Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Poaphilini > Achaea
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Achaea janata
Early Stages:
bh523 - bh527 was reared on Ricinus communis
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758): Anogeissus latifolia (Combretaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae),Vernicia montana, Euphorbia hirta, Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis, Sapium sebiferum (Euphorbiaceae), Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllanthaceae), Bauhinia vahlii, Acacia farnesiana, Albizia amara (Fabaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae),Citrus medica (Rutaceae), Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae), Madhuca longifolia (Sapotaceae), Microcos tomentosa (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- . Pg 84, # 396, pl 20/3.
- Wikipedia contributors. Achaea janata [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Jan 3, 00:26 UTC [cited 2015 Sep 6]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achaea_janata&oldid=640729065.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sondhi, S. & Sankararaman, H. 2021. Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355247/Achaea-janata
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