Asura ruptifascia

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Asura ruptifascia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. ruptifascia
Binomial name
Asura ruptifascia
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Lyclene ruptifasciaHampson, 1893

Asura ruptifascia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. [1]

Description

The species' wingspan is about 18 mm. Antennae of male ciliated. Body pure ochreous. Sub-basal band of forewings outwardly oblique towards inner margin and anastomosing (fusing) with the medial band. Upper portion of the postmedial band reduced to a speck series. Hindwings with a well defined fuscous band. [2]

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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 ruptifascia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)