These are very beautiful butterflies, don’t you think?

If you said yes, you are WRONG!

These are very beautiful MOTHS. Specifically, Green-Banded Urania Moths.

That’s right, butterflies don’t have a monopoly on being pretty winged insects. It’s the moths’ time to shine.

These lovely lepidoptera were spotted on the trails of Tarapoto’s Alto Shilcayo, where the mountains meet the jungle, but they can be found right throughout tropical South America, from Venezuela to Bolivia.

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Green-Banded Urania Moths (Urania leilus), Circuito Ecoturistico Alto Shilcayo, Tarapoto, Peru