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.

East African sunset moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
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

Notes

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

Wikispecies has information related to Uraniinae.

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871)". Afromoths. Retrieved 25 January 2019.