Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Asura varians is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Wingspan is 20mm. Antennae of male ciliated. In male, head and thorax orange in color, where black spots present on thorax. Abdomen and wings are black. Fore wings with a slight bronze tinge with a black speck at end of cell. Some species has basal orange spot, medial costal spots and inner marginal spots on fore wings with a orange streaked apex. Female has anal ochreous tuft. Fore wings consist orange base, two costal spots and one inner marginal spot. Outer margin is orange as in male, but with a series of black specks.
References
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