Asota javana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. javana
Binomial name
Asota javana
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena javana Cramer, 1780
  • Asota fiaviventris Rothschild, 1897

Asota javana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and on Sula Island.

The wingspan is 57–68 mm.

Subspecies

  • Asota javana celebensis (Sulawesi)
  • Asota javana deliana (Sumatra)
  • Asota javana flaviventris (Seram, Sulawesi, Philippines)
  • Asota javana javana (Borneo, Boeton, Java, Sulawesi, Myanmar)
  • Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Asota javana Cramer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  • Zwier, Jaap. "Asota javana javana Cramer 1780". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 5, 2019.


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