Eterusia aedea

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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.