Subspecies in India
Sometimes treated as a subspecies of Asota heliconia.
Taxonomic Information
Asota Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Asota canaraica Moore, 1878. India: Kerala, Karnataka (TL " Canara"), Maharashtra.
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775. Sri Lanka; India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Asota clara Butler, 1875. Myanmar.
Asota contorta (Aurivillius, 1894): India: West Bengal.
Asota egens (Walker, 1854). Nepal; Myanmar; India: Andaman & Nicobar Is., Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal.
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775. Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand.
Asota heliconia (Linnaeus, 1758). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu.
Asota paphos (Fabricius, 1787). India: NE Himalaya.
Asota paliura (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Kerala.
Asota plaginota Butler, 1875. Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Asota plana (Walker, 1854). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura; Bangladesh; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Asota producta (Butler, 1875). Sri Lanka; India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu.
Asota sericea Moore, 1878. India: Karnataka (TL: Canara), Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
Asota tortuosa Moore, 1872. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- , pg 499, # 1137 as form venalba from Andamans of Hypsa monycha.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=660771 [accessed 24 Dec 2015]
- http://www.aganainae.nl/index.html. Treated as a subspecies of Asota heliconia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Asota venalba Moore, 1877 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/asota-venalba, accessed 2025/08/19.