''Chrysasura'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1914.
Species
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Chrysasura flavopunctata
''Chrysasura flavopunctata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 macr ...
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Chrysasura leopardina
''Chrysasura leopardina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is si ...
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Chrysasura meeki
''Chrysasura meeki'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Walter Rothschild in 1916. It is found in New Guinea.
Subspecies
*''Chrysasura meeki meeki''
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Chrysasura postvitreata
''Chrysasura postvitreata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is ...
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References
External links
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Nudariina
Moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson
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