Asura est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Erebidae et de la sous-famille des Arctiinae.
Découvertes récentes La taxonomie de ce genre continue de s'enrichir grâce aux prospections menées dans des écosystèmes isolés. En mars 2026, une équipe de chercheurs du Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) a décrit une nouvelle espèce originaire de l'Himalaya indien, nommée Asura buxa. Publiée dans la revue scientifique Zootaxa, cette découverte est jugée cruciale pour la compréhension du fonctionnement des écosystèmes himalayens. Les membres de ce genre, souvent appelés "papillons de lichen", sont en effet d'importants bioindicateurs pour évaluer la qualité de l'air et la pollution environnementale dans ces écosystèmes d'altitude fragiles.
Liste des espèces
Asura albidorsalis Wileman, 1914 Asura albigrisea (Rothschild, 1913) Asura alikangiae (Strand, 1917) Asura amabilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 Asura andamana (Moore, 1877) Asura anomala (Elwes, 1890) Asura arcuata (Moore, 1882) Asura arenaria Rothschild, 1913 Asura asaphes Hampson, 1900 Asura atritermina Hampson, 1900 Asura aurantiaca (Moore, 1878) Asura aureata Rothschild, 1913 Asura aureorosea (Rothschild, 1913) Asura aurora (Hampson, 1891) Asura avernalis (Butler, 1887) Asura bipars (Walker, 1865) Asura bipartita Rothschild, 1916 Asura biplagiata (Rothschild, 1913) Asura biseriata Hampson, 1900 Asura bizonoides (Walker, 1862) Asura brunneofasciata Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura calamaria (Moore, 1888) Asura camerunensis Strand, 1912 Asura carnea (Poujade, 1886) Asura catameces Turner, 1940 Asura cervicalis Walker, 1854 Asura chrysomela Hampson, 1905 Asura coccineoflammens Rothschild, 1913 Asura coccinocosma Turner, 1940 Asura compsodes Turner, 1940 Asura confina Hampson, 1900 Asura congerens (Felder, 1874) Asura congoensis Kühne, 2007 Asura conjunctana (Walker, 1866) Asura connexa (Wileman, 1910) Asura creatina (Snellen, 1879) Asura crocopepla Turner, 1940 Asura crocoptera Turner, 1940 Asura crocota Hampson, 1900 Asura cruciata Matsumura, 1927 Asura cuneifera (Walker, 1862) Asura cuneigera (Walker, 1862) Asura cylletona (Swinhoe, 1893) Asura dasara (Moore, 1859) Asura dentifera Hampson, 1900 Asura dharma (Moore, 1879) Asura diluta Draeseke, 1926 Asura dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura discisigna (Moore, 1878) Asura disticha (Meyrick, 1894) Asura distyi Kühne, 2007 Asura doa Kühne, 2007 Asura eala Kühne, 2007 Asura ecmelaena Hampson, 1900 Asura eichhorni Rothschild, 1936 Asura elegans Reich, 1937 Asura eos Hampson, 1900 Asura erythrias (Holland, 1893) Asura esmia (Swinhoe, 1894) Asura euprepioides (Walker, 1862) Asura flavagraphia van Eecke, 1929 Asura flaveola Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura flavida (Butler, 1887) Asura flavivenosa (Moore, 1878) Asura floccosa (Walker, 1864) Asura friederikeae Kühne, 2007 Asura frigida (Walker, 1854) Asura fulvimarginata Hampson, 1904 Asura furcata Reich, 1936 Asura fuscalis (Hampson, 1891) Asura gigantea Kühne, 2007 Asura griseata (Leech, 1899) Asura haemachroa Hampson, 1905 Asura hemixantha Hampson, 1900 Asura hermanni Kühne, 2007 Asura hilaris (Walker, 1854) Asura hopkinsi Tams, 1935 Asura horishanella Matsumura, 1927 Asura humilis (Walker, 1854) Asura ila (Moore, 1859) Asura inconspicua (Moore, 1878) Asura infumata (Felder, 1874) Asura insularis Rothschild, 1913 Asura intermedia Marumo, 1923 Asura irregularis (Rothschild, 1913) Asura latimargo Roepke, 1946 Asura likiangensis Daniel, 1952 Asura liparidia Rothschild, 1913 Asura lutara (Moore, ) Asura lutarella Kalis, 1934 Asura lutea