Asota producta (Butler, 1875) -

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh111
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa2
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT1
Jharkhand
Karnataka24
Kerala11
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra21
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu12
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total24124516
  1. Hypsa producta Butler, 1875. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875 (4): 320. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1875roya/page/320/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Damalis producta Butler. In Moore, 1882, Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2 (1): 52, pl. 101, f. 1, 1a. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/n234/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. 1892. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg 503, #1150
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. Pl 17 fg.1
  5. Holloway, J. D. 1988. The Moths of Borneo. Part 6. Arctiidae: Syntominae, Euchomiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae). Online version

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Asota producta (Butler, 1875) – . 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/asota-producta, accessed 2025/08/15.