| Asura hilaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Asura |
| Species: | A. hilaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Asura hilaris (Walker, 1854) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Asura hilaris is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and on Java. [1]
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