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 heliconia Linnaeus, 1758 (Phalaena)

Type Locality

“In Indiis”, ?[India]

= Phalaena silvandra Stoll, [1781]: 155 (TL: Coramandel)
= Hypsa perimele Weymer, 1885: 275 (TL: Nias)
= Hypsa zebrina Butler, 1877: 815 (TL: Formosa)
= Asota heliconia toekangbesiensis Jurriaanse, 1920: xiix
= Azota heliconia doryca Rothschild 1915: 214 (TL: New Guinea, Dorey)
= Asota heliconia venalba Moore, 1877: 598 (TL: Andaman I.)

Distribution

Specific Records

North East India

States/Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Tamil Nadu

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Islands, North East, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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