Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Achaea |
Species: | A. serva
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Binomial name | |
Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)
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Description
editThis species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[2][3][4]
Ecology
editRecorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Rosa, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium, Sideroxylon, Excoecaria agallocha, Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Achaea serva serva
- Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)
Gallery
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Female, dorsal view
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Female, ventral view
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Male, dorsal view
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Male, ventral view
References
edit- ^ "Achaea serva Fabricius (1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ a b Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 September 2011). "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 December 2019.