identification

[Hugh McGuinness]

Hello,
 
The reason you had difficulty identifying this "butterfly" is because it is a moth: Urania fulgens. It is a migratory species found at least from southern Texas to Panama. I'm not sure about its status in the Caribbean,
 
Hugh McGuinness
Sag Harbor, NY

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"ti.racoon" <ti.racoon at free.fr> wrote in message
news:4317a3a2$0$1711$8fcfb975 at news.wanadoo.fr...
> Hi,
>
> We have found a "new" butterfly in the french west indies (guadeloupe). We
> are not able to find its name as it is not presented in the book we have
> for
> Guadeloupe.
> Folowing this link you will find a picture of this butterfly.
>
> http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4499/papillonx8an.jpg
>
> Anyone knows what it is?
>
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Ti.racoon
>
>

Urania leilus, a moth
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thais.it/entomologia/farfalle/md_res/00063.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thais.it/entomologia/farfalle/schede/sc_63_uk.htm&h=459&w=420&sz=35&tbnid=7yjxoZoxOuoJ:&tbnh=125&tbnw=114&hl=en&start=13&prev=/images%3Fq%3DUraniidae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN




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