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The Green-banded Urania (''Urania leilus'') is a day-flying moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in tropical South America east of the Andes, including Suriname, French Guiana, east Colombia, Venezuela, east Ecuador, Brazil, north Bolivia, east Peru, and Trinidad. It has been recorded as a vagrant to the central and northern Lesser Antilles such as St. Kitts, Barbados and Dominica.〔Barnes, M.J.C. (2002). ''(Urania leilus. )'' Moths of the Grenadines. Accessed 12 October 2011.〕〔Smith, N.G. (1972). ''(Migrations of the day-flying moth Urania in Central and South America. )'' Caribbean Journal of Science 12: 45-58〕 The habitat consists of riverbanks in primary and secondary rainforest at elevations between sea level and about . Urania leilus MHNT dos.jpg |Dorsal side - MHNT Urania leilus MHNT ventre.jpg|△ Ventral side - MHNT It is sometimes confused with the similar ''U. fulgens'', but that species is found west of the Andes in South America, Central America, and Mexico, is slightly smaller and has less white to the "tail".〔 The two have been treated as conspecific.〔 The wingspan of ''U. leilus'' is about . As appears to be the case for all ''Urania'', the larvae of ''U. leilus'' feed exclusively on the toxic ''Omphalea'' species.〔Lees, D.C. and N.G. Smith (1991). ''(Foodplant Associations of the Uraniinae (Uraniidae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary, and Ecological Significance. )'' Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(4): 296-347.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Urania leilus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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