Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)

Query: Moth

Result: 553^rd of 1517

Subject:	Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
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From: http://archive.org/stream/dictionnaireuniv15orbi#page/n200/mode/1up older version from http://www.bsip.com/en/recherche.php?input=Urania%20ripheus

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Source Title: Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle.
Creator: Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny, author; Blanchard, artist ; Lamoureux, printer ; Fournier, engraver
Date Published: 1841-1849
Size: 24 x 15 cm. (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Printed on border: "Insectes. Lépidoptères, pl. 14."
Title: Uranie riphée. (Urania riphaeus, cram.)
Publisher: Paris : Renard, 1841-1849.
Notes: 13 v. (Atlas : Paris, 1861 : 3 v.)

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urania_riphaeus_engraving.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.

Moth
553/1517

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