Asura (papillon)
genre d'insectes
Pour les articles homonymes, voir Asura (homonymie).
Asura est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Erebidae et de la sous-famille des Arctiinae.
Découvertes récentes
modifierLa 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[1].
Liste des espèces
modifier- 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, [1860])
- 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, [1865])
- Asura wandammensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
- Asura xanthophaea Toulgoët, 1977
- Asura zebrina (Hampson, 1914)
Références
modifier- ↑ (en) « Zoological Survey of India Announces Landmark Discovery of Two new species of Lichen moths and Seven new species records from Indian Himalaya », sur Press Information Bureau (PIB), (consulté le )
