Mahambo, MADAGASCAR
Scanned Slide from 2004
Date 20 September 2004, 08:12
Source Madagascan Sunset Moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
Author Bernard DUPONT https://www.flickr.com/people/65695019@N07 from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madagascan_Sunset_Moth_(Chrysiridia_rhipheus)_(7621728054).jpg

Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. It is considered one of the most impressive and appealing-looking lepidopterans. Chrysiridia rhipheus is endemic to Madagascar.
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Chrysiridia
Species: Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms:
Papilio rhipheus Drury, 1773
Urania ripheus var. madagascariensis Lesson, 1831
Urania crameri Maassen, 1897
Urania druryi Boisduval, 1874
Urania papageno Niepelt, 1931
Rhipheus dasycephalus Swainson, 1833
Leilus orientalis Swainson, 1833
Chrysiridia riphearia Hübner, 1823
Urania ripheus
Urania rhiphaeus
Urania rhipheus
Chrysiridia madagascariensis
Chrysiridia rhiphaeus
Chrysiridia ripheus