Asura rubricosa
| Asura rubricosa | |
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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. rubricosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Asura rubricosa (Moore, 1878)
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Asura rubricosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description[edit]
Forewings with broad cell. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with a series of postmedial blotches conjoined into a band, more irregular and without spots beyond it. The medial band is widely separated from the antemedial band. Hindwings pinkish, some specimen possess traces of a medial band.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura rubricosa". 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.