Asura magica

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Asura magica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. magica
Binomial name
Asura magica
Strand, 1917

Asura magica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Taiwan. [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 magica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 26, 2018.