but that species is found east of the Andes in South America, is slightly larger, and has more white to the "tail". The two have been treated as conspecific.

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Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Aug 9, 2016. Captured Mar 24, 2015 01:48 in Park Trail, Puntarenas, Quepos, Costa Rica.
  • NIKON D5200
  • f/5.6
  • 1/180s
  • ISO200
  • 300mm