Asura ruptifascia
| Asura ruptifascia | |
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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. ruptifascia
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| Binomial name | |
| Asura ruptifascia (Hampson, 1893)
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Asura ruptifascia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
[edit]The species' wingspan is about 18 mm. Antennae of male ciliated. Body pure ochreous. Sub-basal band of forewings outwardly oblique towards inner margin and anastomosing (fusing) with the medial band. Upper portion of the postmedial band reduced to a speck series. Hindwings with a well defined fuscous band.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura ruptifascia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.