Chrysiridia croesus

East African sunset moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Uraniidae
Genus:Chrysiridia
Species: C. croesus
Binomial name
Chrysiridia croesus
Synonyms
  • Thaliura croesus Gerst., 1871
  • Urania croesus
  • Chrysiridia nigrescens (Pfeiffer, 1925)
  • Urania nigrescens Pfeiffer, 1925

Chrysiridia croesus, the East African sunset moth, is a moth of the family Uraniidae. As suggested by its common name, it is found in East Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Notes

  1. ↑ Gerstaecker 1871, p. 361.

References

  • Gerstaecker, A. (1871), "Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar", Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 37 (1): 345–363, retrieved 6 April 2012
  • Afromoths: Chrysiridia croesus, (Gerstaeker, 1871). Retrieved 21 October 2013


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