| Asura striata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Asura |
| Species: | A. striata |
| Binomial name | |
| Asura striata Wileman, 1910 | |
Asura striata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan. [1]
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