Urania poeyi is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Genus: | Urania |
| Species: | U. poeyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Urania poeyi (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)
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Distribution
editUrania poeyi is found in Cuba.[1] Unlike Urania boisduvalii, which is found throughout the island, this species is restricted to the eastern part of Cuba.[2] However, it is occasionally found in Jamaica as a stray.[1]
Larvae of this species feed on Omphalea triandra.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b JM - Urania poeyi
- ^ Clutch size variation in Urania boisduvalii Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 60(4), 2006, 227–228
- ^ Texas Entomology - Urania Natural History