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} |2= }} }} |2=''Acropteris'' }} }} |} (1) Use ''Endospermum'' as a food plant. (2) Use ''Omphalea'' as a food plant and adults are diurnal. ''Urapterita'' is not included for lack of data. The Uraniinae or uraniine moths are a subfamily of moths in the family Uraniidae. It contains seven genera that occur in the tropics of the world. Three of its genera (''Alcides'', ''Chrysiridia'' and ''Urania'') are essentially diurnal, although some crepuscular activity has been recorded. They are blackish with markings in iridescent green or light blue; in some species with orange, gold or pink highlights. They are as brightly marked as the most colorful butterflies; indeed, they bear an uncanny resemblance in shape and coloration to some papilionid butterflies (swallowtails and relatives). They are also usually toxic, hence the bright warning colors. There are cases where harmless butterflies mimic these toxic moths, e.g. ''Papilio laglaizei'' and ''Alcides agathyrsus''. The remaining genera in the subfamily are far less colorful, overall gray-brown with a light band on each wing (''Lyssa'') or white with brownish markings (''Cyphura'', ''Urapteritra'' and ''Urapteroides''), and mainly nocturnal or crepuscular. Despite their relatively dull colors, ''Lyssa'' are impressive because of their large size with a typical wingspan of . No other species in the subfamily has a wingspan that exceeds . ==Species== ''NOTE:'' This list of species is adapted mostly with some rearrangements from (The Global Lepidoptera Names Index ); it is likely to be fairly complete (as of January 2006) as including valid species for most of which distributional information is here given. However, a considerable number of the taxa listed here are suspected to be junior synonyms of others. If starting species/genus pages, please double-check beforehand whether the taxon in question is still considered valid. Especially those in square brackets should be considered suspect without up-to-date information on their taxonomic status, a thorough review of the group being still pending but see.〔 Note also that namely in suspect taxa, parentheses around describers' names and description dates—which indicate a genus change from the original description—may be missing. * ''Alcides'' Hübner, () : * ''Alcides agathyrsus'' Kirsch, 1877 (New Guinea) : * ''Alcides argyrios'' Gmelin, 1788 : * ''Alcides arnus'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 : * ''Alcides aruus'' Felder, 1874 (Aru I.) : * ''Alcides aurora'' Salvin & Godman, 1877 (New Britain, New Ireland) : * ''Alcides boops'' Westwood, 1879 : * ''Alcides cydnus'' Felder, 1859 (Maluku) : * ''Alcides latona'' Druce, 1886 (Solomons) : * ''Alcides liris'' Felder, 1860 (New Guinea) : * ''Alcides metaurus'' (Hopffer, 1856) (Australia) : * ''Alcides orontes'' (Linnaeus, 1763) (Moluccas, Ambon Island) : * ''Alcides ribbei'' Pagenstecher, 1912 : * ''Alcides sordidior'' Rothschild, 1916 : * ''Alcides zodiaca'' (Butler, 1869) (Australia) * ''Chrysiridia'' Hübner, () : * ''Chrysiridia croesus'' (Gerstaecker, 1871) – African Sunset Moth (Tanzania) : * ''Chrysiridia rhipheus'' (Drury, 1773) – Madagascan Sunset Moth (Madagascar)
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