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 first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1871.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Genus: | Chrysiridia |
| Species: | C. croesus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1] | |
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Notes
- Gerstaecker 1871, p. 361.
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References
- Gerstaecker, A. (1871), "Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar", Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 37 (1): 345–363, retrieved 6 April 2012
- "Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaeker, 1871)". African Moths. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Uraniinae |
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871)". Afromoths. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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