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''Chrysiridia'' is a genus of uraniid moths from Africa including Madagascar. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours. ==Species== Listed alphabetically.〔(''Chrysiridia'' ), funet.fi〕 *''Chrysiridia croesus'' (Gerstaecker, 1871) – African Sunset Moth, Croesus Moth (East Africa) *''Chrysiridia rhipheus'' (Drury, 1773) – Madagascan Sunset Moth (Madagascar) An additional species, ''Chrysiridia prometheus'' (Drapiez, 1819), supposedly from the isolated South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chrysiridia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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