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Asura
	Asura cervicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Lithosiini
Subtribe:	Nudariina
Genus:	Asura; Walker, 1854
Synonyms
	Tumicla Wallengren, 1863; Stonia Walker, [1865];

Asura is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae, and subtribe Nudariina erected by Francis Walker in 1854. It is also curiously the centre-most genus in the App, OneZoom.^[1]

Species

Asura albidorsalis Wileman, 1914
Asura albigrisea (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura alikangiae (Strand, 1917)
Asura amabilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
Asura andamana (Moore, 1877)
Asura anomala (Elwes, 1890)
Asura arcuata (Moore, 1882)
Asura arenaria Rothschild, 1913
Asura asaphes Hampson, 1900
Asura atritermina Hampson, 1900
Asura aurantiaca (Moore, 1878)
Asura aureata Rothschild, 1913
Asura aureorosea (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura aurora (Hampson, 1891)
Asura avernalis (Butler, 1887)
Asura bipars (Walker, 1865)
Asura bipartita Rothschild, 1916
Asura biplagiata (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura biseriata Hampson, 1900
Asura bizonoides (Walker, 1862)
Asura brunneofasciata Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura calamaria (Moore, 1888)
Asura camerunensis Strand, 1912
Asura carnea (Poujade, 1886)
Asura catameces Turner, 1940
Asura cervicalis Walker, 1854
Asura chrysomela Hampson, 1905
Asura coccineoflammens Rothschild, 1913
Asura coccinocosma Turner, 1940
Asura compsodes Turner, 1940
Asura confina Hampson, 1900
Asura congerens (Felder, 1874)
Asura congoensis Kühne, 2007
Asura conjunctana (Walker, 1866)
Asura connexa (Wileman, 1910)
Asura creatina (Snellen, 1879)
Asura crocopepla Turner, 1940
Asura crocoptera Turner, 1940
Asura crocota Hampson, 1900
Asura cruciata Matsumura, 1927
Asura cuneifera (Walker, 1862)
Asura cuneigera (Walker, 1862)
Asura cylletona (Swinhoe, 1893)
Asura dasara (Moore, 1859)
Asura dentifera Hampson, 1900
Asura dharma (Moore, 1879)
Asura diluta Draeseke, 1926
Asura dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura discisigna (Moore, 1878)
Asura disticha (Meyrick, 1894)
Asura distyi Kühne, 2007
Asura doa Kühne, 2007
Asura eala Kühne, 2007
Asura ecmelaena Hampson, 1900
Asura eichhorni Rothschild, 1936
Asura elegans Reich, 1937
Asura eos Hampson, 1900
Asura erythrias (Holland, 1893)
Asura esmia (Swinhoe, 1894)
Asura euprepioides (Walker, 1862)
Asura flavagraphia van Eecke, 1929
Asura flaveola Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura flavida (Butler, 1887)
Asura flavivenosa (Moore, 1878)
Asura floccosa (Walker, 1864)
Asura friederikeae Kühne, 2007
Asura frigida (Walker, 1854)
Asura fulvimarginata Hampson, 1904
Asura furcata Reich, 1936
Asura fuscalis (Hampson, 1891)
Asura gigantea Kühne, 2007
Asura griseata (Leech, 1899)
Asura haemachroa Hampson, 1905
Asura hemixantha Hampson, 1900
Asura hermanni Kühne, 2007
Asura hilaris (Walker, 1854)
Asura hopkinsi Tams, 1935
Asura horishanella Matsumura, 1927
Asura humilis (Walker, 1854)
Asura ila (Moore, 1859)
Asura inconspicua (Moore, 1878)
Asura infumata (Felder, 1874)
Asura insularis Rothschild, 1913
Asura intermedia Marumo, 1923
Asura irregularis (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura latimargo Roepke, 1946
Asura likiangensis Daniel, 1952
Asura liparidia Rothschild, 1913
Asura lutara (Moore, [1860])
Asura lutarella Kalis, 1934
Asura lutea Bethune-Baker, 1908
Asura luzonica Wileman & South, 1919
Asura lydia Donovan, 1805
Asura magica Strand, 1917
Asura manusi Rothschild, 1916
Asura marginata (Walker, 1864)
Asura marginatana Strand, 1922
Asura mediofascia Rothschild, 1913
Asura megala Hampson, 1900
Asura melanoleuca (Hampson, 1894)
Asura melanopyga Hampson, 1918
Asura melanoxantha Hampson, 1914
Asura metahyala Hampson, 1918
Asura metamelas (Hampson, 1893)
