Eterusia aedea

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
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.

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