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H. aurantiaca may refer to:
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- ↑ "Species Details: Heterostegane aurantiaca Warren, 1894". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 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.
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