Balbura

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Balbura
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Balbura intervenata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Balbura
Walker, 1854

Balbura is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.

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