Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus), pan hairstreak (Electrostrymon pan)

Query: Chrysiridia rhipheus

Result: 11^th of 19

Subject:	Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus), pan hairstreak (Electrostrymon pan)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Resolution: 1865x2309 File Size: 483465 Bytes Upload Date: 2017:07:08 16:54:31

Plate XXIII.
1, 2. URANIA RHIPHEUS (= Chrysiridia rhipheus). = Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
3, 4. THECLA PAN (= Electrostrymon pan). = pan hairstreak (Electrostrymon pan)
Date 1770 (plates). 1837 (text).
Source Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Vol. II.
Author Plates: Dru Drury (1725–1803). Text: John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrations_of_Exotic_Entomology_II_23.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.

The pan hairstreak (Electrostrymon pan) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.

Chrysiridia rhipheus
11/19

^o^ Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones ^o^