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Luxiaria amasa is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found from south-eastern Siberia to Korea, Japan, northern India, Nepal, Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.[1]

Luxiaria amasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Luxiaria
Species:	L. amasa
Binomial name
Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
Bithia amasa Butler, 1878 Luxiaria fasciosa Moore, 1888 Luxiaria fulvifascia Warren, 1894

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.[2] Males have a pale yellow ground colour, with the border distal to the postmedial of both wings mottled broadly with rich brown.[3]

Subspecies

• Luxiaria amasa amasa
• Luxiaria amasa noda Prout, 1928 (Sulawesi)
• Luxiaria amasa perochrea Herbulot, 1993 (Sumatra)

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