Asota heliconia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland and the Solomons.
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Asota heliconia |
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Asota heliconia zebrina |
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Domain: |
Eukaryota |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Order: |
Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: |
Noctuoidea |
Family: |
Erebidae |
Genus: |
Asota |
Species: |
A. heliconia |
Binomial name |
Asota heliconia
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Synonyms |
- Phalaena heliconia Linnaeus, 1758
- Noctua dama Fabricius, 1775
- Phalaena Attacus monycha Cramer, 1779
- Phalaena Bombyx silvandra Stoll, 1782
- Aganais doryca Boisduval, 1832
- Hypsa intacta Walker, 1854
- Hypsa lanceolata Walker, 1856
- Hypsa clavata Butler, 1875
- Hypsa dicta Butler, 1875
- Hypsa zebrina Butler, 1877
- Hypsa venalba Moore, 1877
- Aganais leuconeura Butler, 1879
- Hypsa perimele Weymer, 1885
- Hypsa semifusca Butler, 1887
- Hypsa nicobarica Swinhoe, 1892
- Hypsa ghara Swinhoe, 1892
- Hypsa malisa Swinhoe, 1892
- Hypsa lara Swinhoe, 1893
- Asota timorana Rothschild, 1896
- Asota kalaonica Rothschild, 1896
- Asota riukiuana Rothschild, 1896
- Asota philippina Rothschild, 1896
- Asota sangirensis Rothschild, 1896
- Asota bandana Rothschild, 1896
- Asota murina Rothschild, 1896
- Asota natunensis Rothschild, 1896
- Asota enganensis Rothschild, 1896
- Asota kiriwinae Rothschild, 1896
- Asota dicta extensa Rothschild, 1896
- Asota bandana diluta Rothschild, 1896
- Asota heliconia brevipennis Rothschild, 1896
- Asota heliconia nervosa Rothschild, 1896
- Asota extensa Seitz, 1914
- Asota atrata Jordan, 1924
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The wingspan is 52 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa species.
Asota heliconia philippina ( Albay, Philippines)
- Asota heliconia atrata (Solomon Islands)
- Asota heliconia bandana (Kayao island, Banda Elat)
- Asota heliconia clavata (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
- Asota heliconia dama (Australia, New Zealand)
- Asota heliconia dicta (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
- Asota heliconia doryca (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea )
- Asota heliconia enganensis (Enggano)
- Asota heliconia ghara (Kai Islands)
- Asota heliconia heliconia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan)
- Asota heliconia intacta (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia kalaonica (Sulawesi)
- Asota heliconia kiriwinae (Trobiand Island)
- Asota heliconia lanceolata (Sulawesi)
- Asota heliconia latiradia (Babar island)
- Asota heliconia leuconeura (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
- Asota heliconia malisa (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia natunensis (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia nicobarica (Nicobar Islands)
- Asota heliconia perimele (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia philippina (Philippines)
- Asota heliconia sangirensis (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia semifusca (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands)
- Asota heliconia timorana (East Timor, Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia toekangbesiensis (Tomea island)
- Asota heliconia unicolor (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia venalba (Andaman Islands)
- Asota heliconia zebrina (Taiwan)