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- ↑ "Species Details: Cusiala raptaria Walker, 1860". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- ↑ "Cassia fistula L." NewCROP. Purdue University. 3 July 1996. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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