Asura dinawa

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Asura dinawa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. dinawa
Binomial name
Asura dinawa

Asura dinawa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura dinawa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 26, 2018.