''Asota clara'' is a species of noctuoid moth in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner B ...

in 1875. It is found in

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and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

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"''Asota clara clara'' Butler, 1875"
''Aganainae (Snouted Tigers)''. Retrieved August 5, 2019. The

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is 54–58 mm.

Subspecies

*''Asota clara clara'' (Indonesia) *''Asota clara donatana'' (Indonesia, Peninsula Malaysia, Myanmar)

References

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