''Chrysiridia'' is a genus of
uraniid moths from Africa including
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1823. They are
diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Chrysiridia croesus
''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. The species was Species description, first ...
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(Gerstaecker, 1871) – African sunset moth, Croesus moth (East Africa)
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Chrysiridia rhipheus
''Chrysiridia rhipheus'', the Madagascan sunset moth, is a species of day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. It is considered one of the most impressive and appealing-looking lepidopterans. Famous worldwide, it is featured in most coffee table ...
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(Drury, 1773) – Madagascan sunset moth (Madagascar)
An additional species, ''Chrysiridia prometheus''
(Drapiez, 1819), supposedly from the isolated South Atlantic island of
Saint Helena
Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...
, has been described, but this was already found to be erroneous more than 100 years ago
[A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths) : Vol. 1. Sphinges and bombyces (1892)] and no recent authority recognize it as valid.
References
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Uraniidae