African Moths Gambia


 

Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaeker, 1871)

African Sunset Moth.

SYNONYMS
Thaliura croesus, Urania croceus,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
croesus, prometheus, rhipheus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Mangifera indica, Terminalia catappa,

Chrysiridia croesus
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Live (ZW)
 
Live (ZW)
 
Live (ZW)
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Photo: B. Wursten
 
Photo: B. Wursten
 
Photo: B. Wursten
 
Disutribution Map
 
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