Chrysopsyche mirifica

Chrysopsyche mirifica is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Angola, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Nigeria.^[1]

Chrysopsyche mirifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Chrysopsyche
Species:	C. mirifica
Binomial name
Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
Choerotriche mirifica Butler, 1878 Chrysopsyche mirifica leptophyes Tams, 1936 Lasiocampa maera Schaus, 1893 Lasiocampa radei Dewitz, 1881

Biology

Food-plants of this species are Alchornea cordifolia, Eucalyptus species, Neoboutonia species, Quisqualis indica and Rosa species.^[2]