Asura simplifascia

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Asura simplifascia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. simplifascia
Binomial name
Asura simplifascia
(Elwes, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Lyclene simplifasciaElwes, 1890
  • Asura homogenaSeitz, 1910
  • Lyclene simplicifasciaKirby, 1892

Asura simplifascia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India. [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 simplifascia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.