Eterusia

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Eterusia
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Eterusia repleta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Chalcosiinae
Genus: Eterusia
Hope, 1841

Eterusia is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.

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<i>Eterusia taiwana</i> Species of moth

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