Chrysiridia croesus

East African sunset moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Subfamily:	Uraniinae
Genus:	Chrysiridia
Species:	C. croesus
Binomial name
*Chrysiridia croesus* (Gerstaecker, 1871)^[1]
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

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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