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Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa: Uraniidae (family)/  Uraniinae (subfamily)/  Chrysiridia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Drury, 1773)
Citation:Rhipheus Pap.[ilio] Eq.[uites] Troj[anae]
Original genus:Papilio
Publication:Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:
Volume:2
Issue:
Pagination:40, index; pl. 23, figs 1, 2
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637830
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Chrysiridia rhipheus (Drury, 1773) unknown Not stated. Madagascar [Madagascar], China [ex errore], leg. May.
Plant note:

See also D. C. Lees & N. G. Smith (2019: 302–305). Description of the larva in R. P. Camboué (1889: 440 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37050181). The record of Mangifera indica (J. B. A. Boisduval (1833b: 113 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12820947) is probably wrong.

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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Chrysiridia catalai (Le Moult, 1933) (Le Moult, 1933) species Misapplied Urania catalai
Chrysiridia cloitrei (Le Moult, 1933) (Le Moult, 1933) species Misapplied Urania cloitrei
Chrysiridia crameri (Maassen, 1879) (Maassen, 1879) species Synonym Urania crameri
Chrysiridia cyanescens (Le Moult, 1933) (Le Moult, 1933) species Misapplied Urania cyanescens
Chrysiridia dasycephalus (Swainson, 1833) (Swainson, 1833) species Synonym Rhipheus dasycephalus
Chrysiridia druryi (Boisduval, 1874) (Boisduval, 1874) species Synonym Urania druryi
Chrysiridia gasteaui (Le Moult, 1933) (Le Moult, 1933) species Misapplied Urania gasteaui
Chrysiridia laetevirens (Oberthür, 1898) (Oberthür, 1898) species Misapplied Urania laetevirens
Chrysiridia madagascariensis (Lesson, 1831) (Lesson, 1831) species Synonym Urania madagascariensis
Chrysiridia melania (Oberthür, 1898) (Oberthür, 1898) species Misapplied Urania melania
Chrysiridia rhiphearia Hübner, 1825 Hübner, 1825 species Misapplied Chrysiridia rhiphearia
Chrysiridia rhipheus (Cramer, 1782) (Cramer, 1782) species Misapplied Papilio rhipheus
Chrysiridia riphearia Hübner, 1823 Hübner, 1823 species Synonym Chrysiridia riphearia