Asura metascota Hampson, 1905
Asura miltochristina Rothschild, 1913
Asura mimetica Rothschild, 1913
Asura modesta (Leech, 1899)
Asura monospila Turner, 1940
Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007
Asura nebulosa (Moore, 1878)
Asura nigriciliata Hampson, 1900
Asura nigripuncta Wileman
Asura nigrivena (Leech, 1899)
Asura nubifascia (Walker, 1864)
Asura nubilalis (Hampson, 1894)
Asura obliquilinea (Swinhoe, 1901)
Asura obscurodiscalis Rothschild, 1936
Asura obsoleta (Moore, 1878)
Asura ocellata Wileman
Asura ochreomaculata Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura ocnerioides Rothschild, 1913
Asura octiger van Eecke, 1929
Asura orsova Swinhoe, 1903
Asura owgarra Bethune-Baker, 1908
Asura parallelina (Hampson, 1894)
Asura parallina (Hampson, 1894)
Asura peloa (Swinhoe, 1904)
Asura percurrens Hampson, 1914
Asura perihaemia Hampson, 1900
Asura phaeobasis Hampson, 1900
Asura phaeoplagia Hampson, 1900
Asura phaeosticta Kiriakoff, 1958
Asura phantasma Hampson, 1907
Asura pinkurata Kühne, 2007
Asura platyrhabda Tams, 1935
Asura polyspila Turner, 1940
Asura postbicolor Rothschild, 1913
Asura pseudojosiodes Rothschild, 1913
Asura pudibunda Hampson, 1900
Asura punctilineata Wileman & South, 1919
Asura pyropa Tams, 1935
Asura pyrostrota Hampson, 1914
Asura quadrilineata (Pagenstecher, 1886)
Asura reversa Rothschild, 1916
Asura rhabdota Rothschild, 1920
Asura rosacea Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura roseogrisea Rothschild, 1913
Asura rubricosa (Moore, 1878)
Asura rubrimargo (Hampson, 1894)
Asura ruenca (Swinhoe, 1892)
Asura ruptifascia (Hampson, 1893)
Asura russula Kiriakoff, 1963
Asura sagittaria Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura semifascia (Walker, 1854)
Asura semivitrea (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura septemmaculata (Heylaerts, 1891)
Asura serratilinea (Turner, 1940)
Asura sexpuncta (Hampson, 1894)
Asura simillima Rothschild, 1936
Asura simplifascia (Elwes, 1890)
Asura snelleni Roepke, 1943
Asura solita (Walker, 1854)
Asura spinata Kühne, 2007
Asura striata Wileman, 1910
Asura strigatula Rothschild, 1913
Asura strigibasis de Joannis, 1930
Asura strigipennis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1914)
Asura subcruciata Rothschild, 1913
Asura synestramena Hampson, 1900
Asura temperata (Holland, 1893)
Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913
Asura toxodes Hampson, 1907
Asura tricolor (Wileman, 1910)
Asura trifasciata Roepke, 1946
Asura tripuncta (Reich, 1935)
Asura trizonata Rothschild, 1913
Asura truncata (Rothschild, 1913)
Asura umbrifera Hampson, 1900
Asura umbrosa (Hampson, 1896)
Asura undulosa (Walker, 1854)
Asura unicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904
Asura uniformeola Hampson, 1900
Asura uniformis (Hampson, 1893)
Asura unilinea Wileman
Asura unipuncta (Leech, 1890)
Asura varians (Hampson, 1893)
Asura versicolor Kühne, 2007
Asura vivida (Walker, [1865])
Asura wandammensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
Asura xanthophaea Toulgoët, 1977
Asura zebrina (Hampson, 1914)

Former species

The following species were previously associated with Asura. Species formerly placed in this genus are now in genera Lyclene, Afrasura, Gymnasura, Cyme, Ghoria, Barsine, other genera, or resolved as synonyms of other Asura species.

References

↑ "OneZoom web software Tree of Life Explorer". www.onezoom.org. Retrieved 2026-03-22.

Savela, Markku. "Asura Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
Kühne (2007). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie. Memoir 3: 353–394.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
Wallengren (1860). Wiener Entomologisehe Monatschrift. 4 (2): 46.

[1] "OneZoom web software Tree of Life Explorer". www.onezoom.org. Retrieved 2026-03-22.

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