Asura euprepioides

Asura euprepioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eribidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Asura
Species: A. euprepioides
Binomial name
Asura euprepioides
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Hypocrita euprepioides Walker, 1862
  • Barsine euprepioides
  • Hypocrita inclusa Snellen, 1877
  • Lyclene interserta Moore, 1878
  • Asura euprepioides ab. samboanganus Strand, 1922

Asura euprepioides is a species of moth of the Eribidae family, Arctiinae subfamily. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and in the north-eastern Himalayas and the Philippines.[1] The habitat consists of various lowland forest types.

Adults have a pale yellow groundcolour with a pattern of dark grey reticulation.

References

  1. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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