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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-12-03</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2010-04-09</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001383006</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SUNOVIA ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SUNV</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429425</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>EPIR Technologies, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>590 TERRITORIAL DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE B</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOLINGBROOK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60440</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-12-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>37803852</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9767838</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Amendment to Form 4 corrects the original Form 4 by checking the box indicating that the Reporting Person is no longer subject to Section 16.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents securities held of record by Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. (&quot;Sivananthan Labs&quot;), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person as of the transaction date. The Reporting person distributed Sivananthan Labs (and thereby distributed the securities of record held by Sivananthan Labs) on the transaction date to its shareholders.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sivalingam Sivananthan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-04-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
