Subspecies in India
The Andamans subspecies Asota egens andamana differs from the nominate subspecies, on the forewing, by having an additional fuscous spot in the cell, and fuscous markings beyond cell.
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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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Asota egens (Walker, 1854): Ficus spp. (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume, Vol 3, No 504, Plate 34/9-10.
- Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. #1144, pg 501 ssp. egens
- Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. #1145, pg 502 ssp. andamana
- The Moths of Borneo. Part 6. Arctiidae: Syntominae, Euchomiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae). http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/aganainae/aganainae-5-6.php.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=208685 [ssp. andamana accessed 24 Dec 2015]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Asota egens (Walker, 1854) – . 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/index.php/egens-egens, accessed 2025/08/15.