Biology:Afrasura peripherica

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Short description: Species of moth

Afrasura peripherica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afrasura
Species:
A. peripherica
Binomial name
Afrasura peripherica
(Strand, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Asura peripherica Strand, 1912
  • Asura peripheria hilara Kiriakoff, 1958

Afrasura peripherica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Embrik Strand in 1912. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.[1]

Subspecies

  • Afrasura peripherica peripherica
  • Afrasura peripherica hilara (Kiriakoff, 1958) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13231924 entry