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Red slug caterpillar
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Zygaenidae
Genus:
Eterusia
Species:
E. aedea
Binomial name
Eterusia aedea
(Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
Papilio (Heliconius) aedea Linnaeus, 1763
Heterusia edocla Doubleday, 1844
Heterusia dulcis Butler, 1881
Heterusia signata Möschler, 1872
Eterusia magnifica Butler, 1879
Eterusia adocla form lepcha Jordan, 1907
Heterusia aedea var. septentrionicola C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862
Eterusia aedea ab. postlutea Strand, 1916
Eterusia aedea okinoshimensis Esaki & Inoue, 1956
Eterusia aedea ab. okinawana Matsumura, 1927
Eterusia aedea ishigakiana Inoue, 1982
Eterusia aedea, the red slug caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan and China.
Eterusiaaedea, the red slug caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum...
Eterusia is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. EterusiaaedeaEterusia alompra Eterusia angustifascia Eterusia culoti Eterusia dubernardi Eterusia...
year. The species is possibly involved in a mimicry relationship with Eterusiaaedea. Macrobrochis gigas differs from congeners in the following morphological...
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