Asura orsova

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Asura orsova
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. orsova
Binomial name
Asura orsova
C. Swinhoe, 1903

Asura orsova is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. It is found in Thailand. [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 orsova". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.