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Chrysiridia
Sign in to saveChrysiridia is a genus of uraniid moths from Africa including Madagascar. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyUraniidae
Chrysiridia es un género de lepidópteros Heterocera de la familia Uraniidae. Sus especies se distribuyen por el este de África y Madagascar. Son de hábitos diurnos.
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- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Uraniidae
- Collections
- YPM, UMNH, USNM
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
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Chrysiridia is a genus of uraniid moths from Africa including Madagascar. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.
==Species== Listed alphabetically: Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871) – African sunset moth, Croesus moth (East Africa) Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773) or Chrysiridia madagascariensis (Lesson, 1831) – Madagascan sunset moth (Madagascar)
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