Species Asura lydia (Donovan, 1805)
Asura lydia (Donovan, 1805), male
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Species Asura lydia (Donovan, 1805)
- Bombyx lydia Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [Pl. 40, fig.3].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Dysauxes mediastina Hübner, J. 1825. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nicht europäischer Gattungen. Vol. 3 1824-31, pp. 1-48, pls 70-103 (unnumbered) [27].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Asura gaudens Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [485].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Australia. - Setina pectinata Wallengren, H.D.J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 4: 33-46, 161-176 [46].
Type data:
Holotype NRS ♂, "Sidney" (=Sydney, New South Wales). - Asura incompleta Draudt, M. 1914. [Arctiidae, Tiger moths. Lithosiinae, Lichen-moths] Miltochrista-Stenosia. 134-223, pls 12-18, 26 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [142].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Asura confluens Draudt, M. 1914. [Arctiidae, Tiger moths. Lithosiinae, Lichen-moths] Miltochrista-Stenosia. 134-223, pls 12-18, 26 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [142].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Victoria.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 27-Jul-2017 | 29-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 31-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |