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Urania fulgens

Green Urania


Urania fulgens

Walker, 1854
Polilla Cola De Golondrina Verde

Family: Uraniidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Urania fulgens, the urania swallowtail moth or green page moth, is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1854. 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 has been recorded as a vagrant to the US state of Texas.

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.

As appears to be the case for all Urania, the larvae of U. fulgens feed exclusively on the toxic Omphalea species.

Source: Wikipedia, article Urania fulgens. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Count: 3

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Photography ID: 636638
  Adult

Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
04/08/2025
Eduardo Nadal
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Photography ID: 423944
 
Cumana
Sucre
Venezuela
12/14/2020
Gabriel David Gonzalez
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Photography ID: 353400
  Adult

Remedios
Antioquia
Colombia
08/05/2019
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
229402808/04/2025Costa RicaPuntarenasVilla lapas, TárcolesEduardo Nadal
133035514/12/2020VenezuelaSucreCumanaGabriel David Gonzalez
110264605/08/2019ColombiaAntioquiaCentro, RemediosJairo Alberto García Giraldo
57375108/07/2016Costa RicaSan JoséAserríPatricio M. Silfeni
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Green Urania (Urania fulgens) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.