Urania sloanus
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Urania sloanus, or Sloane's urania, was a species of moth of the family Uraniidae endemic to Jamaica. It was last reported in 1894 or 1895,[1] but possibly survived until at least 1908.[2][3] The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.
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Urania sloanus | |
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1829 illustration of the now extinct Urania sloanus by William Swainson | |
Extinct (c. 1894-1908) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Uraniidae |
Genus: | Urania |
Species: | †U. sloanus |
Binomial name | |
†Urania sloanus (Cramer, 1779) | |
Former range in red (Jamaica) | |
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The specific epithet sloanus honours Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753),[3][4] an English collector whose collection became the foundation of the British Museum.