Chrysiridia
| Chrysiridia | |
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| Chrysiridia rhipheus from Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Uraniinae |
| Genus: | Chrysiridia Hübner, [1823] |
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Chrysiridia is a genus of uraniid moths from Africa including Madagascar. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.
Species
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871) – African Sunset Moth, Croesus Moth (East Africa)
- Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773) – Madagascan Sunset Moth (Madagascar)
An additional species, Chrysiridia prometheus (Drapiez, 1819), supposedly from the isolated South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, has been described, but this was already found to be erroneous more than 100 years ago[2] and no recent authority recognize it as valid.
References
- ↑ Chrysiridia, funet.fi
- ↑ A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths) : Vol. 1. Sphinges and bombyces (1892)
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