Asura unicolora

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

Asura unicolora is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Asura unicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2019.