Athyma Asura
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''Athyma asura'', also known as the studded sergeant or the Himalayan studded sergeant, is a species of large, tailess
nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have ...
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found in
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and in
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regions of
Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
."''Athyma'' Westwood, [1850]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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and stream habitats. The species primary coloration is black, white and brown. This species is protected in India under Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Wildlife (Protection) act of 1972. A. asura has two subspecies, Athyma asura asura and Athyma asura idita.


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* * * Athyma Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1858 Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Limenitidinae-stub