Chrysiridia Riphaeria Sunset Moth Framed Specimen

Every entomologist's favourite correction: it is not a butterfly. Chrysiridia riphaeria, the Madagascan Sunset Moth, is technically one of the most spectacular moths on the planet, and it spends its whole life reminding people that moths do not have to be the beige cousins at the lepidoptera reunion.

The colours, full spectrum from deep violet to gold to green, are structural, produced by light refracting through microscopic layers of the wing rather than pigment. Which means the iridescence shifts depending on how you look at it, and it reads differently under every light source. Day-flying, dramatic, and visually closer to industrial art than anything you would expect from an insect. It belongs in a dark, well-lit room where people can argue about whether it is real. It is real.

Professionally pinned and framed, showing both the upper and under wing surfaces to capture the full metallic colour range. Ready to hang. Sold as a single specimen. Native to Madagascar.