Asura solita
| Asura solita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Asura |
| Species: | A. solita
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| Binomial name | |
| Asura solita (Walker, 1854)
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Asura solita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Description[edit]
The wingspan is 24 mm in the male and 26 mm in the female. Antennae of male ciliated. In male, medial band of both wings is obsolete. Forewings in male with the medial and postmedial series of specks almost entirely obsolete. The markings are well-marked in female.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura solita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.