Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus
Author
Durante, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2009
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27
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275270
b318026b-73cf-4c8e-bc1b-ba2efc0f3603
1175-5326
275270
Afrasura violacea
(
Cieslak & Häuser, 2006
)
comb. n.
Asura violacea
Cieslak & Häuser, 2006
, Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F. 27 (4): 215–220.
Type
locality.
Kenya
, Western, Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve (
holotype
3 in
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, not examined).
Distribution.
According to
Kühne (2008)
,
Uganda
, Rwuanda,
Kenya
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
Diagnosis.
Similar to
Afrasura amaniensis
but with four spurs on the hindlegs (two in
amaniensis
) and male forewing underside costal base dark (yellow in
amaniensis
).
Remarks.
The group
Afrasura amaniensis
,
A. discreta
,
A. submarmorata
and
A. violacea
is similar in genitalic morphology; the group is East African except for
discreta
, which is West African.