Bethune-Baker, 1908 Asura luzonica Wileman & South, 1919 Asura lydia (Donovan, 1805) Asura magica Strand, 1917 Asura manusi Rothschild, 1916 Asura marginata (Walker, 1864) Asura marginatana Strand, 1922 Asura mediofascia Rothschild, 1913 Asura megala Hampson, 1900 Asura melanoleuca (Hampson, 1894) Asura melanopyga Hampson, 1918 Asura melanoxantha Hampson, 1914 Asura metahyala Hampson, 1918 Asura metamelas (Hampson, 1893) Asura metascota Hampson, 1905 Asura miltochristina Rothschild, 1913 Asura mimetica Rothschild, 1913 Asura modesta (Leech, 1899) Asura monospila Turner, 1940 Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007 Asura nebulosa (Moore, 1878) Asura nigriciliata Hampson, 1900 Asura nigripuncta Wileman Asura nigrivena (Leech, 1899) Asura nubifascia (Walker, 1864) Asura nubilalis (Hampson, 1894) Asura obliquilinea (Swinhoe, 1901) Asura obscurodiscalis Rothschild, 1936 Asura obsoleta (Moore, 1878) Asura ocellata Wileman Asura ochreomaculata Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura ocnerioides Rothschild, 1913 Asura octiger van Eecke, 1929 Asura orsova Swinhoe, 1903 Asura owgarra Bethune-Baker, 1908 Asura parallelina (Hampson, 1894) Asura parallina (Hampson, 1894) Asura peloa (Swinhoe, 1904) Asura percurrens Hampson, 1914 Asura perihaemia Hampson, 1900 Asura phaeobasis Hampson, 1900 Asura phaeoplagia Hampson, 1900 Asura phaeosticta Kiriakoff, 1958 Asura phantasma Hampson, 1907 Asura pinkurata Kühne, 2007 Asura platyrhabda Tams, 1935 Asura polyspila Turner, 1940 Asura postbicolor Rothschild, 1913 Asura pseudojosiodes Rothschild, 1913 Asura pudibunda Hampson, 1900 Asura punctilineata Wileman & South, 1919 Asura pyropa Tams, 1935 Asura pyrostrota Hampson, 1914 Asura quadrilineata (Pagenstecher, 1886) Asura reversa Rothschild, 1916 Asura rhabdota Rothschild, 1920 Asura rosacea Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura roseogrisea Rothschild, 1913 Asura rubricosa (Moore, 1878) Asura rubrimargo (Hampson, 1894) Asura ruenca (Swinhoe, 1892) Asura ruptifascia (Hampson, 1893) Asura russula Kiriakoff, 1963 Asura sagittaria Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura semifascia (Walker, 1854) Asura semivitrea (Rothschild, 1913) Asura septemmaculata (Heylaerts, 1891) Asura serratilinea (Turner, 1940) Asura sexpuncta (Hampson, 1894) Asura simillima Rothschild, 1936 Asura simplifascia (Elwes, 1890) Asura snelleni Roepke, 1943 Asura solita (Walker, 1854) Asura spinata Kühne, 2007 Asura striata Wileman, 1910 Asura strigatula Rothschild, 1913 Asura strigibasis de Joannis, 1930 Asura strigipennis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1914) Asura subcruciata Rothschild, 1913 Asura synestramena Hampson, 1900 Asura temperata (Holland, 1893) Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913 Asura toxodes Hampson, 1907 Asura tricolor (Wileman, 1910) Asura trifasciata Roepke, 1946 Asura tripuncta (Reich, 1935) Asura trizonata Rothschild, 1913 Asura truncata (Rothschild, 1913) Asura umbrifera Hampson, 1900 Asura umbrosa (Hampson, 1896) Asura undulosa (Walker, 1854) Asura unicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904 Asura uniformeola Hampson, 1900 Asura uniformis (Hampson, 1893) Asura unilinea Wileman Asura unipuncta (Leech, 1890) Asura varians (Hampson, 1893) Asura versicolor Kühne, 2007 Asura vivida (Walker, ) Asura wandammensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916 Asura xanthophaea Toulgoët, 1977 Asura zebrina (Hampson, 1914)
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Catégorie:Genre de Lépidoptères (nom scientifique) Catégorie:Arctiinae Catégorie:Insecte décrit en 1854 Catégorie:Taxon décrit par Francis Walker