Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) - Drury's Frother

Taxonomic Information

Amerila Walker, 1855 species known from India. 
Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773). India: Throughout India, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Kerala. 
Amerila eugenia (Fabricius, 1794). India: Central and South India, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh. 
Amerila omissa (Rothschild, 1910). India: NW Himalayas, Assam, Meghalaya, NE Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Amerila rhodopa Walker, 1864. India: Sikkim, Nagaland, Southern India, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala211
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya111
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773): Smilax spp. (Smilacaceae), Marsdenia spp., Beaumontia spp. (Apocynaceae), Ixora spp. (Rubiaceae), Dioscorea spp. (Dioscoreaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Sphinx astreus Drury, 1773. Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index, 49, pl. 28, f. 4; TL: Bengal. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsofe12drur/page/n164/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Sphinx melanthus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): pl. 286, f. B. Plate at https://archive.org/details/CUbiodiversity1277042-9599/page/PL.+CCLXXXVI/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Rhodogastria astreas ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 504. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/504/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. 283 pp: pl. 33, fig. 329
  5. Singh, N. & J. Singh. 2012. Genitalic studies of Amerila eugenia (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(2): 2398–2401. Pdf
  6. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 111.6. 
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-10-1.php
  8. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arct/astreus.html

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) – Drury's Frother. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/amerila-astreus, accessed 2025/06/15.