| Achaea serva | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Achaea |
| Species: | A. serva |
| Binomial name | |
| Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.[1]
Description
This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[2][3][4]
Ecology
Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Rosa, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium, Sideroxylon, Excoecaria agallocha, Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis.[4]
Subspecies
- Achaea serva serva
- Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)
Gallery
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
References
- ↑ "Achaea serva Fabricius (1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- 1 2 Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 September 2011). "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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