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- Chrysiridia_rhipheus abstract "The 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. Famous worldwide, it is featured in most coffee table books on Lepidoptera and is much sought after by collectors. It is very colourful, though the iridescent parts of the wings do not have pigment; rather the colours originate from optical interference. Adults have a wingspan of 7–9 cm (2.8–3.5 in).Dru Drury, who described the moth in 1773, placed it in the genus Papilio, considering it a butterfly. Jacob Hübner placed it in the moth genus Chrysiridia in 1823. Later redescriptions led to junior synonyms such as Chrysiridia madagascariensis (Lesson, 1831).At first the moth was thought to be from China or Bengal, but was later found to be endemic to Madagascar. It is found throughout the year in most parts of the island, with peak populations between March and August, and smallest numbers between October and December. Females lay about 80 eggs under the leaves of Omphalea spp. The caterpillars are whitish-yellow with black spots and red feet and are covered in club-ended black setae. Silk spun from the mouth helps the caterpillars hold on to smooth leaves and climb back to the plant when they fall. After completing four instars, the caterpillars spin an open network cocoon. The pupal stage lasts from 17 to 23 days.Chrysiridia rhipheus is the sole specialist herbivore of the four species of Omphalea in Madagascar. Omphalea is toxic: the toxins are sequestered by the feeding caterpillar and retained in the pupal and adult stages. Thousands of these moths migrate between the eastern and western ranges of their host plants.".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus binomialAuthority Dru_Drury.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus class Insect.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus family Uraniidae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus family Uraniinae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus genus Chrysiridia.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus kingdom Animal.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus order Lepidoptera.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus phylum Arthropod.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Chrysiridia madagascariensis".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Chrysiridia rhiphaeus".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Chrysiridia riphearia (Hübner, 1823)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Chrysiridia ripheus".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Leilus orientalis (Swainson, 1833)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Papilio rhipheus (Drury, 1773)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Rhipheus dasycephalus (Swainson, 1833)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania crameri (Maassen, 1897)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania druryi (Boisduval, 1874)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania papageno (Niepelt, 1931)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania rhiphaeus".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania rhipheus".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania ripheus var. madagascariensis (Lesson, 1831)".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus synonym "* Urania ripheus".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus thumbnail Urania_riphaeus_engraving.jpg?width=300.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageExternalLink Butterflies_&_Moths.html.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageExternalLink gallery.php?grouping=search&sp=Urania%20ripheus&st=az&imagepos=1.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageID "6276019".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageLength "34962".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageOutDegree "175".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageRevisionID "674307967".
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Alcide_dOrbigny.
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- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Anatomical_terms_of_location.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Andriana.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Androy.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Ant.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Antenna_(biology).
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Aposematism.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod_leg.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Basal_(phylogenetics).
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Basal_(phylogeny).
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Bengal.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Biological_pigment.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Camellia_sinensis.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Endemic_fauna_of_Madagascar.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_described_in_1773.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_of_Africa.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_of_Madagascar.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Category:Uraniidae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Caterpillar.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Chandannagar.
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- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Chrysalis.
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- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Chrysiridia_croesus.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Cladistics.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Coffee_table_book.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Coherence_(physics).
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Combretaceae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Comparison_of_butterflies_and_moths.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Crown_(botany).
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Cussonia.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Cuticle.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Deforestation.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Differences_between_butterflies_and_moths.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Diurnal_animal.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Diurnality.
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- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink East_Africa.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Ecdysis.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Eclosion.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Endospermum.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Eriobotrya_japonica.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Eucalyptus.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Eucalyptus_melliodora.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Euphorbiaceae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Evergreen.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Exoskeleton.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Extinction.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Extrafloral_nectaries.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Exuvia.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Fabaceae.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Friedrich_Wilhelm_Niepelt.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Generalist_and_specialist_species.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Ground_tissue.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Haemolymph.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Hammersmith.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Hemolymph.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Hymenoptera.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Inflorescence.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Insect_migration.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Insect_mouthparts.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Insect_wing.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Insects.
- Chrysiridia_rhipheus wikiPageWikiLink Instar.