Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Aganainae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Asota Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Phalaena javana Cramer, [1780]: 146, 175, by subsequent designation by Jordan (1896): 203

= Damalis Hübner, [1819] 1816: 172 (TS: Noctua caricae Fabricius, 1775: 203)
= Hypsa Hübner, [1819] 1816: 172 (TS: Phalaena silvandra Stoll, in Cramer, [1781]: 155, 252)
= Euimata Billberg, 1820: 91 (TS: Phalaena alciphron Cramer, 1777: 58, [147])
= Psephea Billberg, 1820: 86 (TS: Noctua caricae Fabricius, 1775: 596)
= Aganais Boisduval, in d’ Urville, 1832: 248 (TS: Noctua caricae Fabricius, 1775: 596)
= Aspa Walker, 1854: 452 (TS: Phalaena heliconia Linnaeus, 1758: 511)
= Lacides Walker, 1854: 456 (TS: Noctua ficus Fabricius, 1775: 595)
= Petalia Walker, 1854: 457 (TS: Hypsa plagiata Walker, 1854: 457)
= Antichera Snellen, 1896: 180 (TS: Neochera tortuosa Moore, 1872: 570)
= Pseudhypsa Kirby, 1892: 384 (TS: Phalaena speciosa Drury, 1773: 8)

Species/Subspecies

Asota egens Walker, 1854 (Hypsa)

Type Locality

Java

= Asota andamana (Moore, 1877): 598 (TL: Andaman Islands)
= Hypsa nebulosa Butler, 1875: 322 (TL: Sarawak)
= Damalis onusta Weymer, 1885: 276 (TL: Nias)
= Asota egens confinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1897: 320 (TL: Loo Choo; Mindanao)
= Asota egens indica Rothschild & Jordan, 1897: 321 (TL: Naga Hills)

Distribution

Specific Records

Andaman Islands

States/Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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