| Alphaea khasiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Alphaea |
| Species: | A. khasiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alphaea khasiana (Rothschild, 1910) | |
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Alphaea khasiana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in China (Yunnan) and India (Assam). [1]
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