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Asota heliconia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Asota heliconia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Aganainae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Euimata, Asota egens, Asota plana, Asota caricae, Asota producta

Asota heliconia is a moth in the Erebidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland and the Solomons.

The wingspan is 52 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa species.

Subspecies

  • 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)
  • References

    Asota heliconia Wikipedia