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

Asota heliconia
Asota heliconia zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Asota
Species:	A. heliconia
Binomial name
Asota heliconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
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

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)

External links

• The Moths of Borneo
• heliconia heliconia info at http://www.aganainae.nl

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